Occupation Film actor Years active 1935-1960 | Name Budd Buster Role Actor | |
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Full Name Budd Leland Buster Born June 14, 1891 ( 1891-06-14 ) Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Died December 22, 1967, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies Wild Horse Phantom, Cavalry, Feud of the Range, The Fighting Renegade, Guns of the Law Similar People Sam Newfield, Elmer Clifton, Robert N Bradbury, Ray Taylor, William Witney | ||
Budd Leland Buster (14 June 1891 – 22 December 1965), usually credited as Budd Buster (and sometimes Bud Buster), was an American actor known for B western films.
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Early life
Buster was born either Budd Leland Buster or Leland Buster near Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 14, 1891. His parents were John M. Buster and Anna (Annie) Moore Buster, both from Missouri. According to the 1900 census, the family resided in Colorado Springs, and included Buster’s one year younger sister, Demple, and his paternal grandmother. By 1920, Buster was part-owner with his father of Colorado Springs Auto and Carriage Livery Company, lived in Ivywild, Colorado, and had two children, Mary Jane (4 years) and John (1 year) with his wife, Mary.
Buster began acting in films in 1933 after experience in vaudeville. Vaudeville provided experience with makeup, enabling Buster to appear as a wide variety of characters.
B westerns
Lean and energetic, Budd Buster was one of the most prolific character actors in B westerns, appearing as a wide variety of stock characters. Each year from 1935 to 1946, he was in 20 or more movies, with a peak of 32 movies in 1937. He appeared in 304 films in a career spanning from 1933 to 1960, excluding a hiatus from 1949 to 1952 coinciding with the decline of Poverty Row.
His final film appearance was a bit part in the major movie Guns of the Timberland in 1960.
Villains
Buster played the villain in Colorado Kid (1937) with Bob Steele, and a bank robber in Desert Justice (1936) with Jack Perrin. He was a rustler in Silent Valley (1935) with Tom Tyler, The Texas Marshal (1941) with Tim McCoy, Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) with Buster Crabbe, Man’s Country (1938) with Jack Randall, and Overland Stagecoach (1942) with Bob Livingston. He was Nazi saboteur "Wilheim Werner" in the Range Busters episode Cowboy Commandos (1943), an underhanded foreman in Brand of the Devil (1944) with Dave O'Brien and James Newill, a crooked postmaster in Border Badmen (1945) with Buster Crabbe, and a crazy old miner with a haunted mine in Wild Horse Phantom (1944).
Sidekick
In Bob Steele’s Cavalry (1936), Buster had the role of Steele’s wagon boss sidekick, as well as Abraham Lincoln. Buster was sidekick to Tom Keene in Drums of Destiny (1937), to Bob Steele in Feud of the Range (1939) and to Jack Randall in Covered Wagon Trails (1940). Buster appeared in Westward Ho as "Henchman Coffee" in 1942. One of Buster's best roles was as the protector of the female lead "Belle Blaine" in Trail of Terror (1943) with Dave O’Brien and James Newill.
Other media
In other film genres, Buster had minor roles in Bus Stop, a 1956 film, and the 1953 It Came from Outer Space.
Buster appeared in character for national billboard campaigns, including Studebaker and the then-popular Eastside Beer.
Two of his last roles were Buster's rare appearances in television westerns, Gene Autry: Outlaw Warning in 1954, and Buffalo Bill Jr.: Black Ghost in 1955.
Personal life
Buster’s son, John L. Buster, acted in two mid-1940’s Buster Crabbe westerns produced by PRC. He sang and played guitar in Prairie Badmen (1946).
Budd Buster died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack at the age of 74 on December 22, 1965.
