Art Acord

Artemus Ward Acord (April 17, 1890 - January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion.

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Born to Mormon parents in Prattsville, Utah, as a young man Acord worked as a cowboy and ranch hand. He went on to become one of the first true cowboys of Western films. A celebrated rodeo champion, Acord not only acted, but wrote scipts and performed as a stuntman. He won the Steer Bulldogging world championship in 1912 and repeated as champion in 1916, defeating challenger and friend, Hoot Gibson.

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Acord enlisted in the United States Army in World War I and served overseas. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery. At war's end, he returned to the motion picture business, appearing in a series of popular film shorts and as "Buck Parvin", the title character for a Universal Pictures serial.

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Because of a heavy drinking problem and his inability to adapt to the advent of talkies, Acord's film career faded and he ended up performing in road shows and mining in Mexico.

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Art Acord died in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, on January 4, 1931 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Official Mexican records called it a suicide but some of Acord's friends over the years insisted that he had been murdered by a Mexican politician who had caught Acord having an affair with his wife.

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During his life, Art Acord made over 100 film shorts, all but a few of which have been lost.

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For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Art Acord has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street.

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Art Acord films still available:

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• The Arizona Kid (1928)
• Fighters of the Saddle (1929)
• The White Outlaw (1929)

See also: films/">Other notable figures in Western films

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1890: 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar)....

January 4: January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. 361 days (362 in leap years) remain in the year after this day...

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