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Raymond Hatton
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Raymond Hatton

Known for Gunsmoke · Leave It to Beaver · Lassie

The son of a physician, Raymond Hatton entered films in 1909, eventually appearing in almost 500 other pictures. In early silents he formed a comedy team with big, burly Wallace Beery. He was best known as the tobacco-chewing, rip-snorting Rusty Joslin in the Three Mesquiteers series. He was also in the Rough Riders series and appeared as Johnny Mack Brown's sidekick as well. His last Western was, fittingly, Requiem for a Gunfighter…

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Born
Jul 6, 1887
Died
Oct 21, 1971
Birthplace
Red Oak, Iowa, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

The son of a physician, Raymond Hatton entered films in 1909, eventually appearing in almost 500 other pictures. In early silents he formed a comedy team with big, burly Wallace Beery. He was best known as the tobacco-chewing, rip-snorting Rusty Joslin in the Three Mesquiteers series. He was also in the Rough Riders series and appeared as Johnny Mack Brown's sidekick as well. His last Western was, fittingly, Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965). Passed away only five days after the death of his wife, on October 21, 1971. They had been married for 62 years.

Spouse Frances Hatton (17 April 1909 - 16 October 1971) (her death)

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Known For

TVGunsmoke
GunsmokeOnie · 1955
★ 6.7
TVLeave It to Beaver
Leave It to BeaverCharlie · 1957
★ 6.9
TVLassie
LassieChecker Charlie · 1954
★ 6.3
TVAdventures of Superman
Adventures of SupermanJonathan Crag / Craymore · 1952
★ 6.6
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will TravelPerce Weber - Bounty Hunter · 1957
★ 7.3
TVMaverick
MaverickStableman · 1957
★ 7.0
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or AliveStableman (uncredited) · 1958
★ 7.1
TVCheyenne
CheyenneMousey · 1955
★ 6.2

