Cause of death Heart attack Role Actor Name Fred Church | Years active 1908-1935 Occupation Actor Ex-spouse Lillian Christy | |
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Born October 17, 1889 ( 1889-10-17 ) Ontario, Iowa, USA Died January 7, 1983, Blythe, California, United States Movies Alkali Ike's Auto, The Clever Mrs. Carfax, The Son-of-a-Gun, Prince of the Saddle People also search for Broncho Billy Anderson, Lillian Christy, Donald Crisp | ||
Fred Rosewell Church (17 October 1889 – 7 January 1983) was an American actor of the silent era. After touring the U.S. in vaudeville, he joined Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson in Western films for the latter's Essanay Studios. He appeared in over 200 films between 1908 and 1935. He was born in Ontario/Boone, Iowa and died in Blythe, California, near his home in Quartzsite, Arizona, from a congestive heart failure
Filmography
Actor
1936
Desert Guns as
Cal Jennings (uncredited)
1935
Devil's Canyon
1935
Defying the Law as
Ace Lane
1934
Border Guns as
Buck Morgan - Henchman
1932
The Golden West as
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1931
The Ridin' Kid as
Sam Eldridge
1931
So This Is Arizona as
Jake McKeever
1931
Flying Lariats as
Tex Johnson
1931
Riders of the Cactus as
Jake McKeever - alias Jake Wenzel
1931
Wild West Whoopee as
The Ranch Foreman
1930
The Apache Kid's Escape as
Ted Conway
1930
South of Sonora as
Henchman
1930
Rough and Ready (as Montana Bill)
1929
Western Methods
1929
Cowboy Cavalier as
Tim Holman (as Montana Bill)
1929
The Unknown Rider
1928
Trails of Treachery (as Montana Bill)
1928
The Vanishing West
1928
Riders of Vengeance (as Montana Bill)
1928
The Fighting Kid as
Outlaw
1928
Secrets of the Range (as Montana Bill)
1927
The Mansion of Mystery
1927
The Lone Rider (Short) as
Bill (as Montana Bill)
1926
Temple of Terror (as Montana Bill)
1926
Two Fisted Buckaroo
1926
Prince of the Saddle
1926
The Ranch of the Hoodoos as
Fred
1926
The Lost Express as
Arthur Standish
1926
Signal Fires
1926
Stacked Cards as
Steve Spencer
1924
The Wolf of Placer as
Jean Maddane
1924
Chalk Marks as
The Stranger
1923
The Man from New York as
Bob Tarrant
1922
The Fighting Kid
1919
Angel Child as
Richard Grant
1919
Red Blood and Yellow (Short) as
Lightning Curley
1919
The Son-of-a-Gun as
Buck Saunders
1918
Shootin' Mad (Short)
1918
All for Gold (Short)
1918
The Human Tiger (Short)
1918
Beans
1918
The Blindness of Divorce as
Burce Livingston
1917
Madame Du Barry as
Cossé-Brissac
1917
The Clever Mrs. Carfax as
Billy Wise
1917
The Temple of Terror (Short) as
Jack
1917
The Lion's Lair (Short) as
Dick Price
1917
The Last of the Night Riders (Short) as
Ted Pritchard
1917
The Lure of the Circus (Short) as
Bud
1917
Jungle Treachery (Short) as
Bob McPherson
1917
Squaring It (Short) as
John Moore
1917
A Blissful Calamity (Short) as
Westie
1917
Number 10, Westbound (Short) as
Pete Devins - Edith's Father
1917
Southern Justice as
Ray Preston
1917
The Phantom's Secret as
Frank Van Dyke
1917
A Startling Climax (Short) as
Gould Hunter
1917
The Honeymoon Surprise (Short) as
Fred Brandon
1916
Giant Powder (Short) as
Jack Kenny
1916
It's Great to Be Married (Short) as
Ray - Mama's Beau
1916
When the Tide Turned (Short) as
Fred (as Frederick Church)
1916
The End of the Rainbow as
Ferdinand Stocker
1916
At Twelve O'Clock (Short) as
The Dramatist (as Frederick Church)
1916
A Romance of Billy Goat Hill as
Lee Diullingham
1916
The Girl of Lost Lake as
Dave Bean
1916
The Secret of the Swamp as
Allan Waite
1916
It Happened in Honolulu as
Clarence Velie
1916
Her Great Part (Short) as
John Clemens
1916
The Thief of the Desert (Short) as
Enver Kahn
1916
Miss Blossom (Short) as
Morris Prentiss
1916
The Gambler (Short) as
Vance Thomas Jr.
