Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susanas -- Tom Tyler

Tom Tyler (1903-1954) was an American actor and B-Western cowboy star.  His is best known role was that of the superhero in The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) serial.

His film career stretched from the silent films of the 1920s to sound motion pictures in the 1950s.  Most of his starring roles were in Westerns.  During the 1930s he starred in many B-Westerns produced by Reliable Pictures and Victory Pictures.  In the 1940s he moved to Republic where he starred in several of 'The Three Mesquiteers' feature films.  He also played support roles in films like John Ford's Stagecoach (1939)

Tom Tyler's Santa Susana locations filmography:

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) starring Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr. and William 'Billy' Benedict - Republic

Blocked Trail, The (1943) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Boss of Boomtown (1944) starring Rod Cameron, Tom Tyler and Fuzzy Knight - Universal

Brothers of the West (1937) starring Tom Tyler, Lois Wilde and Dorothy Short (Brandeis Ranch) Victory

Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) starring Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne and Carmen Laroux - Victory

Daltons' Women, The (1950) starring Lash LaRue, Al St. John, and Jack Holt (Iverson Western Street) Realart

Dude Goes West, The (1948) starring Eddie Albert, Gale Storm and James Gleason (Iverson Ranch) Allied Artists

Fast Bullets (1936) starring Tom Tyler, Rex Lease and Margaret Nearing - Reliable Pictures

Feud of the Trail, The (1937) starring Tom Tyler, Harley Wood and Milburn Morante (Brandeis Ranch) Victory

Gauchos of El Dorado (1941) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic (lobby photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

I Shot Jesse James (1949) starring Preston Foster, Barbara Britton and John Ireland (Iverson Ranch) Lippert

Last Outlaw, The (1936) Starring Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson and Tom Tyler (Iverson Ranch) RKO

Lost Ranch (1937) starring Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel and Howard Bryant - Victory

Mystery Range (1937) starring Tom Tyler, Jerry Bergh and Milburn Morante (Brandeis Ranch) Victory

Orphan of the Pecos (1937) starring Tom Tyler, Jerry Bergh and Milburn Morante - Victory

Phantom Plainsmen, The (1942) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Pinto Rustlers (1936) starring Tom Tyler, George Walsh and Al St. John - Reliable

Raiders of the Range (1942) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Return of the Badmen (1947) starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys (Iverson) RKO

Riders of the Rio Grande (1943) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Rio Grande Patrol (1950) starring Tim Holt, Jane Nigh and Douglas Fowley (Corriganville) RKO

Roamin' Wild (1936) starring Tom Tyler, Carol Wyndham and Al Ferguson - Republic

Santa Fe Bound (1936) starring Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel and Richard Cramer - Reliable

Santa Fe Scouts (1943) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Shadows on the Sage (1942) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Stagecoach (1939) starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Andy Devine (Iverson Ranch) United Artists

Thundering Trails (1943) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd - Republic

Trail of Robin Hood (1950) starring Roy Rogers, Trigger and Penny Edwards (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Valley of Hunted Men (1942) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Wagon Tracks West (1943) starring Bill Elliott, George 'Gabby' Hayes and Tom Tyler (Iverson Ranch) Republic

West of Cimarron (1941) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic (a nice lobby photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

West of the Brazos (1950) starring James Ellison, Russell Hayden and Raymond Hatton - Lippert (photo courtesy of Bruce Hickey)

Westward Ho (1942) starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis (Iverson Ranch) Republic

"The Lone Ranger" (TV series 1949 - 1957)

"The Cisco Kid" (TV series (TV Series 1950 - 1956) 

"The Range Rider" (TV series 1951 - 1953) 

"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (TV series 1951 - 1958) 

"The Roy Rogers Show" (TV series 1951–1957) 

"Sky King" (TV series 1951–1962)

"Cowboy G-Men" (TV series 1952) 

"The Gene Autry Show" (TV series 1950 - 1956) 

'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.