Friday, March 23, 2012

Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Rocky Lane

'Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas' is a continuing series about "six-gun heroes that performed on movie location ranches in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about Chatsworth filming locations see http://www.cowboyup.com/ to find information about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland - 2010 and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas - 2008.


Allan "Rocky" Lane (1909 – 1973) was a  B-Western cowboy star in the 1940s and 1950s.  During a career spanning from 1929 to 1966 he appeared in more than 125 films and TV shows.

From 1929 through 1936, he appeared in twenty-four films working Fox and Warner Brothers.  By the 1940s he won starring roles in several serials including King of the Mounties (1942), Daredevils of the West (1943) and The Tiger Woman (1944) for Republic Pictures.

In 1946 and 1947, he played the lead role in seven "Red Ryder" films.  Between 1945 and 1953, he made more than 30 B-Westerns starring as "Rocky" Lane with his faithful horse "Black Jack".

In the 1950s and 1960s he made numbers television appearances (mostly westerns).  His last role was voice over acting providing the voice for the talking horse on the "Mister Ed" TV Series (1958–1966).

Allan "Rocky" Lane's Santa Susana locations filmography:
Bandit King of Texas (1949) starring Allan Lane - Republic
Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947) starring Allan Lane and Bob Steele - Republic
Bandits of the West (1953) starring Allan Lane - Republic
Black Hills Ambush (1952) starring Allan "Rocky" Lane - Republic
Bold Frontiersman, The (1948) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller - Republic


Captive of Billy the Kid (1952) starring Allen Lane - Republic
Carson City Raiders (1948) starring Allan Lane - Republic


Code of the Silver Sage (1950) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Corpus Christi Bandits (1945) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic


Covered Wagon Raid (1950) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Daredevils of the West (1943) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic [serial]
Death Valley Gunfighter (1949) starring Allan Lane - Republic
Denver Kid, The (1948) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic


Desert of Lost Men (1951) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Desperadoes' Outpost (1952) starring Allan Lane - Republic
El Paso Stampede (1953) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Fort Dodge Stampede (1951) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic


Frisco Tornado (1950) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Frontier Investigator (1949) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic


Gunmen of Abilene (1950) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947) starring Allan Lane - Republic (Red Ryder)
King of the Mounties (1942) starring Allan Lane - Republic [serial]
Leadville Gunslinger (1952) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Marshal of Amarillo (1948) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller - Republic
Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller - Republic


Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947) starring Allan Lane - Republic (Red Ryder)
Navajo Trail Raiders (1949) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Night Riders of Montana (1951) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Oklahoma Badlands (1948) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Out California Way (1946) starring Roy Rogers, Allan Lane and Monte Hale (Chats. Reservoir)(Iverson Ranch) Republic
Powder River Rustlers (1949) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller (Iverson Ranch) Republic


Renegades of Sonora (1948) starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller - Republic


Rough Riders of Durango (1951) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon (1947) starring Allan Lane - Republic (Red Ryder)
Rustlers on Horseback (1950) starring Allan Lane - Republic
Salt Lake Raiders (1950) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Santa Fe Uprising (1946) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic (Red Ryder)
Savage Frontier (1953) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Sheriff of Sundown (1944) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Sheriff of Wichita (1949) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Silver City Kid (1944) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Stagecoach to Denver (1946) starring Allan Lane - Republic (Red Ryder)
Stagecoach to Monterey (1944) starring Allan Lane - Republic
Sundown in Santa Fe (1948) starring Allan Lane - Republic
Thundering Caravans (1952) starring Allan Lane - Republic


The Tiger Woman (1944) aka "Perils of the Darkest Jungle" starring Allan Lane, Linda Stirling, Duncan Renaldo (Iverson Ranch) Republic [serial]
The Topeka Terror (1945) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Trail of Kit Carson (1945) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Vigilante Hideout (1950) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Vigilantes of Boomtown (1947) starring Allan Lane - Republic (Red Ryder)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster (1951) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
The Wild Frontier (1947) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic
The Wyoming Bandit (1949) starring Allan Lane (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Disclaimer: This list of movie titles and credits has been compiled from many sources.  It has not been independently verified.  Titles with location credits in parentheses are either movies I own or come from a source I feel has a higher level of creditability.

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