1916
The Brink (Short) as
Frank Fitzgerald
1916
The Flirt as
Richard Lindley
1916
The Secret Foe (Short) as
Dr. Harvey Willis (as Frederick Church)
1916
Lonesomeness (Short) as
John Wells
1916
The Heart of Bonita (Short) as
Francisco Sanchez
1916
Her Greatest Story (Short) as
Eugene Tilton
1916
The Wrong Door as
Herne
1916
The Wise Man and the Fool (Short) as
Fred Hunt
1915
The Road to Paradise (Short) as
Undetermined Role
1915
When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (Short)
1915
The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (as Frederick Church)
1915
The Palace of Dust (Short)
1915
The Long Chance as
Oliver Corblay aka The Desert Rat (as Mr. Church)
1915
A Fight to a Finish (Short) as
The Express Messenger
1915
The Yellow Star (Short)
1915
A Leap for Life (Short) as
Frank Broadhurst (as Frederick Church)
1915
The Missing Man (Short) as
Joe Ivans - a Forest Ranger
1915
At Twelve O'Clock (Short)
1915
The Other Girl (Short) as
Fred
1915
Brothers (Short)
1915
For a Thousand Dollars (Short) as
Fred
1915
The Greaser (Short)
1915
When Shadows Fall (Short)
1915
Christmas at Lonesome Gulch (Short) as
Fred - a Miner
1914
Her Birthday Present (Short)
1914
Joe's Retribution (Short)
1914
The Hello Girl of Angel Camp (Short)
1914
The School Teacher at Angel Camp (Short) as
Fred - the School Teacher (as Frederick Church)
1914
Her Higher Ambition (Short) as
Fred
1914
The Circle of Gold (Short) as
Fred - the Husband
1914
A Belle of Olden Days (Short) as
Weak Hands, the Prehistoric Sweetheart
1914
The Bandit of Devil's Gap (Short)
1914
Man to Man (Short) as
Fred - the Sheriff
1914
Dolly's Deliverance (Short) as
Fred - the Foreman
1914
The Girl from Texas (Short) as
Fred
1914
The Blacksmith's Daughter (Short) as
Fred
1914
In the Hollow of an Oak (Short) as
Fred
1914
Four Days (Short) as
Fred
1914
The Man in the Attic (Short) as
Fred
1914
A Rose of Yesterday (Short) as
Fred
1914
Cattle (Short) as
Fred
1914
Universal Ike and the School Belle (Short) as
Freddie
1914
Sophie Picks a Dead One (Short) as
Bugle Player
1914
What Came to Bar Q (Short) as
Fred Church
1914
A Night on the Road (Short) as
John Duncan
1914
Broncho Billy, Guardian (Short)
1914
The Cast of the Die (Short) as
Fred Church
1914
The Story of the Old Gun (Short) as
The Former Sheriff
1914
The Hills of Peace (Short) as
Fred Church
1914
The Awakening at Snakeville (Short) as
Rawhide Bill
1913
A Snakeville Courtship (Short) as
Rawhide Bill
1913
Broncho Billy's Christmas Deed (Short)
1913
The Three Gamblers (Short)
1913
Broncho Billy's Squareness (Short) as
Earl Briggs
1913
A Romance of the Hills (Short)
1913
Sophie's Hero (Short) as
Rawhide Bill
1913
The End of the Circle (Short) as
The Prospector
1913
The New Schoolmarm of Green River (Short) as
The Mailman
1913
The Doctor's Duty (Short) as
Fred Church
1913
The Kid Sheriff (Short) as
Fred Church
1913
Alkali Ike and the Wildman (Short) as
The Wildman
1913
Broncho Billy Gets Square (Short)
1913
Love and the Law (Short) as
Ted
1913
The Struggle (Short) as
The Sheriff (as Frederick Church)
1913
The Belle of Siskiyou (Short) as
The Sheriff
1913
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County (Short) as
The Sheriff
1913
The Broken Parole (Short) as
Red Lewis
1913
Broncho Billy Reforms (Short)
1913
Bonnie of the Hills (Short) as
Ralph Stuart
1913
Broncho Billy's Conscience (Short) as
Tom Warner
1913
The Episode at Cloudy Canyon (Short) as
