Portrait of Hal Taliaferro

Acting

Hal Taliaferro

Career

Active from 1921 to 1946, busiest in 1935 with 12 main titles.

Leading roles
42
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zorro's Black Whip
Zorro's Black Whip
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hal Taliaferro Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.2, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.8, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.1, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 16
  • Good vs Evil 6
  • Good vs. Evil 5
  • Outlaw Justice 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Frontier Justice 3
  • Action-Packed 3
  • Western 3
  • Escapist Entertainment 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Black and White 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

160
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

3 titles
The Sea Hornet
The Sea Hornet (1951)

as Bone

The Savage Horde
The Savage Horde (1950)

as Sgt. Gowdy

California Passage
California Passage (1950)

as Buck Hanley (uncredited)

1940s

54 titles ยท average score 61
Zorro's Black Whip
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
GoodWatch score 69

as Baxter

The Yellow Rose of Texas
The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
GoodWatch score 53

as Ferguson

Hoppy Serves a Writ
Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)
GoodWatch score 59

as Greg Jordan

Roaring Frontiers
Roaring Frontiers (1941)

as Link Twiddle

Bad Man of Deadwood
Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ripper

Law of the Range
Law of the Range (1941)

as Tim O'Brien

Jesse James at Bay
Jesse James at Bay (1941)
GoodWatch score 53

as Paul Sloan, Lawyer

The Man with Nine Lives
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sheriff Stanton

The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Henchman Rick Harmon

Colorado
Colorado (1940)
GoodWatch score 46

as Weaver

Adventures of Red Ryder
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)

as Cherokee Sims

The Border Legion
The Border Legion (1940)

as Amos Link

1930s

84 titles ยท average score 55
Guilty Trail
Guilty Trail (1938)

as Sundown

One Man Justice
One Man Justice (1937)

as Neal King

Danger Trails
Danger Trails (1935)

as Desolation Wilson

The Lone Bandit
The Lone Bandit (1935)

as Sheriff Jim Mace

Six Gun Justice
Six Gun Justice (1935)

as Nevada Joe

Western Racketeers
Western Racketeers (1934)

as Sheriff Rawlings

Arizona Cyclone
Arizona Cyclone (1934)

as Jim Blaine

Adventures of Texas Jack
Adventures of Texas Jack (1934)

as Texas Jack

The Way of the West
The Way of the West (1934)

as Wally Gordon (as Wally Wales)

Range Warfare
Range Warfare (1934)

as Tommy

Sagebrush Trail
Sagebrush Trail (1933)
GoodWatch score 50

as Deputy Sheriff

Breed of the West
Breed of the West (1930)

as Wally Weldon (as Wally Wales)

1920s

19 titles
The Voice from the Sky
The Voice from the Sky (1929)

as Jack Deering

The Flyin' Buckaroo
The Flyin' Buckaroo (1928)

as Bill Mathews

The Desert of the Lost
The Desert of the Lost (1927)

as Jim Drake

The Soda Water Cowboy
The Soda Water Cowboy (1927)

as Wally

Skedaddle Gold
Skedaddle Gold (1927)

as Kent Blake

Tearin' Into Trouble
Tearin' Into Trouble (1927)

as Wally Tilland (as Wally Wales)

Twisted Triggers
Twisted Triggers (1926)

as Wally Weston (as Wally Wales)

The Fighting Cheat
The Fighting Cheat (1926)

as Wally Kenyon (as Wally Wales)

Double Daring
Double Daring (1926)

as Wally Meeker (as Wally Wales)

Ace of Action
Ace of Action (1926)

as Wally Rand

Ridin' Rivals
Ridin' Rivals (1926)

as Bud Grant (as Wally Wales)

Galloping On
Galloping On (1925)

as Wally Moore(as Wally Wales)