Vester Pegg

Vester Pegg (born May 23, 1889 in Appleton City , Missouri , † February 19, 1951 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Vester Pegg appeared in about 140 films between 1912 and 1941, mostly in westerns and adventure films . In 1915 he had his first major role in the film The Lucky Transfer . In the same year he appeared in an unlisted supporting role in the monumental film The Birth of a Nation by David Wark Griffith .

Prior to her film career, Pegg was a member of the 101 Miller Ranch troupe , which performed Wild West shows, including guest appearances in Europe . In 1919, Pegg became the second actor in the Cisco Kid . For Hans Wollstein, Pegg came `` purely outwardly, because of his wild, almost forbidden appearance '' than this to the image of the good-bad guy intended by the Cisco Kid inventor O. Henry , which the Cisco Kid figure was supposed to represent for later more glamorous Cisco Kid actors like Cesar Romero or Duncan Renaldo . In one of his last film roles, Pegg appeared in John Ford's Western Stagecoach ( Ringo ), a film that brought numerous former silent movie stars back into the picture. Pegg was already involved in John Ford's early Cheyenne Harry silent film wests, starring Harry Carey , mostly in major supporting roles.

Filmography (selection)

• 1912: A Four-Footed Hero
• 1912: In the Long Run
• 1914: A Question of Courage
• 1914: They Never Knew
• 1914: His Responsibility
• 1914: The Floating Call
• 1914: The Wrong Prescription
• 1914: The Wireless Voice
• 1914: How the Kid Went Over the Range
• 1914: In the Nick of Time
• 1914: Frenchy
• 1914: The Wagon of Death
• 1914: The Tavern of Tragedy
• 1914: The Sheriff's Prisoner
• 1914: The Vengeance of Gold
• 1914: How Izzy Stuck to His Post
• 1914: Their First Acquaintance
• 1914: Dan Morgan's Way
• 1914: The Angel of the Gulch
• 1914: Unjustly Accused
• 1914: The Gambler's Oath
• 1915: The Birth of a Nation (The Birth of a Nation)
• 1916 intolerance (Intolerance)
• 1917: Bucking Broadway
• 1917: Straight shooting
• 1919: Ace of the Saddle
• 1926: Three rough journeymen (3 Bad Men)
• 1934: Judge Priest
• 1935: Party Wire
• 1935: Full steam ahead (Steamboat Round the Bend)
• 1935: Colonel Shirley (The Little Colonel)
• 1936: The Prisoner of Shark Island (The Prisoner of Shark Iceland)
• 1937: The Wyoming gambling den (Born to the West)
• 1937: Frisco Express (Wells Fargo)
• 1939: Ringo (stagecoach)
• 1940: My Little Chickadee (My Little Chickadee)
• 1941: Sheriff of Tombstone
• 1948: Best Man Wins

Web links

• Vester Pegg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Vester Pegg in the All Movie Guide (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ so Hans J. Wollstein in his short biography Peggs