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Videos (see all 6)
Under California Stars (1948) -- Rancher Roy and his boys track down a gang who have stolen Trigger and are holding him for ransom.
The Big Show (1936) -- At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double.
Silver Spurs (1943) -- Roy's boss has inherited a very large ranch but the will keeps him from selling it although his widow could...
My Pal Trigger (1946) -- Gabby refuses to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When the Sovereign and Roy's horse escape...

Overview

Date of Birth:
13 April 1908, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada more
Date of Death:
16 June 1980, Newport Beach, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
American singer-songwriter who appeared in a number of low-budget Westerns... more
Trivia:
The Sons of the Pioneers were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of... more
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Alternate Names:
Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers | Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers | Bob Noland and The Sons of the Pioneers | Sons of the Pioneers

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department, Self
Actor:
  1. Night Time in Nevada (1948) .... Musician/Cowhand
  2. Eyes of Texas (1948) .... Bob
  3. Under California Stars (1948) .... Bob
    ... aka Under California Skies
  4. Unusual Occupations L-7-3 Modern Pioneers (1948) .... Bob Nolan
  5. The Gay Ranchero (1948) .... Bob (Leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  6. Pecos Bill (1948) (as Bob Noland and The Sons of the Pioneers) .... Bob Nolan
  7. On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) .... Bob
  8. Springtime in the Sierras (1947) (as Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers) .... Musician
    ... aka Song of the Sierra
  9. Bells of San Angelo (1947) .... Bob
  10. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) .... Bob Nolan
    ... aka High and Happy (USA: reissue title)
  11. Apache Rose (1947) .... Bob
  12. Heldorado (1946) .... Bob Nolan (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
    ... aka Helldorado
  13. Home in Oklahoma (1946) .... Bob
  14. Roll on Texas Moon (1946) .... Bob Nolan - Leader, Sons of the Pioneers
  15. Under Nevada Skies (1946) .... Bob
  16. My Pal Trigger (1946) .... Bob Nolan
  17. Rainbow Over Texas (1946) (as Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers) .... Bob Nolan
  18. Home on the Range (1946) .... Bob
  19. Ding Dong Williams (1946) .... Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers leader
    ... aka Melody Maker (UK)
  20. Song of Arizona (1946) .... Ranch hand
  21. Don't Fence Me In (1945) .... Bob
  22. Sunset in El Dorado (1945) .... Bob
  23. Along the Navajo Trail (1945) .... Bob Nolan (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  24. Man from Oklahoma (1945) .... Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers Leader
  25. Bells of Rosarita (1945) (as Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers) .... Bob Nolan, Band Leader
  26. Utah (1945) .... Bob
  27. Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944) .... Bob (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  28. San Fernando Valley (1944) .... Bob
  29. Song of Nevada (1944) (as Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers) .... Bob
  30. The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) (as Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers) .... Singer
  31. Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) .... Bob Nolan (Leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  32. Hands Across the Border (1944) .... Bob
  33. The Man from Music Mountain (1943) .... Bob
    ... aka Texas Legionnaires
  34. Silver Spurs (1943) .... Bob, Leader of the Sons of the Pioneers
  35. Song of Texas (1943) .... Bob Nolan, (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  36. King of the Cowboys (1943) .... Singer
  37. Idaho (1943) (as Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers) .... Singer
  38. Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942) .... Bob Nolan, (Leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  39. Heart of the Golden West (1942) .... Bob Nolan (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  40. Sunset Serenade (1942) .... Bob
  41. Call of the Canyon (1942) (uncredited) .... Singer, (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  42. Sons of the Pioneers (1942) (as Sons of the Pioneers) .... Bob Nolan
  43. Romance on the Range (1942) (uncredited) .... Bob/Sons of the Pioneers
  44. Sunset on the Desert (1942) (uncredited) .... Bob Nolan - Leader: Sons of the Pioneers
  45. South of Santa Fe (1942) (uncredited) .... Bob
  46. Man from Cheyenne (1942) (uncredited) .... Bob (Sons of the Pioneers)
  47. Red River Valley (1941) (uncredited) .... Singer (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
  48. Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941) .... Bob
    ... aka Faro Jack (UK)
  49. The Pinto Kid (1941) .... Bob
    ... aka All Square (UK)
  50. Thundering Frontier (1940) .... Bob
  51. West of Abilene (1940) .... Bob
    ... aka The Showdown (UK)
  52. The Durango Kid (1940) .... Bob - Member of Sons of the Pioneers
    ... aka The Masked Stranger (UK)
  53. Texas Stagecoach (1940) .... Bob Harper
    ... aka Two Roads (UK)
  54. Blazing Six Shooters (1940) .... Bob
    ... aka Stolen Wealth (UK)
  55. Bullets for Rustlers (1940) .... Bob
    ... aka On Special Duty (UK)