Fred Harris
1913
Alkali Ike's Gal (Short) as
Rawhide Bill
1913
The Edge of Things (Short) as
George Clayton
1913
Their Promise (Short) as
Fred Church
1913
The Dance at Eagle Pass (Short) as
Jim Barton
1913
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls (Short) as
The Gang Leader
1913
At the Lariat's End (Short)
1913
The Life We Live (Short)
1913
Broncho Billy's Strategy (Short)
1913
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist (Short) as
Rawhide Bill
1913
The Rustler's Spur (Short)
1913
Broncho Billy's Capture (Short) as
Juan Yukas
1913
The Last Shot (Short) as
Tom Clay - Lee's Son
1913
Broncho Billy and the Express Rider (Short) as
Ralph Spaulding, the Express Rider
1913
A Widow of Nevada (Short) as
Foster
1913
The Ranch Girl's Partner (Short) as
John Kelton
1913
Broncho Billy's Reason (Short)
1913
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness (Short) as
Fred Church
1913
Broncho Billy's Sister (Short) as
Fred Church
1913
The Influence on Broncho Billy (Short)
1913
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid (Short) as
Dr. Brush
1913
The Making of Broncho Billy (Short)
1913
Broncho Billy's Gun Play (Short) as
Hawk Eye
1913
Broncho Billy's Brother (Short) as
Dick, Broncho Billy's Brother
1913
The Miner's Request (Short) as
An Easterner
1912
The Sheriff's Inheritance (Short)
1912
Alkali Ike's Motorcycle (Short)
1912
The Prospector (Short) as
Jim Clayton
1912
Western Girls (Short)
1912
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife (Short) as
Manuel, The Mexican Man with the Guitar
1912
Broncho Billy's Heart (Short) as
Jim Davis
1912
The Dance at Silver Gulch (Short) as
Joe Barton
1912
An Indian's Friendship (Short) as
Yellow Wolf
1912
The Ranch Girl's Trial (Short) as
Big Moose
1912
The Tomboy on Bar Z (Short) as
Sheriff
1912
The Shotgun Ranchman (Short) as
The Hunter
1912
Alkali Ike Stung! (Short)
1912
An Indian Sunbeam (Short) as
Bob's Friend
1912
Alkali Ike's Pants (Short) as
Coyote Simpson
1912
A Woman of Arizona (Short)
1912
The Ranchman's Trust (Short) as
Elliott Stapleton
1912
Broncho Billy for Sheriff (Short)
1912
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil (Short)(uncredited)
1912
Broncho Billy's Escapade (Short)
1912
On the Moonlight Trail (Short) as
A Tramp
1912
Broncho Billy's Last Hold-Up (Short) as
The Doctor
1912
The Little Sheriff (Short) as
Bill Lewis
1912
The Loafer's Mother (Short) as
Gregg Wilson, the Loafer
1912
Broncho Billy's Pal (Short) as
Quick-Draw Kelly
1912
A Moonshiner's Heart (Short) as
Ross Chalmers - Revenue Officer
1912
The Smuggler's Daughter (Short) as
Sheriff
1912
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape (Short)
1912
On the Cactus Trail (Short) as
Dan Clayton
1912
Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid (Short) as
The Sheriff
1912
Western Hearts (Short)
1912
On El Monte Ranch (Short)
1912
Broncho Billy's Bible (Short) as
Quick-Draw Kelly
1912
The Desert Sweetheart (Short) as
Wells
1912
The Sheriff and His Man (Short) as
Mexican
1912
The Dead Man's Claim (Short) as
Durkin's Partner, Black
1912
Broncho Billy and the Bandits (Short) as
The Arizona Kid
1912
Alkali Ike's Boarding House (Short)
1912
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy (Short)
1912
A Ranch Widower's Daughters (Short) as
Curley Brown
1912
The Ranch Girl's Mistake (Short)
1912
The Prospector's Legacy (Short)
1912
The Deputy and the Girl (Short)