Filmography

Movies

ConfidenceIn Bar
1909
A Life in the BalanceLead Arsonist
1913
Bangville PoliceFarm Hand
1913
Safe in Jail2nd Crook
1913
The Ragtime BandTrumpet player
1913
TR
The Rural Third DegreeCop
1913
TF
Their First Execution
1913
The Circus ManErnie Cronk
1914
The Making of Bobby Burnit
1914
The Squaw ManCowhand (uncredited)
1914
AW
Armstrong's WifeRunner
1915
BlackbirdsHawke, Jr.
1915
CarmenSpectator at Bullfight (Uncredited)
1915
Chimmie FaddenLarry, His Brother
1915
Chimmie Fadden Out WestLarry
1915
K
KindlingSteve Bates
1915
TemptationBaron Cheurial
1915
The CaptiveTurkish Soldier
1915
The CheatCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1915
The Girl of the Golden WestCastro
1915
The Golden ChanceJimmy The Rat
1915
The ImmigrantMunsing - Harding's Secretary
1915
The UnafraidBosnian Valet
1915
The UnknownSecond Private
1915
The Warrens of VirginiaBlake
1915
The Wild Goose ChaseMr. Wright
1915
The WomanSecretary
1915
Young RomanceJack
1915
Joan the WomanCharles VII
1916
Oliver TwistThe Artful Dodger
1916
PO
Public OpinionSmith
1916
TP
Tennessee's PardnerGewilliker Hay
1916
The Honorable FriendKayosho
1916
The LashMr. Crawdon
1916
The SowersThe Peddler
1916
To Have and to HoldNicolo
1916
A Romance of the RedwoodsDick Roland
1917
Hashimura TogoReporter
1917
Nan of Music MountainLogan
1917
TA
The American ConsulPresident Cavillo
1917
The Crystal GazerPhil Mannering
1917
The Devil Stone
1917
The Little AmericanCount Jules de Destin
1917
The Secret Game"Mrs. Harris"
1917
TS
The Squaw Man's SonStorekeeper
1917
The Woman God ForgotMontezuma
1917
What Money Can't BuyKing Stephen III
1917
Jules of the Strong HeartTed Kendall
1918
Less Than KinJames Emmons
1918
Old Wives for NewBeautician (uncredited)
1918
One More AmericanBump Rundle
1918
SandyRicks Wilson
1918
The Firefly of FranceThe Firefly
1918
The GoatJimmy Quicksilver, assistant director
1918
The SourcePop Sprowl
1918
The Whispering ChorusJohn Tremble
1918
We Can't Have EverythingMarquis Of Strathdene
1918
A Daughter of the WolfDoc
1919
EverywomanFlattery
1919
Experimental MarriageArthur Barnard (as Raymond W. Hatton)
1919
For Better, for WorseBud
1919
Johnny Get Your GunMilton C. Milton
1919
Maggie PepperJake Rothschild
1919
Male and FemaleHonorable Ernest 'Ernie' Wolley
1919
Secret ServiceLieutenant Howard Varney
1919
The DubPhineas Driggs
1919
The Love BurglarParson Smith
1919
The Poor BoobStephen Douglas
1919
You're FiredOrchestra Leader
1919
Jes' Call Me JimPaul Benedict
1920
Officer 666Whitney Barnes
1920
Stop ThiefJames Cluney
1920
The Dancin' FoolEnoch Jones
1920
The Sea WolfThomas Mugridge
1920
Young Mrs. WinthropNick Jones
1920
All's Fair in LoveCraigh Randolph
1921
Bunty Pulls the StringsWeelum
1921
Doubling for RomeoSteve Woods / Paris
1921
Peck's Bad BoyThe Village Grocer
1921
Pilgrims of the NightLe Blun
1921
SalvageThe Cripple
1921
The Ace of HeartsThe Menace
1921
The Affairs of AnatolGreat Blatsky - Violin Teacher
1921
The ConcertDr. Hart
1921
Ebb TideJ.L. Huish
1922
Head Over HeelsPepper
1922
His Back Against the WallJeremy Dice
1922
ManslaughterBrown
1922
Pink GodsJim Wingate
1922
The Fast Freight
1922
The HottentotSwift
1922
To Have and to HoldKing James I
1922
A Man of ActionHarry Hopwood
1923
Big BrotherCokey Joe Miller
1923
Enemies of ChildrenChristopher Van Leer
1923
Java HeadEdward Dunsack
1923
The Barefoot BoyDeacon Holloway
1923
The Hunchback of Notre DameGringoire
1923
The Tie That BindsHiram Foster
1923
The VirginianShorty
1923
Three Wise FoolsYoung Gaunt
1923
Trimmed in ScarletMr. Kipp
1923
Cornered
1924
Half-a-Dollar BillNoodles - the Cook
1924
The Fighting AmericanDanny Daynes
1924
The Mine with the Iron DoorThe Lizard
1924
True As SteelGreat Grandfather
1924
A Son of His FatherCharlie Grey
1925
AdventureRaff
1925
ContrabandLauncelot Bangs
1925
In the Name of LoveMarquis de Beausant
1925
LJ
Lord JimCornelius
1925
The Devil's CargoMate
1925
The Thundering HerdJude Pilchuk
1925
TL
Tomorrow's LoveBrown
1925
Behind the FrontShorty McKee
1926
Born to the WestJim Fallon
1926
Forlorn RiverArizona Pete
1926
SilenceHarry Silvers
1926
We're in the Navy Now'Stinky' Smith
1926
