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Boyd Stockman

Acting Born Feb 12, 1916 Grants, New Mexico, USA 24 credits

Biography

Stuntman and actor Boyd Stockman was born on February 12, 1916 in Grants, New Mexico. Boyd moved to California in the early 1940's where he and his brother worked for the Bakersfield Land and Cattle Company. Stockman began his film business career doing stunts at Monogram Pictures in the mid-1940's after he was spotted roping cattle at the L.A. Coliseum Rodeo by fellow stuntmen Joe Yrigoyen and Andy Jauregui, who suggested to Stockman that he try his hand in the movies. An expert horseman and team driver, Boyd was usually cast in Westerns as a stagecoach driver. Moreover, Stockman was also a regular in Gene Autry Western programmers made by Columbia. His career as both an actor and stuntman in Westerns spanned over three decades altogether. Boyd returned to his native state of New Mexico in the mid-1970's. Stockman died at age 82 on March 10, 1998 in Silver City, New Mexico.

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Known for

Tales of Wells Fargo

as The Driver
Film

3:10 to Yuma

as Bill Moons (uncredited)
Film

Ride Lonesome

as Indian chief (uncredited)
Film

Night Passage

as Torgenson
Film

The Hanging Tree

as Townsman (uncredited)
Film

The Alligator People

as Alligator-headed Paul

Full filmography

  • Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) as The Driver
  • 3:10 to Yuma (1957) as Bill Moons (uncredited)
  • Ride Lonesome (1959) as Indian chief (uncredited)
  • The Man from Laramie (1955) as Spud Oxton
  • Night Passage (1957) as Torgenson
  • The Hanging Tree (1959) as Townsman (uncredited)
  • The Alligator People (1959) as Alligator-headed Paul
  • Gun Belt (1953) as Turkey Creek
  • The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) as Stage Driver (uncredited)
  • Night Raiders (1952) as Henchman Al
  • Top Gun (1955) as Henchman (uncredited)
  • Frontier Gun (1958) as Marshal Swain (uncredited)
  • Mule Train (1950) as Man with Latigo and Rollins (uncredited)
  • Badman's Territory (1946) as William McElheney (uncredited)
  • Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951) as McCloud (uncredited)
  • Brand of Fear (1949) as Jed Mailor
  • Wyoming Renegades (1954) as Tom McCarthy
  • Crossed Trails (1948) as Henchman Maypole (uncredited)
  • Outlaw Brand (1948) as Ed Parker
  • Apache Warrior (1957) as Trooper (uncredited)
  • The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) as Dave
  • Streets of Ghost Town (1950)
  • Hidden Danger (1948) as Henchman Luke Henderson
  • Stage to Blue River (1951) as Henchman