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Texas Rangers on the Silver Screen:
A List of Films

Few organizations have been featured in more Hollywood movies over a longer period of time than the Texas Rangers. The "men in the white hats" first appeared in theaters in 1910. They continue to do so in the 21st century.

During 70+ of the last 100 years at least one movie was released featuring an actor as a Texas Ranger.

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TRIVIA

• In 1941, 1943 and 1944, 10 movies each year were released connected with the Texas Rangers.

• When Texas celebrated its Centennial in 1936, Hollywood responded with a movie featuring --- the Texas Rangers.

• Several popular Texas Ranger novels (especially Zane Grey novels) were made into movies over-and-over:

» Zane Grey's Lone Star Ranger was made in 1919 and re-made in 1923, 1930 and 1942.

» Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage premiered in 1918 and was re-made in 1925, 1931, 1941 and 1996.

» Grey's Last of the Duanes premiered in 1919 and was re-made in 1924, 1930 and 1941.

» Movies with the title of The Fighting Ranger were made in 1925, 1926, 1934 and 1948.

• Actors who have played Texas Rangers over the last century include John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Glen Campbell, Tom Mix, Dylan McDermott, Willie Nelson, Chuck Norris, Gene Autry, the Our Gang kids, Bill Elliott, George O'Brien, Roy Rogers, Audie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Tim McCoy, Tommy Lee Jones, Richard Widmark, Sam Jones, William Holden and many others.

Due to the deterioration or destruction of pre-1950 films, a complete list may not be possible, and information on non-US films is scarce. Detailed information about each film on the list below is available from the Internet Movie Database (click the link). Please e-mail us if you know of a film we have missed, and we will add it to the list!

1910

  • The Ranger's Bride


1911

  • The Border Ranger


1912

  • The Ranger and His Horse

1914

  • The Ranger's Romance

1916

  • The Ranger of Lonesome
  • Gulch
  • Liberty

1918

  • The Ranger
  • Heart of the Southwest

1919

  • The Lone Star Ranger
  • Last of the Duanes
  • Rider of the Law, a.k.a. Jim of the Rangers

1920

  • The Unknown Ranger

1921

  • The Ranger and the Law
  • The Sky Ranger

1922

  • The Ranger's Reward
  • The Big Ranger

1923

  • The Lone Star Ranger
  • The Footlight Ranger
  • King's Creek Law

1924

  • The Whirlwind Ranger
  • Last of the Duanes


1925

  • The Fighting Ranger
  • Ranger of the Big Pines
  • Ranger Bill
  • Rider of the Painted Horse
  • Riders of the Purple Sage
  • One Shot Ranger

1926

  • Daredevil's Reward
  • Ahead of the Law
  • The Fighting Ranger

1927

  • Outlaws of Red River
  • The Rambling Ranger

1928

  • The Ranger's Oath
  • Law of the Ranger
  • The Four-Footed Ranger
  • The Phantom Flyer

1929

  • Rio Rita

1930

  • Last of the Duanes
  • The Lone Star Ranger

1931

  • Border Law
  • The Cisco Kid
  • Lasca of the Rio Grande
  • The Texas Ranger
  • Riders of the Purple Sage

1932

  • Come On, Danger
  • Riders of the Desert
  • Hello Trouble
  • The Texas Bad Man

1933

  • King of the Arena
  • The Ranger's Code

1934

  • The Fighting Ranger
  • The Dude Ranger
  • Miracle Rider
  • Gun Justice

1935

  • Cyclone Ranger
  • Rough Riding Ranger

1936

  • Ride, Ranger, Ride
  • The Unknown Ranger
  • Drift Fence, a.k.a.
    Texas Desperadoes
  • Whistling Bullets
  • The Kid Ranger
  • I'm Much Obliged
  • The Texas Rangers

1937

  • Law of the Ranger
  • Reckless Ranger
  • The Gun Ranger
  • Rio Grande Ranger
  • Galloping Dynamite
  • Ranger Courage
  • Guns of the Pecos
  • The Rangers Step In

1938

  • The Renegade Ranger
  • Phantom Ranger
  • The Little Ranger
  • The Desert Patrol
  • The Ranger's Round-Up
  • Come On, Rangers!
  • Man's Country
  • Code of the Rangers
  • The Lone Ranger

1939

  • Return of the Cisco Kid
  • The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1940