Fashions for WomenSam Dupont
1927
Fireman, Save My ChildSam
1927
Now We're in the AirRay
1927
Two Flaming YouthsHatton - as Beery and Hatton (uncredited)
1927
Partners in Crime"Scoop" McGee, The Reporter / "Knife" Reagan, Terror of the Underworld
1928
The Big KillingDeadeye Dan
1928
Wife SaversRodney Ramsbottom
1928
Hell's HeroesTom 'Barbwire' Gibbons
1929
The MightyDogey Franks
1929
The Office ScandalPearson, the City Editor
1929
Trent's Last CaseJoshua Cupples
1929
WC
When Caesar Ran a NewspaperCaesar
1929
Her Unborn ChildAdaptation
1930
Her Unborn ChildDialogue
1930
Midnight MysteryPaul Cooper
1930
Murder on the RoofDrinkwater
1930
Road to ParadiseNick
1930
Rogue of the Rio GrandePedro
1930
The Silver HordeFraser
1930
ArrowsmithDrunk (uncredited)
1931
HH
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Honeymoon LaneDynamite
1931
Stranger in TownElmer Perkins
1931
The Lion and the LambMuggsy
1931
The Squaw ManShorty
1931
Woman HungryJoac
1931
Alias Mary SmithScoop
1932
CorneredDeputy Jacklin
1932
Drifting SoulsScoop
1932
Hidden GoldSpike Webber
1932
Law and OrderDeadwood
1932
MN
Malay NightsRance Danvers
1932
Polly of the CircusDowney
1932
The Crooked CircleHarmon (The Hermit)
1932
The Fourth HorsemanTax Clerk Gabby
1932
Uptown New YorkSlot Machine King
1932
Vanity StreetShorty
1932
Alice in WonderlandMouse
1933
Buffalo StampedeJude Pilchuk
1933
Day of ReckoningHart
1933
Lady KillerPete
1933
PenthouseBodyguard
1933
State TrooperCarter
1933
Terror TrailLucky Dawson
1933
The Big CageTimothy O'Hara
1933
The Three MusketeersRenard
1933
The Vanishing FrontierHornet O'Lowery
1933
The Women in His LifeCurly, Perez's First Bodyguard
1933
Under the Tonto RimPorky
1933
Fifteen WivesDet. Sgt. Meade
1934
Lazy RiverCapt. Herbert Orkney
1934
OT
Once to Every BachelorUncle John
1934
Red MorningHawker
1934
Straight Is the WayMendel
1934
The Defense RestsLouie
1934
Wagon WheelsJim Burch
1934
'G' MenGangsters' Messenger with Warning
1935
Calm YourselfMike
1935
Desert DeathGeorge aka Old Lesh
1935
Murder in the FleetMr. Al Duval (Uncredited)
1935
NevadaSheriff
1935
Rustlers of Red DogLaramie
1935
Steamboat Round the BendMatt Abel
1935
StormyStuffy
1935
The Daring Young ManFlaherty
1935
Times Square LadySlim Kennedy
1935
Wanderer of the WastelandMerryvale
1935
Desert GoldDoc Belding
1936
Exclusive StoryCity Editor
1936
FuryHector (uncredited)
1936
Laughing Irish EyesGallagher
1936
Mad Holiday'Cokey Joe' Ferris
1936
Sharad of AtlantisGasspon
1936
Sinner Take AllHotel Clerk
1936
The Arizona RaidersTracks Williams
1936
The Vigilantes Are ComingWhipsaw
1936
Timothy's QuestJabe Doolittle
1936
Women Are TroubleJoe Murty
1936
YellowstoneOld Pete
1936
Fly Away BabyMaxie Monkhouse
1937
Jungle JimMalay Mike
1937
Love Is on the AirWeston
1937
Marked WomanVanning's Lawyer
1937
Missing Witnesses"Little Joe" Macey
1937
Over the GoalDeputy Abner
1937
Public WeddingThe Deacon
1937
Roaring TimberTennessee
1937
The Adventurous BlondeEditor Maxie Monkhouse
1937
Torture MoneyHenchman (uncredited)
1937
Breakdowns of 1938Joe Macy / Maxie (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Come On, RangersJeff
1938
He Couldn't Say NoHymie Atlas
1938
Love Finds Andy HardyPeter Dugan
1938
Over the WallConvict
1938
The TexansCal Tuttle
1938
Tom Sawyer, DetectiveJudge Tyler
1938
Touchdown, ArmyBob Haskins
1938
6,000 EnemiesWibbie Yern
1939
CareerDeacon
1939
Cowboys from TexasRusty Joslin
1939
Frontier Pony ExpressHorseshoe
1939
I'm from MissouriDarryl Coffee - Mule Breeder
1939
New FrontierRusty Joslin
1939
Paris HoneymoonHuskins
1939
Persons in HidingHadley (uncredited)
1939
Rough Riders' Round-upRusty Coburn
1939
The Kansas TerrorsRusty Joslin
1939
Undercover DoctorDizzy Warner
1939
Wall Street CowboyChuckawalla
1939
Wyoming OutlawRusty Joslin
1939
Covered Wagon DaysRusty Joslin
1940
Heroes of the SaddleRusty Joslin
1940
Hi-Yo SilverStoryteller
1940
Kit CarsonJim Bridger
1940
Oklahoma RenegadesRusty Joslin
1940
Pioneers of the WestRusty Joslin
1940
Queen of the MobHerb - Auto Camp Proprietor
1940
Rocky Mountain RangersRusty Joslin
1940
Arizona BoundSandy Hopkins
1941
Forbidden TrailsMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1941
