Whip Wilson

From Wikipedia Whip Wilson born Roland Charles Meyers June 16 1911 Granite City Illinois October 22 1964 Los Angeles California was an American cowboy film star of the late 1940s and into the 1950s known for his roles in Bwesterns His first film was alongside Monograms singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely in the 1948 film Silver Trails to give him experience in front of the camera The next year Wilson starred in his own series films the first being Crashin Thru followed by Haunted Trails Range Land and Riders of the Dusk He first was given a horse named Silver Bullet later shortened to Bullet then changed to Rocket due to Roy Rogers having a dog in his films named Bullet Wilson may have come along too late to establish himself as a major star studios were already phasing out lowbudget westerns Veteran comedian Andy Clyde was a valuable asset as costar but the series got little attention After 12 films Clyde left the cast replaced by Fuzzy Knight and later by Jim Bannon In 1950 Wilson starred in Gunslingers Arizona Territory Cherokee Uprising Fence Riders and Outlaws of Texas In 1951 his character continued in Lawless Cowboys Stage to Blue River Canyon Raiders and Abilene Trail There was nothing novel or original about Wilson to distinguish himself from other cowboy stars The name of his horse the bullwhip gimmick and the false past created by the producers were all derivative Wilsons career never really took off and by 1952 his Hollywood career was all but over with him starring in Night Raiders with his last film being that same year titled Wyoming Roundup