Merle Travis

AKA:
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Biography

Crew Roles

Harlan County U.S.A.
Original Music Composer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {14}

Sal Anderson

1953-08-28 7.281

From Here to Eternity

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. ...
Genre :War, Romance, Drama

Max

1961-12-07 5.4

Five Minutes to Live

A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Larry Scofield

1966-10-01 0

That Tennessee Beat

A singer determined to make it in country-western music lets nothing stand in his way, including stealing. The girl who loves him and a female preacher try to straighten him out and help him make it l ...
Genre :Music

Musician

1944-12-04 0

Montana Plains

A musical short. ...
Genre :Western, Music

Kentucky

1962-01-01 0

The Night Rider

Originally a pilot for a series called "Gallaway House" that was never picked up. The patrons of a late-19th Century America theater flock to see the latest production, a Western tale of redemption. ...
Genre :Western, TV Movie, Music

Vocalist-Lead Guitarist

1945-07-09 0

Why Did I Fall for Abner?

1945 Soundies musical short starring Merle Travis ...
Genre :Music

Guitar Player Travis

1946-02-14 5

Roaring Rangers

When Sheriff Jeff Connor of Powder River cannot stop the crime wave, his young son, Larry, writes to the Durango Kid for aid. Taggart, the saloon owner, is the secret head of the outlaws, while Connor ...
Genre :Western

Guitar Player

1946-04-24 6

Galloping Thunder

The cattle herds of some Arizona ranchers are being stampeded and stolen, so the Arizona Stockmen's Syndicate sends ace investigator Steve Reynolds in to find out who is responsible. Steve poses as a ...
Genre :Western

Guitar Player

1951-08-14 5

Cyclone Fury

A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an earlier Durango effort, Galloping Thunder (1946), footage ...
Genre :Western

Merle Travis

1946-12-12 0

Lone Star Moonlight

Returning G.I. Curt Norton (Ken Curtis), owner of a radio station, finds his father Amos (Guy Kibbee) has allowed the station to run down and has squandered Curt's money in bad investments in war-surp ...
Genre :Western

Vocalist-Guitarist

1946-12-30 0

Silver Spurs

The Bronco Busters perform "Silver Spurs." ...
Genre :Music

Vocalist

1946-12-30 0

Old Chisholm Trail

The Bronco Busters perform "Old Chisholm Trail." ...
Genre :Music

Himself (archival footage)

2016-02-01 0

Merle Travis: Guitar Man

Merle Travis took the experiences of his early years growing up in Muhlenberg County, Ky., to the national stage and rode the rising tide of country music’s popularity in the years following World War ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self - Lead Singer-Guitarist

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Texas Home

Merle Travis dreaming of a Texas Home. ...
Genre :Music