Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Kirby Grant

Kirby Grant (1911-1985) was an American cowboy actor, best remembered for his starring role in the flying cowboy adventure series "Sky King" (1951) on television.

Grant had been a child prodigy violinist from Silver Bow County in Montana, and in 1939 won a contest -- "The Gateway to Hollywood" -- which earned him a movie contract with RKO.  

He moved to Universal in 1943, where he played lead roles in several B-musicals.  In 1945, he was selected to replace Rod Cameron (who moved up to more important roles) as the star in a series of seven B-Western films.  Those films made him an action star which eventually led to his starring role "Sky King."

Kirby Grant's Santa Susana locations filmography:

Bad Men of the Border (1945) - Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Armida - PRC

Code of the Lawless (1945) - Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Jane Adams - Universal

Feudin' Rhythm (1949) - Eddy Arnold, Gloria Henry, Kirby Grant, Isabel Randolph and Carolina Cotton (Corriganville) Columbia

Gun Town (1946) - Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Lyle Talbot (Iverson Ranch) Universal

Gunman's Code (1946) - Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Jane Adams - Universal

Lawless Breed (1946) - Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Jane Adams - Universal

Rustlers' Roundup (1946) - Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Jane Adams - Universal

Trail to Vengeance (1945) - Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight and Jane Adams - Universal

Supporting roles:

Red River Range (1938) - John Wayne, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune  (Corriganville) Republic

Indian Territory (1950) - Gene Autry, Champion, Gail Davis  and Pat Buttram (Corriganville) Columbia

Television: 

"Sky King" (1951) TV Series - Kirby Grant [as Sky King], Gloria Winters and Ewing Mitchell (Iverson Ranch) NBC 1951-1952, ABC 1952-1954, CBS 1959 (72 episodes, 1952-1959)

'Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas' is a continuing series about "six-gun heroes that performed on movie location ranches in Chatsworth, California.  For more information about Chatsworth filming locations see http://www.cowboyup.com/ to find information about my books: Rendezvous at Boulder Pass: Hollywood's Fantasyland - 2010 and Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas - 2008.

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