1912
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress (Short) as
Townsman (uncredited)
1912
The Oath of His Office (Short)
1912
A Child of the West (Short)
1911
Broncho Billy's Adventure (Short) as
The Tavern Owner's Daughter's Sweetheart
1911
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner (Short) as
Party Guest (uncredited)
1911
Papa's Letter (Short) as
Papa
1911
The Desert Claim (Short)
1911
A Cattle Rustler's Father (Short) as
Jim Pritchard - the Son
1911
The Forester's Plea (Short) as
The sheriff
1911
A Western Redemption (Short) as
Deputy
1911
The Stage Driver's Daughter (Short)
1911
Town Hall, Tonight (Short)
1911
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine (Short)
1911
A Western Girl's Sacrifice (Short)
1911
Mustang Pete's Love Affair (Short)
1911
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl (Short)
1911
Forgiven in Death (Short) as
An Indian
1911
The Lucky Card (Short) as
A Mexican
1911
Alkali Ike's Auto (Short)
1911
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead (Short)
1911
The Indian Maiden's Lesson (Short)
1911
The Sheriff's Chum (Short) as
Prisoner
1911
Across the Plains (Short)
1911
On the Desert's Edge (Short)
1911
The Outlaw and the Child (Short)
1911
The Two Reformations (Short)
1911
The Count and the Cowboys (Short)
1910
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift (Short)
1910
The Tenderfoot Messenger (Short)
1910
A Cowboy's Vindication (Short)
1910
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present (Short)
1910
A Western Woman's Way (Short)
1910
The Little Prospector (Short)
1910
The Marked Trail (Short)
1910
The Masquerade Cop (Short)
1910
Pals of the Range (Short) as
An Indian
1910
The Bearded Bandit (Short)
1910
Patricia of the Plains (Short)
1910
The Tout's Remembrance (Short)
1910
The Pony Express Rider (Short)
1910
The Deputy's Love (Short) as
Passenger
1910
Under Western Skies (Short) as
A Cowboy
1910
The Desperado (Short) as
Black Bart
1910
The Unknown Claim (Short) as
A Ranch Hand
1910
The Bad Man's Last Deed (Short) as
The Sheriff
1910
The Forest Ranger (Short)
1910
The Ranchman's Feud (Short) as
The Sheriff
1910
The Brother, Sister and the Cowpuncher (Short)
1910
The Little Doctor of the Foothills (Short)
1910
The Cowpuncher's Ward (Short)
1910
A Vein of Gold (Short)
1910
The Bad Man and the Preacher (Short)
1910
The Mistaken Bandit (Short)
1910
The Ranger's Bride (Short)
1910
The Faithful Indian (Short)
1910
The Flower of the Ranch (Short)
1910
A Ranchman's Wooing (Short)
1910
The Girl and the Fugitive (Short) as
A Cowboy
1910
Method in His Madness (Short) as
Pedestrian at Second Bar / Third Bartender
1910
The Mexican's Faith (Short) as
Scoundrel's Accomplice
1910
The Cowboy and the Squaw (Short) as
The Bartender
1910
The Outlaw's Sacrifice (Short) as
Walt Malone
1910
Won by a Hold-Up (Short) as
Bill
1909
The Heart of a Cowboy (Short)
1909
The Spanish Girl (Short) as
Pedro Mayos
1909
The Ranchman's Rival (Short) as
The Mexican
1909
His Reformation (Short)
1909
The Best Man Wins (Short)
1909
The Mad Miner (Short)(as Frederick Church)
1909
Tag Day (Short)(as Frederick Church)
1908
The Cowboy's Baby (Short) as
Joe Dayton (as Frederick Church)
Director
1926
The Ranch of the Hoodoos (as Fred George Walker)
1914
The Futility of Revenge (Short)
Writer
1929
The Unknown Rider (writer)
References
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