Stuart Randall
Born: July 24, 1909 (in Indiana, USA) (as Clarence Maxwell*)
Died: June 22, 1988 (in San Bernadino, CA)
Spouse(s): ?
Children: ?
Parents: Walter and Allie Maxwell*
Movies:
1950
Bells of Coronado
Rustlers on Horseback
Rider from Tucson
Dynamite Pass (uncredited)
1951
Fixed Bayonets! (uncredited)
The Bushwhackers
The Lady Pays Off (uncredited)
Arizona Manhunt
Tomorrow Is Another Day
The Hoodlum
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (uncredited)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
Tomahawk
Rough Riders of Durango
Storm Warning
1952
Hiawatha
Pony Soldier
Captive Women
Hurricane Smith
Park Row
O. Henry's Full House (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Diplomatic Courier (uncredited)
The Half-Breed (uncredited)
The Pride of St. Louis (uncredited)
Kid Monk Baroni
Carbine Williams
Bugles in the Afternoon
Rancho Notorious (uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous (uncredited)
1953
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
Mexican Manhunt
Vicki (uncredited)
Champ for a Day (uncredited)
The Man from the Alamo (uncredited)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Arena
Pickup on South Street (uncredited)
Pony Express
Destination Gobi (uncredited)
Sword of Venus
1954
This Is My Love
Naked Alibi
The Far Country (uncredited)
Man with the Steel Whip
They Rode West
Southwest Passage
The Great Diamond Robbery (uncredited)
1955
Texas Lady (uncredited)
Headline Hunters
Female on the Beach
Chief Crazy Horse
1956
Miami Exposé
Pardners
Star in the Dust
Indestructible Man
The Ten Commandments (uncredited)
1957
Run of the Arrow
1959
The Big Fisherman
Verboten!
1960
College Confidential (uncredited)
From the Terrace (uncredited)
The Gallant Hours (uncredited)
Home from the Hill (uncredited)
I'll Give My Life
1961
Posse from Hell
Frontier Uprising
1963
Lassie: A Christmas Tail
1964
Taggart
1965
Fluffy
1969
True Grit (uncredited)
TV Shows:
Alias Smith and Jones
- Dreadful Sorry Clementine (1971)
The Big Valley
- Shadow of a Giant (1968)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
- To Save a Life (1969)
Bonanza
- The Spanish Grant (1960)
- Breed of Violence (1960)
- The Lila Conrad Story (1964)
- The Real People of Muddy Creek (1968)
- The Wagon (1970)
- Shadow of a Hero (1971)
Border Patrol
- Political Killer (1959)
Broken Arrow
- Old Enemy (1958)
Buckskin
- China Boy (1958)
The Californians
- The Vigilantes Begin (1957)
Cavalcade of America
- The Paper Sword (1954)
Charlie Chan, The New Adventures of
- The Secret of the Sea (1957)
Checkmate
- The Cyanide Touch (1960)
Cheyenne
- Hard Bargain (1957)
- Apache Blood (1960)
Cimarron City (semi-regular as Sheriff Art Simpson/Sampson; see below for
episodes list)
- To Become a Man (1958)
- Medicine Man (1958)
- Kid on a Calico Horse (1958)
- A Respectable Girl (1958)
- Child of Fear (1959)
City Detective
- Handcuffs (1953)
Colt .45
- Gallows at Granite Gap (1957)
- The Golden Gun (1958)
Daniel Boone
- The Courtship of Jericho Jones (1965)
Death Valley Days
- The Courtship of Carrie Huntington (1966)
- The Pieces of the Puzzle (1968)
Destry
- Big Deal at Little River (1964)
Dr. Fu Manchu, The Adventures of
- The Secret of Fu Manchu (1956)
Dundee and the Culhane
- The Thy Brother's Keeper Brief (1967)
the Falcon, Adventures of the
- The Wheel of Fortune (1955)
Frontier
- Cattle Drive to Casper (1955)
The High Chaparral
- The Lieutenant (1970)
Ironside
- In the Line of Duty (1971)
It's a Great Life
- The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman (1954)
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
- The Pendulum (1957)
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial
- The Case of the Double Trouble (1957)
