Occupation Actor Spouse Vivian (m. ?–1985) Role Actor | Name Rusty Wescoatt Years active 1947–1965 | |
Born August 2, 1911 ( 1911-08-02 ) Maui, Hawaii, U.S Died September 3, 1987, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies Fury of the Congo, Pygmy Island, The Big Bluff, The Snow Creature, Mysterious Island Similar People Spencer Gordon Bennet, Sam Katzman, Edward Bernds, Norman Maurer, Orson Welles | ||
Rusty Wescoatt (August 2, 1911 - September 3, 1987) was an American supporting actor who appeared in over 80 films between 1947 and 1965, according to the Internet Movie Database.
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Early life
Wescoatt was born on August 2, 1911, in Maui, Hawaii, U.S.
Career
Wescoatt began his acting career with The Vigilante in 1947 as Garrity (uncredited). His next serial was The Sea Hound as Singapore Manson. In 1948, Wescoatt was in Superman, a 15-part black-and-white Columbia film serial, based on the comic book character Superman as Elton in chapters 7–15. In 1948, he was in Congo Bill as Ivan. He would play a number of henchmen roles in B-Westerns and serials Wescoatt's main studio for serial mayhem was Columbia. His screen persona was usually a bully who, often had more brawn than brains, did the physical labor according to the strict orders given by the brains heavy.
In 1950, Wescoatt was uncredited as Maklee Native in Jungle Manhunt. In 1955, he was in Gang Busters as Mike Denike (archive footage). Also in 1955, he was in Tarantula, a science fiction film from Universal-International, produced by William Alland, directed by Jack Arnold, as a driver (uncredited).
Wescoatt would guest star in a number id television shows including The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, Death Valley Days, Hopalong Cassidy, Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Sky King, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, Bat Masterson, The Twilight Zone, Lawman, and The Legend of Jesse James.
Death
Wescoatt died in September 3, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76.
Filmography
Actor
1965
The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) as
Blacksmith
- The Judas Boot (1965) - Blacksmith
1965
Morituri as
Merchant Marine (uncredited)
1964
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
Tent Worker
- The Race Town Story (1964) - Tent Worker (uncredited)
1963
The Young Swingers as
Policeman
1962
Gypsy as
Stagehand (uncredited)
1962
Black Gold as
Wilkins
1962
The Three Stooges in Orbit as
Cook (uncredited)
1962
The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) as
Mr. Hill
- Everybody Is Money (1962) - Mr. Hill
1962
Lawman (TV Series) as
Blacksmith
- Mountain Man (1962) - Blacksmith
1962
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules as
Philo - Drummer on Galley (uncredited)
1961
Manhunt (TV Series) as
John Bukich
- War Against San Diego (1961) - John Bukich
1959
Cheyenne (TV Series) as
Benton / Bartender
- Legacy of the Lost (1961) - Benton
- Trial by Conscience (1959) - Bartender (uncredited)
1961
Shannon (TV Series) as
Constable
- The Pickup (1961) - Constable
1961
20,000 Eyes as
Policeman
1961
The Silent Call as
Moose
1961
Stagecoach West (TV Series) as
Dutchy
- The Brass Lily (1961) - Dutchy
1958
Maverick (TV Series) as
Referee / Muldoon / Ben Thompson / ...
- Kiz (1960) - Referee (uncredited)
- The Bundle from Britain (1960) - Muldoon
- Full House (1959) - Ben Thompson (uncredited)
- Two Beggars on Horseback (1959) - Gang Member (uncredited)
- The Belcastle Brand (1958) - Gus Shaughnessy (as Rusty Westcoatt)
- Rage for Vengeance (1958) - Stage Passenger (uncredited)
1960
Surfside 6 (TV Series) as
Pug Garnes
- Odd Job (1960) - Pug Garnes
1960
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) as
Joe the bartender
- Pay-off at Pinto (1960) - Joe the bartender (uncredited)
1960
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Tall Man
- The Chaser (1960) - Tall Man
1959
Bat Masterson (TV Series) as
Henchman / Kickapoo Smith
- Masterson's Arcadia Club (1960) - Henchman (uncredited)
- No Funeral for Thorn (1959) - Kickapoo Smith (uncredited)
1960
Tombstone Territory (TV Series) as
Bar Room Brawler / Rusty
- Memory (1960) - Bar Room Brawler (uncredited)
- The Bride (1960) - Rusty (uncredited)
1959
Cast a Long Shadow as
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
The Rough Riders (TV Series) as
Dobie
- The Wagon Raiders (1959) - Dobie
1952
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Pete / Rusty / Stoney / ...