Filmography
Actor
1960
Elmer Gantry as
Valet (uncredited)
1956
He Laughed Last as
Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1956
Storm Center as
Bill (uncredited)
1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow as
Streetcar Switchman (uncredited)
1955
Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV Series) as
Buck
- The Black Ghost (1955) - Buck
1955
Battle Cry as
Old Man (uncredited)
1954
The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) as
Telegrapher
- Outlaw Warning (1954) - Telegrapher
1954
Rogue Cop as
Parker (uncredited)
1954
Riding Shotgun as
Townsman (uncredited)
1953
Calamity Jane as
Prospector (uncredited)
1953
All I Desire as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1948
Loaded Pistols as
Easy Y Rancher (uncredited)
1948
The Valiant Hombre as
Land Agent (uncredited)
1948
Quick on the Trigger as
Telegrapher (uncredited)
1948
Desperadoes of Dodge City as
Man at Relay Station (uncredited)
1948
The Counterfeiters as
Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
1948
The Hawk of Powder River as
George Daniels (uncredited)
1948
The Westward Trail as
Benson
1948
Oklahoma Badlands as
Cowhand (uncredited)
1948
The Wreck of the Hesperus as
Quincy (uncredited)
1948
Six-Gun Law as
Duffy - Bank Cashier (uncredited)
1947
Cheyenne Takes Over as
Lem Boswick (as Bud Buster)
1947
Shadow Valley as
Judd Grimes
1947
Return of the Lash as
Storekeeper (uncredited)
1947
The Wild Frontier as
Sam Wheeler
1947
Marshal of Cripple Creek as
Joe - Leading Citizen (uncredited)
1947
Michigan Kid as
Deputy (uncredited)
1947
Code of the West as
Hotel Clerk Higgins (uncredited)
1947
Valley of Fear as
Pete - the Bootmaker (as Bud L. Buster)
1947
Vigilantes of Boomtown as
Samuels (uncredited)
1947
Rainbow Over the Rockies as
Frank Porter
1946
Song of the Sierras as
Rancher Matt Blake
1946
Stagecoach to Denver as
Joe (uncredited)
1946
Terror Trail as
Relief Stage Driver (uncredited)
1946
Outlaws of the Plains as
Tom Wilson
1946
Rustler's Round-Up as
Gunsmith (uncredited)
1946
Red River Renegades as
Townsman (uncredited)
1946
Traffic in Crime as
Watchman
1946
Rainbow Over Texas as
Ferguson (uncredited)
1946
Badman's Territory as
Doc's Friend (uncredited)
1946
Terrors on Horseback as
Sherriff Jed Bartlett
1946
Galloping Thunder as
Barber (uncredited)
1946
West of the Alamo as
Shotgun
1946
Home on the Range as
Sheriff
1946
The Hoodlum Saint as
Jitney Driver (scenes deleted)
1946
Sheriff of Redwood Valley as
Crump - Express Agent
1946
Gentlemen with Guns as
Sheriff
1946
Ambush Trail as
Zeke (Jim Haley in credits)
1946
California Gold Rush as
Desk Clerk Henry (uncredited)
1946
Six Gun Man as
Joe Turner
1946
The Flying Serpent as
Head of Inquest
1946
The Scarlet Horseman as
Seth (uncredited)
1946
Lightning Raiders as
Sheriff Nord (uncredited)
1945
Texas Panhandle as
Harrington's Clerk (uncredited)
1945
Navajo Kid as
Pinky
1945
Code of the Lawless as
Rufe (uncredited)
1945
Border Badmen as
Peter Evans
1945
Apology for Murder as
Jed the Caretaker
1945
Blazing the Western Trail as
Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
1945
Along the Navajo Trail as
Telegrapher (uncredited)
1945
Jungle Raiders as
Dr. Murray Reed (uncredited)
1945
Frontier Fugitives as
Old Man Wilson (uncredited)
1945
Secret Agent X-9 as
Tom Mace (uncredited)
1945
The White Gorilla as
Carter
1945
Springtime in Texas as
Jed Stevens
1945
Renegades of the Rio Grande as
Henchman (uncredited)
1945
Wanderer of the Wasteland as
Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
1945
Lone Texas Ranger as
Editor F. E Murphy.