Lancer
- The Measure of a Man (1969)
Laramie (regular as Sheriff Mort Corey, 33 episodes, 1960-1963)
- Ride into Darkness (1960)
- The Dark Trail (1960)
Lassie
- Stable Mates (1959)
- Eager Beaver (1962)
- A Specialist for Lassie (1963)
- High Tension (1963)
- Lassie's Gift of Love (Part 1) (1963)
- Lassie's Gift of Love: Part 2 (1963)
- Lassie and the Savage (1964)
- The Old Man in the Forest (1965)
- Cry of the Wild (1967)
- The Guardian (1967)
- Starfire (1967)
Lawman
- The Outcast (1958)
- The Promise (1961)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother (1956) (uncredited)
- One (1958)
- Two (1958)
- Three (1958)
- Four (1958)
- Horse Race (1959)
- The Ring of Death (1959)
The Lone Ranger
- Masked Deputy (1950)
- The Globe (1954)
- Heritage of Treason (1955)
The Loretta Young Show
- You're Driving Me Crazy (1954)
- Case Book (1955)
- The Little Teacher (1955)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Let Ernest Come Over (1969)
Maverick
- The Ghost Soldiers (1959)
The Millionaire
- The Ed Murdock Story (1956)
Mr. & Mrs. North
- Flight 217 (1954)
M Squad
- The Teacher (1959)
National Velvet
- Jeopardy (1962)
Navy Log
- Thach Weaves a Trap (1957)
- Capture of the U-505 (1957)
Northwest Passage
- The Deserter (1959)
Official Detective
- Loan Companies (1957)
Overland Trail
- The Reckoning (1960)
Passport to Danger
- Havana (1956)
Perry Mason
- The Case of the Fifty Millionth Frenchman (1964)
Public Defender
- The Forger (1954)
- Out of the Past (1954)
- When Credit Is Due (1954)
Racket Squad
- Big Trap (1952)
The Restless Gun
- Jenny (1957)
- The Shooting of Jett King (1957)
- Aunt Emma (1958)
- The Way Back (1958)
- The Pawn (1959)
The Rifleman
- The Gaucho (1958)
- The Grasshopper (1960)
Riverboat
- Fort Epitaph (1960) (uncredited)
- Hang the Men High (1960)
- The Quota (1960)
The Rough Riders
- The Promise (1959)
Schlitz Playhouse
- The Devil's Other Name (1953)
- Midnight Haul (1954)
- Too Late to Run (1955)
- The Roustabout (1956)
- A Tale of Wells Fargo (1956)
Shotgun Slade
- The Smell of Money (1960)
Stage 7
- End of the Line (1955)
The Star and the Story
- Ferry to Fox Island (1955)
- The Whizzer (1956)
Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
- Journey Into Danger (1955)
Stories of the Century
- Belle Starr (1954)
Sugarfoot
- The Strange Land (1957)
- The Bullet and the Cross (1958)
- The Canary Kid (1958)
Superman, Adventures of
- Superman on Earth (1952)
Tales of Wells Fargo
- Alder Gulch (1957)
Telephone Time
- Arithmetic Sailor (1957)
The Texan
- The Hemp Tree (1958)
- Letter of the Law (1959)
- No Way Out (1959)
The Thin Man
- Bat McKidderick (1959)
Tightrope
- The Long Odds (1960)
- A Matter of Money (1960)
Thriller
- Late Date (1961)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
- Gun in His Hand (1956)
Two Faces West
- The Trigger (1961)
The Virginian
- Ride a Dark Trail (1963)
- Lost Yesterday (1965)
- The Brothers (1965)
- That Saunders Woman (1966)
- The Lady from Wichita (1967)
- Fox, Hound and the Widow McCloud (1969)
- The Stranger (1969) (uncredited)
Wagon Train
- The Jean LeBec Story (1957)
- The Estaban Zamora Story (1959)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
- Black Belt (1960)
- Baa-Baa (1961)
Waterfront
- Sunken Treasure (1954)
- Cap'n Long John (1954)
Whirlybirds
- Missing Witness (1957)
Wire Service
- The Blood Rock Mine
- A Matter of Conscience (1957)
Yancy Derringer
- Gone But Not Forgotten (1959)
Zane Grey Theater
- You Only Run Once (1956)
- Until the Man Dies (1957)
Regular and Semi-Regular Shows:
Cimarron City (September, 1958 to April, 1959, 26 episodes)
Randall appeared in Cimarron City as the semi-regular sheriff, Art Sampson (or "Simpson"). He was in five episodes.