  56. Two-Fisted Rangers (1939) .... Ranch Foreman Bob (Sons of the Pioneers)
    ... aka Forestalled (UK)
  57. The Stranger from Texas (1939) .... Bob
    ... aka The Stranger (UK)
  58. Outpost of the Mounties (1939) .... Mountie Bob
    ... aka On Guard (UK)
  59. Riders of Black River (1939) .... Bob
  60. The Man from Sundown (1939) .... Bob
    ... aka A Woman's Vengeance
  61. Western Caravans (1939) .... Bob
    ... aka Silver Sands (UK)
  62. Spoilers of the Range (1939) .... Bob
  63. North of the Yukon (1939) .... RCMP Const. Bob Cameron
  64. Texas Stampede (1939) .... Bob (Sons of the Pioneers leader)
  65. The Thundering West (1939) .... Bob (Sons of the Pioneers)
  66. Rio Grande (1938) .... Bob Stevens - Sons of the Pioneers Member
  67. West of the Santa Fe (1938) .... Bob
  68. A Feud There Was (1938) (uncredited) .... Singing Voice/Musician
  69. Colorado Trail (1938) .... Bob
  70. South of Arizona (1938) .... Bob - Travers Cowhand
  71. West of Cheyenne (1938) .... Foreman Bob Nolan
  72. Law of the Plains (1938) .... Band Member Bob
  73. Call of the Rockies (1938) .... Bob, Band Member
  74. Cattle Raiders (1938) (uncredited) .... Singing Cowhand
  75. The Old Barn Dance (1938) (uncredited) .... Singer
  76. Outlaws of the Prairie (1937) (uncredited) .... Ranger Bob Nolan
  77. The Old Wyoming Trail (1937) (uncredited) .... Singer
  78. The Old Corral (1936/I) (uncredited) .... O'Keefe Brother
    ... aka Texas Serenade (UK)
  79. The Big Show (1936) (uncredited) .... Sons of the Pioneers Bassist
  80. California Mail (1936) (uncredited) .... Bass player
  81. Rhythm on the Range (1936) (uncredited) .... Bob (Sons of the Pioneers)
  82. Song of the Saddle (1936) (uncredited) .... Singer - Sons of the Pioneers
  83. The Mysterious Avenger (1936) (as Sons of the Pioneers) .... Musician Bob
  84. Gallant Defender (1935) (uncredited) .... Nester (Sons of the Pioneers)
  85. Way Up Thar (1935) .... Band Member
  86. The Old Homestead (1935) .... Bob, Member of Sons of the Pioneers
  87. Slightly Static (1935) (uncredited) .... Member of Sons of the Pioneers
Soundtrack:
  1. The Big Lebowski (1998) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  2. Imaginary Crimes (1994) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  3. City Slickers (1991) (music: "TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS")

  4. La bête lumineuse (1982) (writer: "Ride 'Em Cowboy") (performer: "Ride 'Em Cowboy")
    ... aka The Shimmering Beast
  5. "M*A*S*H" (1 episode, 1982)
        - Pressure Points (1982) TV episode (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (uncredited))

  6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (music: "LOVE SONG OF THE WATERFALL" (1937))
    ... aka CE3K (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (USA: reissue title)

  7. "The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" (1 episode, 1962)
        - Western Hit Parade (1962) TV episode (writer: "Cool Water" (uncredited))
  8. "Disneyland" (1 episode, 1962)
    ... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
        - The Golden Horseshoe Revue (1962) TV episode (writer: "Pecos Bill" (uncredited))

  9. "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka The Ford Show
        - Episode #2.8 (1957) TV episode (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (uncredited))
  10. "The Gene Autry Show" (1 episode, 1950)
    ... aka Melody Ranch
        - Gun Powder Range (1950) TV episode (writer: "Cool Water")