1945
The Phantom of 42nd Street as
Mike - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1945
Trouble Chasers as
Mr. X
1945
Shadows of Death as
Man Getting Beard Trimmed (uncredited)
1945
Salome, Where She Danced as
Desert Rat (uncredited)
1945
Sagebrush Heroes as
Moore (uncredited)
1945
Jungle Queen as
Jungle Jack (as Budd L. Buster)
1944
The Mummy's Curse as
Cajun with Pipe at Bar (uncredited)
1944
Saddle Leather Law as
Nevada Sheriff (uncredited)
1944
Firebrands of Arizona as
Epitatah Reporter (uncredited)
1944
The Great Mike as
Race Spectator (uncredited)
1944
Riders of the Santa Fe as
Otis Wade
1944
Wild Horse Phantom as
Ed Garnet
1944
Mystery of the River Boat as
Cajun (uncredited)
1944
Gunsmoke Mesa as
Grandpa (uncredited)
1944
Brand of the Devil as
Henry Wilburn
1944
Raiders of Ghost City as
Slim (uncredited)
1944
Trigger Trail as
Tug Cattlet
1944
Valley of Vengeance as
Settler Parsons (uncredited)
1944
The Pinto Bandit as
P.T. Heneberry
1944
Call of the South Seas as
Kanahu
1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws as
Ned Murphy
1944
Guns of the Law as
Jed Wilkins
1944
Thundering Gun Slingers as
Sheriff
1944
Sundown Valley as
Haines (uncredited)
1944
Frontier Outlaws as
Clerk
1944
Beneath Western Skies as
Boone (uncredited)
1944
Outlaw Roundup as
Dude Merrill (as Bud Buster)
1944
Marshal of Gunsmoke as
Dry Creek (uncredited)
1944
Pride of the Plains as
Jasper Darwin (uncredited)
1943
Raiders of Sunset Pass as
Nevada Jones (uncredited)
1943
Boss of Rawhide as
Townsman (uncredited)
1943
Bullets and Saddles as
Charley Craig
1943
Hail to the Rangers as
Dyer (uncredited)
1943
Trail of Terror as
Monte
1943
Blazing Frontier as
Luke Newton (uncredited)
1943
Cattle Stampede as
Jensen
1943
Fighting Valley as
Judge Hawkins (uncredited)
1943
The Law Rides Again as
Commissioner's Aide (as Bud Buster)
1943
Young Ideas as
Elderly Driver (uncredited)
1943
Bordertown Gun Fighters as
Barfly (uncredited)
1943
Wolves of the Range as
Ben Foster (as Bud Buster)
1943
Hitler's Madman as
Conductor (uncredited)
1943
Cowboy Commandos as
William (Wilheim) Werner
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande as
Jed - Bank Teller (uncredited)
1943
Daredevils of the West as
Indian Scout [Ch. 1,5]
1943
Raiders of San Joaquin as
Deputy Jailer (as Bud Buster)
1943
Calling Wild Bill Elliott as
Militiaman (uncredited)
1943
Santa Fe Scouts as
Wid - the Squatter
1943
Cheyenne Roundup as
Bonanza Smith
1943
Fugitive of the Plains as
Deputy (uncredited)
1943
The Blocked Trail as
Deputy Bets McGee
1943
Haunted Ranch as
Sheriff
1943
Thundering Trails as
Jupiter Jones (uncredited)
1942
The Old Chisholm Trail as
Rancher Hank
1942
Outlaws of Boulder Pass as
Rancher (uncredited)
1942
Valley of Hunted Men as
Jed Carson (uncredited)
1942
Texas to Bataan as
Tad Kelton
1942
Overland Stagecoach as
Pete
1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas as
Jail Sentry (uncredited)
1942
Sunset Serenade as
Martin Cowhand (uncredited)
1942
Sheriff of Sage Valley as
Tim Pine - Rancher (uncredited)
1942
Call of the Canyon as
Jim Taylor (uncredited)
1942
Bad Men of the Hills as
Joe Elliott (uncredited)
1942
The Cyclone Kid as
Sam Purvis (uncredited)
1942
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns as
Rancher
1942
