December 12, 2016

Lloyd Perryman

   The filmography below is a work in progress; information has been taken from various sources, including The Sons of the Pioneers by Bill O'Neal and Fred Goodwin, and Internet Movie Database, among others.  Lloyd's only credit on most of these is "Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers," or "The Sons of the Pioneers." 

The films he appeared in without the Pioneers are in blue font. Some of the family-biography information has been taken from Find a Grave.

If you see any false information in this article, please contact me and I will correct it. 


Lloyd Perryman
Born:  January 29, 1917 (in Ruth, Arkansas) (as Lloyd Wilson Perryman)
Died:  May 31, 1977
Spouse(s):  Violet "Buddie" Thatcher (married September 26, 1938 - 1977, his death)
Children:  Wayne Perryman (born October 18, 1944)
Parents:  Samuel Perryman (1879 - 1949), Sally Perryman (1873 - 1942)
Other family: siblings,
                           Bessie Almeda Wood (1895 - 1990)
                           Sophia L Shell (1897 - 1973)                           
                           George Martin Perryman (1899 - 1978)                           
                           Ralph Perryman (1901 - 1968)                           
                           Perryman baby (1903 - 1903)                           
                           Jessie Ovella Shell (1904 - 1982)                           
                           Eunice B Crandall (1906 - 1981)

Movies and Shorts:
    1937
         Riders of the Rockies (?*)
         Reckless Ranger (?)
         Santa Fe Rides (?)
         Ranger Courage (?)
         The Old Wyoming Trail
         Outlaws of the Prairie
    1938
         Cattle Raiders
         Call of the Rockies
         Law of the Plains
         West of Cheyenne
         South of Arizona
         The Colorado Trail
         West of Santa Fe
         Rio Grande
    1939
         The Thundering West
         Texas Stampede
         North of the Yukon
         Spoilers of the Range
         Western Caravans
         The Man From Sundown
         Riders of Blade River
         Outpost of the Mounties
         Stranger From Texas
    1940
         Two-Fisted Ranger
         Bullets for Rustlers
         Blazing Six Shooters
         Texas Stagecoach
         The Durango Kid
         West of Abilene
         The Thundering West
    1941
         The Pinto Kid
         Outlaws of the Panhandle
         Red River Valley
    1942
         Man From Cheyenne
         South of Santa Fe
         Sunset on the Desert
         Romance on the Range
         Sons of the Pioneers
         Call of the Canyon (Gene Autry starring)
         Sunset Serenade
         Heart of the Golden West
         Ridin' Down the Canyon
    1943
         Idaho
         King of the Cowboys
         Song of Texas
         Silver Spurs
         Chatterbox (?)
    1946
         My Pal Trigger
         Under Nevada Skies
         Roll On, Texas Moon
         Home in Oklahoma
         Heldorado
    1947
         Apache Rose
         Hit Parade of 1947 (?)
         Bells of San Angelo
         Springtime in the Sierras (?)
         On the Old Spanish Trail
    1948
         Under California Stars
         Eyes of Texas
         Melody Time
         Night Time in Nevada
         Unusual Occupations L-7-3 Modern Pioneers (Short)
    1950
         Wagonmaster (soundtrack, four songs)
         Rio Grande
         Everybody's Dancin'
    1951
         Fighting Coast Guard
         Mr. Texas (soundtrack, at least)
    1956
         The Searchers
    1959
         The Saga of Windwagon Smith (voice) (cartoon short)
    1962
         Johnny Shiloh**
    1963
         30 Minutes at Gunsight (unsold pilot featuring Marty Robbins and Russel Hayden)
    1970
         Cutter's Trail

TV Shows:
    Arthur Murray Party (December 10, 1950)("playing for an exhibition square dance" according to a Pioneer newsletter from that time.)
    The Bill Anderson Show
         - (1973)
    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
         - Episode dated Nov. 13 (1960)
    Frontier Doctor
         - Flaming Gold (credited)
    Gunsmoke
         - The Fourth Victim
    Hand to Heaven
         - 1956?
    Hollywood Palace?
    Lucky U Ranch
    Melody Ranch
         - (circa 1974?)
         - (circa 1974, '75?)
    The Perry Como Show
         - Episode dated December 18 (1950)
    Purina's Grande Ole Opry
         - (1956)
    Ranch Party
         - (1958)
    The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show (regular)
    The Steve Allen Show
         - (1950)
    This is Your Life
         - Roy Rogers (1956)
         - Ken Curtis  (1972)
    The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson
         - (1976)
    Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color **
         - The Saga of Andy Burnett (1957)
         - The Swamp Fox (1960)
         - Sancho, The Homing Steer (1962)  
         - Johnny Shiloh (1962)




Regular Shows:

Lucky U Ranch

     From November, 1951 to February, 1953, the Sons of the Pioneers had their own radio show, and for a shorter period of time they had their own television show as well; both ran five days a week.
     Little is known about the lost television episodes, but the radio shows are still available, and the TV show apparently ran along the same lines as the radio program. Betty Taylor, and Frankie Messina joined the Pioneers. The Pioneers at this time consisted of Lloyd Perryman, Tommy Doss, Ken Curtis, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, and Shug Fisher.
     In the radio show, although her role is that of a school teacher who is in love with Tommy Doss, Betty Taylor frequently joins up with Lloyd for some not-so-Western duets, like "Wedding Bells," "Apple Blossom Time," and "Moonlight Bay," 
     The Lucky U Ranch maintained a unique balance of fact and fiction, and listener participation was encouraged. Every day on the radio show, an acre of land was given away to a "good deed doer" someone had written in about, and every show, near the end, Hugh reads an inspirational thought aloud.



The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show (September 1962 - December 1962, 13 episodes)

     The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was a short-lived Western variety series.  Cliff ArquetteCathie Taylor, Pat BradyThe Sons of the Pioneers and "The Roy Rogers Wranglers" group of young singers, were also feautured as regulars/semi-regulars on the show.  ABC chose not to renew the contract when the option came up; they felt Roy and Dale's strong patriotic and religious themes would prove to be too unpopular for them to handle.


The Pioneers who appeared on this show are Lloyd Perryman (tenor), Tommy Doss (baritone), Dale Warren (lead), Pat Brady (bass fiddle), Roy Lanham (guitar), Wade Ray (fiddle)

To my knowledge, only one episode of The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show is available on DVD; the episode "Western Hit Parade." 

However, two episodes can be viewed for free on Internet Archives:

"Western Hit Parade"

"This Is Our Country"







* I watched Riders of the Rockies and couldn't see Lloyd anywhere, although it is likely he is in a crowd somewhere.  There are a couple scenes with musicians, the first being the opening scene where Tex is riding with a posse-sized group of singers behind him. The second is a scene in a cantina where musicians with sombreros provide backup for another of Tex's numbers; as far as I could tell, Lloyd is not in this scene.  IMDb lists this among his roles.

** The Saga of Andy Burnett, The Swamp Fox, Sancho, The Homing Steer, and Johnny Shiloh all played on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color as mini-series.
The Saga of Andy Burnett had six episodes.
The Swamp Fox had eight episodes.
Sancho, The Homing Steer had two episodes. 
Johnny Shiloh had two episodes.
I'm not sure exactly how the Pioneers appear in these, or in what episodes they appear, but it is likely that they at least provide off-screen music.