John Merton
Date of birth: 1901-02-18
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Myrtland LaVarre, Myrtland F. LaVarre
Biography
Movie Credits
Arizona Terrors
1942-01-13
A crooked gambler poses as a descendant of a noble Spanish family has successfully secured court val
The Lost Tribe
1949-04-19
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil i
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939-12-16
The mysterious Don Del Oro ("Lord of Gold"), an idol of the Yaqui Indians, plans to take over the go
Texas Masquerade
1944-02-08
A young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy, California a
Land of Fighting Men
1938-11-03
A cowboy is framed for the murder of a rancher, which was committed by a landgrabber. The cowboy mus
Along Came Jones
1945-07-19
An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it woul
Invisible Agent
1942-07-31
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
Drums of Destiny
1937-06-11
In this war film, set in 1817, an American Army captain searches throughout Spanish-ruled Florida fo
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937-05-05
A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to
Hitler's Madman
1943-06-10
In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen
Fuzzy Settles Down
1944-06-25
Billy Carson and Fuzzy Jones have just collected a reward and Fuzzy indulges in a dream of getting a
Bandits of the Badlands
1945-09-14
Sunset Carson is a wandering cavalier who rides into the Badlands. Hallie Wayne is bedeviled by band
Slaves in Bondage
1937-07-24
Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring. She tells the Chief of Detectives they
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946-03-27
Hop Harrigan, a top Air Corps pilot, leaves the military and he and his mechanic, Tank Tinker, open
Broadway Bill
1934-11-30
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daugh
The Crooked Trail
1936-07-25
After Jim Blake saves Harve Tarlton's life, they become partners in a gold mining claim. After a whi
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945-01-26
Reporter Brenda Starr and her photographer Chuck Allen get involved in a search for the loot from a
Aces and Eights
1936-06-06
A card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats.
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938-05-27
Two marine lieutenants battle a masked would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.
Sharad of Atlantis
1936-05-30
Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Nor
Roaring Six Guns
1937-09-01
Sinclair has a government lease on range land that is about to expire. George Ringold wants the land
Up in Daisy's Penthouse
1953-02-05
The Stooges are sent by their mother to stop their rich father's plan to remarry. Shemp plays dual r
Female Fugitive
1938-04-15
Police set up a dragnet to trap an outlaw's wife whom they believe to be his accomplice.
Galloping Dynamite
1937-07-12
When Bob Dillon finds gold, Reed kills him. Bob's brother Jim arrives to investigate his death. Avoi
The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorio
Oregon Trail
1945-07-14
Escaping the law, Jim Parker arrives in a town that is controlled by Dalt Higgins and his crony judg
Frontier Gambler
1956-07-01
A deputy marshal arrives in the small western town of Fairweather to investigate the death of a beau
Down Texas Way
1942-05-22
"The Rough Riders", has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming t
Border Caballero
1936-03-01
Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a
Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936-04-14
A lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes--then starts to
Fury Below
1936-11-22
Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low p
The Golden Eye
1948-08-29
A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable mon
Wildcat Trooper
1936-07-01
A Royal Canadian Mountie is assigned to bring in a criminal called "The Raven." The problem is that
Wolves of the Sea
1936-06-05
A young socialite, marooned on a desert island after her passenger ship sinks, is rescued by a saili
The Gun Ranger
1936-11-17
A lawman who brings in a killer only to see him freed because of corruption turns in his badge &
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936-08-21
A masked hero called "The Eagle" leads California ranchers in a struggle against Russian Cossacks wh
Covered Wagon Days
1940-04-22
Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico, the Three Mesquiteers, are returning from Mexico and are stoppe
The Law Commands
1937-05-07
Night riders are terrorizing homesteaders, and the town doctor tries to keep the locals from forming
Law of the Ranger
1937-05-11
Working undercover, Rangers Bob and Wally arrive to take up ranching. Out to stop them is Bill Nash
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938-10-12
Tex returns to Santa Fe to find his Mother murdered. Foster runs the town and all crimes committed b
Arizona Gunfighter
1937-09-24
When Colt kills the men that murdered his father, he escapes his pursuers and joins Wolf and his out
Girl Rush
1944-10-21
During the California Gold Rush, two down-on-their-luck vaudevillians attempt to become wealthy by b
Knight of the Plains
1938-05-07
Peterson has a plan to obtain all the ranches in the valley. He gives Carson a phony Spanish land gr
Range Defenders
1937-06-29
Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his inn
Dick Tracy Returns
1938-08-19
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal
The Lone Ranger
1938-02-13
In 1865, Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas and r
Songs and Saddles
1938-06-01
An old rancher's property sites smack-dab on the site where a new highway is to be built, although h
Gang Bullets
1938-11-10
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities im
Phantom Ranger
1938-05-27
A Treasury Department engraver is being held captive by a counterfeiting gang that wants him to make
Valley of Terror
1937-01-20
A cowboy is arrested for rustling cattle. A lynch mob is formed by his buddy to try and arrange an e
The Mysterious Rider
1942-11-20
Billy the Kid and his pal Fuzzy escape from the Marshal and find themselves in the ghost town of Lar
In Old Montana
1939-02-05
The Colonel sends Fred Dawson and Doc Flanders to investigate a cattleman sheepman war. Posing as a