Boot Hill Bandits as
Mayor Noah Smyth
1942
Westward Ho! as
Henchman Coffee
1942
Down Rio Grande Way as
Clem Kearney
1942
Heart of the Rio Grande as
Ranch Car Driver (uncredited)
1942
Billy the Kid Trapped as
Montana-Fake Fuzzy (as Bud Buster)
1942
Rock River Renegades as
Judge (uncredited)
1942
West of Tombstone as
Wheeler (as Bud Buster)
1942
Thunder River Feud as
Sheriff
1942
The Lone Star Vigilantes as
Colonel Sam Monroe
1941
West of Cimarron as
Colonel Grant Morgan
1941
Sierra Sue as
Greg Travis
1941
Jesse James at Bay as
Homesteader (uncredited)
1941
Tonto Basin Outlaws as
Stagecoach Driver
1941
Billy the Kid Wanted as
Storekeeper
1941
Man from Montana as
Townsman (uncredited)
1941
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury as
Loco Weed
1941
Thunder Over the Prairie as
Judge Merriwether
1941
The Texas Marshal as
Banker Henderson
1941
Gangs of Sonora as
Jed Pickins
1941
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town as
Moosehide Larson
1941
Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals as
Mason
1941
Melody for Three as
Mr. Mitchell (uncredited)
1941
Emergency Landing as
'Pappy' Clayton (uncredited)
1941
Secret Evidence as
Frank--Tourist Court Manager (as Bud Buster)
1940
West of Pinto Basin as
Jeff - Farmer
1940
Frontier Vengeance as
Doc (uncredited)
1940
Marked Men as
Marvin (as Budd L. Buster)
1940
King of the Royal Mounted as
Vinegar Smith
1940
Gun Code as
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
Billy the Kid Outlawed as
Bartender Clem (as Bud Buster)
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder as
Johnson (uncredited)
1940
Rocky Mountain Rangers as
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
I Take This Oath as
Jones
1940
Pinto Canyon as
Henchman Bill Kellar (as Bud Buster)
1940
Grandpa Goes to Town (uncredited)
1940
Shooting High as
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
Covered Wagon Trails as
Manny - Sidekick (as Bud Buster)
1940
Dark Command as
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
The Courageous Dr. Christian as
Jones
1940
Drums of Fu Manchu as
Dacoit on Train (uncredited)
1940
Murder on the Yukon as
Jim Smithers (as Bud Buster)
1940
The Shadow as
Beggar Giving Cranston Tip on Radio Shop (uncredited)
1939
Zorro's Fighting Legion as
Juan
1939
Chip of the Flying U as
Rancher (uncredited)
1939
Meet Dr. Christian as
City Council Member (uncredited)
1939
Trigger Fingers as
Head of Cattlemen's Association (uncredited)
1939
The Adventures of the Masked Phantom as
Lars - Mine Worker (uncredited)
1939
Dick Tracy's G-Men as
Cappy (uncredited)
1939
The Fighting Renegade as
Old Dobie (as Bud Buster)
1939
Straight Shooter as
Sheriff Ed Long (as Bud Buster)
1939
Daughter of the Tong as
Lefty
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk as
Joe - Settler (uncredited)
1939
Colorado Sunset as
Ira (uncredited)
1939
Wyoming Outlaw as
Bank Teller (uncredited)
1939
Exile Express as
Station Agent (uncredited)
1939
Mandrake, the Magician as
Construction Camp Henchman (uncredited)
1939
Man of Conquest as
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1939
The Law Comes to Texas as
Court clerk Dan (uncredited)
1939
Lure of the Wasteland as
Budd - Bartender (uncredited)
1939
Lone Star Pioneers as
