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Famous for writing the western song, "Back in the Saddle Again." The song... moreAlternate Names:
Ray Whitley and Bar-Six Cowboys | Ray Whitley and His Bar Six Cowboys | Ray Whitley and His Bar-6 CowboysFilmography
Actor:
- Giant (1956) .... Watts
- "The Roy Rogers Show" .... Jim Sprague / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1954)
- The Kid from Silver City (1954) TV episode .... Marshal Bill Culver
- Little Dynamite (1954) TV episode .... Jim Sprague
- The Peddler from the Pecos (1953) TV episode .... John Wilkins, government Agent - Gun Law Justice (1949) (uncredited) .... Musician Ray
- West of the Alamo (1946) .... Keno Wilson
- Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945) .... Tex Henry
... aka Bank Robbery (UK) - Hollywood and Vine (1945) .... Tex
... aka Daisy Goes Hollywood (UK)
... aka Happily Ever After (USA) - Beyond the Pecos (1945) (as Ray Whitley and His Bar Six Cowboys) .... Dan Muncie
... aka Beyond the Seven Seas (UK) - The Old Texas Trail (1944) .... Amarillo
... aka Stagecoach Line (UK) - Riders of the Santa Fe (1944) .... Deputy Hank
... aka Mile a Minute (UK) - Trail to Gunsight (1944) .... Barton, Cattle Buyer
- Trigger Trail (1944) (as Ray Whitley and His Bar-6 Cowboys) .... Gilroy, Foreman/Musician
- Boss of Boomtown (1944) (as Ray Whitley and Bar-Six Cowboys) .... Corporal Clark
- Thundering Hoofs (1942) .... Smokey Ryan
- Range Rhythm (1942) .... Ray Whitley
- Come on Danger (1942) .... Smokey
- Cactus Capers (1942)
- Land of the Open Range (1942) .... 'Smokey'
- Riding the Wind (1942) .... Smokey
- Keep Shooting (1942) .... Ray Whitley
- Dude Cowboy (1941) .... Smokey
- California or Bust (1941) .... Ray
- The Bandit Trail (1941) .... Smokey
- Six-Gun Gold (1941) .... Smokey
- The Musical Bandit (1941) .... Ray Whitley
- Cyclone on Horseback (1941) .... 'Smokey'
- Robbers of the Range (1941) .... Smokey
- Redskins and Redheads (1941) .... Ray
- Along the Rio Grande (1941) .... Smokey
- Prairie Spooners (1941) .... Ray
- The Fargo Kid (1940) .... Johnny
- Bar Buckaroos (1940) .... Ray
- Wagon Train (1940) .... Ned
- Corralling a Schoolmarm (1940) .... Ranch Foreman Ray Whitley
- Molly Cures a Cowboy (1940) .... Ray Whitley
- Bandits and Ballads (1939) .... Ray
- Cupid Rides the Range (1939) .... Ray Whitley
- Sagebrush Serenade (1939) .... Ray
- Racketeers of the Range (1939) .... Raymond 'Ray' Whitley
- Ranch House Romeo (1939) .... Ray
- Trouble in Sundown (1939) .... Andy
- Prairie Papas (1938)
- The Renegade Ranger (1938) .... Happy
- A Western Welcome (1938) .... Ray Whitley
- Painted Desert (1938) .... Steve
- Border G-Man (1938) .... Luke Jones
- Gun Law (1938) .... Sam 'Sammy' McGee
- A Buckaroo Broadcast (1938) .... Ray Whitley
- Rawhide (1938) (uncredited) .... Gehrig Party Guitar Player
- Where the West Begins (1938) .... Band Leader
- Rhythm Wranglers (1937) .... Ray
- The Old Wyoming Trail (1937) (uncredited) .... Singer
- The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937) .... Band Leader
- Hittin' the Trail (1937) .... Musician
- Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936) .... Rancher Davis
- King of the Royal Mounted (1936) (uncredited) .... Singer
... aka Romance of the Royal Mounted (USA: video title)
... aka Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted (USA: poster title)
Soundtrack:
- Trees Lounge (1996) (writer: "WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU THINK I AM", "I'VE BEEN HURT")
- Radioland Murders (1994) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
- Some Kind of Hero (1982) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