  • Buzzy Rides the Range
  • The Man from Tumbleweeds
  • Northwest Mounted Police
  • Two-fisted Rangers
  • Rangers of Fortune
  • Rocky Mountain Rangers
  • Texas Rangers Ride Again
  • The Ranger and the Lady
  • Three Men from Texas
  • Hi Yo Silver


1941

  • Dead or Alive
  • Desert Bandit
  • Dynamite Canyon
  • Desert Patrol
  • Dynamite Canyon
  • Last of the Duanes
  • Rawhide Rangers
  • Riders of the Purple Sage
  • Rollin' Home to Texas
  • Riders of the Badlands

1942

  • The Lone Star Ranger
  • Come On, Danger
  • Riders of the Northland
  • Bandit Ranger
  • Down Texas Way
  • Down Rio Grande Way

1943

  • Thundering Trails
  • West of Texas
  • Hail to the Rangers
  • Return of the Rangers
  • Rangers Take Over
  • Beyond the Last Frontier
  • Fighting Valley
  • Bad Men of Thunder Gap
  • Death Valley
  • Rangers
  • Border Patrol

1944

  • Guns of the Law
  • Outlaw Roundup
  • Trail of Terror
  • Along the Navajo Trail
  • Whispering Skull
  • Spook Town
  • Gunsmoke Mesa
  • Cyclone Prairie Rangers
  • Brand of the Devil
  • The Pinto Bandit

1945

  • Enemy of the Law
  • Frontier Fugitives
  • Flaming Bullets
  • Three in the Saddle
  • Marked for Murder
  • The Lone Texas Ranger

1946

  • Roaring Rangers

1947

  • Ridin' Down the Trail
  • Red Hot Rangers

1948

  • Gallant Legion
  • The Rangers Ride
  • The Fighting Ranger

1949

  • Riders of the Whistling Pines
  • Streets of Laredo
  • South of Rio
  • Ranger of Cherokee Strip

1950

  • Guns of Justice
  • Law of the Badlands
  • Border Rangers
  • Prairie Roundup

1951

  • Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
  • My Outlaw Brother
  • The Texas Rangers:
    The Lone Wolf
  • Watchdogs of
    the Lone Star State

1952

  • Night Stage to Galveston
  • The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1953

  • Winning of the West
  • Star of Texas
  • On Top of Old Smoky

1955

  • Texas Rangers Ride Again

1956

  • The Lone Ranger
  • The Searchers

1959

  • The Lone Ranger and the
    Lost City of Gold
  • Frontier Rangers
  • The Wonderful Country

1960

  • Seven Ways from Sundown

1961

  • The Last Rebel
  • Return of the Lone Ranger
  • The Comancheros

1965

  • Laredo

1966

  • Lonesome Ranger

1967

  • Bonnie & Clyde

1968

  • Three Guns for Texas
  • Texas Rangers and Us

1969

  • The Great Bank Robbery
  • Backtrack
  • The Over-the-Hill Gang
  • True Grit
  • The Over-the-Hill-Gang
        Rides Again

1974

  • The Sugarland Express
  • The Rangers (TV movie)

1976

  • The Town that Dreaded    Sundown
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales

1981

  • The Texas Rangers
        (TV movie)
  • The Legend of
         the Lone Ranger

1982

  • The Ballad of
         Gregorio Cortez

1983

  • Lone Wolf McQuade

1986

  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
  • Singapore Sling (R-rated)
  • The Aurora Encounter

1987

  • Extreme Prejudice
  • Phantom Soldiers

1988

  • Once Upon a Texas Train
        (TV Movie)


1989

  • Lonesome Dove
        (TV Miniseries)

1990

  • A Pair of Aces (TV Movie)

1992

  • Another Pair of Aces

1993

  • Walker, Texas Ranger
        (TV Movie)
  • A Perfect World
  • Return to Lonesome Dove    (TV miniseries)
  • Ranger: Muerte in Texas

1994

  • One Riot, One Ranger
  • Texas Payback

1995

  • Ranger!
  • The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (TV Movie)
  • Streets of Laredo (TV Miniseries)
  • Texas (TV Miniseries)

1996

  • Dead Man's Walk (TV miniseries)
  • Riders of the Purple Sage (TV movie)
  • From Dusk 'til Dawn
  • Last Man Standing
  • Lone Star

1998

  • The Newton Boys

1999

  • From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

2001

  • Texas Rangers

2003

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2004

  • Man of the House

2007

  • No Country for Old Men
  • Comanche Moon
  • Grindhouse
  • Death Proof
  • Planet Terror

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