- Forty Steps to Glory (1959) - Rusty
- The Talking Wire (1959) - Stoney
- A Piano Goes West (1959) - Pete (uncredited)
- The Moving Out of Minnie (1958) - Pete
- Cockeyed Charlie Parkhurst (1958) - Finn
- Train of Events (1957) - Fireman (uncredited)
- The Loggerheads (1956) - Pete
- Faro Bill's Layout (1956) - Barkeeper Rusty
- Mr. Bigfoot (1956) - Red (uncredited)
- Nevada's Plymouth Rock (1956) - Townsman (uncredited)
- California's First Ice Man (1955) - Hank Lewis
- The Mormon's Grindstone (1955) - Frank (as Rusty Westcoatt)
- The Rainbow Chaser (1954) - Charlie Flack (uncredited)
- Little Oscar's Millions (1953) - Barfly (uncredited)
- The Rival Hash Houses (1953) - Pete
- The Lost Pegleg Mine (1952) - Dirk (uncredited)
1958
Trackdown (TV Series) as
Joe / Bartender
- The Trick (1959) - Joe (uncredited)
- Fear (1959) - Joe (uncredited)
- Day of Vengeance (1958) - Joe (uncredited)
- Sunday's Child (1958) - Joe (uncredited)
- The Schoolteacher (1958) - Joe
- Tenner Smith (1958) - Joe
- Chinese Cowboy (1958) - Bartender
- Killer Take All (1958) - Bartender (uncredited)
- The Mistake (1958) - Bartender
- The Winter Boys (1958) - Bartender (uncredited)
- The Pueblo Kid (1958) - Bartender (uncredited)
1959
Bronco (TV Series) as
Dan
- The Belles of Silver Flat (1959) - Dan (uncredited)
1956
Sky King (TV Series) as
Varner / Red Forrest / Second Man / ...
- Ring of Fire (1959) - Varner
- The Brain and the Brawn (1958) - Red Forrest
- Bad Actor (1958) - Second Man
- Flood of Fury (1956) - Frisco
- Diamonds on a Sky-Hook (1956) - Pete
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Garbage Man
- Lovely Lady, Pity Me (1958) - Garbage Man (uncredited)
1958
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) as
3rd Guard
- The Hanging of Roy Carter (1958) - 3rd Guard (as Rusty Westcoatt)
1958
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) as
Bouncer
- Johnny Risk (1958) - Bouncer (uncredited)
1953
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV Series) as
Fake Red Beard / Ben
- Counterfeit Ghost (1958) - Fake Red Beard (as Rusty Westcoatt)
- The Doctor's Story (1953) - Ben
1958
Touch of Evil as
Detective Casey (uncredited)
1958
Broken Arrow (TV Series) as
Blacksmith
- Panic (1958) - Blacksmith
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) as
Portchey / Clem Wharton / Windom
- River Chase (1958) - Portchey
- Rinty Finds a Bone (1956) - Clem Wharton
- Rin Tin Tin Meets Shakespeare (1955) - Windom
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Sgt. Holcomb
- The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse (1957) - Sgt. Holcomb (as Rusty Westcoatt)
1957
Colt .45 (TV Series) as
Bartender
- Rebellion (1957) - Bartender
1957
Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV Series) as
Blackie
- Riders of the Lone Star (1957) - Blackie (as Rusty Westcoatt)
1957
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Gere
- The Man Who Would Be Marshal (1957) - Gere (uncredited)
1957
Circus Boy (TV Series) as
Deputy
- Hortense the Hippo (1957) - Deputy
1957
Snowfire as
Link Stoner
1957
The Big Caper as
Plainclothesman Outside Bank (uncredited)
1953
The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) as
Pete - Henchman / Henchman Hal Jessup / Lefty Young / ...
