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Grant Withers (January 17, 1905, Pueblo, Colorado – March 27, 1959, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California), born Granville G. Withers, was a prolific American film actor with a sizeable body of work.
With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with an impressive list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead.
As his career progressed, his importance diminished, but he did manage a 10-year contract at Republic Pictures. His friendships with both John Ford and John Wayne secured him a spot in nine of Wayne's films, but later roles dwindled to supporting parts, mainly as villains in B-movies, serials, and finally television. He appeared in the late 1950s in two episodes of the syndicated western series 26 Men, set in Arizona, where he had earlier eloped with Loretta Young.
His life in film, five unsuccessful marriages, and a tragic end had all the makings of its own Hollywood drama.
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Movies
My Darling Clementine
Ike Clanton
Doomed to Die
Capt. William Street
The Fighting Seabees
Whanger Spreckles
Mr. Wong, Detective
Police Capt. Sam Street
Phantom of Chinatown
Police Captain Street
Rio Grande
U.S. Deputy Marshal
The Get-Away
Rufe Parker, a Gangster
Other Men's Women
Bill White
Hoodlum Empire
Rev. Simon Andrews
The Secrets of Wu Sin
James Manning
Wake of the Red Witch
Capt. Wilde Youngeur
Fort Apache
Silas Meacham
The Fighting Kentuckian
George Hayden
Blackmail
Inspector Donaldson
Million Dollar Pursuit
Carlo Petrov
Goin' to Town
Young Stud
The Ghost Goes Wild
Bill Winters
Three on a Limb
Oscar
Whistling in Brooklyn
Reporter (uncredited)
Apache Trail
'Les' Lestrade
The Vampire's Ghost
Father Gilchrist
I, Mobster
Paul Moran
The Fatal Hour
Capt. Bill Street
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Police Capt. Sam Street
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Police Capt. Bill Street
The Sun Shines Bright
Buck Ramsey
The Girl Who Dared
Homer Norton
Dangerous Partners
Jonathan
No Hands on the Clock
Harry Belding
Homicide for Three
Joe Hatch aka Bruno Rose
Road to Alcatraz
Inspector Craven
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Pendar
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Express Agent Lucas
Spoilers of the Plains
Gregory Camwell
Red Haired Alibi
Robert 'Bob' Shelton
Night Time in Nevada
Ran Farrell
The White Squaw
Sheriff
Hell's Crossroads
Sheriff Oliver
The Savage Horde
Wade Proctor
Utah
Ben Bowman
The Trespasser
Detective Lt. Kirk
Silent Partner
Bob Ross
Duke of Chicago
Tony Russo
Sinners' Holiday
Angel
The Test
Brule Conway
Valley of Wanted Men
Fred
Tropic Zone
Bert Nelson
The Fighting Marines
Cpl. Larry Lawrernce
Let's Sing Again
Jim 'Diablo' Wilkins
Tailspin Tommy
Milt Howe
The Arizona Raiders
Monroe Adams, Harriett's lawyer
The Second Floor Mystery
Geoffrey West
Iron Mountain Trail
Roger McCall
Scarlet Pages
Bob Lawrence
Navy Secrets
Steve Fletcher, alias CPO Steve Roberts
Back Pay
Gerald
Tomboy
Mr. Kelly
Held For Ransom
Larry Scott
Bells of Coronado
Craig Bennett
Last Stagecoach West
Jack Fergus
Dancing Sweeties
Bill Cleaver
Telephone Operator
Red
Boys' Reformatory
Dr. Owens
Jungle Jim
Jim 'Jungle Jim' Bradley
Paradise Express
Lawrence 'Larry' Doyle
Bill Cracks Down
'Tons' Walker
Parachute Battalion
Captain
The Secret of Treasure Island
Roderick Gridley
Hollywood Round-Up
Grant Drexel
Oklahoma Annie
Bull McCready
Soldiers and Women
Capt. Clive Branch
Daughter of the Tong
Ralph Dickson
