Biography
Chester William Hannan (May 24, 1901 β August 14, 1980) was an American actor and rodeo performer. He was known for starring as Yucca Bill Thompson in the 1937 film Stars Over Arizona.Hannah was born in Iron River, Michigan. In 1924, he traveled to England with the Tex Austin Rodeo. Hannan moved to California in the 1930s. 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.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.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. He was an on-set representative for the American Humane.He died in August 1980 in San Fernando, California, at the age of 79.
Filmography
all 102
Movies 99
TV Shows 3
Apache Uprising (1965)
Ride Out for Revenge (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Last Stagecoach West (1957)
The Lonely Man (1957)
Gun Duel In Durango (1957)
The Brass Legend (1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
The Last Wagon (1956)
7 Men from Now (1956)
Mohawk (1956)
A Man Alone (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Far Country (1954)
Pony Express (1953)
Shane (1953)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952)
Flaming Feather (1952)
Slaughter Trail (1951)
In Old Amarillo (1951)
Raton Pass (1951)
California Passage (1950)
The Furies (1950)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Bright Leaf (1950)
Comanche Territory (1950)
Gun Runner (1949)
Crossed Trails (1948)
Albuquerque (1948)
Black Hills (1947)
Six-Gun Serenade (1947)
Bordertown Trail (1944)
Devil Riders (1943)
Blazing Frontier (1943)
The Law Rides Again (1943)
Wolves of the Range (1943)
Leather Burners (1943)
Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
Heart of the Golden West (1942)
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
Overland Mail (1942)
In Old California (1942)
Down Texas Way (1942)
Romance on the Range (1942)
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
South of Santa Fe (1942)
Below the Border (1942)
Man from Cheyenne (1942)
Billy The Kid's Round-Up (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
The Gunman From Bodie (1941)
Under Fiesta Stars (1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
Wrangler's Roost (1941)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
The Border Legion (1940)
Beyond the Sacramento (1940)
Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
Young Bill Hickok (1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Under Texas Skies (1940)
Melody Ranch (1940)
The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
Arizona Frontier (1940)
Roll Wagons Roll (1940)
The Ranger and the Lady (1940)
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Lightning Strikes West (1940)
Pals of the Silver Sage (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
Rhythm of the Rio Grande (1940)
The Cheyenne Kid (1940)
Westbound Stage (1939)
Death Rides the Range (1939)
Trigger Fingers (1939)
The Fighting Renegade (1939)
Oklahoma Terror (1939)
Riders of the Frontier (1939)
Riders of the Sage (1939)
The Oregon Trail (1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
Rollin' Westward (1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
The Mexicali Kid (1938)
Starlight Over Texas (1938)
Songs and Bullets (1938)
Frontier Town (1938)
Danger Valley (1937)
Stars Over Arizona (1937)
Border Cafe (1937)
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
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GenderMale
Birthday1901-05-24
Deathday1980-08-14 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceIron River, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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