Tim McCoy [29521] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.4216 Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan, USA Birthday: 1891-04-10 Deathday: 1978-01-29 Age: 86 years Movies: 91 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He became an expert horseman and roper and developed a keen knowledge of the ways and languages of the Indian tribes in the area. He competed in numerous rodeos, then enlisted in the U.S. Army when America entered the First World War. He was commissioned and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the end of World War I, he returned to his ranch in Wyoming, only to be called by Governor Bob Carry to the post of Adjutant General of Wyoming, a position he held until 1921. The position carried with it the rank of Brigadier General (a brevet promotion) and it has been reported that this made him the youngest general officer in the U.S. Army. His reputation as a friend to the Wind River Reservation Indians, both Arapahoe and Shoshone, preceded him and in 1922, he was asked by the head of Famous Players-Lasky, Jesse L. Lasky, to provide Indian extras for the Western extravaganza, The Covered Wagon (1923). He resigned from the state position and recruited several hundred Indians to the Utah movie location. When the film wrapped, he was asked to choose several Indians to accompany him to Hollywood. There the production company developed a live 'prologue' to be presented just prior to the movie showing. The idea was a success and McCoy and his Indian group toured the U.S. and eventually, Europe as well. After touring this country and Europe with the Indians as publicity, McCoy returned to Hollywood and used his connections to obtain further work in the movies, both as a technical advisor and eventually as an actor. MGM speedily signed him to a contract to star in a series of Westerns and McCoy rapidly rose to stardom, making scores of Westerns and occasional non-Westerns. He retired from the army and from films after the war, but emerged in the late 1940s for a few more films and some television work. In 1942 he ran for the Republican Nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming. He was defeated and returned to Hollywood and an uncertain future. In 1946 he sold his Wyoming ranch and moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the life of the gentleman farmer. While living there, he met and married Danish writer Inga Arvad. He later built a home in Nogales, Arizona where Inga subsequently died in 1973. He spent his later years as a retired rancher. He died at the U.A. Army hospital at Ft. Hauchuca, Arizona on January 29 1978 at the age of 86. Inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974. During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in the US Army in France. Spouse Inga Arvad (1945 - 1973) (her death) Alice Miller (? - 1931) (divorced) (3 children) Meanwhile, Back 1976-05-01 Hollywood: The D1972-01-10 Requiem for a Gu1965-06-30 Run of the Arrow1957-09-05 Around the World1956-10-17 Injun Talk1946-09-16 West of the Law1942-10-02 Riders of the We1942-08-21 Down Texas Way1942-05-22 Ghost Town Law1942-03-27 Below the Border1942-01-30 Forbidden Trails1941-12-25 The Gunman From 1941-09-19 Arizona Bound1941-07-19 The Texas Marsha1941-07-12 Outlaws of the R1941-02-26 Riders of Black 1940-11-11 Arizona Gang Bus1940-09-16 Gun Code1940-08-03 Frontier Crusade1940-06-14 Texas Renegades1940-01-17 Trigger Fingers1939-11-01 The Fighting Ren1939-08-31 Straight Shooter1939-08-12 Outlaws' Paradis1939-04-18 Texas Wildcats1939-04-09 Code of the Cact1939-02-25 Six-Gun Trail1938-11-25 Lightning Carson1938-10-09 Phantom Ranger1938-05-27 Two Gun Justice1938-04-29 Code of the Rang1938-04-07 West of Rainbow'1938-01-12 The Traitor1936-08-29 Ghost Patrol1936-08-02 The Lion's Den1936-07-07 Aces and Eights1936-06-06 Lightnin' Bill C1936-04-14 Border Caballero1936-03-01 Roarin' Guns1936-01-29 Bulldog Courage1935-12-30 The Man from Gun1935-08-15 Riding Wild1935-06-28 The Outlaw Deput1935-06-20 Justice of the R1935-05-25 Fighting Shadows1935-04-18 The Revenge Ride1935-03-18 Law Beyond the R1935-02-15 Square Shooter1935-01-21 The Westerner1934-12-10 Prescott Kid1934-11-08 Beyond the Law1934-07-31 A Man's Game1934-06-16 Hell Bent for Lo1934-05-19 Voice in the Nig1934-04-06 Speed Wings1934-02-05 Straightaway1933-12-22 Hold the Press1933-10-25 Police Car 171933-09-30 Rusty Rides Alon1933-05-25 The Whirlwind1933-04-13 Silent Men1933-03-03 Man Of Action1933-01-20 End of the Trail1932-12-19 The Western Code1932-09-15 Fighting for Jus1932-08-28 Cornered1932-08-05 Daring Danger1932-06-22 Two-Fisted Law1932-06-08 Hollywood on Par1932-06-05 The Riding Torna1932-05-04 Texas Cyclone1932-02-24 The Fighting Foo1932-01-20 The Fighting Mar1931-11-25 Shotgun Pass1931-11-01 The One Way Trai1931-10-15 The Indians Are 1930-10-09 The Desert Rider1929-05-11 Sioux Blood1929-04-20 The Overland Tel1929-03-02 Morgan's Last Ra1929-01-05 Beyond the Sierr1928-09-15 The Adventurer1928-07-14 The Law of the R1928-01-21 Spoilers of the 1927-12-10 Foreign Devils1927-09-03 The Frontiersman1927-06-11 California1927-05-07 Winners Of The W1927-01-15 War Paint1926-10-09 The Thundering H1925-03-01