Dick Botiller
Date of birth: 1896-10-12
Place of birth: Bakersfield, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Richard Edward Botiller
Biography
Richard Edward Botiller (October 26, 1896 – March 24, 1953) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. While most of his roles were un-credited, many of them nameless as well, he was given more substantial roles occasionally.
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Across the Pacific
1942-09-04
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-mart
Pioneer Trail
1938-07-15
Heading up the Chisholm Trail with a small herd and just a few men, Breezy has his cattle rustled by
The Man from Sundown
1939-07-14
The hero, Texas Ranger Larry Whalen (Charles Starrett), is on the trail of a mysterious outlaw leade
Branded
1950-11-03
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by
The Girl and the Gambler
1939-06-15
An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944-06-24
Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in a r
West of Nevada
1936-07-21
When a gang tries to rob Haldain, Jim and Walla Walla break it up. Haldain is carrying stuffed anima
Lawless Valley
1932-03-03
A cattleman's association hires a range detective to track down and capture a notorious rustler know
Gun Play
1935-12-02
A cowboy comes to the aid of a lady rancher threatened by Mexican bandits who believe there is a tre
Overland with Kit Carson
1939-07-21
When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the governme
The Return of Chandu
1934-10-01
Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about
Flirting with Fate
1938-12-02
A troupe of traveling entertainers become stranded in Paraguay.
Rio Grande Ranger
1936-12-11
Sayres and his outlaw gang operate out of a town just across the border and out of the jurisdiction
Casablanca
1943-01-15
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un
Thunder Over Texas
1934-10-18
A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because he had railroad maps that
Radio Patrol
1937-10-03
About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting
Trade Winds
1938-12-28
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sa
Gunsmoke Trail
1938-05-26
Learning of Walters' inheritance, Larson kills him and assumes his identity. When Larson's men try t
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for th
Code of the Secret Service
1939-05-27
Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
Wild Mustang
1935-10-21
Prison escapee Utah Evans kills Sheriff McClay. Joe Norton was McClay's predecessor and sent Utah to
Cassidy of Bar 20
1938-02-25
Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico ca
The Blonde from Singapore
1941-10-15
Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, T
Devil's Island
1939-01-07
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
Sirocco
1951-06-13
A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
The Oregon Trail
1939-07-04
Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Orego
Treachery Rides the Range
1936-05-02
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937-06-14
This is a remake of Columbia's 1932 "Cornered" that starred Tim McCoy. Bob Pearson saves the life of
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad acro
Only Angels Have Wings
1939-05-15
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight
Gun Smoke
1935-05-01
Parker, seeking revenge on Culverson, is bringing in a flood of sheep. Branning signs on at the Culv
South of the Border
1939-12-15
A federal agent and his partner hang out in Mexico to check a revolution.
Thunder Over the Prairie
1941-07-29
An evil land baron uses the local Indians as laborers and then finds legal methods to cheat them of
Mexicali Rose
1939-03-26
Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage
The Devil's Saddle Legion
1937-08-14
Tal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they
Defective Detectives
1944-04-03
El and Harry are two office cleaners turned detectives who are assigned to chase a gangster, but the
The Shadow
1940-01-05
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible a
Wyoming
1940-09-13
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nic
Young Buffalo Bill
1940-04-11
It's 1860 and the old Spanish land grants are being surveyed. Montez is after part of Don Regas' ran
Trails of the Wild
1935-07-31
An agent tracking down a man who disappeared in the mysterious "Ghost Mountain" area discovers disco
The Californian
1937-07-18
Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing
Deadwood Dick
1940-07-19
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave
Gallant Sons
1940-11-15
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to fin
Torrid Zone
1940-05-18
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
Phantom Raiders
1940-06-07
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Lle
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940-12-01
A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941-07-15
Dave Crockett (Bill Elliott) comes to the aid of ranchers living on the Yucca Strip, who want their
The Pinto Kid
1941-02-05
Pinto Kid was one of Charles Starrett's last "formula" westerns before he permanently assumed the sc
Bad Men of the Hills
1942-08-13
U.S. Marshal Dave Upjohn arrives in Sundown to investigate reports of lawlessness.
Wyoming Wildcat
1941-01-06
A former outlaw becomes a Wells Fargo guard, but when the stagecoach is robbed, he becomes a wanted
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942-01-31
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
Scouts to the Rescue
1939-01-17
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's
Arizona Bad Man
1935-02-01
The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a l
Dizzy Detectives
1943-02-05
The Stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the
Meet the Wildcat
1940-10-22
Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod 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
The Secret Code
1942-09-04
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial l
The Cheyenne Tornado
1935-12-02
A cowboy steps in when cattlemen try to force a sheepherder off the range.
Lightning Triggers
1935-07-01
Reb Russell (Reb Russell), undercover agent for the Cattleman's Protective Association, goes into th
The Fighting Gringo
1939-08-08
A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.
Background to Danger
1943-07-03
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943-07-12
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war g
Road to Morocco
1942-11-10
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the lus
A Thousand and One Nights
1945-07-20
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, w
House of Mystery
1934-03-30
Out of the Mystic Temples of Old India crept this terrible Monster to wreak vengeance of the Hindu G
Range Warfare
1934-12-01
Marshal Reb Russell's reputation precedes him and when he arrives the outlaw gang that includes the
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a
Riding Wild
1935-06-28
It's roundup time and Stevens is out to start a range war between the big ranchers and the nesters.
Pals of the Prairie
1934-04-03
Two cowboys get involved with a pretty ranch owner, her crooked fiancé and a robbery.
The Devil's Pipeline
1940-10-31
A secretary sends a coded plea for help in her monthly report; two detectives investigate and find o
Criminals of the Air
1937-04-30
Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez i
Trapped
1937-03-03
Ted Haley rides to his brother's ranch and finds him dying from a knife wound. The brother names Sol
Fighting Hero
1934-06-17
Tyler abducts a young Mexican girl to save her from a lynching when she is accused of the murder of
South of Arizona
1938-07-28
Kenyon has the newly arriving Ranger shot and his man Martin assume the Ranger's identity. Clay find
West of Cheyenne
1938-06-30
Brad Buckner has just bought a ranch. Murdock keeps his rustled cattle on the ranch and sends his me
Dangerous Intrigue
1936-01-04
Anthony Halliday, a brilliant young surgeon, is forced to resign as chief of staff at a New York hos