Max Terhune

Max Terhune (12 February 1891 Franklin, Indiana, – 5 June 1973 Cottonwood, Arizona), was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956. Terhune performed in 21 episodes of The Three Mesquiteers (co-starring with Robert Livingston and Ray "Crash" Corrigan in the Republic series); The Range Busters (24 entries with Ray Corrigan and John King at Monogram Pictures); several supporting roles with Gene Autry (at Republic), and the Johnny Mack Brown westerns at Monogram. Terhune played the comic sidekick (usually named either Lullaby Joslin or just Alibi)--with a major distinction. He always traveled the range with his dummy Elmer sharing his saddle. Terhune was not only a splendid ventriloquist, but a fine magician. Card tricks were his forte, and he often performed such in his movies. His former vaudeville act included juggling and doing impressions, talents also incorporated into his sidekick roles. He joined the National Barn Dance radio program, along with Gene Autry, in 1933. It was Autry who introduced him to Republic Pictures. His last film role was in the major Hollywood film Giant, in which he played the dramatic role of the physician Dr. Walker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Terhune, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Red River Range (1938)

The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a wanted outlaw. This gets Stony into the gang of rustlers and he alerts Tucson and Lullaby as to the next raid. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Polly Moran

The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a wanted outlaw. This gets Stony into the gang of rustlers and he alerts Tucson and Lullaby as to the next raid. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Polly Moran

Range Defenders (1937)

Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town along with his stooge Sheriff Gray and that George won't get a fair trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack V. Wright
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Eleanor Stewart

Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town along with his stooge Sheriff Gray and that George won't get a fair trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack V. Wright
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Eleanor Stewart

Boot Hill Bandits (1942)

Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly killed in the explosion. A man finds his badge and gives it to Bolton. Thinking Crash dead, Bolton gives the badge away and it ends up with the Sheriff. Crash is OK ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Elmer

Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly killed in the explosion. A man finds his badge and gives it to Bolton. Thinking Crash dead, Bolton gives the badge away and it ends up with the Sheriff. Crash is OK ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Elmer

Haunted Ranch (1943)

Both the Range Buster and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. The gold is in a steel cased organ but a certain combination of organ stops ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  John 'Dusty' King  •  David Sharpe  •  Max Terhune  •  Elmer

Both the Range Buster and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. The gold is in a steel cased organ but a certain combination of organ stops ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  John 'Dusty' King  •  David Sharpe  •  Max Terhune  •  Elmer

Thunder River Feud (1942)

Attracted by a picture of Maybelle Pembroke, the Range Busters, bantering between themselves, head for the Pembroke ranch separetely. Crash arrives posing as a dude while Dusty arrives posing as Crash, a mixup having put his picture in the paper identified as Crash ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Jan Wiley

Attracted by a picture of Maybelle Pembroke, the Range Busters, bantering between themselves, head for the Pembroke ranch separetely. Crash arrives posing as a dude while Dusty arrives posing as Crash, a mixup having put his picture in the paper identified as Crash ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Jan Wiley

Heroes of the Hills (1938)

In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to provide a model for prison reform. They are opposed by a local contractor who wants to build a standard prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Priscilla Lawson

In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to provide a model for prison reform. They are opposed by a local contractor who wants to build a standard prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Priscilla Lawson

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)

In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Phil Regan  •  Leo Carrillo  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Tamara Geva

In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Phil Regan  •  Leo Carrillo  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Tamara Geva

Sheriff of Sundown (1944)

Bringing his large cattle herd to Sundown, rancher Tex Jordan must sell his cattle to corrupt baron Jack Hatfield. He does OK but learns Hatfield is cheating the small outfits. When one refuses to sell he is murdered and Tex then decides to stay and take up the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Allan Lane  •  Linda Stirling  •  Max Terhune  •  Twinkle Watts

Bringing his large cattle herd to Sundown, rancher Tex Jordan must sell his cattle to corrupt baron Jack Hatfield. He does OK but learns Hatfield is cheating the small outfits. When one refuses to sell he is murdered and Tex then decides to stay and take up the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Allan Lane  •  Linda Stirling  •  Max Terhune  •  Twinkle Watts

The Hit Parade (1937)

Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds fits in better with her social status. To get even, Pete wants to make an unknown singer into a star. He finds Ruth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Meins
CAST:  Frances Langford  •  Phil Regan  •  Max Terhune  •  Edward Brophy

Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds fits in better with her social status. To get even, Pete wants to make an unknown singer into a star. He finds Ruth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Meins
CAST:  Frances Langford  •  Phil Regan  •  Max Terhune  •  Edward Brophy