- Columbia World of Sports: Rodeo Daredevils (1956) (music: "Back in the Saddle Again")
- "The Gene Autry Show" (9 episodes, 1950-1955)
... aka Melody Ranch
- Go West, Young Lady (1955) TV episode (writer: "Back in the Doghouse Again")
- The Million Dollar Fiddle (1955) TV episode (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
- Bandidos (1953) TV episode (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
- Melody Mesa (1952) TV episode (writer: "Ages and Ages Ago", "Back in the Saddle Again")
- Ghost Town Raiders (1951) TV episode (writer: "As Long As I Have My Horse")
(4 more) - On Top of Old Smoky (1953) (writer: "I Hang My Head and Cry")
- Wagon Team (1952) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
- Across the Rio Grande (1949) (writer: "Across the Rio Grande", "I'm Lonely and Nobody Cares")
- Gun Law Justice (1949) (performer: "Rose Of Old Santa Fe")
- Flaming Bullets (1945) (writer: "I Hang My Head and Cry")
- Beyond the Pecos (1945) (performer: "Call of the Range", "Riding High", "Dusty Trails")
... aka Beyond the Seven Seas (UK) - The Old Texas Trail (1944) (performer: "Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail", "The Old Chisholm Trail")
... aka Stagecoach Line (UK) - Trail to Gunsight (1944) (writer: "I Ain't Got A Gal To Come Home To") (performer: "Chuck Wagon Blues", "Old Nevada Trail", "I Ain't Got A Gal To Come Home To")
- Trigger Trail (1944) (writer: "Twilight on the Prairie") (performer: "Trail Dreamin'", "I'm Headin' For My Oklahoma Home", "Twilight on the Prairie", "'Long About Sundown")
- Boss of Boomtown (1944) (performer: "Ninety-Nine Days", "Texas")
- Sagebrush Law (1943) (writer: "Down the Cherokee Trail", "Crazy Old Trails")
- Fighting Frontier (1943) (writer: "The Edwards and the Drews", "The Outlaw Trail")
- Riding the Wind (1942) (writer: "I'll Live Until I Die" (1942), "Goin' on a Hayride Tonight" (1942), "Ridin' the Wind" (1942)) (performer: "I'll Live Until I Die" (1942), "Goin' on a Hayride Tonight" (1942), "Ridin' the Wind" (1942))
- Bandit Ranger (1942) (writer: "Move Along Little Dogie" (1942), "I'm Musical Ike" (1942))
- Land of the Open Range (1942) (music: "Ki-Yo My Horse Is Slow" (1942), "Land of the Open Range" (1942)) (lyrics: "Ki-Yo My Horse Is Slow" (1942), "Land of the Open Range" (1942)) (performer: "Ki-Yo My Horse Is Slow" (1942), "Land of the Open Range" (1942))
- Red River Robin Hood (1942) (music: "Twilight on the Prairie" (1940)) (lyrics: "Twilight on the Prairie" (1940))
- Pirates of the Prairie (1942) (writer: "Where The Mountains Meet The Moonlight", "Grandpop")
- Thundering Hoofs (1942) (writer: "Thundering Hoof Beats", "Ramble On") (performer: "Thundering Hoof Beats", "Ramble On")
- Dude Cowboy (1941) (writer: "End of the Canyon Trail", "Dude Cowboy", "Silver Rio", "Echo Singing in the Wild Wind") (performer: "End of the Canyon Trail", "Dude Cowboy", "Silver Rio", "Echo Singing in the Wild Wind") ("Turkey In the Straw", "Echo Singing in the Wild Wind")
- The Bandit Trail (1941) (writer: "On the Outlaw Trail") (performer: "On the Outlaw Trail")
- Bad Man of Deadwood (1941) (writer: "Song of the Dusty Trail")
- Six-Gun Gold (1941) (writer: "Six Gun Gold", "Roll Along Home") (performer: "Six Gun Gold", "Roll Along Home")
- Cyclone on Horseback (1941) (music: "Bangtail", "Tumbleweed Cowboy", "Blue Nightfall") (lyrics: "Bangtail", "Tumbleweed Cowboy", "Blue Nightfall") (performer: "Bangtail", "Tumbleweed Cowboy", "Blue Nightfall")
- Robbers of the Range (1941) (writer: "The Railroad's Coming to Town") (performer: "The Railroad's Coming to Town", "Trail to Mexico (Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie)")