  11. Brand of Fear (1949) (writer: "Cool Water")
  12. Cowboy Cavalier (1948) (writer: "That Old White Mule of Mine")
  13. Springtime in the Sierras (1947) (writer: "A Cowboy Has To Sing") (performer: "Springtime in the Sierras")
    ... aka Song of the Sierra
  14. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) (performer: "Is Anybody Here From Texas", "Brooklyn Buckaroo")
    ... aka High and Happy (USA: reissue title)
  15. Heldorado (1946) (writer: "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Till You Hear Him Roar")
    ... aka Helldorado
  16. Under Nevada Skies (1946) (writer: "Ne-Ha-Nee" (uncredited))
  17. That Texas Jamboree (1946) (writer: "When Pay Day Rolls Around" (uncredited))
    ... aka Medicine Man (UK)
  18. Rainbow Over Texas (1946) (performer: "Rainbow Over Texas", "Texas, U. S. A.", "Cowboy Camp Meeting")
  19. Home on the Range (1946) (performer: "Over the Rainbow Trail", "Happy-Go-Lucky Cowboy", "Down at the Old Hoe-Down", "Home on the Range")
  20. Ding Dong Williams (1946) (music: "Cool Water" (1936)) (lyrics: "Cool Water" (1936)) (performer: "Cool Water" (1936))
    ... aka Melody Maker (UK)
  21. Romance of the West (1946) (writer: "Love Song of the Waterfall")
  22. Song of Arizona (1946) (performer: "Song of Arizona")
  23. Don't Fence Me In (1945) ("Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  24. Community Sing: Cowboy Hit Tunes (1945) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  25. Along the Navajo Trail (1945) (writer: "Cool Water") (performer: "Along the Navajo Trail", "Cool Water")
  26. Rhythm Round-Up (1945) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
    ... aka Honest John (UK)
  27. Saddle Serenade (1945) (writer: "Cool Water")
  28. Bells of Rosarita (1945) (writer: "Trail Herdin' Cowboy") (performer: "Trail Herdin' Cowboy")
  29. Utah (1945) (writer: "Five Little Miles")
  30. Hollywood Canteen (1944) (writer: "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds")
  31. The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) (writer: "Song of the Rover" (uncredited))
  32. Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) (writer: "Bunk House Bugle Boy")
  33. Silver Spurs (1943) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (uncredited))
  34. Song of Texas (1943) (writer: "On The Rythm Range")
  35. King of the Cowboys (1943) (writer: "Biscuit Blues")
  36. Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942) (writer: "Blue Prairie" (uncredited))
  37. Heart of the Golden West (1942) (writer: "The River Robin", "Who's Gonna Help Me Sing?", "Night Falls On The Prairie")
  38. Sunset Serenade (1942) (writer: "He's A No-Good Son-of-a-Gun", "A Cowboy Has To Sing", "A Sandman Lullaby")
  39. Sons of the Pioneers (1942) (writer: "Things Are Never What They Seem", "Trail Herdin' Cowboy", "The West Is In My Soul")
  40. Romance on the Range (1942) (writer: "Coyote's Serenade", "Sing As You Work")
  41. Sunset on the Desert (1942) (writer: "It's A Lie", "Remember Me")
  42. South of Santa Fe (1942) (writer: "Song of the Vaqueros", "Open Range Ahead")
  43. Man from Cheyenne (1942) (writer: "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Till You Hear Him Roar" (uncredited), "My Old Pal, Pal of Mine" (uncredited), "Happy Cowboy" (uncredited))
  44. Red River Valley (1941) (writer: "When Payday Rolls Around" (uncredited), "Chant of the Wanderer" (uncredited))
  45. The Pinto Kid (1941) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
    ... aka All Square (UK)
  46. Thundering Frontier (1940) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  47. West of Abilene (1940) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
    ... aka The Showdown (UK)
  48. The Durango Kid (1940) (music: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited))
    ... aka The Masked Stranger (UK)
  49. Texas Stagecoach (1940) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (uncredited))
    ... aka Two Roads (UK)
  50. Blazing Six Shooters (1940) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
    ... aka Stolen Wealth (UK)
  51. Bullets for Rustlers (1940) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
    ... aka On Special Duty (UK)

