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Ken Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973)
was an United States|American motion picture
stuntman and actor.

Born Kenneth Olin Maynard in Vevay, Indiana he was
an accomplished horseman. As a young man, he
performed in rodeos and was a trick rider with
Buffalo Bill 's Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show|Wild
West Show and a circus rider with Ringling
Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus|Ringling
Brothers. During World War I, he served in the
United States Army.

He first appeared in silent film|silent motion
pictures in 1923 and in addition to acting also
did stunt work. Maynard became one of the first
singing cowboys with Columbia Records and was also
one of the first to make a star out of his white
stallion named "Tarzan". With his white cowboy
hat, fancy shirt, and pair of Cowboy action
shooting|six-shooters, from the 1920s to the
mid-1940s, Maynard appeared in more than 90 films.
However, his alcoholism severely impacted his life
and his career ended in 1944. He owned a small
circus operation reaturing rodeo riders but
eventually lost it to creditors. The significant
amount of money he had earned vanished and he
lived a desolate life in a rundown mobile home.
More than 25 years after his last starring role,
Maynard returned to two small parts in films in 
1970 and 1972.

Ken Maynard died penniless in 1973 at the Motion
Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. He was
interred Forest Lawn Cypress Cemetery in Cypress,
California.

For his contribution to the motion picture
industry, Ken Maynard has a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.


See also: Notable figures in Western films|Other
notable figures in Western films