Square Dance Jubilee (1949)

Two talent scouts for a New York-based country music TV show called "Square Dance Jubilee" are sent out West to get authentic western singing acts. They find what they're looking for, but also get mixed up in cattle rustling and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Landres
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Mary Beth Hughes  •  Wally Vernon  •  Spade Cooley

Two talent scouts for a New York-based country music TV show called "Square Dance Jubilee" are sent out West to get authentic western singing acts. They find what they're looking for, but also get mixed up in cattle rustling and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Landres
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Mary Beth Hughes  •  Wally Vernon  •  Spade Cooley

Boots and Saddles (1937)

Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Judith Allen  •  Ronald Sinclair

Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Judith Allen  •  Ronald Sinclair

Harmony Trail (1944)

Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his medicine show they get one of the bills. This enables Ken to see through Sorrell's scheme that threw the blame on an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  Ken Maynard  •  Eddie Dean  •  Gene Alsace  •  Max Terhune

Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his medicine show they get one of the bills. This enables Ken to see through Sorrell's scheme that threw the blame on an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  Ken Maynard  •  Eddie Dean  •  Gene Alsace  •  Max Terhune

The Trigger Trio (1937)

In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official from the State Agricultural Service who had come to investigate an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease. The killer is fearful that the official would quarantine his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Witney
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Ralph Byrd  •  Sandra Corday

In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official from the State Agricultural Service who had come to investigate an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease. The killer is fearful that the official would quarantine his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Witney
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Ralph Byrd  •  Sandra Corday

Rock River Renegades (1942)

In Old Wyoming, a gang is plundering stagecoaches of shipped currency and a crusading newspaper editor is trying to get the local marshal replaced, because of his apparent failure to catch the gang, which seems to disappear into thin air after every robbery. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Christine McIntyre

In Old Wyoming, a gang is plundering stagecoaches of shipped currency and a crusading newspaper editor is trying to get the local marshal replaced, because of his apparent failure to catch the gang, which seems to disappear into thin air after every robbery. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Christine McIntyre

Fugitive Valley (1941)

The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Elmer

The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Elmer

Underground Rustlers (1941)

Gold stages are being held up in the far west at a time when the U.S. government needs bullion, just before the famed "Black Friday" attempt to corner the gold market.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Gwen Gaze

Gold stages are being held up in the far west at a time when the U.S. government needs bullion, just before the famed "Black Friday" attempt to corner the gold market.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Gwen Gaze

Ghost-Town Gold (1936)

The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Kay Hughes

The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Ray Corrigan  •  Max Terhune  •  Kay Hughes

Saddle Mountain Roundup (1941)

Someone wants to kill Magpie Harper. Crash and Dusty arrive too late, Magpie Harper is allready dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Lita Conway

Someone wants to kill Magpie Harper. Crash and Dusty arrive too late, Magpie Harper is allready dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Roy Luby
CAST:  Ray Corrigan  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  Lita Conway

Texas to Bataan (1942)

As war looms in the Pacific, even cowboys are called on to fight the enemy. Horses are desperately needed by U.S forces stationed in the Philippines, and the Range Busters - Crash Corrigan, Alibi Terhune, and their newest partner, Davy Sharpe - are hired to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  David Sharpe  •  Elmer

As war looms in the Pacific, even cowboys are called on to fight the enemy. Horses are desperately needed by U.S forces stationed in the Philippines, and the Range Busters - Crash Corrigan, Alibi Terhune, and their newest partner, Davy Sharpe - are hired to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  John 'Dusty' King  •  Max Terhune  •  David Sharpe  •  Elmer

Trail Riders (1942)

In the 18th entry of Monogram's 24 "Range Buster" films, the bank of Gila Springs is robbed by Ace Alton and his gang, and Sheriff Frank Hammond, son of Marshal Jim Hammond, is killed. The Marshal sends for the Range Busters, Dusty King, Davy Sharpe and Alibi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  John 'Dusty' King  •  David Sharpe  •  Max Terhune  •  Kermit Maynard

In the 18th entry of Monogram's 24 "Range Buster" films, the bank of Gila Springs is robbed by Ace Alton and his gang, and Sheriff Frank Hammond, son of Marshal Jim Hammond, is killed. The Marshal sends for the Range Busters, Dusty King, Davy Sharpe and Alibi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Emmett Tansey
CAST:  John 'Dusty' King  •  David Sharpe  •  Max Terhune  •  Kermit Maynard
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