- Portrait of Murder (1957) - Pete - Henchman (as Norman Westcoatt)
- Junior Outlaw (1957) - Henchman Hal Jessup
- The Big Chance (1955) - Lefty Young
- Hidden Treasure (1954) - Henchman Hank
- Little Dynamite (1954) - Fred Willow
- The Peddler from the Pecos (1953) - Joe Burnside
- Outlaws of Paradise Valley (1953) - Outlaw Leader
1957
The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) as
Lou
- Massacre 1883 (1957) - Lou (uncredited)
1956
Showdown at Abilene as
Roughneck (uncredited)
1956
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series) as
One Punch Madigan
- The Fancy Dan (1956) - One Punch Madigan (as N.E. 'Rusty' Wescoatt)
1956
Red Sundown as
Bartender (uncredited)
1956
Perils of the Wilderness as
Henchman (uncredited)
1952
Gang Busters (TV Series) as
Mike / Detective / Officer Chuck
- The Red Dress Case (1955) - Detective (uncredited)
- The Pinson Gang, pt. 1 (1952) - Mike
- The Scissors Case (1952) - Officer Chuck (uncredited)
- The Pinson Gang, pt. 3 - Mike
- The Pinson Gang, pt. 2 - Mike
1955
Tarantula as
Pickup Driver (uncredited)
1955
Duel on the Mississippi as
Helmsman (uncredited)
1955
Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV Series) as
Wagon Driver
- Apache Raid (1955) - Wagon Driver
1955
The Big Bluff as
Frank
1954
Sign of the Pagan as
Tula
1954
Captain Midnight (TV Series) as
Davis
- The Deserters (1954) - Davis
1954
The Snow Creature as
Guard in Warehouse
1954
The Yellow Mountain as
Miner (uncredited)
1954
Riding with Buffalo Bill as
Henchman (uncredited)
1954
Francis Joins the WACS as
Railroad Brakeman (uncredited)
1954
Drums Across the River as
Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Rails Into Laramie as
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV Series) as
Tom / Milt / Henchman / ...
- Gunsmoke Valley (1953) - Tom
- Outlaw Trail (1953) - Milt
- Trail to Old Sonora (1952) - Henchman
- Danger Hill (1952) - Big Henchman
- The Marauder of Madera (1952) - Gustavo Morales aka Chico Grande (as Rusty Westcoatt)
1953
Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) as
Brawler in Bank
- Twisted Trails (1953) - Brawler in Bank
1953
The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) as
Henchman Ed / Cole - Beefy Henchman in Checked Shirt
- Ransom Cross (1953) - Henchman Ed
- Steel Ribbon (1953) - Cole - Beefy Henchman in Checked Shirt
1953
Pack Train as
Tall Burly Henchman (uncredited)
1952
The Range Rider (TV Series) as
Shack Henchman
- Border Trouble (1952) - Shack Henchman (uncredited)
1952
The Lone Ranger (TV Series) as
Sergeant
- The Condemned Man (1952) - Sergeant
1952
The Golden Hawk as
Pirate (uncredited)
1952
California Conquest as
Californian (uncredited)
1952
Brave Warrior as
Standish
1952
Thief of Damascus as
Soldier (uncredited)
1952
King of the Congo as
Kor
1951
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere as
Beal - Henchman [Chs. 1, 7, 11]
1951
Jungle Manhunt as
Maklee Native (uncredited)
1951
Mysterious Island as
Moley - Shard Henchman
1951
Hurricane Island as
Crandall (uncredited)
1951
When the Redskins Rode as
Znueau (uncredited)
1951
Roar of the Iron Horse - Rail-Blazer of the Apache Trail as
Scully
1951
Fury of the Congo as
Magruder
1951
A Yank in Korea as
Sgt. Hutton
1950
Stage to Tucson as
Barfly (uncredited)
1950
Pygmy Island as
Anders (uncredited)
1950
Pirates of the High Seas as
Adams
1950
Last of the Buccaneers as
Col. Parnell (uncredited)
1950
Chain Gang as
Guard Yates (uncredited)
1950
Sunset in the West as
Henchman (uncredited)
1950
Atom Man vs. Superman as
Carl
1950
State Penitentiary as
'Flash' Russell - Convict (uncredited)
1950
Captive Girl as
Silva
1950
Cody of the Pony Express as
Denver - Hired Gunman [Ch.14]
1949
The Adventures of Sir Galahad as
Bartog's Hefty Thug (uncredited)
1949
Batman and Robin as
Ives - Henchman [Chs. 3-13]
1949
The Mutineers as
Tom Jenkins (uncredited)
1949
Bruce Gentry as
Henchman (uncredited)
1948
Congo Bill as
Ivan
1948
Superman as
Elton [Chs. 7-15]
1948
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains as
Henchman Reno (Ch's 5,11) (uncredited)
1947
The Sea Hound as
Singapore Manson
1947
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West as
Garrity (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2015
Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (TV Series documentary) as
Various characters
- Curtain Call (2015) - Various characters (uncredited)
1955
Gang Busters as
Mike Denike
References
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