Best of the Badmen

A good look at all the B Western Badmen that we booed and hissed at in the movies

A Very Well-Informed And Impressive Book.If You Like Western's,And Who Doesn't,Then You Should Get This Book.This Book Really Wrap's You Up In It,The Way An Excellent Book Should.I Highly Recommend It,For The Cowboy Out There,Or Not.

This book might be called a "Coffee Table" book. The brief biographies, however, are very interesting. Your are introduced to and get to know many of the lesser known faces seen in movies and TV over the past 70 years. I did not know that Iron Eyes Cody was not a First American. He was in fact Italian. Truly fascinating book.

If you are a fan of the film and TV westerns, this is a must-have addition to your library! Featuring one-page biographies of over 300 American character actors who excelled as blackhat baddies, it is a book you both dip into for reference of a specific actor you may want to know more about, or just read through and enjoy the photos and listings of their respective most notable bad-guy roles. In-depth, accurate research has been carried out for every actor included in this book. Highly recommended.

Empire Publishing presents "Best of the Badmen", by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland telling the inside story in depth about some of the bad guys, the heavy and the villain who rode against the law and the heroes of our B-Westerns era...detailed bios, filmographies and photos galore of 325 actors who played outlaws, bandits and polecats on the big screen and small tube of westerns from the '30s through the '60s...every page has the breath and life as only the authors and these film historians can deliver through pen and paper...many of the chapters interview the actors, directors and other cast members who worked closely with the actors in this wonderful book...this tribute was written from the heart and it shows. Table of Contents (Chapter, Title and Page Numbers) Acknowledgments - 5 Dedications - 7 Foreword - 9 Introduction - 17 The Badmen: 20 through 317 The Rest of the Gang: 319 through 342 Bibliography - 343 About the Authors - 345 My favorite villains of all time were and there were three, Harry Woods, Charles King and Roy Barcroft...all three men set the standards for being rotten to the core, and you loved every minute they were on the screen...gave us the impression they were having the time of their lives committing all those dastardly deeds in every scene...please note, on page 8 Johnny Mack Brown gets the drop on the "Best of the Badmen" Harry Woods (left to right), Roy Barcroft and Charlie King in Universal's "West of Carson City" (1938, gotta love it . BIOS: 1. Harry Woods (aka: Harry Lewis Woods) (Woods was considered the dean of western heavies) Birth Date: 5/05/1889 - Cleveland, Ohio Died: 12/28/1968 - Los Angeles, California (uremia) 2. Charles King (aka: Charles Lafayette King Jr) (He was the heavy we loved to hate) Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro, Texas Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California (cirrhosis of liver) 3. Roy Barcroft (aka: Howard Clifford Ravenscroft) (King of the Badmen- one of the nicest people in the business) Birth Date: 9/07/1902 - Crab Orchard, Nebraska Died: 11/28/1969 - Woodland Hills, California (kidney cancer) Hats off to Rhonda Lemons and her staff at Empire Publishing, the authors Magers, Nareau and Copeland putting down on paper without a doubt the best book commemorating the actors and their rare talent that helped make the B-Western great...sharing many facts inclusive within their own individual sections in the book...we now have answers to the many questions about the B-Western era and the actors who chose to play the heavy...If you're into the memories of the B-Western, this is the one you've been anxiously waiting for...another winner from those early days when the western villain made it clear where he stood and Empire Publishing has captured the moment...just the way we like 'em! Total Page: 352 ~ Empire Publishing 0-944019-43-6 ~ (11/30/2005)