TexasAbilene Judge
1941
The Gunman From BodieMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1941
White EagleGrizzly
1941
Below the BorderMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1942
Cadets on ParadeGus Novak
1942
Dawn on the Great DivideSandy Hopkins
1942
Down Texas WayU. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins
1942
Ghost Town LawMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1942
Reap the Wild WindMaster Shipwright
1942
Riders of the WestMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1942
The Affairs of MarthaPatrolling Beach Cleaner (uncredited)
1942
The Girl from AlaskaShorty
1942
West of the LawMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1942
Outlaws of Stampede PassMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1943
Prairie ChickensJefferson Gibson
1943
Six Gun GospelMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1943
The Ghost RiderMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1943
The Stranger From PecosMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1943
The Texas KidSandy Hopkins
1943
Ghost GunsMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1944
Land of the OutlawsMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1944
Law MenU.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins
1944
Law of the ValleyMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1944
Partners of the TrailSandy Hopkins
1944
Raiders of the BorderSandy Hopkins
1944
Range LawU. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins
1944
Tall in the SaddleZeke
1944
West of the Rio GrandeU.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins
1944
Flame of the WestAdd Youman
1945
Frontier FeudMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1945
Gun SmokeMarshal Sandy
1945
Northwest TrailMorgan
1945
Rhythm Round-UpNoah Jones
1945
Stranger from Santa FeU.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins
1945
Sunbonnet SueJoe Feeney
1945
The Lost TrailMarshal Sandy 'Trigger' Hopkins
1945
The Navajo TrailMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1945
Border BanditsMarshal Sandy Hopkins
1946
Desert CommandRenard
1946
Drifting AlongPawnee Jones
1946
Rolling HomePop Miller
1946
Shadows on the RangeDusty Cripps
1946
Silver RangeTucson Smith
1946
The Gentleman from TexasIdaho Foster
1946
The Haunted MineSandy Hopkins
1946
Trigger FingersPinto Peters
1946
Under Arizona SkiesSanta Fe Jones
1946
Black GoldBucky
1947
Code of the SaddleWinks
1947
Flashing GunsAmos Shelby
1947
Gun TalkLucky Danvers
1947
Land of the LawlessBodie
1947
Prairie ExpressFaro Jenkins
1947
Raiders of the SouthShorty
1947
The Law Comes to GunsightReno
1947
Trailing DangerWaco
1947
UnconqueredVenango Scout
1947
Valley of FearRusty
1947
Back TrailCahoose
1948
Crossed TrailsBodie Clark
1948
Frontier AgentCappy
1948
Gunning for JusticeBanty
1948
Hidden DangerJuniper
1948
Overland TrailsDusty Hanover
1948
The Fighting RangerBanty
1948
The Sheriff of Medicine BowBanty Prentiss
1948
TriggermanRusty Steele
1948
Colorado RangerColonel
1950
County FairSad Sam
1950
Crooked RiverColonel
1950
Hostile CountryColonel
1950
Marshal of HeldoradoColonel
1950
Operation HayliftSandy Cameron
1950
The Daltons' WomenSheriff Doolin
1950
West of the BrazosColonel
1950
Kentucky JubileeBen White
1951
Skipalong RosenbloomGranpappy Tex Rosenbloom
1951
The Golden HawkBarnaby Stoll
1952
Trail of the Arrow(archive footage)
1952
Cow CountrySmokey
1953
Two Gun MarshalPa Slocum
1953
Thunder PassAncient
1954
Day the World EndedPete
1955
Dig That UraniumHank 'Mack' McKenzie
1955
Treasure of Ruby HillsScotty
1955
Flesh and the SpurWindy Wagonwheels
1956
Girls in PrisonPop Carson
1956
Shake, Rattle and Rock!Horace Fitzdingle
1956
Invasion of the Saucer MenFarmer Larkin
1957
Motorcycle GangUncle Ed
1957
PawneeObie Dilks
1957
Alaska PassageProspector Hank
1959
The Quick GunElderly Man
1964
Requiem for a GunfighterHoops
1965
In Cold Blood
1967
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch(archive footage)
1976
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry SeinfeldSelf (archive footage)
1994