'Dad' Crittenden (uncredited)
1939
Feud of the Range as
Happy (as Bud Buster)
1938
The Stranger from Arizona as
Abner Trickett
1938
Frontier Scout as
Jones - Bookkeeper (as Bud Buster)
1938
Durango Valley Raiders as
Ed Morgan (uncredited)
1938
Dick Tracy Returns as
Jake (uncredited)
1938
Panamint's Bad Man as
Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Man's Country as
Caleb Hart (uncredited)
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as
Townsman (uncredited)
1938
Romance of the Limberlost as
Fair Barker
1938
Desert Patrol as
Hezi Watts
1938
Songs and Saddles as
Townsman (uncredited)
1938
Whirlwind Horseman as
Cherokee Jake (as Bud Buster)
1938
The Feud Maker as
Cowlick Connors
1938
Code of the Rangers as
Mine Agent (as Bud Buster)
1938
Songs and Bullets as
Zeke - Old-Timer (as Bud Buster)
1938
Knight of the Plains as
Manuel - Henchman (as Bud Buster)
1938
Thunder in the Desert as
Deputy Oscar
1938
Where the West Begins as
Sheriff Judson
1938
Paroled - To Die as
Henchman Spike Travers
1937
The Singing Outlaw as
Bixby Cowhand Jim (uncredited)
1937
Colorado Kid as
Ab Hendry (as Bud Buster)
1937
Luck of Roaring Camp as
Single Tooth (uncredited)
1937
Roll Along, Cowboy as
Cowhand Shorty
1937
Sky Racket as
Yard Man (uncredited)
1937
Arizona Gunfighter as
Cowhand (uncredited)
1937
God's Country and the Man as
Old-Timer (uncredited)
1937
Roaring Six Guns as
Wildcat Roper (as Bud Buster)
1937
Heroes of the Alamo as
Rabble-Rouser (uncredited)
1937
Galloping Dynamite as
Mike - the Barber (as Bud Buster)
1937
Doomed at Sundown as
Sheriff (uncredited)
1937
Raw Timber as
Kentuck
1937
A Lawman Is Born as
Checkers Player (uncredited)
1937
Riding on Air as
Townsman (uncredited)
1937
Drums of Destiny as
Kentuck
1937
Border Phantom as
Man Springing Barb from Jail (uncredited)
1937
The Fighting Texan as
Old-timer (as Bud Buster)
1937
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin as
Sheriff (uncredited)
1937
Guns in the Dark as
Yates (uncredited)
1937
The Law Commands as
Kentuck' Jones
1937
Gunsmoke Ranch as
Settler (uncredited)
1937
The Trusted Outlaw as
Adler (as Bud Buster)
1937
Bar-Z Bad Men as
Texas Sheriff (uncredited)
1937
Under Strange Flags as
Tequila
1937
Left Handed Law as
Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
1937
Trail of Vengeance as
Old Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
1937
Hit the Saddle as
Drunk (uncredited)
1937
Old Louisiana as
Kentuck
1937
The Silver Trail as
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1937
The Gambling Terror as
Shorty (as Bud Buster)
1937
Arizona Days as
Sheriff Ed Higginbotham (as Bud Buster)
1937
Battle of Greed as
Comstock (as Bud Buster)
1936
Headin' for the Rio Grande as
Senator Black
1936
Fury Below as
Mine Paymaster (uncredited)
1936
Song of the Gringo as
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Wild Horse Round-Up as
Mopey (as Bud Buster)
1936
The Gun Ranger as
Carl Beeman (as Bud Buster)
1936
Racing Blood as
Druggist (uncredited)
1936
Law and Lead as
Jailer (uncredited)
1936
Cavalry as
Wagon Boss / President Lincoln (as Bud Buster)
1936
Cavalcade of the West as
Stage Guard / Indian (uncredited)
1936
Men of the Plains as
Chief Deputy (uncredited)
1936
Brand of the Outlaws as
Stage Driver Bill Manning (uncredited)
