Max Terhune

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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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1951
I Love Lucy
TV show Ventriloquist
1951
Rawhide
Movie Miner (uncredited)
1949
Square Dance Jubilee
Movie Sheriff
1949
Western Renegades
Movie Sheriff Alibi
1949
Range Justice
Movie Alibi
1949
West of El Dorado
Movie Alibi
1949
Trails End
Movie Alibi
1949
Law of the West
Movie Alibi Jenkins
1948
Hidden Danger
Movie Alibi
1948
Gunning for Justice
Movie Alibi Parsons
1948
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Movie Alibi
1947
Along the Oregon Trail
Movie Max Terhune
1946
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune
1944
Harmony Trail
Movie Marshal Max
1944
Sheriff of Sundown
Movie Third Grade Simms
1944
Cowboy Canteen
Movie Professor Merlin

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1943
Bullets and Saddles
Movie Alibi Terhune
1943
Black Market Rustlers
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
1943
Cowboy Commandos
Movie Alibi Terhune
1943
Land of Hunted Men
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune
1943
Haunted Ranch
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune
1943
Two Fisted Justice
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
1942
Trail Riders
Movie Max 'Alibi' Terhune
1942
Texas to Bataan
Movie Alibi Terhune
1942
Arizona Stage Coach
Movie Alibi Terhune
1942
Texas Trouble Shooters
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune
1942
Boot Hill Bandits
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune
1942
Rock River Renegades
Movie Alibi Terhune
1942
Thunder River Feud
Movie Alibi Terhune
1941
Underground Rustlers
Movie Alibi
1941
Tonto Basin Outlaws
Movie Alibi Terhune (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
1941
Saddle Mountain Roundup
Movie Alibi Terhune
1941
Fugitive Valley
Movie Alibi Terhune posing as The Professor (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
1941
Wrangler's Roost
Movie Alibi Terhune
1941
Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
1941
The Kid's Last Ride
Movie Alibi Terhune
1941
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
Movie Alibi Terhune
1940
West of Pinto Basin
Movie Alibi
1940
Trailing Double Trouble
Movie Max 'Alibi' Terhune
1940
The Range Busters
Movie 'Alibi' Terhune