Wally Wales

Wally Wales
Wally Wales
	Lobby card for Saddle Mates (1928)
Born	Floyd Taliaferro Alderson; November 13, 1895; Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.
Died	February 10, 1980 (aged 84); Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.
Years active	1921-1964

Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who also appeared in many films under the names Wally Wales and Hal Taliaferro. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1921 and 1964.

Biography

Wally Wales was born in Sheridan, Wyoming.[1][2] He was raised on his family's ranch, near Birney in Rosebud County, Montana.[3][4]

Young Floyd's first "outside" job was on a cattle drive for John B. Kendrick. He also drove a tourist stage for the Buffalo Bill Stage line before drifting west in 1915 ending up in Los Angeles where he went to work as a wrangler on Universal's Ranch.

In 1917, he joined the army and served in the American Expeditionary Forces in France.

From 1921 through 1928 he appeared in twenty-two silent films, starring in many (mainly Westerns) under the name Wally Wales, and in 1929 made the successful transition to sound. Subsequently, his star faded and he began appearing in much smaller roles, usually as Hal Taliaferro. He retired from films in the early 1950s and returned to the family ranch, now known as the Bones Brothers Ranch (listed on the National Historical Register in 2004). He built a cabin there and lived out his remaining active years painting landscapes.[3]

He died in a Sheridan, Wyoming nursing home from complications of a stroke and pneumonia in 1980, at age 84.[3]

