Russell Hayden
Russell "Lucky" Hayden | |
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Chatsworth, California | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1963 |
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| Children | 1 |
Russell "Lucky" Hayden (born Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid; June 12, 1912 – June 9, 1981) was an American
Early life
He was born as Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid, son of Francis J. Lucid and the former Minnie Harvey. He later took the name Russell Hayden to honor a friend, cameraman Russell Harlan.
Career
Hayden's screen debut was in Hills of Old Wyoming (1937), a Hopalong Cassidy film.[2] In 27 films,[3][self-published source] he played Lucky Jenkins,[2] one of a trio of heroes in the Cassidy westerns starring William Boyd.
In 1941 Columbia Pictures hired Hayden to appear with its leading cowboy star Charles Starrett in eight westerns. After this apprenticeship, Columbia gave Hayden his own series of starring westerns. In 1946, he joined
In 1950, Hayden appeared as "Marshal #1" in several episodes of the live-broadcast and short-lived ABC series The Marshal of Gunsight Pass.
In the 1952–1953 season, Hayden teamed with former child star
In the late 1950s, Hayden produced and directed through his Quintet Productions two syndicated western series, 26 Men,[4] black-and-white program starring Tristram Coffin, and Judge Roy Bean, a color production, with Edgar Buchanan, Jack Buetel, and Jackie Loughery. Hayden also appeared himself as Steve, a Texas Ranger, in twelve episodes of Judge Roy Bean, a family-oriented program considered at odds with the real Roy Bean.[5]
Hayden and fellow western actor
Hayden was married from 1938 to 1943 to actress Jan Clayton, who was later cast as the first mother on the Lassie television series on CBS. The couple had a daughter, Sandra Hayden (1940–1956). In 1946 Hayden wed screen actress Lillian Porter, who retired from pictures. The Haydens remained happily married until his death on June 9, 1981, three days before his 69th birthday.[citation needed]
Hayden is interred at
References
- ^ "Russell Hayden".
- ^ ISBN 9780786486649. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ISBN 9781462838202. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ISBN 0-7864-1198-8. P. 101.
- ^ Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", West Texas Historical Review, Vol. 89 (2013), pp. 109–110
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