Billy The Kid in the Santa Susanas

William H. McCarty (1859-1881), also known as  William H. Bonney or "Billy the Kid" was a 19th-century Irish American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier outlaw.  

Historians agree that Billy was a ruthless murderer, but he was loved by the citizens of the towns of Lincoln and Fort Sumner, New Mexico, so over time his story has become an American legend.

The legend of "Billy the Kid" has been further glorified and glamorized by Hollywood movies and television.  

Two dozen "Billy the Kid" titles -- featuring six-gun heroes like Johnny Mack Brown, Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, Bob Steele, Buster Crabbe, Rocky Lane and others -- were lensed in Chatsworth.

The following is a filmography of "Billy the Kid" tales lensed at Santa Susana locations:

Billy the Kid (1930) starring Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson (Porter Ranch) MGM

The Fourth Horseman (1932) starring Tom Mix, Margaret Lindsay, Fred Kohler (Iverson Ranch) Universal

Billy the Kid Returns (1938) starring Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Lynne Roberts (Iverson Ranch) Republic

Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940) starring Bob Steele, Louise Currie and Al St. John starring (Brandeis Ranch) PRC

Billy the Kid in Texas (1940) starring Bob Steele, Terry Walker, Al St. John (Iverson Ranch) PRC

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940) starring Bob Steele, Al St. John, Louise Currie (Brandeis Ranch) PRC

Billy the Kid's Range War (1941) starring Bob Steele, Al St. John, Joan Barclay (Iverson Ranch) PRC

Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941) starring Bob Steele, Al St. John, Phyllis Adair (Iverson Ranch) PRC

Billy the Kid Wanted (1941) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dave O'Brien (Iverson Ranch) PRC

Law and Order (1942) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dave O'Brien (Corriganville) PRC

The Mysterious Rider (1942) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Caroline Burke (Iverson Ranch) PRC

The Kid Rides Again (1943) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Iris Meredith (Corriganville) PRC

Fugitive of the Plains (1943) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie (Corriganville) PRC

Western Cyclone (1943) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Marjorie Manners (Iverson Ranch) PRC

Cattle Stampede (1943) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin (Corriganville) PRC

Blazing Frontier (1943) starring Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Marjorie Manners (Corriganville) PRC

Alias Billy the Kid (1946) starring Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London (Iverson Ranch) Republic

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

Son of Billy the Kid (1949) starring Lash La Rue, Al St. John, June Carr (Iverson Ranch) Screen Guild

I Shot Billy the Kid (1950) starring Don 'Red' Barry, Robert Lowery, Wally Vernon (Corriganville) Lippert

Captive of Billy the Kid (1952) starring Allan Lane, Black Jack, Penny Edwards (Corriganville) Republic

Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966) starring John Carradine, Chuck Courtney, Melinda Plowman (Corriganville) Embassy Pictures