  52. Two-Fisted Rangers (1939) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
    ... aka Forestalled (UK)
  53. The Stranger from Texas (1939) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited), "Coyote's Serenade" (uncredited))
    ... aka The Stranger (UK)
  54. Saga of Death Valley (1939) (writer: "Song of the Bandit")
  55. Outpost of the Mounties (1939) (writer: "Rocky Road in the Rockies" (uncredited), "Always Rolling Home" (uncredited))
    ... aka On Guard (UK)
  56. In Old Monterey (1939) (music: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited))
  57. The Man from Sundown (1939) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "On the Rhythm Range")
    ... aka A Woman's Vengeance
  58. Spoilers of the Range (1939) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  59. North of the Yukon (1939) (writer: "Mahanee", "Song of the Waterfall", "The Devil's Great Grandson", "Still Water")
  60. Texas Stampede (1939) (writer: "Rise and Shine", "I'll Grab My Saddle Horn and Blow", "The Boss is Hanging Out on a Rainbow")
  61. Community Sing: Songs of the West (1939) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Cool Water")
  62. The Thundering West (1939) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "The Rocky Road", "Cody of the Pony Express", "Echos From the Hills")
  63. Rio Grande (1938) (music: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited), "The West Is in My Soul" (1938) (uncredited), "Old Bronco Pal" (uncredited), "Slumbertime On the Plains" (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited), "The West Is in My Soul" (1938) (uncredited), "Old Bronco Pal" (uncredited), "Slumbertime On the Plains" (uncredited)) (performer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited), "The West Is in My Soul" (1938) (uncredited), "Old Bronco Pal" (uncredited), "Slumbertime On the Plains" (uncredited))
  64. South of Arizona (1938) (writer: "Tumbling Tumblweeds", "When Payday Rolls Around", "Roundup in the Sky", "Saddle Your Worries to the Wind") (performer: "One More Hand on the Range", "Tumbling Tumblweeds", "When Payday Rolls Around", "Roundup in the Sky", "Saddle Your Worries to the Wind")
  65. West of Cheyenne (1938) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  66. Call of the Rockies (1938) (writer: "You Ain't Heard Nothin'Till You Hear That Man Roar", "There's Going To Be a Hanging", "Reprise", "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  67. Cattle Raiders (1938) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Happy, Rovin' Cowboy", "This Ain't the Same Old Range", "The Devil's Great-Grandson", "Welcome To the Spring")
  68. The Old Wyoming Trail (1937) (writer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "(He's) Ridin' Home")
  69. The Star Reporter in Hollywood (1937) (writer: "Way Out There")
    ... aka Paramount Headliner: Hollywood Star Reporter (USA: series title)
  70. Song of the Saddle (1936) (writer: "A Happy, Rovin' Cowboy" (uncredited)) ("Vengeance" (1936))
  71. Moonlight on the Prairie (1935) (writer: "Moonlight on the Prairie")
  72. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935) (music: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1934) (uncredited))
Composer:
  1. Strictly in the Groove (1942) (uncredited)
  2. Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) (uncredited)
  3. Thundering Frontier (1940)
  4. West of Abilene (1940)
    ... aka The Showdown (UK)
  5. The Durango Kid (1940)
    ... aka The Masked Stranger (UK)

  6. The Stranger from Texas (1939)
    ... aka The Stranger (UK)
  7. Outpost of the Mounties (1939) (uncredited)
    ... aka On Guard (UK)
  8. Riders of Black River (1939)
  9. Western Caravans (1939)
    ... aka Silver Sands (UK)
  10. North of the Yukon (1939)
  11. Rio Grande (1938)
  12. West of Cheyenne (1938)
Music Department:
  1. Romance on the Range (1942) (composer: songs "When Romance Rides the Range - Sing as You Work" and "Coyote Serenade")
  2. Sunset on the Desert (1942) (composer: songs "It's a Lie & Yippi Yi Your Trouble Away" and "Remember Me") (uncredited)
  3. The Durango Kid (1940) (lyricist)
    ... aka The Masked Stranger (UK)

  4. West of the Santa Fe (1938) (composer: songs "When the Prairie Sun Says good Mornin'", "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Hello, Way Up There" and "Song of the Prairie")
  5. Law of the Plains (1938) (composer: songs "Sunset on the Range", "He's a No-Good Son of a Gun", "Round-up Time is Over", "I Follow the Stream" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds")
  6. The Mysterious Avenger (1936) (composer: song "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Oh, I Miss You So My Darling")
  7. In Old Santa Fe (1934) (singing voice: Ken Maynard) (uncredited)
    ... aka Down in Old Santa Fe
Self:
  1. Melody Time (1948) .... Himself
  2. Hollywood Canteen (1944) (uncredited) .... Himself

  3. Community Sing: Songs of the West (1939) .... Himself
  4. The Star Reporter in Hollywood (1937) (uncredited) .... Himself (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
    ... aka Paramount Headliner: Hollywood Star Reporter (USA: series title)

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Genres:
Western | Music | Musical | Romance more
Plot Keywords:
Horse | Singer | Song | Murder more

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