Gunsmoke Trail
1938-05-26
Learning of Walters' inheritance, Larson kills him and assumes his identity. When Larson's men try t
Code of the Fearless
1939-01-05
When it appears that Fred Jamison is a member of Red's gang, he is kicked out of the Rangers. But it
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939-06-10
Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to creat
Four Girls in White
1939-01-27
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935-08-23
An evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while
South of Tahiti
1941-10-17
Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in love
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13
Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a loc
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad acro
Three Texas Steers
1939-05-12
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939-07-13
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with t
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935-12-06
Cattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to
The Great Commandment
1939-10-02
Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus thro
Gilda
1946-04-25
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
The Rangers Step In
1937-08-08
Tom Martin wants to buy the Jed Warren ranch as he knows the railroad wants it for the right-of-way,
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940-03-15
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a
Wild Horse Round-Up
1936-11-20
Doan is trying to get control of the valley by having his night riders drive the ranchers out. Jack
Call of the Prairie
1936-03-06
Hoppy returns to find Johnny in trouble. Buck Peters has been shot by Porter who made it look like J
A Missouri Outlaw
1941-11-25
Don "Red" Barry is unjustly accused of being a Missouri Outlaw. The real bad guys are a gang of croo
Thieves' Highway
1949-09-20
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfr
Two Gun Justice
1938-04-29
A western town is being overrun and ruled by a gang of outlaws led by Bart (John Merton). Former Ran
The Lion's Den
1936-07-07
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hire
Blazing Sixes
1937-06-12
Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent seri
The Red Rider
1934-07-16
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his
Renegade Trail
1939-07-25
Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce whe
The Eagle's Brood
1935-10-25
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940-12-24
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
The Big Heat
1953-10-14
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law in
Frontier Crusader
1940-06-14
A marshal is sent to clean up a mining town being terrorized by an organized gang that is killing mi
Devil Riders
1943-11-05
A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach compan
Rustlers' Hideout
1945-09-02
A cowboy and his sidekick fight evil guys who want to rustle cattle in order to get hold of land.
Sagebrush Law
1943-04-02
Tom Weston arriving in town just as the Doctor announces his father's death a suicide, sees the gun
Queen of the Yukon
1940-08-26
The owner of an Alaskan gambling boat and her business partner help thwart a crooked businessman who
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940-09-29
In the second of the "Billy the Kid" series from PRC that starred Bob Steele, Billy the Kid is being
Dark Command
1940-04-15
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place,
Shadows on the Range
1946-10-15
Johnny Mack Brown stars in the formula oater Shadows on the Range. The film was made at a time when
Mystery Man
1944-05-31
Hoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave
Northwest Passage
1940-02-23
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who jo
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941-12-27
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Sea Raiders
1941-10-13
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Melody Ranch
1940-09-15
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Ce
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
1949-11-23
The war lords of a potential enemy of the US has the spy ring, led by John Baroda, the Spy King and
Haunted Trails
1949-08-21
Singing cowboy Whip Wilson, the foreman on a cattle drive, quits his job to pursue five bank robbers
Arizona Territory
1950-07-02
Prospector Jeff Malloy rescues Doris Devlin, owner of a trading post, from an ambush planned by her
Man from Sonora
1951-03-11
Someone stole Johnny Mack Brown's horse. If he can locate his missing horse, then he can prove they
Stranger from Santa Fe
1945-05-14
Burly Johnny Mack Brown once again plays undercover U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie in this overly comp
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947-07-31
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 2
Fence Riders
1950-01-19
Whip Wilson and Andy Clyde are back and Monogram's got 'em in Fence Riders. The Whipster comes to th
Billy the Kid Outlawed
1940-07-20
In the first of the six films Bob Steele made in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, gun law rules in Linc
The Trail Blazers
1940-11-11
The Mesquiteers try to help their friend build a telegraph system, despite a local newspaper editor'
Bullets and Saddles
1943-10-29
Hammond is after the Craig ranch and has framed Charlie Craig for murder. Mother Craig brings in the
Cowboy Commandos
1943-06-04
The Range Busters investigate sabotage at a mining community and uncover a gang of Nazi spies.
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942-05-01
Knowing the Army is arriving to establish a post. Doc Hagan and his gang and the crooked Sheriff are
Boot Hill Bandits
1942-04-24
Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly ki
Prairie Pals
1942-09-04
Two deputies go undercover to save a scientist from his evil kidnappers.
Land of Hunted Men
1943-03-26
When a gang of outlaws led by Faro Wilson starts swiping payrolls and terrorizing the residents of a
Black Market Rustlers
1943-08-27
In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are call
Under Fiesta Stars
1941-08-25
Rodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady employ
Trail Guide
1952-02-15
A cowboy and his Mexican-Irish sidekick lead a wagon train to an unfriendly place.