Filmography

Lobby card for Pals of the West (1934)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1921	Western Hearts	Pete Marcel	as Floyd Taliaferro
1921	Crossing Trails	Peter Marcus
1925	Tearin' Loose	Wally Blake
	The Hurricane Horseman	Wally Marden
	Galloping On	Wally Moore
1926	The Roaring Rider		Uncredited
	The Fighting Cheat	Wally Kenyon
	Vanishing Hoofs	Wally Marsh
	Ridin' Rivals
	Double Daring	Wally Meeker
	Twisted Triggers	Wally Weston
	Ace of Action	Wally Rand
1927	The Cyclone Cowboy	Wally Baxter
	Tearin' Into Trouble	Wally Tilland
	The Meddlin' Stranger	Wally Fraser
	Skedaddle Gold	Kent Blake
	White Pebbles	Zip Wallace
	Soda Water Cowboy	Wally
	The Desert of the Lost	Jim Drake
	Pals of the West
1928	Desperate Courage	Jim Dane
	Saddle Mates	John Benson
	The Flyin' Buckaroo	Bill Mathews
1929	Overland Bound	Buck Hawkins
1929	The Voice from the Sky	Jack Deering
1930	Bar-L Ranch	Frank Kellogg
	Canyon Hawks	Dick Carson
	Trails of Danger	Bob Bartlett
	The Utah Kid	Deputy	Uncredited
	Breed of the West	Wally Weldon
1931	Red Fork Range	Wally Hamilton
	Hell's Valley	Wally, Texas Rangers Captain
	Riders of the Cactus	Bob Bronson
	Flying Lariats	Wally Dunbar
	So This Is Arizona	Bob Ransome
1932	Law and Lawless	Buck Daggett
1933	Deadwood Pass	Pete Sorrenson
	Rusty Rides Alone	Hank Quillan	Uncredited
	King of the Arena	Bronc Riding Spectator	Uncredited
	The Fighting Texans	Henchman Bill
	Secrets of Hollywood	An Actor
	The Trail Drive	Henchman Steve	Uncredited
	Sagebrush Trail	Deputy Sheriff
	The Mystery Squadron	Mystery Flyer	Serial, [Chs. 5-6, 10], Uncredited
1934	Potluck Pards	Bud Wallace	Short, as Walt Williams
	The Lucky Texan	Henchman	Uncredited
	Border Guns	Sheriff Tom	Uncredited
	West of the Divide	Henchman	Uncredited
	Wheels of Destiny	Cowhand	Uncredited
	Adventures of Texas Jack	Texas Jack
	Nevada Cyclone	Dick	Short, as Walt Williams
	The Lost Jungle	Crewman
	Romance Revier	Frank Wells	Short, as Walt Williams
	Western Racketeers	Sheriff Rawlings
	Honor of the Range	Third Man Nominating Boots	Uncredited
	Arizona Cyclone	Jim Blaine	Short
	The Fighting Rookie	Gambler
	Sundown Trail	Wally Barton	Short
	Smoking Guns	Henchman	Uncredited
	The Lost Jungle	Sandy (Mary R crewman)	Uncredited
	Carrying the Mail	Wally Reed	Short
	Desert Man	Wally Bradley	Short
	Fighting Through	Frisco	Uncredited
	Pals of the West	Captain Wally Wallace	Short
	The Law of the Wild	Deputy Tom	Serial, [Chs. 7-8], Uncredited
	The Lone Rider	Jeff Smith	Short
	The Way of the West	Wally Gordon
	West of the Law	Wally Williams (ranch foreman)	Short
	The Oil Raider	Oil Well Driller	Uncredited
	Range Warfare	Tommy Lord
	Mystery Mountain	Corwin Teamster	Uncredited
1935	The Cactus Kid	Cowhand Andy
	Unconquered Bandit	Henchman	Uncredited
	The Rustlers of Red Dog	Henchman Wally	Uncredited
	The Lone Bandit	Sheriff Jim Mace
	Six Gun Justice	Nevada Joe
	The Phantom Empire	Thunder guard	Uncredited
	Five Bad Men	Bad man #4
	The Pecos Kid	Eric Grayson
	The Cowboy and the Bandit	Chuck
	The Miracle Rider	Ranger Burnett	Uncredited
	The Call of the Savage	Lancer Officer-in-Charge	Serial, [Chs. 10-12], Uncredited
	Silent Valley	Fred Jones
	Fighting Caballero	Henchman Wildcat
	The Silver Bullet	Deputy Jake	as Walt Williams
	The Laramie Kid	Road Gang Guard	Uncredited
	Stranded	Peterson	Uncredited
	The Vanishing Riders	Wolf Lawson
	Get That Man	Thomas, Prescott Chaueffeur	Uncredited
	Men of Action	Henchman Wally	Uncredited
	Danger Trails	'Desolation' Wilson
	Heir to Trouble	Cowhand Spurs
	Powdersmoke Range	Aloysius 'Bud' Taggart
	Between Men	Blacksmith Luke	Uncredited
	Western Courage	Slim	Uncredited
	Gun Play	George Holt
	Lawless Riders	Sidekick Carl Walton
	Swifty	Price McNiel
	Trigger Tom	Sam Slater
	The Shadow of Silk Lennox	Inspector Swann	Uncredited
1936	Lucky Terror	Henchman Shake	Uncredited
	Hair-Trigger Casey	Dave Casey
	Heroes of the Range	Trail Boss	Uncredited
	Avenging Waters	Slivers
	The Crime Patrol	Henchman Driving Getaway Car	Uncredited
	The Phantom Rider	Henchman Lew
	The Traitor	Texas Ranger Hank	Uncredited
	The Unknown Ranger	Chuckler	as Hal Talioferro
	Ambush Valley	Joel Potter
	Law and Lead	Steve Bradley, posing as The Juarez Kid
	The Gun Ranger	Hanby - Outspoken Juror	Uncredited
	Rio Grande Ranger	Ranger Hal Garrick
1937	Two Gun Law	Cattle Buyer	Uncredited
	Law of the Ranger	Wally Hood
	Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm	Buffalo Brady
	The Painted Stallion	Jim Bowie
	One Man Justice	Neal King
	The Rangers Step In	Breck Warren
	Heart of the Rockies	Captain Brady - Blackstone Park
	Trapped by G-Men	Federal Agent
	The Trigger Trio	Henchman Luke
	Wells Fargo	Minor Role	Uncredited
