Rusty Wescoatt

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birthplace = Hawaii, United States
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deathplace = Los Angeles, California
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yearsactive = 1947 - 1965
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Rusty Wescoatt (August 2, 1911 - September 3. 1987) was a supporting actor who appeared in over 80 films between 1947 and 1965, according to the Internet Movie Database. He was born in Hawaii, United States.

Wescoatt was an expert at playing the "henchmen" role in B-Westerns and serials, as he had a satisfactory career in both. But 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". During each mission, Wescoatt went from one chapter to the next trying desperately to kill the hero with fists, knives, guns, bombs, ropes, or whatever else happened to be handy at the time. But he was a bad luck man, because most of the time he had to face distinguished serials heroes. This way, Robert Lowery realled mauled him in "Batman and Robin"; George Reeves pummeled him in "The Adventures of Sir Galahad"; Kirk Alyn tried to teach him the error of his ways in two Superman cliffhangers, and Buster Crabbe knocked him every time in "The Sea Hound" and "King of the Congo". At that was just in the serials, when not getting knocked around saloons in westerns.

As a change of pace, Wescoatt eventually played as a detective in "Touch of Evil", policeman or deputy sheriff in several movies, suggesting he could play a law enforcement’s role. Then, after the westerns and serials faded in the mid-1950s he migrated to television work, acting in classic TV western series, specially in the "Death Valley Days" anthology, and also appeared in two films with the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity.

Wescoatt died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76.

elected appearances

erials

*"The Vigilante" (1947)
*"The Sea Hound" (1947)
*"Superman" (1948)
*"Congo Bill" (1948)
*"Bruce Gentry" (1949)
*"Batman and Robin" (1949)
*"The Adventures of Sir Galahad" (1949)
*"Cody of the Pony Express" (1950)
*"Atom Man vs. Superman" (1950)
*"Roar of the Iron Horse" (1951)
*"Mysterious Island" (1951)
*"" (1951)
*"King of the Congo" (1952)
*"Perils of the Wilderness" (1956)

Films

*"Jungle Jim in Pygmy Island" (1950)
*"Jungle Jim's Captive Girl" (1950)
*"Jungle Manhunt" (1951)
*"Gang Busters" (1955)
*"Tarantula" (1955)
*"Touch of Evil" (1958)
*"The Three Stooges Meet Hercules" (1959)
*"The Three Stooges in Orbit" (1962)
*"Gypsy" (1962)
*"Morituri" (1965)

TV shows

* "The Adventures of Kit Carson" (1952-53)
* "The Lone Ranger" (1952)
*"Death Valley Days" (1952-59)
*"The Gene Autry Show" (1953)
* "Hopalong Cassidy" (1953)
* "The Roy Rogers Show" (1953-57)
*"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1953-58)
*"Captain Midnight" (1954)
*"Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955)
*"" (1956)
* "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" (1956)
*"Sky King" (1956-59)
*"Gunsmoke" (1957)
*"Tales of the Texas Rangers" (1957)
* "Perry Mason" (1957)
*"77 Sunset Strip" (1958)
*"Maverick" (1958-60)
*"Bat Masterson" (1959)
*"The Twilight Zone" (1960)
*"Surfside 6" (1960)
*"Lawman" (1962)
*"The Legend of Jesse James" (1965)

External link

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