Jack Perrin was an American actor specializing in Westerns.
Henry Alexander MacRae was a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent era, working on many film serials for Universal Studios. One of a number of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, MacRae was credited with many innovations in film production, including artificial light for interiors, the wind machine, double exposures and shooting at night.
Rex, also known as Rex the Wonder Horse and King of the Wild Horses was a 16 hands Morgan stallion who starred in films and film serials in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Ace of Spades is a 1925 American silent Western film serial directed by Henry MacRae. The serial is considered to be a lost film.
Elmo the Mighty is a 1919 American silent Western film serial directed by Henry MacRae and J. P. McGowan. The film is now considered to be lost.
The phrase Wonder Horses refers to the equine companions of cowboy heroes in early Western films. What makes these horses different from others that have appeared on the silver screen is their rise from trusty steed to a genuine screen personality. A number of horses have enjoyed such fame, often receiving equal or second billing with their human costars.
Gun Grit is a 1936 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Jack Perrin, David Sharpe and Roger Williams. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The film is also known by the alternative title of Protection Racket in the United Kingdom.
David Dunbar was an Australian film actor. Dunbar was a prominent actor in American and British silent films, particularly in westerns, but switched to playing more minor roles after the arrival of sound. In later years he appeared mostly in British-themed Hollywood films. He was one of the first film actors beginning his screen career with Pathe Freres, Paris in 1910. Previously he was an actor on the legitimate stage both in Australia, his homeland and in Britain. On 7 March 1926 his wife Blanche was killed in a car collision in the Hollywood Hills. He had one sister, Miriam Kathleen (Strachan) Dunbar who remained in Petersham, New South Wales. Miriam married William Thomas Strachan, the children of that marriage being Miriam Kathleen and William James Strachan. William James (Bill) returned from the Second World War to Australia and settled with his wife Barbara (Grant) Strachan in Sydney and later in Melbourne, Victoria, bringing up three children, Susan Marion, William Grant and Scott James Strachan. The Strachan family included Graeme Ronald (Shirley) Strachan, a media personality and lead singer of the 1970s rock group Skyhooks. Miriam Kathleen married Ronald George Fordham, who perished as a prisoner of war in Malaya during the Second World War. Miriam Kathleen died in 1944, leaving Brian Ronald and Joan Fordham.
Barbara Worth was an American film actress and screenwriter.
The Harvest of Hate is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Henry MacRae and written by George H. Plympton and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Rex the Wonder Horse, Jack Perrin, Helen Foster, Tom London and Starlight the Horse. The film was released on August 4, 1929, by Universal Pictures.
Guardians of the Wild is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Henry MacRae and written by Basil Dickey, George Morgan and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Rex the Wonder Horse, Jack Perrin, Starlight the Horse, Ethlyne Clair, Al Ferguson and Robert Homans. The film was released on September 16, 1928, by Universal Pictures.
Thunderbolt's Tracks is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Jack Perrin, Pauline Curley and Buzz Barton.
Hoofbeats of Vengeance is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Henry MacRae and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Rex the Wonder Horse, Jack Perrin, Helen Foster, Al Ferguson, Starlight the Horse and Markee the Horse. The film was released on June 4, 1929, by Universal Pictures.
Two Outlaws is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Jack Perrin and Kathleen Collins.
The Apache Kid's Escape is a 1930 American Western film written, produced and directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Jack Perrin and his wife Josephine Hill. It was a remake of The White Outlaw (1929). The film was shot in Valencia, California. Jack Perrin's five-picture deal with Horner ended up in court when Perrin only received $1,425 out of the $2,900 that was agreed upon.
Wild Blood is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Jack Perrin, Ethlyne Clair and Theodore Lorch.
Overland Bound is a 1929 American Western film directed by Leo D. Maloney and starring Maloney, Allene Ray, Jack Perrin and Lydia Knott. It is considered to be the first all-talking B Western to be made, following on from the success of the hit 1928 Fox Western In Old Arizona. Despite the drawback of the film's poor sound recording quality, it was successfully distributed. It was Maloney's final film as he died shortly after its release.
Beyond the Rio Grande is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum and Jay Wilsey.
Romance of the West is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by John Tansey and Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Jack Perrin, Edna Marion and Tom London.
Desert Justice is a 1936 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Jack Perrin, Warren Hymer and David Sharpe.