1938	The Lone Ranger	Bob Stuart
	Stagecoach Days	Milt Dodds
	The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Townsman talking to Boys	Uncredited
	Pioneer Trail	Henchman Smokey
	South of Arizona	Murdered Ranger Frank Madison	Uncredited
	Phantom Gold	Dan
	Black Bandit	Weepy
	Crime Takes a Holiday	Farrell	Uncredited
	Guilty Trails	Sundown Ansel
	Prairie Justice	Alfalfa
	Rio Grande	Bart Andrews	Uncredited
1939	The Thundering West	Frank Kendall
	Frontiers of '49	Kit
	North of the Yukon	Henchman	Uncredited
	Man of Conquest	Tennessean	Uncredited
	Western Caravans	Joel Winters
	Overland with Kit Carson	Jim Stewart
	Riders of the Frontier	Henchman Buck
	Fugitive at Large	Truck Guard	Uncredited
	Daughter of the Tong	FBI Agent Lawson
	Outpost of the Mounties	Evans
	The Story of Charles Goodyear	Baker	Short
	Saga of Death Valley	Henchman Rex
	The Stranger from Texas	Clay Billings
	Two-Fisted Rangers	Sheriff Jim Hanley
	Zorro's Fighting Legion	Dungeon Thug	Uncredited
1940	Bullets for Rustlers	Eb Smith
	Pioneers of the West	Jed Clark
	Dark Command	Angry Townsman in Bank	Uncredited
	The Man with Nine Lives	Sheriff Ed Stanton
	Adventures of Red Ryder	Cherokee Sims
	The Carson City Kid	Rick Harmon
	Colorado	Weaver
	Cherokee Strip	Ben Blivens
	Young Bill Hickok	Morrell
	Texas Terrors	John Millbourne	Uncredited
	The Border Legion	Sheriff Amos Link
	Hi-Yo Silver	Bob Stuart	(archive footage)
1941	Along the Rio Grande	Sweetwater Sheriff
	The Great Train Robbery	Pierce
	In Old Cheyenne	Henchman Pete
	Border Vigilantes	Henchman Big Ed Stone
	Sheriff of Tombstone	A.J. Slade
	Law of the Range	Tim O'Brien
	Under Fiesta Stars	Smoky - Rodeo Announcer	Uncredited
	Bad Man of Deadwood	Henchman Ripper
	Riders of the Timberline	Ed Petrie
	Roaring Frontiers	Link Twiddle
	Jesse James at Bay	Paul Sloan, Lawyer
	Red River Valley	Murdock
1942	Bullets for Bandits	Croupier	Uncredited
	Romance on the Range	Sheriff Wilson
	Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die	Dick Mason
	Sons of the Pioneers	Henchman Matt
	King of the Mounties	Ed Johnson	Serial, (Ch. 6), Uncredited
	Little Joe, the Wrangler	Ben Travis
	Heart of the Golden West	Henchman Drake	Uncredited
	American Empire	Malone
	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Henchman Pete
1943	Idaho	Bud (Belle's henchman)
	Hoppy Serves a Writ	Henchman Greg Jordan
	It's a Great Life	Master of the Hounds	Uncredited
	The Leather Burners	Telegrapher Lafe
	Song of Texas	Henchman
	Colt Comrades	Murder Freight Agent	Uncredited
	Frontier Law	Frank Rodgers
	Silver Spurs	Steve Corlan
	The Man from Music Mountain	Henchman Slade
	Cowboy in the Clouds	Haldey
	The Woman of the Town	Wagner
1944	The Fighting Seabees	Lt. Commander. Hood	Uncredited
	Lumberjack	Henchman Taggart
	Cowboy and the Senorita	Matt Ferguson
	Forty Thieves	Jess Clanton
	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Ferguson
	Atlantic City	Businessman	Uncredited
	Haunted Harbor	Lawson	Serial, [Ch. 1, 6-7]
	Vigilantes of Dodge City	Walter Bishop
	Zorro's Black Whip	Henchman Baxter
1945	Utah	Steve Lacy
	Springtime in Texas	Henchman Red Higgins
	Federal Operator 99	Matt Farrell
	The Cheaters	Jim McDonald	Uncredited
	Fallen Angel	Gus Johnson - Police Officer	Uncredited
	San Antonio	Cowboy	Uncredited
1946	The Scarlet Horseman	Henchman	Uncredited
	The Phantom Rider	Nugget
	Miss Susie Slagle's	Doctor	Uncredited
	In Old Sacramento	Doctor	Uncredited
	Heading West	Jim Mallory	Uncredited
	Plainsman and the Lady	Pete
1947	Ramrod	Jess More
1947	Heaven Only Knows	One of Byron's Gunmen	Uncredited
1948	West of Sonora	Sandy Clinton	Uncredited
	The Gallant Legion	Billy Smith
	Red River	Old Leather
	Blood on the Moon	Cowboy	Uncredited
1949	Brimstone	Dave Watts
1950	Colt .45	Stagecoach Guard	Uncredited
	The Savage Horde	Sergeant Gowdy
	California Passage	Buck Hanley	Uncredited
1951	The Sea Hornet	Bone
1952	Junction City	Sandy Clinton
1964	Law of the Lawless		Uncredited

References

Huey, William R. (1985). In Search of Hollywood, Wyoming, 1894-The Silent Years-1921. William R. Huey.
U.S. Census, 1900, Rosebud County, Montana
University of Wyoming Archive Catalog description, Wally Wales Papers
Anderson, Chuck, The Old Corral, http://www.b-westerns.com/wales1.htm

External links

Wally Wales at IMDb

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[Huey)-1] Huey, William R. (1985). In Search of Hollywood, Wyoming, 1894-The Silent Years-1921. William R. Huey.

[2] U.S. Census, 1900, Rosebud County, Montana

[ReferenceA-3] University of Wyoming Archive Catalog description, Wally Wales Papers

[4] Anderson, Chuck, The Old Corral, http://www.b-westerns.com/wales1.htm