RODD REDWING BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Rodd Redwing was born on August 24th, 1904 in New York City, New York. Redwing became a very well known Native American actor during his era. He is most remembered for his quickness using a gun in his western films. He became known as the , "world's greatest quick-draw artist". Redwing could pull his gun out of the holder and fire within two-tenths of a second.
His career began working on one short film in 1912, however he did not work in another film until 1936. Redwing then appeared in small parts in a number of films, although all his early roles were un-credited. Some of his early work included appearances in the films, "White Hunter" (1936) starring Warner Baxter, June Lang and Gail Patrick, "Daredevils of the West" (1943) starring Allen 'Rocky' Lane, Kay Aldridge, Eddie Acuff, Robert Frazer, Ted Adams, William Haade and George J. Lewis and "Sonora Stagecoach" (1944) starring Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Chief Thundercloud, Forrest Taylor, Al Ferguson, Charles King, Bud Osborne, Betty Miles and Glenn Strange.
It was not until 1949 when he was cast in the film, "Riders of the Pony Express" starring Ken Curtis, Shug Fisher, Cathy Douglas, John Dehner and Billy Benedict, that he was actually given credit for his appearance in a film. More un-credited roles followed but he was also cast in a number of television series where he was credited such as, "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hichcock", "The Adventures of Kit Carson", "The Range Rider", "Ramar of the Jungle", "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin", "The Cisco Kid", "December Bride", "Annie Oakley", "Zane Grey Theatre", "Buffalo Bill Jr.", "Frontier", "Rawhide", "Mister Ed", "The People's Choice" and "Bonanza" among many others.
Some of his other more successful credited film roles he added to his resume over the course of his career included, "Key Largo" (1948) starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Thomas Gomez and Jay Silverheels, "Conquest of Cochise" (1953) also starring John Hodiak, Robert Stack, Joy Page, Rico Alaniz, Fortunio Bonanova, Edward Colmans and Alex Montoya, "Gunfighters of the Northwest" (1954) starring alongside Jock Mahoney, Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates, Marshall Reed, Lyle Talbot, Chief Yowlachie, Pierce Lyden, William Fawcett, Lee Roberts, Terry Frost, John Hart, Don C. Harvey and Ken Maynard, "Cattle Queen of Montana" (1954) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Jack Elam, Chubby Johnson and Morris Ankrum, "Creature From the Black Lagoon" (1954) starring Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Ben Chapman, Antonio Moreno, Ricou Browning and Whit Bissell, "The Mole People" (1956) starring John Agar, Cynthis Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Nester Paiva and Alan Napier, "The Flame Barrier" (1958) starring Arthur Franz, Kathleen Crowley and Robert Brown and "Johnny Reno" (1966) starring Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., John Agar, Lyle Bettger, Richard Arlen, Tom Drake and Robert Lowery.
Along with working as an actor he also trained a number of other actors how to use a gun when filming westerns. Some of these actors included, Glenn Ford, Jerry Lewis, Henry Fonda, Ronald Reagan, Dean Martin, Charlton Heston, Richard Widmark, Anthony Quinn, Fred MacMurray and Alan Ladd.
Rodd Redwing married only once to Erika Rosa Wagner. Some of his last working acting roles included the television series, "Custer" and "Mannix" and the films, "Shalako" (1968) starring Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Honor Blackman and Jack Hawkins and "Charro!" (1969) starring Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Lynn Kellog, Paul Brinegar, Victor French, Barbara Werle, Solomon Sturges and Harry Landers. He passed away on May 30th, 1971 in Los Angeles, California after suffering a heart attack.
Filmography
1970 Mannix
1969 Charro!
1968 Shalako
1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West
1967 Custer
1966 The Road West
1966 Johnny Reno
1965 Apache Uprising
1964-1965 The Virginian
1964 Ben Casey
1963 4 for Texas
1962 Mister Ed
1958-1962 Wagon Train
1962 Gunsmoke
1962 Outlaws
1962 Sergeants 3
1960 Flaming Star
1960 Zane Grey Theatre
1960 Bonanza
1960 Heller in Pink Tights
1959 Rawhide
1959 The D.A.'s Man
1955-1958 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1958 The Flame Barrier
1958 The People's Choice
1957 The Sad Sack
1957 Copper Sky
1956 The Mole People
1956 December Bride
1956 The Ten Commandments
1955-1956 Buffalo Bill Jr.
1956 Jaguar
1956 Frontier
1955 The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955 The Twinkle in God's Eye
1951-1955 The Cisco Kid
1954 Cattle Queen of Montana
1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 Annie Oakley
1954 Elephant Walk
1954 Gunfighters of the Northwest
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 The Naked Jungle
1953 Flight to Tangier
1953 Conquest of Cochise
1953 Saginaw Trail
1953 Ramar of the Jungle
1953 Last of the Comanches
1953 Winning of the West
1953 The Range Rider
1952 The Pathfinder
1952 Thunder in the East
1952 The Adventures of Kit Carson
1952 Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger
1952 Hellgate
1952 Rancho Notorious
1952 Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1951 Little Big Horn
1951 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 The Redhead and the Cowboy
1950 Kim
1950 Cargo to Capetown
1949 Samson and Delilah
1949 Apache Chief
1949 Rope of Sand
1949 Laramie
1949 Riders of the Pony Express
1949 We Were Strangers
1949 Song of India
1948 Key Largo
1947 Intrigue
1947 The Last Round-up
1947 Unconquered
1946 Singin' in the Corn
1945 Out of the Depths
1945 Objective, Burma!
1944 Rainbow Island
1944 Sonora Stagecoach
1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
1943 Daredevils of the West
1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1936 White Hunter
1912 Sundered Ties
