Hank Bell

Biography

Career Overview

Hank Bell has 219 screen credits in a career dating back to 1920. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Hopalong Cassidy Collection with 7 titles. Signature works include Code of the Cow Country, Two Gun Law, The Fighting Terror. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

219

Birth Date

1892-01-21 00:00:00

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

• 

  Code of the Cow Country
• 

  Two Gun Law
• 

  The Fighting Terror
• 

  'Neath Western Skies
• 

  The Thundering West
• 

  Law of the West

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Hopalong Cassidy Collection (7 titles)
• Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection (4 titles)
• Range Busters Collection (2 titles)
• The Three Mesquiteers Collection (1 titles)
• Wild Bill Saunders Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• J.P. McGowan (5 collaborations)
• Frank Ellis (2 collaborations)
• Charles Starrett (2 collaborations)
• Dick Curtis (2 collaborations)
• Hap Depew (2 collaborations)
• Sally Winters (2 collaborations)
• Robert N. Bradbury (2 collaborations)
• Oscar Apfel (1 collaborations)
• Wilton West (1 collaborations)
• Betty Burbridge (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (219 credits)

  • Over the Border

    Sheriff

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Red Desert

    Hank - Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Brimstone

    Shotgun Guard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Lust for Gold

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Streets of Laredo

    Texas Ranger Hank (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Last Bandit

    Bert (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Loaded Pistols

    Hank (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Whispering Smith

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Untamed Breed

    Wagon Driver

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Gallant Legion

    Ranger Hank

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Old Los Angeles

    Stage Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains

    Flapjack (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Albuquerque

    Townsman at Stage Depot (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Gunfighters

    Deputy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Egg and I

    Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • California

    Wagon Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Trail Street

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Duel in the Sun

    McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • My Darling Clementine

    Opera House Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Virginian

    Rider with News of Teacher (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Jeep-Herders

    Hank, Ranch Foreman

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Sunset in El Dorado

    Hank, stage driver

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Stagecoach Outlaws

    Hank - Second Stage Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Along Came Jones

    Posse Rider (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Flame of Barbary Coast

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Salome, Where She Danced

    Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Eve Knew Her Apples

    Farmer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Belle of the Yukon

    1st Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Code of the Prairie

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Tall in the Saddle

    Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

    Homecoming Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Great Moment

    Onlooker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Thundering Gun Slingers

    Hank - Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Overland Mail Robbery

    Stage Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Devil Riders

    Jed Clark

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Man from Music Mountain

    Adobe Joe

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Blazing Frontier

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Fired Wife

    Mailman

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Wagon Tracks West

    Barfly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Cattle Stampede

    Stagecoach Driver

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Law Rides Again

    Henchman Tex

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Appointment in Berlin

    Dutchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Song of Texas

    Replaced Driver

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Hit the Ice

    Sleigh Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Western Cyclone

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The More the Merrier

    Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Calling Wild Bill Elliott

    Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • King of the Cowboys

    Parade Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Fugitive of the Plains

    Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Land of Hunted Men

    Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Moon Is Down

    Villager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Ox-Bow Incident

    Red (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Haunted Ranch

    Army Enlistee

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Rangers Take Over

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Heart of the Golden West

    Captain Prentiss

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Arizona Stage Coach

    Stage Passenger

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Apache Trail

    Man in Stage Office (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Silver Bullet

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Perils of the Royal Mounted

    Martin

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Rolling Down the Great Divide

    Jim (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Boot Hill Bandits

    Stagecoach Driver Hank

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Billy the Kid Trapped

    Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Rock River Renegades

    Bill Davis - Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Shut My Big Mouth

    Stagecoach Driver

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • South of Santa Fe

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Stagecoach Buckaroo

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Valley of the Sun

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Train Passenger

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Thunder River Feud

    Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Red River Valley

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Go West, Young Lady

    Jerry the Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • They Died with Their Boots On

    1st Michigan Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Ride 'Em Cowboy

    Napping Cowpoke with Rake (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Great Man's Lady

    Man #1, Hoyt City

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Jesse James at Bay

    Charlie Davis

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Texas

    Hank - King Ranch Foreman

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Riders of the Timberline

    Logger

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Badlands of Dakota

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Wide Open Town

    Barfly Telling Steve About Herd

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Son of Davy Crockett

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Nevada City

    1st Stagecoach Driver

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Wrangler's Roost

    Stage Driver #2

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Border Vigilantes

    Liveryman

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Las Vegas Nights

    Plaintiff

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Western Union

    Telegraph Worker

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Pinto Kid

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Trail of the Vigilantes

    Buckboard Driver

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Young Bill Hickok

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Rangers of Fortune

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Westerner

    Deputy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Colorado

    Deputy

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Wyoming

    Rancher

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Boom Town

    Hank - Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Stage to Chino

    Suspenders Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Stagecoach War

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Carson City Kid

    The Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Rocky Mountain Rangers

    Townsman with Bushy Handlebar Mustache

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • 20 Mule Team

    First Barfly Counting Bill's Money

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Man from Tumbleweeds

    Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Dark Command

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Young Buffalo Bill

    Stage Guard

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Covered Wagon Trails

    Prairieville Sheriff

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Riders of Pasco Basin

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Virginia City

    Barfly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • My Little Chickadee

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Westbound Stage

    Tim - Stagecoach Driver

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Henry Goes Arizona

    Rancher Jesse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Chip of the Flying U

