American actor and radio performer
Chick Hannan
Born Chester William Hannan
[ 1] (1901-05-24 ) May 24, 1901Died August 14, 1980(1980-08-14) (aged 79) Occupation Actor Spouse
[ 2] [ 3] Children 1[ 2]
Chester William Hannan (May 24, 1901 – August 14, 1980) was an American actor and rodeo performer .[ 4] [ 5] He was known for starring as Yucca Bill Thompson in the 1937 film Stars Over Arizona .[ 6]
Hannan was born in Iron River, Michigan .[ 2] In 1924, he traveled to England with the Tex Austin Rodeo.[ 2] Hannan moved to California in the 1930s.[ 2] Hannan began his career in 1933, first appearing in the serial film The Three Musketeers , which starred John Wayne and Ruth Hall . Hannan made over 370 film and television appearances.[ 2]
Hannan appeared in films, such as, The Red Rider (1934), starring Buck Jones ; Trouble in Texas (1937), starring Tex Ritter ; The Utah Trail (1938), again with Tex Ritter; The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939), starring Robert Livingston ; King of the Texas Rangers (1941), starring Sammy Baugh ; West of the Rio Grande (1944), starring Johnny Mack Brown ; Lone Texas Ranger (1945), starring Wild Bill Elliott ; Roaring Rangers (1946), starring Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette ; Raiders of the South (1947), again with Johnny Mack Brown; Return of the Bad Men (1948), starring Randolph Scott , Robert Ryan , Anne Jeffreys , George "Gabby" Hayes and Jacqueline White ; Across the Rio Grande (1949), starring Jimmy Wakely ; Code of the Silver Sage (1950), starring Allan Lane ; The Brass Legend (1956), starring Hugh O'Brian and The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959), starring Joel McCrea . His final film credit was from the 1966 film A Big Hand for the Little Lady , which starred Henry Fonda , Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards . In his film career, he served as a double for actor and musician Tex Ritter's wife Dorothy Fay and also for other actresses.[ 1]
Hannan's television credits includes Gunsmoke , Bonanza , Wagon Train , The Virginian , The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp , The Deputy , Bat Masterson , Tales of Wells Fargo , Death Valley Days , The Restless Gun , Sugarfoot and The Adventures of Kit Carson .[ 1] He was an on-set representative for the American Humane .[ 1] [ 2] [ 7]
He died in August 1980 in San Fernando, California , at the age of 79.[ 2]
Selected Filmography
References
^ a b c d Scott Freese, Gene (April 10, 2014). Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s–1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed . McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 9780786476435 – via Google Books .
^ a b c d e f g h "Chick Hannan" . The Signal . Santa Clarita, California . August 17, 1980. p. 4. Retrieved July 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Velander, Earl (1981), "The Velander-Daley-Irgens Family: The Descendants of Pauline Maria Fredrikka Irgens, Ole A. Daley, and Sven Velander", University of Wisconsin–Madison , E.W. Velander
^ "Happy Valley Social Club Taken Over By Chick Hannan" . The Signal . Santa Clarita, California . April 26, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved July 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "International Motion Picture Almanac", University of California , Quigley Publications, p. 242, 1943
^ "Stars Over Arizona" . Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved July 27, 2022 .
^ Robinson, Don (June 15, 1968). "Former Cowpoke Keeps Film Animals Healthy" . Arizona Daily Star . Tucson, Arizona . p. 17. Retrieved July 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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