Al "Lash" LaRue

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Al "Lash" LaRue (actually La Rue Alfred Wilson ; born June 14, 1917 in Watervliet , Michigan , † June 21, 1996 in Burbank , California ) was an American actor who starred in many B-Westerns. He owed the name "Lash" to his talent in handling a bull whip, which also earned him the title "King of the Bullwhip".

Life

After graduating from military school, he attended college in Long Beach, California , where, in addition to law, he studied drama to get his lisp and stutter under control. After graduating, he worked as a hairdresser for a while and tried to get a role in film. Many directors turned him down in the 1940s, however, mainly because he looked too similar to Humphrey Bogart . In 1945, after a few small non-Western roles for Universal Pictures , he was named by Robert Tansey for a supporting role for the film's star, Eddie Dean , of "Cheyenne Kid" in the PRC film Song of Old Wyomingobliges which film LaRue developed its trademark for. This was followed by a role as a repentant criminal in the Dean program film Caravan Trail and a third in that series, Wild West (both 1946).

In addition to his sidekick "Fuzzy" Al St. John , LaRue got his own B-Western series in which he created his black costume, whip and a black horse as a trademark and which should include 22 films by 1952, the production of which by PRC over Eagle-Lion and Screen Guild (later Realart ) were taken over. Initially LaRue played "Cheyenne Kid", later a character of his own (art) name. Much of the footage in these films was stock footage or was reused.

In Germany, these one-hour films could hardly be seen in their original version, but were often seen as a package of two (or three films) cut together to form a full-length work, which is why the assignment of German titles (mostly fuzzy in the foreground or the nickname “Lassy La Rue ”) makes only limited sense to the original titles.

In 1953, LaRue switched to television, where he took over the 15-minute, four-month series Lash of the West , which consisted of excerpts from his films. In addition to guest roles on other television series (such as several times in Roy Bean, A Judge in the Wild West and as "Sheriff Johnny Behan" in Wyatt Earp Intervenes in 1958), LaRue was rarely seen until he made some low-budgeted films related in the 1980s to his old career took over.

From the 1970s, LaRue was a guest at countless Western gatherings and movie fan meetings. He died in May 1996 after several heart operations.

comics

From 1949 to 1954, 46 issues of a comic series with the name of the actor were published, with photo covers and after a three-month break with a new publisher with a further 38 issues until 1961.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1945: The Master Key
  • 1947: Fuzzy, Robbers and Bandits (Law of the Lash)
  • 1947: Fuzzy the Bandit Killer (Border Feud)
  • 1947: Fuzzy sees ghosts (Pioneer Justice)
  • 1947: Fuzzy cleans up (Ghost Town Renegades)
  • 1947: Fuzzy against Death and the Devil (Return of the Lash)
  • 1947: Fuzzy the Devil Guy (Cheyenne Takes Over)
  • 1947: Fuzzy accounts (Fighting Vigilantes)
  • 1948: Fuzzy's Adventure (Stage to Mesa City)
  • 1948: Lassy LaRoc, the man with the whip, part 4 - Liberated from bandits (Dead Man's Gold)
  • 1948: Lassy LaRoc, the man with the whip, Part 2 - Lawless Land (Mark of the Lash)
  • 1948: Fuzzy and the Bad Boys (Frontier Revenge)
  • 1949: Lassy LaRoc, the Man with the Whip, Part 1 - On behalf of the Sheriff (Outlaw Country)
  • 1949: Lassy LaRoc, the man with the whip, Part 3 - The Avenger of Mexico (Son of Billy the Kid)
  • 1950: crooks, gangsters, beautiful girls (The Dalton's Women)
  • 1950: Fuzzy und der Leitschenheini (King of the Bullwhip)
  • 1951: Fuzzy and the Carriage Trick (The Thundering Trail)
  • 1951: With whip and gun (The Vanishing Outpost)
  • 1951: Battle for the Silver Mine (The Black Lash)
  • 1951: The Frontier Phantom
  • 1986: Hell trip to Lordsburg (Stagecoach)
  • 1987: Alien Outlaw (Alien Outlaw)
  • 1990: Pair of Aces (TV movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Acknowledgment of LaRue on the pages of b-westerns.com
  3. ↑ [2]
personal data
SURNAME LaRue, Al "Lash"
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, La Rue Alfred (real name); La Rue, Lassy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Watervliet , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1996
Place of death Burbank , California