- Along the Rio Grande (1941) (music: "Old Monterey Moon", "My Grandpap", "Along the Rio Grande") (lyrics: "Old Monterey Moon", "My Grandpap", "Along the Rio Grande") (performer: "My Grandpap", "Along the Rio Grande") ("My Grandpap", "Along the Rio Grande")
- Melody Ranch (1940) (music: "Back to the City Again" (1940) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Back to the City Again" (1940) (uncredited))
... aka Gene Autry's Melody Ranch (USA: poster title) - The Fargo Kid (1940) (music: "Crazy Ole Trails Ahead", "Twilight on the Prairie", "Echo in the Night") (lyrics: "Crazy Ole Trails Ahead", "Twilight on the Prairie", "Echo in the Night") ("Crazy Ole Trails Ahead", "Twilight on the Prairie")
- Wagon Train (1940) (writer: "Wagon Train', "Why Shore", "A Girl Just Like You", "Farewell") (performer: "Wagon Train', "Why Shore")
- Triple Justice (1940) (writer: "Lonely Rio")
- Corralling a Schoolmarm (1940) (performer: "Yodeling Song", "Border Serenade", "Down in Rocky Canyon")
- Prairie Law (1940) (writer: "Let Me Ride Down a Rocky Canyon")
- Racketeers of the Range (1939) (music: "Caboose on the Red ball Train" (1939), "Sleepy Wrangler" (1939)) (lyrics: "Caboose on the Red ball Train" (1939), "Sleepy Wrangler" (1939)) (performer: "Sleepy Wrangler" (1939)) ("Caboose on the Red ball Train" (1939), "Red River Valley")
- Trouble in Sundown (1939) (music: "Prairie Winds" (1939), "Home on the Prairie" (1939)) (lyrics: "Prairie Winds" (1939), "Home on the Prairie" (1939)) (performer: "Prairie Winds" (1939), "Home on the Prairie" (1939))
- Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939) (music: "Back in the Saddle Again" (1938) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Back in the Saddle Again" (1938) (uncredited)) ("Back in the Saddle Again" (1938) (uncredited))
- Border G-Man (1938) (music: "To Watch the Settin' Sun" (1938), "Back in the Saddle Again" (1938)) (lyrics: "To Watch the Settin' Sun" (1938), "Back in the Saddle Again" (1938)) (performer: "To Watch the Settin' Sun" (1938)) ("Back in the Saddle Again" (1938))
- Painted Desert (1938) (music: "Painted Desert" (1938), "My Days Are Through on the Range" (1938)) (lyrics: "Painted Desert" (1938), "My Days Are Through on the Range" (1938)) (performer: "Painted Desert" (1938), "Moonlight on the Painted Desert" (1938))
- Gun Law (1938) (performer: "Pappy Was a Gun Man" (1938), "So Long Old Pinto" (1938)) ("Pappy Was a Gun Man" (1938), "Breezy Whiskers" (1939))
- The Renegade Ranger (1938) (performer: "Move Slow, Little Dogie" (uncredited))
- Rhythm Wranglers (1937) (performer: "Twenty Wrinkles on the Old Washboard", "Goin'Back To Texas", "The Big Corral", "Wagon Trail", "The Old Chisholm Trail")
- The Old Wyoming Trail (1937) (writer: "Goodbye Old Paint") (performer: "Goodbye Old Paint", "Love Song of the Waterfall") ("(He's) Ridin' Home")
- Hittin' the Trail (1937) (writer: "Ridin' the Old Prairie Trail", "Texas Washboard Rag") (performer: "Blood on the Saddle", "Ridin' the Old Prairie Trail", "Texas Washboard Rag")
- King of the Royal Mounted (1936) (writer: "Days on the Prairie") (performer: "Days on the Prairie", "Old Chisholm Trail")
... aka Romance of the Royal Mounted (USA: video title)
... aka Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted (USA: poster title)
Composer:
- Back in the Saddle (1941) (uncredited)
- Bullet Code (1940) (uncredited)
Self:
- Hillbilly Love (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Rodeo Day (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Mountain Melody (1934) (uncredited) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
1940s: recorded a number of singles for the Cowboy Records label of Philadelphia, and was a colleague of Bill Haley at the label. moreSTARmeter: 
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