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Lash LaRue‌

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Birthday

calendar1917-06-15

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Lash LaRue

Gretna, Louisiana, USA

Lash LaRue

Gretna, Louisiana, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1917-06-15

Popularity

star2.2

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred "Lash" LaRue (June 15, 1917 – May 21, 1996) was a popular western motion picture star of the 1940s and 1950s. He had exceptional skill with the bullwhip and taught Harrison Ford how to use a bullwhip for the Indiana Jones movies. LaRue was one of the first recipients of the Golden Boot Awards in 1983. LaRue was originally screen tested by Warner Bros. but was rejected because he looked too much like Humphrey Bogart, then one of the studio's contract stars . He began acting in films in 1944 (at age 27) as Al LaRue, appearing in two musicals and a serial before being given a role in a Western film that would result in his being cast in a cowboy persona for virtually the rest of his career. He was given the name Lash because of the 18-foot (5.5 m)-long bullwhip he used to help bring down the bad guys. The popularity of his first role as the Cheyenne Kid, a sidekick of singing cowboy hero Eddie Dean, not just brandishing a whip but using it expertly to disarm villains, paved the way for LaRue to be featured in his own series of Western films. After appearing in all three of the Eddie Dean Cinecolor singing Westerns in 1945-46, he starred in quirky B-westerns from 1947 to 1951, at first for Poverty Row studio PRC, then for Eagle-Lion when they took over the studio, and later for producer Ron Ormond. He developed his image as the cowboy hero Lash LaRue, dressed all in black, and inherited from Buster Crabbe a comic sidekick in the form of "Fuzzy Q. Jones" played by Al St. John. LaRue played the Cheyenne Kid sidekick in about 8 films, before he starred in his own film series, playing a character actually named "Marshall Lash LaRue". Those 11 films (from 1948-1951) are the ones that western movie fans refer to as the "Lash LaRue" film series. He was different from the usual cowboy hero of the era: dressed in black, he spoke with a "city tough-guy" accent somewhat like that of Humphrey Bogart, whom he physically resembled. His use of a bullwhip, however, was what set him apart from bigger cowboy stars such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. His influence was felt throughout the dying medium of B-westerns; for example, he had an imitator, Whip Wilson, who starred in his own brief series, and even Roy Rogers started picking up and using a bullwhip in some of his Republic Studios Westerns made in the same period. He also made frequent personal appearances at small-town movie theaters that were showing his films during his heyday of 1948-51, a common practice for cowboy stars in those days. However, his skillful displays of stunts with his whip, done live on movie theater stages, also convinced young Western fans that there was at least one cowboy hero who could do in real life the same things he did on screen. He continued working in films and television until he retired in 1990. LaRue died of emphysema in 1996 (age 78) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, and was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. He was survived by his wife, Frances Bramlett LaRue, three sons and three daughters.

Movie Credits

Lash LaRue: A Man and His Memories

Lash LaRue: A Man and His Memories‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

The Dark Power

The Dark Power‌
star3.9
calendar 1985

Law of the Lash

Law of the Lash‌
star5.6
calendar 1947

King of the Bullwhip

King of the Bullwhip‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Border Feud

Border Feud‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

Please Don't Touch Me!

Please Don't Touch Me!‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Master Key

The Master Key‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Cheyenne Takes Over

Cheyenne Takes Over‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Alien Outlaw

Alien Outlaw‌
star2.7
calendar 1985

Pair of Aces

Pair of Aces‌
star5.0
calendar 1990

The Daltons' Women

The Daltons' Women‌
star2.0
calendar 1950

The Caravan Trail

The Caravan Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Frontier Revenge

Frontier Revenge‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

The Frontier Phantom

The Frontier Phantom‌
star4.5
calendar 1952

Stage to Mesa City

Stage to Mesa City‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Dead Man's Gold

Dead Man's Gold‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Outlaw Country

Outlaw Country‌
star3.5
calendar 1949

Mark of the Lash

Mark of the Lash‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Son of a Badman

Son of a Badman‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Son of Billy the Kid

Son of Billy the Kid‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Heartaches

Heartaches‌
star5.2
calendar 1947

Ghost Town Renegades

Ghost Town Renegades‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

The Thundering Trail

The Thundering Trail‌
star4.0
calendar 1951

The Vanishing Outpost

The Vanishing Outpost‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

The Black Lash

The Black Lash‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Escape

Escape‌
star6.0
calendar 1989

Song of Old Wyoming

Song of Old Wyoming‌
star5.2
calendar 1945

Wild West

Wild West‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

The Fighting Vigilantes

The Fighting Vigilantes‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Pioneer Justice

Pioneer Justice‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Return of the Lash

Return of the Lash‌
star3.0
calendar 1947

Stagecoach

Stagecoach‌
star5.5
calendar 1986

Hard on the Trail

Hard on the Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Lanton Mills

Lanton Mills‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train‌
star6.5
calendar 1945

Guns Don't Argue

Guns Don't Argue‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

The Enchanted Valley

The Enchanted Valley‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Tv Credits

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

Racket Squad

Racket Squad‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

26 Men

26 Men‌
star4.2
calendar 1957

Judge Roy Bean

Judge Roy Bean‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Gang Busters

Gang Busters‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Lash of the West

Lash of the West‌
star5.0
calendar 1953