Fred Burns

ActorWriter 1912–1943 (31 year career)

5.0 avg rating

Highest Rated

Rio Rita

1929 · as Wilkins

8.0

Red River Valley

1941 · as Cattle Rancher

7.7

Man from Cheyenne

1942 · as Rancher Harry

7.5

Known For

Film

The Birth of a Nation

Klansman (uncredited)

Film

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)

Film

New Frontier

Fiddle Player

Film

A Lady Takes a Chance

Team Driver

Film

The Good Bad-Man

Sheriff

Film

Under Western Stars

Rankin, leader of mob to blow up dam

Film

Home, Sweet Home

The Sheriff

Film

Ride Him, Cowboy

Vigilante Member (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (136)

Movies (136)

Idaho

as Ed

Boss of Rawhide

as Townsman

Silver Spurs

as Buckboard Driver

Man from Music Mountain

1943

as Rescott

5.0

Wagon Tracks West

1943

as Townsman (uncredited)

A Lady Takes a Chance

1943

as Team Driver

5.6

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

1943

as Man at Church Service

6.0

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)

6.0

Song of Texas

1943

as Race Official

5.0

Riders of the Rio Grande

1943

as Townsman

Heart of the Golden West

as Clem Buffington

Man from Cheyenne

as Rancher Harry

Sunset on the Desert

as Jim Prentiss

The Lone Prairie

Sons of the Pioneers

as Rancher

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

as Westerner

South of Santa Fe

as Rancher

Sunset Serenade

as Langdon

Jesse James at Bay

as Homesteader

Red River Valley

as Cattle Rancher

Doomed Caravan

as Luke

Robin Hood of the Pecos

1941

as Townsman (uncredited)

Nevada City

as Railroad Worker

In Old Cheyenne

as Rancher Pa Whipple

Sheriff of Tombstone

as Mine Owner

Bad Man of Deadwood

as Colorado Jack Breen

4.4

Ridin' the Cherokee Trail

1941

as Rancher Wyatt

6.0

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

as Allen

Under Texas Skies

as Stage Driver

Young Bill Hickok

as Mr. Waddell

Young Buffalo Bill

as Stage Driver

Colorado

as Sheriff Jeff Harkins

5.5

Texas Stagecoach

1940

as Sheriff

The Border Legion

as Miner

Gaucho Serenade

as Cowhand

Rocky Mountain Rangers

1940

as Shotgun Rider

Thundering Frontier

1940

as Hank Loomis

Adventures of Red Ryder

as Cattleman Jackson

Three Men from Texas

as Rancher

The Ranger and the Lady

1940

as Winslow

5.0

Frontier Pony Express

1939

as Marshal in St. Jo

4.0

Sunset Trail

1939

as Trail Patrol Member

New Frontier

as Fiddle Player

Wall Street Cowboy

as Sheriff

Rough Riders' Round-up

1939

as First Stage Driver

4.0

The Arizona Kid

1939

as Melton - Volunteer

5.8

In Old Caliente

1939

as Settler Wagon Master

5.0

Saga of Death Valley

1939

as Wilson

6.2

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939

as Cavalry Officer Long

In Old Monterey

as Fred

Southward Ho!

as Doctor

Days of Jesse James

as Muncie Sheriff

Under Western Stars

as Rankin, leader of mob to blow up dam

5.6

In Old Mexico

1938

as Henchman

3.0

North of the Rio Grande

1937

as Juror

5.5

Gunsmoke Ranch

1937

as Livery Stable Owner

3.6

Trailing Trouble

1937

as Sheriff Jake Jones

5.0

Empty Holsters

1937

as Townsman (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Sheriff

1937

as Stagecoach Driver

2.3

Springtime in the Rockies

1937

as Rancher Harris

4.7

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

as Rancher

Custer's Last Stand

as Wagon Driver

Too Much Beef

as Judge

California Mail

as Hank Ferguson

The Fugitive Sheriff

as Courthouse Deputy (uncredited)

The Law of 45's

1935

as Sheriff Tom

5.0

Lawless Range

1935

as Rancher (uncredited)

The Brand of Hate

as Fiddle Player

The Red Rider

as Townsman

Trailing North

as Ranger Jim Powers

The Dude Bandit

as Sheriff Jim

War of the Range

as Sheriff Ben Barlow

Gordon of Ghost City

as Barfly

Jaws of Justice

as Man at Dance

Ride Him, Cowboy

as Vigilante Member (uncredited)

4.7

The Fourth Horseman

1932

as Henchman

Texas Tornado

1932

as Sheriff

The Arizona Terror

1931

as Sheriff

The Sunrise Trail

1931

as Sheriff Jim

3.0

Law of the Rio Grande

as First Sheriff

Sundown Trail

as Station Agent

Freighters of Destiny

1931

as Sheriff

Branded

1931

as Prestonville Sheriff

6.0

The Apache Kid's Escape

1930

as 1st Sheriff

4.5

The Cheyenne Kid

1930

as Sheriff Hank Bates

Fighting Thru

1930

as Sheriff Miles Clay

4.0

Headin' North

1930

as U. S. Marshal Harrison

2.0

The Mounted Stranger

1930

as Steve Gary

Parade of the West

1930

as Copeland

Men Without Law

1930

as Sheriff Jim

Tide of Empire

1929

as Vigilante

5.9

The California Mail

1929

as John Harrison

Rio Rita

1929

as Wilkins

8.0

The Overland Stage

1927

as Butterfield

Set Free

1927

as Hale

The Flying U Ranch

1927

as Cowhand (Uncredited)

The Unknown Cavalier

1926

as Sheriff

The Grey Vulture

1926

as Sheriff

Wild to Go

1926

as Simon Purdy

Haunted Range

1926

as Charlie Titus

The Demon Rider

1925

as Sheriff Jim Lane

Triple Action

1925

as Chief of Rangers

The Desert Secret

1924

Breed of the Border

1924

as Deputy Leverie

The Western Wallop

1924

as Marshal Malloy

Cyclone Jones

1923

as Jack Thompson

Ruth of the Rockies

1920

as Burton

Bound in Morocco

1918

as Bandit Chief

The Eyes of the World

1917

as Brian Oakley

The Hero of the Hour

1917

as Foreman

The Fighting Trail

1917

Sunlight's Last Raid

1917

as Bill Warned

Sold for Marriage

as A Policeman

The Good Bad-Man

as Sheriff

Ben Blair

as Tom Blair

Jordan Is a Hard Road

1915

as McMahon Man

The Birth of a Nation

1915

as Klansman (uncredited)

6.0

His Lesson

1915

The Buried Treasure

1915

as The Tourist

Martyrs of the Alamo

as Captain Dickinson

How Hazel Got Even

Home, Sweet Home

as The Sheriff

Moonshine Molly

as Henry Boone - Molly's Father

The Forest Thieves

1914

as Asa Hatch

At Dawn

1914

The Tavern of Tragedy

1914

Down by the Sounding Sea

1914

as The Old Beachcomber

The Saving Grace

1914

as Mr. Shipton - the Minister

Sierra Jim's Reformation

1914

as The Sheriff

An Indian's Loyalty

1913

as The Ranch Hand

The Adopted Brother

1913

as Outside Sheriff's Office

4.7

During the Round-Up

1913

as The Foreman

How States Are Made

1912

as Harvey Mattson - a Pioneer

4.0

The Craven

1912

as Tom Beckett - the Suitor

5.0

The Greater Love

1912

as Jack Manton - the Sheriff

5.0

A Girl of the West

1912

4.5

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

An Indian's Loyalty

1913

Writer