1936
The Law Rides as
Tex - Lyncher (uncredited)
1936
The Riding Avenger as
Bud - Jailbird (as Bud Buster)
1936
Everyman's Law as
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Too Much Beef as
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
1936
Gun Grit as
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Desert Justice as
Rod's Henchman
1936
Feud of the West as
Bartender (uncredited)
1936
The Drag-Net as
Stuttering Man (uncredited)
1936
Hair-Trigger Casey as
Merkle (uncredited)
1936
Taming the Wild as
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Senor Jim as
Deputy (uncredited)
1936
Song of the Saddle as
Clerk (uncredited)
1936
Valley of the Lawless as
Dorgan's Cohort (uncredited)
1936
Blazing Justice as
Ed Peterson
1936
Custer's Last Stand as
Major Ware [Chs. 8-9]
1936
Desert Guns as
Utah Carroll
1935
The Shadow of Silk Lennox as
Deacon Fedder - Henchman (uncredited)
1935
Texas Jack as
Chief Kickapoo (as Bud Buster)
1935
Trigger Tom as
Sam Hall (uncredited)
1935
Lawless Border as
Rebel Camp Spy
1935
Riddle Ranch as
Henchman Antonio
1935
The Law of the 45's as
Railroad Station Agent (uncredited)
1935
Between Men as
Virginia Townsman / Henchman (uncredited)
1935
Wild Mustang as
Budd (uncredited)
1935
Western Frontier as
Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1935
Sundown Saunders as
Ben - Old Timer Sitting Outside Saloon (uncredited)
1935
Get That Man as
Police Line-up Registar (uncredited)
1935
The Vanishing Riders as
Hiram McDuff
1935
Saddle Aces as
Barfly (uncredited)
1935
The Laramie Kid as
Trigger - Henchman (uncredited)
1935
The Texas Rambler as
Seth Higgins
1935
The Hawk as
Sheriff (uncredited)
1935
Fighting Caballero as
Serenaded Barfly (uncredited)
1935
Toll of the Desert as
Bartender (uncredited)
1935
Silent Valley as
Henchman Curly (uncredited)
1935
The Circle of Death as
Pioneer (uncredited)
1935
Wagon Trail as
Henchman (uncredited)
1935
The Pecos Kid as
Slim - Henchman (uncredited)
1935
The Cyclone Ranger as
Clem Rankin (uncredited)
1935
The Reckless Buckaroo as
Pete - Henchman
1935
Outlaw Rule as
Rancher (uncredited)
1935
Wolf Riders as
Renegade (uncredited)
1935
North of Arizona as
Grey Wolf (as Bud Buster)
1935
Six Gun Justice as
Frenchy DuVaul / Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1934
Terror of the Plains as
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
The West on Parade (Short) as
Henchman (uncredited)
1934
Western Racketeers as
Cowhand (uncredited)
1933
Her Forgotten Past as
Police Detective (uncredited)
1912
Frozen on Love's Trail (Short)
Stunts
1940
The Shadow (stunts - uncredited)
Archive Footage
1956
Jungle Safari as
Jungle Jack (as Budd L. Buster)
1956
The Gabby Hayes Show (TV Series) as
Ed Garnet the Miner / Sheriff Jed Bartlett / Judd Grimes / ...
- Wild Horse Phantom (1956) - Ed Garnet the Miner
- Terrors on Horseback (1956) - Sheriff Jed Bartlett
- Shadow Valley (1956) - Judd Grimes
- Navajo Kid (1956) - Telegrapher Pinky
- Ambush Trail (1956) - Miner
1954
Trader Tom of the China Seas as
Native in Mail Sack (uncredited)
1943
Drums of Fu Manchu as
Dacoit on Train (uncredited)
1942
The Yukon Patrol as
Vinegar Smith
1936
Custer's Last Stand as
Major Ware (uncredited)
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