Texas Ranger Division
:For other uses see Texas Rangers (disambiguation).
Popular culture
Novels
- The Lonesome Dove novels of Larry McMurtry depict the fictionalized adventures of several Texas Rangers in the mid to late 19th century.
Television
- The Lone Ranger (1933–57) (in background)
- Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–59)
- Laredo (1960s)
- The Texas Rangers (1981)
- Walker, Texas Ranger, created in 1993 and starring martial arts practitioner and instructor Chuck Norris as Cordell Walker, has drawn much attention to this Texas law enforcement body. Popular culture info Late Night with Conan O'Brien features the Walker, Texas Ranger lever
Film
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) features a questionable portrayal of real-life Texas Ranger Frank Hamer
- In True Grit (1969), starring John Wayne as a United States Marshal, Glen Campbell plays a Texas Ranger.
- Dennis Hopper plays Texas Ranger "Lefty" Enright in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986)
- Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) features a fictional Texas Ranger named Earl McGraw (portrayed by Michael Parks)
- Earl McGraw is a lead character in ' (2000), a prequel to From Dusk Till Dawn
- Texas Rangers (2001) portrays the exploits of Capt. Leander H. McNelly, played by Dylan McDermott
- Kill Bill Vol. I (2003) also features Earl McGraw
- Man of the House (2005) stars Tommy Lee Jones as a Texas Ranger who has to protect a group of cheerleaders that witnessed a murder
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Rangers' mythos |
| ► | High-profile busts |
| ► | Rangers' badges and uniforms |
| ► | Notable Texas Rangers |
| ► | Popular culture |
| ► | References |
| ► | External links |
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