Dick Botiller

Botiller was born on October 26, 1896, in Bakersfield, California. He entered the film industry in 1933, debuting with an unnamed, un-credited role in the western, Silent Men.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024558/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_158 | publisher=Internet Movie Database | title=Silent Men (1933) | accessdate=July 31, 2015}} During the 1930s and 1940s Botiller appeared in over 150 films, film shorts, and film serials. He often played as henchmen or Indians.

Some of his more notable roles include: as Little Feather in Range Warfare (1934);{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1043 |title=Range Warfare: Detail View |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=July 30, 2015}} as Felipe Farley in the 1935 western Cheyenne Tornado;{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5811 |title=Cheyenne Tornado: Detail View |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=July 30, 2015}} as Bald Eagle in 1936's West of Nevada;{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1173 |title=West of Nevada: Detail View |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=July 30, 2015}} as Hernandez in Torrid Zone (1940);{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5116 |title=Torrid Zone: Detail View |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=July 30, 2015}} as Nardo in the 1940 crime drama Dark Streets of Cairo;{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27632 |title=Dark Streets of Cairo: Detail View |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=July 30, 2015}} and as Indian Pete in The Yellow Rose of Texas;{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24258 |title=The Yellow Rose of Texas: Detail View |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=July 30, 2015}}

Other notable films in which Botiller appeared include: the classic war drama, The Charge of the Light Brigade, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, in which he played a native;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4611 | title=The Charge of the Light Brigade: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}} as an Indian in Cecil B. DeMille's historical drama, Union Pacific, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8054 | title=Union Pacific: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}} as a tourist in the 1939 drama, Only Angels Have Wings, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, which is considered to be one of Howard Hawks' finest films;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8349 | title=Only Angels Have Wings: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}}{{cite book | last=McCarthy |first=Todd | title=Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood |location=New York | publisher=Grove Press | year=1997 | isbn=0-8021-1598-5 | page=276}} as a warrior in the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby comedy classic, Road to Morocco (1942);{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27436 | title=Road to Morocco: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}} in the classic World War I drama, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman, in which he played a sergeant;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=437 | title=For Whom the Bell Tolls: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}} as a native officer in the classic World War II romance, Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27175 | title=Casablanca: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}} as an aide in the 1944 version of Kismet, starring Ronald Colman;{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24029 | title=Kismet: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}} and in as an unnamed character in one of his final roles in Humphrey Bogart's 1951 drama, Sirocco.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50293 | title=Sirocco: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= July 30, 2015}} Botiller's final appearance was as a cattleman (un-credited) in the 1952 western Smoky Canyon, one of Charles Starrett's Durango Kid films.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045159/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast | publisher=Internet Movie Database | title=Smoky Canyon (1952): Full Cast & Crew | accessdate=July 31, 2015}}

In addition to his feature work, Botiller also appeared in numerous film serials, including: in several different roles in 1934's The Return of Chandu, starring Béla Lugosi; as Cottonwood in The Miracle Rider (1935), starring Tom Mix; as a phantom raider in The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938), starring Bill Elliott; as Yellow Snake in The Oregon Trail (1939), starring Johnny Mack Brown; as Krause in the 1942 serial Captain Midnight, starring Dave O'Brien.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098553/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 | publisher=Internet Movie Database | title=Dick Botiller (1896–1953) | accessdate=July 31, 2015}}

Botiller died on March 24, 1953, in Ridgecrest, California. He was buried in Arroyo Grande Cemetery, Arroyo Grande, California.Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

• The Man Trailer (1934)
• Wild Mustang (1935)
• Lightning Triggers (1935)
• Outlaw Rule (1935)
• Gun Play (1935)
• Million Dollar Haul (1935)
• The Cheyenne Tornado (1935)
• Arizona Bad Man (1935)
• The Traitor (1936)
• Gun Smoke (1936)
• South of Arizona (1938)
• Pioneer Trail (1938)
• The Pinto Kid (1941)
• Dizzy Detectives (1943)
• The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
• Smoky Canyon (1952)

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