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942-09-02
Billy and his pals, on the run from the law again, travel to Sage Valley where Billy is made Sheriff
Hi-Yo Silver
1940-04-10
Edited version of the 1938 Republic serial "The Lone Ranger."
White Eagle
1941-01-31
Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 19
Along the Sundown Trail
1942-10-10
Three lawmen hunt down thieves who are robbing a tungsten mine.
Fighting Valley
1943-08-08
Someone has been stealing ore from a valuable smelting mine. One of the independent mine-owners vict
Fugitive of the Plains
1943-04-01
Billy joins an outlaw band led by woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on
Valley Of Vengeance
1944-05-05
Billy Carson arrives in King City looking for two men and kills them both. Caught by the Marshal he
Ghost Guns
1944-11-17
Supernatural events on the range prompt an investigation by cowboy Brown in this western.
The Cherokee Flash
1945-12-13
Lawyer Butler, wanting Jeff Carson's ranch, has the Sheriff and his gang frame the bank holdup on hi
Land of the Outlaws
1944-09-16
The old bromide about the western town run by outlaws as a hideout for their fellow crooks makes a r
West of the Rio Grande
1944-08-05
Two-fisted cowboys fight for law and order in their encounters with outlaws.
Zorro's Black Whip
1944-11-16
Pretty Girl Barbara Mededith takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also assumes
Flame of the West
1945-06-25
Flame of the West has always attracted more attention than most of Johnny Mack Brown's Monogram west
The Gay Cavalier
1946-03-30
The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) sets out on a double mission of rescuing a girl from forsaking her tr
Border Bandits
1946-01-12
Johnny Mack Brown dons a marshal's badge in the Monogram western Border Bandits. Brown's sworn duty
The Haunted Mine
1946-03-02
U.S. Marshals "Nevada Jack" McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins, working undercover, investigate a plot to
Cheyenne Takes Over
1947-12-17
Cheyenne has been ordered to take a vacation so Fuzzy has him go to a ranch of a friend. When they a
Raiders of the South
1947-01-18
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the recons
Western Renegades
1949-10-08
Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's le
Drums of Fu Manchu
1943-11-27
Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.
West of Wyoming
1950-02-19
The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) t
The Gunman From Bodie
1941-09-19
The Rough Riders are after a gang of rustlers. Marshal Roberts is posing as a wanted outlaw, McCall
A Snitch in Time
1950-12-07
The Stooges are painters who are re-staining some furniture at a boarding house, unaware that a gang
Outlaw Country
1949-01-07
Lash goes south of the border looking for a counterfeiter, a kidnapped engraver and his daughter, an
Gold Raiders
1951-09-09
The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.
Riders of the Dusk
1949-11-13
Riders of the Dusk is another of Monogram's formula Whip Wilson westerns. Since the studio couldn't
The Law Rides Again
1943-08-06
When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken Mayna
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942-04-28
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland a
Riders of the Black Hills
1938-06-15
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western directed by George Sherman. The intrepid cowboy
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of
Running Wild
1927-06-10
Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis
Timber Country Trouble
1955-05-08
A short feature western comprising two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, the episodes be
The Return of Wild Bill
1940-06-26
When Matt Kilgore and his men frame and then hang an innocent man, Lige Saunders sends for his son W
For God and Country
1943-05-15
The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father
Destroyer
1943-08-19
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950-10-14
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
Red River
1948-09-17
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive fr
Address Unknown
1944-06-01
When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted t
The Three Mesquiteers
1936-09-22
When a group of World War 1 buddies head west to farmstead, they run into trouble.
Our Wife
1941-08-20
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Knockout Reilly
1927-04-16
A Malcolm St. Clair silent boxing sports romantic love triangle prison melodrama about a steel worke
Headline Crasher
1937-08-04
The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crash
Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France,
The Quarterback
1926-10-11
Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Col
The Lone Prairie
1942-10-15
Hayden enters the lawless prairie in which criminals have had free reign to manipulate the innocent
A Tenderfoot Goes West
1936-10-15
Wellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the sedate
Two Gun Troubador
1939-03-05
Twenty-two years earlier Kirk Dean murdered his brother Fred Dean Sr. Now Fred Dean Jr. is looking f
I Shot Billy the Kid
1950-07-27
Although the Lincoln County War has come to a conclusion, Billy the Kid turns his back on a gubernat
Law and Order
1942-08-21
Billy the Kid and his pals Jeff Travis and Fuzzy Jones are arrested and brought to Fort Culver, wher
Son of the Guardsman
1946-10-23
David Trent is a nobleman who forms an outlaw group to combat his evil uncle Sir Edgar Bullard. The
It's the Old Army Game
1926-07-10
Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp.
Cleopatra
1934-10-05
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950-05-19
A cowboy is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him o
None Shall Escape
1944-02-03
Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed
The Harvey Girls
1946-01-18
On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young wo