George Montgomery starred in Cimarron City as the mayor, Matt Rockford.
John Smith co-starred as Lane Temple, lawman/blacksmith, and Audrey Totter co-starred as Beth Purcell, owner of Cimarron City's hotel. Dan Blocker also appeared regularly as Tiny Budinger.
The show revolved around at least one of the three main characters -- Montgomery, Smith, or Totter -- and was driven by the plot, rather than the action.
Cimarron City on DVD:
Complete Series
Laramie (September, 1959 - May, 1963, 124 episodes)
On Laramie, Stuart Randall played Sheriff Mort Cory for thirty-three episodes, providing level-headed balance for John Smith's "Slim Sherman" and Robert Fuller's "Jess Harper," and helping them out of predicaments, occasionally having to lock them up in jail. Of course, there are several times when Slim and Jess are the ones helping out Mort.
At different points in the series, Mort has a wife ("Sarah") and a nephew ("Johnny"), but neither last long; his father also makes a brief appearance in one episode, "Killer Legend."
In season one, episode "Hour After Dawn," Mort Cory is played by Robert Osterloh, and "Sarah" appears in this episode.
Laramie on DVD:
Season One
Season Two
Season Three
Season Four
Lassie
Stuart Randall had a recurring role on Lassie as "Al Livermore" (5 episodes). He also appeared three different times as "Len Briggs."
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Although Stuart Randall played a variety of roles, from army officer to Indian chief, he most frequently played a lawman of sorts -- a sheriff, a deputy, or a marshal. Here's a rough list of parts he played as a lawman:
Movies:
1950
Bells of Coronado
1952
Carbine Williams
1960
College Confidential
1964
Taggart
1965
Fluffy
TV Shows:
Bonanza (6 episodes)
Broken Arrow (1 episode)
Checkmate (1 episode)
Cheyenne (2 episodes)
Cimarron City (5 episodes)
Colt .45 (1 episode)
Death Valley Days (1 episode)
Destry (1 episode)
Lancer (1 episode)
Laramie (34 episodes)
Overland Trail (1 episode)
Perry Mason (1 episode)
The Restless Gun (4 episodes)
The Rifleman (1 episode)
Schlitz Playhouse (1 episode)
Shotgun Slade (1 episode)
Stories of the Century (1 episode)
Sugarfoot (2 episodes)
The Texan (2 episodes)
The Thin Man (1 episode)
The Virginian (1 episode)
Wagon Train (2 episodes)
Yancy Derringer (1 episode)
And not only did he play the sheriff of Laramie, WY, in the Laramie tv series, he also appeared as sheriff of that same town on Overland Trail and The Virginian.
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Not much is known about Stuart Randall aside from the roles he played, but the May/June 2013 issue of Western Clippings has a piece written about him under the Characters and Heavies column. According to this, he was in the service during WWII, and was married at the time of enlistment.
In 1969, Randall was the grand marshal of the Hesperia Days Parade in Hesperia, CA (The San Bernardino County Sun, May 20, 1969).
The May 27, 1952 issue of The Southeast Missourian newspaper contains an interesting bit of information:
Stuart Randall, a Clark Gable-ish newcomer who played the role of the general in "Fixed Bayonets" will be Gloria Swanson's leading man in Albert Zugsmith's production of "Crosstown."
Crosstown never was made. According to Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star, by Stephen Michael Shearer, the picture fell through because of Swanson's demands for more money.
*Randall's birth name and the names of his parents are also credit of Boyd Magers and the May/June 2013 issue of Western Clippings (#113).
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Movie/TV credit information is taken from Internet Movie Database, unless otherwise noted, and is updated and corrected if needed.