Tripoli
Sgt. Derek
Three Loves Has Nancy
Jack
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Sammy Lee, Harvard Football Coach (uncredited)
Men Against the Sky
Mr. Grant
So Long Letty
Harry Miller
The Masked Rider
Douglas
Upstream
John Rogers
Radio Patrol
Officer Pat O'Hara
Saturday's Children
Rims Rosson
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Hero
Captive of Billy the Kid
Van Stanley
Billy the Kid
Ed Shanahan
Rock Island Trail
David Strong
Tycoon
Fog
Let's Make Music
Headwaiter
Skybound
Chet Morley
The Gambling Sex
Bill Foster
Goodnight, Sweetheart
Matt Colby
Dakota
Slagin
Affairs of Geraldine
Henry Cooper
Society Fever
Ronald Dawson
The Red Rider
'Silent' Slade
Bringing Up Father
Dennis
The Marines Come Thru
Pvt. Jack 'Junior' Murray
Rip Roaring Riley
Major Gray
Northwest Rangers
Fowler
Hellfire
Sheriff Martin
Tropical Heat Wave
Norman James
Run for Cover
Gentry
Fair Wind to Java
Jason Blue
In Old Sacramento
Captain Mark Slayter
Lure of the Wasteland
Smitty
In Old Oklahoma
"Rich"Richardson
Storm Over the Andes
Mitchell
Gunfighters
Deputy Bill Yount
The Road to Ruin
Don Hughes
Waterfront Lady
Tod
Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two Number (uncredited)
Trigger, Jr.
Manson
Too Young to Marry
Bill Clark
The Sea Hornet
Rocky Lowe
The Gallant Legion
Wesley Hardin
Angel in Exile
Sheriff
Bells of Rosarita
William Ripley
Belle Le Grand
Shannon
Utah Wagon Train
Red Bancroft
Leadville Gunslinger
Jonathan Graves
A Lady Takes a Chance
Bob Hastings
Wyoming
Joe Sublette
Old Los Angeles
Marshal Ed Luckner
The Plunderers
Deputy Tap Lawrence
Sons of Adventure
J.L. Sterling
Woman of the North Country
Henry S. Chapman
The Greyhound Limited
Bill
Madonna of Avenue A
Slim Shayne
Border Flight
Lt. Pat Tornell
Lady Be Careful
Lt. Loomis
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Withers
Hearts in Exile
Paul Pavloff
Panama Hattie
Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
Champ for a Day
Scott Cameron
The Other Tomorrow
Jon Carter
Captive Wild Woman
Veterinarian (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Waddy (uncredited)
Golden Shackles
Hit Parade of 1951
Smokey
Ship Cafe
Rocky Stone
Tennessee Johnson
Mordecai Milligan
Daredevils of the Clouds
Matt Conroy
Street of Forgotten Women
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Henry Potter
Tiger Rose
Bruce
The Gentle Cyclone
Wilkes Junior
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
The Sky Parade
Casey Cameron
Roger Touhy, Gangster
FBI Man Detaining 'Ice Box' (uncredited)
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Jim Crane
Butch Minds the Baby
Cactus Pete
The Final Extra
Pat Riley
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
College
Jeff's Friend (uncredited)
In the Headlines
Nosey Norton
Shows
Gunsmoke
Jed Larner
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Carl Metz
26 Men
Cheyenne
Matt Ellis
Perry Mason
Stewart Brent
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sheriff Ludlow
The Texan
Ed Martin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Roy Lamont
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Sheriff Wharton
Screen Director's Playhouse
William Brackett Sr.
The Gale Storm Show
Oliver
Wagon Train
Mark Hammond
The Restless Gun
Dutcher
Lassie
George Forsythe (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jeremiah Mulrooney
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sam Barton
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gus Andrews
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Miles Breck