Notable figures in Western films
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Notable figures in Western style motion pictures and/or television series, some of whom have been voted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
Many cowboy stars rode the same horse in their films. A few of these horses, such as Roy Rogers' Trigger and The Lone Ranger's Silver, became stars in their own right.
- Art Acord, actor
- Rex Allen, actor - horse: Koko
- Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, actor
- James Arness, actor - horse: Buck
- Gene Autry, actor - horse: Champion
- Jim Bannon, actor
- Rex Bell, actor
- Amanda Blake, actress
- Ward Bond, actor
- Richard Boone, actor
- Ernest Borgnine, actor
- William Boyd, actor - horse: Topper
- Walter Brennan, actor
- Charles Bronson, actor
- Johnny Mack Brown, actor - horse: Rebel
- Yul Brynner, actor
- Smiley Burnette, singer, actor
- Harry Carey, actor
- Harry Carey, Jr., actor
- Rory Calhoun, actor - horse (in The Texan): Domino
- Leo Carrillo, actor - horse (as Pancho in The Cisco Kid): Loco
- Kid Chissell, actor
- James Coburn, actor
- Chuck Connors, actor
- Gary Cooper, actor
- Sergio Corbucci, director
- Kevin Costner, actor and director
- Gail Davis, actress - horse (in Annie Oakley): Target
- Andy Devine, actor
- Marlene Dietrich, actress (Destry Rides Again)
- Brian Donlevy, actor
- Clint Eastwood, actor and director - horse (on "Rawhide"): Midnight
- Jack Elam, actor
- Sam Elliott, actor
- Dale Evans, actress, singer/songwriter - horse: Buttermilk
- Rhonda Fleming, actress
- Henry Fonda, actor
- Glen Ford, actor
- John Ford, director
- Ben Gage, actor
- James Garner, actor
- Hoot Gibson, actor - horse: Goldie
- Ty Hardin, actor - horse: Bronco / On the trail of Johnny Hilling, Boor and Billy
- William S. Hart, actor and director - horse: Fritz (horse)Fritz
- Howard Hawks, director
- Gabby Hayes, actor
- William Holden, actor
- Jennifer Holt, actress
- Tim Holt, actor - horse: Lightning
- Al Hoxie, actor
- Jack Hoxie, actor - horse: Fender
- Herbert Jeffreys, actor - horse: Stardust
- Ben Johnson, actor
- Buck Jones, actor horse: Silver (horse) Silver
- Jack Kelly, actor (Maverick)
- Michael Landon, actor and director
- Lash La Rue, actor - horse: Black Diamond
- Sergio Leone, director, best known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Ann Little, actress
- Guy Madison, actor - horse (in Wild Bill Hickok): Buckshot
- Anthony Mann, director
- Ken Maynard, actor - horse: Tarzan
- Doug McClure, actor
- Tim McCoy, actor - horse: Starlight
- Joel McCrea, actor
- Larry McMurtry, writer
- Steve McQueen, actor
- Tom Mix, actor - horse: Tony Jr.
- George Montgomery, actor
- Clayton Moore, actor - horse: Silver
- Roger Moore, actor (Maverick)
- Audie Murphy, actor
- Franco Nero, actor
- Warren Oates, actor
- Hugh O'Brian, actor
- Edmond O'Brien, actor
- George O'Brien, actor - horse: Mike
- Maureen O'Hara, actress
- Fess Parker, actor
- Gregory Peck, actor
- Sam Peckinpah, director
- Slim Pickens, actor
- Duncan Renaldo, actor - horse (in The Cisco Kid): Diablo
- Tex Ritter, actor, singer, - horse: White Flash
- Jason Robards, actor
- Roy Rogers, actor, singer - horse: Trigger
- John Russell, actor
- Robert Ryan, actor
- Al St. John, actor and comedian
- Marin Sais, actress
- Randolph Scott, actor - horse: Stardust
- Jay Silverheels, actor - horse (in The Lone Ranger): Scout
- Barbara Stanwyck, actress - horse (in The Big Valley): Misty Girl
- Charles Starrett, actor, the Durango Kid
- James Stewart, actor - horse (in Winchester '73 and subsequent films): Pie
- Buck Taylor, actor
- Dub Taylor, actor
- Fred Thomson (1890-1928), horse Silver King
- Lee van Cleef, actor
- Lupe Vélez, actress
- Eli Wallach, actor
- John Wayne, actor - horse: (in the 1930s): Duke and horse (in True Grit and subsequent films): Dollar
- Dennis Weaver, actor
- Dan White, actor
- Ray Whitley, actor, singer, musician and composer.
- Bob Wills, actor - horse: "Clover"
- Chill Wills, actor
- Grant Withers, actor
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