Television

Dick TracyThe Mole · 4 eps
1950
The Cisco KidSheriff · 3 eps
1950
The Cisco KidJeff Hanby · 1 eps
1950
The Cisco KidMorgan · 1 eps
1950
The Cisco KidUncle Gitano · 1 eps
1950
The Cisco KidGramps · 1 eps
1950
The Gene Autry ShowZeke · 1 eps
1950
The Gene Autry ShowSlinger · 1 eps
1950
Racket Squad1 eps
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 eps
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson5 eps
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokWebley · 1 eps
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokJosh Ledbetter · 1 eps
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokCap'n Ben · 1 eps
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeth Rossen · 1 eps
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokPa Slocum · 1 eps
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokMoses Martin · 1 eps
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokHerman · 1 eps
1951
The Red Skelton ShowBuck · 1 eps
1951
Adventures of SupermanJonathan Crag / Craymore · 1 eps
1952
Adventures of SupermanSagebrush · 1 eps
1952
Adventures of SupermanGrandfather Jackson · 1 eps
1952
Four Star PlayhousePhineas Turner · 1 eps
1952
Hopalong Cassidy1 eps
1952
The Abbott and Costello ShowMr. Brooke · 1 eps
1952
This Is Your LifeSelf · 1 eps
1952
Annie OakleyTim Lafferty · 1 eps
1954
Annie OakleyScissorbill Childers · 1 eps
1954
LassieChecker Charlie · 1 eps
1954
CheyenneMousey · 1 eps
1955
GunsmokeOnie · 1 eps
1955
26 Men1 eps
1957
Harbor CommandPop Masters · 1 eps
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelPerce Weber - Bounty Hunter · 1 eps
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelEph Trager · 1 eps
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelMayor Trevor · 1 eps
1957
Leave It to BeaverCharlie · 1 eps
1957
MaverickStableman · 1 eps
1957
MaverickHarry · 1 eps
1957
MaverickCharlie Plank · 1 eps
1957
SugarfootJohn Tucker · 1 eps
1957
Tombstone TerritoryEsau Stellings · 1 eps
1957
Bat MastersonAdam Fairbanks - Gunsmith · 1 eps
1958
The Donna Reed ShowMr. Barnhill · 1 eps
1958
The TexanStorekeeper · 1 eps
1958
Wanted: Dead or AliveStableman (uncredited) · 1 eps
1958
Lock-UpJudge · 1 eps
1959
Mr. LuckyJoe Horn · 1 eps
1959
The DeputyPete the Snitch (uncredited) · 1 eps
1959
The Tall ManClem · 1 eps
1960

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