    Man on Porch

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Geronimo

    Cherrycow

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Overland Mail

    Rattlesnake - Relay Rider

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Teacher's Pest

    Wagon Driver

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Oklahoma Frontier

    Corporal

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Frontier Marshal

    Townsman with Large Mustache

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Overland with Kit Carson

    'Broken-Hand' Fitzpatrick

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Oregon Trail

    Clear Water Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Heritage of the Desert

    Wedding Guest

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Western Caravans

    Deputy Hank

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Spoilers of the Range

    Sheriff Hank

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Frontier Pony Express

    Laramie Station Agent

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dodge City

    Arrested Mustached Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Silver on the Sage

    Deputy

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Rough Riders' Round-up

    Border Patrolman

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Let Freedom Ring

    Stage Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Thundering West

    Tucson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • West of the Santa Fe

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Colorado Trail

    Tombstone Terry

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • South of Arizona

    Hank - Stagecoach Driver

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Girl of the Golden West

    Deputy Sheriff

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Wells Fargo

    Medical Attendant

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Rhythm Wranglers

    Ranch Hand

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Outlaws of the Prairie

    Ranger Jim

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Goofs and Saddles

    Gang Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • One Man Justice

    Texas Rider (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • North of the Rio Grande

    Saloon Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Two-Fisted Sheriff

    Jury Foreman

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Two Gun Law

    Cookie

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Borderland

    Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Valley of Terror

    Sheriff Judson

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Dodge City Trail

    Red

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Hopalong Cassidy Returns

    Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Ride 'Em Cowboy

    Race Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Lion's Den

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Rhythm on the Range

    Rodeo Cowboy

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Robin Hood of El Dorado

    Posse Man

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Yellow Dust

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Red River Valley

    Rancher (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Song of the Saddle

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Thunderbolt

    Chuck

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Westward Ho

    Mark Wyatt

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Men of Action

    Construction Worker

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Arizonian

    Man Paying Fine in Courtroom

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Border Brigands

    Henchman Sisk

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Circle of Death

    Nathan - Pioneer (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Stone of Silver Creek

    Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • North of Arizona

    Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Cactus Kid

    Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Thunder Over Texas

    Square Dancer

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Fighting Thru

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Man from Hell

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Red Rider

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Smoking Guns

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Blue Steel

    Stage Driver

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Sagebrush Trail

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Fugitive

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Fargo Express

    Hank - Stage Guard

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Stage Mother

    Mustached Man With Badge

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Unknown Valley

    Joshua Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Thrill Hunter

    Studio Western Cowboy

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Young Blood

    Deputy Bill

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Man from Arizona

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Come On, Tarzan

    Hank - Cowhand

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Beyond the Rockies

    Whiskey Bill

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Law of the West

    Marshal Dan Carruthers

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Lawless Valley

    Rustler Hank

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Single-Handed Sanders

    Hank Perkins

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Law and Order

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • South of Santa Fe

    Henchman with thick mustache

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Cheyenne Cyclone

    Sheriff (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Range Feud

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Sundown Trail

    Cowhand

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Man from Death Valley

    Deputy

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Wild Horse

    Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • In Old Cheyenne

    Cowhand Burke

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Pueblo Terror

    Henchman Hank

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Min and Bill

    Sailor in Barbershop (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Breed of the West

    Sheriff Cole

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Billy the Kid

    Henchman Polka Dot (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Trails of Danger

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Under Montana Skies

    Show Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Canyon Hawks

    Advice Giver

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Bar-L Ranch

    Sheriff (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Border Legion

    Kells Gang Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Near the Rainbow's End

    Sheriff Hank

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Texan

    Barfly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Fighting Parson

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Lone Star Ranger

    Henchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Rio Rita

    Texas Ranger

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Fighting Terror

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Last Roundup

    John Dunlap

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Outlawed

    Deputy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • 'Neath Western Skies

    Wildcat Riley

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Soda Water Cowboy

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Last Outlaw

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Code of the Cow Country

    Red Irwin

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Between Dangers

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Ace of Action

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Ramblin' Galoot

    Sheriff

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Terror

    Sheriff

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Scrappin' Kid

    Slim Hawks

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Double Daring

    Lee Falcon

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Set-Up

    Henchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Calgary Stampede

    Cowhand at Rodeo (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Pony Express

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Riders of the Purple Sage

    Barfly

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Deadwood Coach

    Character

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Last Straw

    Pat Webb

    actor

    actors
    1920