Gilman Rankin
{{short description|American film and television actor}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Gilman Rankin
|image = Gilman Rankin in Frontier Doctor (Apache Uprising).jpg
|caption = Rankin in Frontier Doctor, 1958
|birth_name = Gilman Warren Rankin{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X95kAAAAMAAJ|title=Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949-1959|page=434|first=Everett|last=Aaker|date=1997|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786402847|via=Google Books}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1911|04|17}}
|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1993|10|31|1911|04|17}}
|death_place = Orange County, California, U.S.
|occupation = Film and television actor
|years_active = 1949–1976
}}
Gilman Warren Rankin (April 17, 1911 – October 31, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Deputy Charlie Riggs in the first season of the American western television series Tombstone Territory,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/267574273/|title=Sheriff Becomes Target For Outlaw Guns|work=The Honolulu Advertiser|location=Honolulu, Hawaii|date=December 29, 1957|access-date=November 6, 2021|page=74|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} and for playing Woodsy Niles in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/505892007/|title=New western|work=The Windsor Star|location=Windsor, Ontario, Canada|date=September 14, 1968|access-date=November 6, 2021|page=42|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
Life and career
Rankin was born in Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfNACgAAQBAJ&pg=PT220|title=Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961|page=220|first1=S.L.|last1=Kotar|first2=J.E.|last2=Gessler|publisher=BearManor Media|date=December 2009|isbn=9781593935054|via=Google Books}} He began his career in 1949, first appearing in the film Bride of Vengeance, where he played the uncredited role of a scout. He continued his career mainly appearing in film and television programs for which he played the role of Deputy Charlie Riggs in the western television series Tombstone Territory,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8uLbvRWBSAC&pg=PA92|title=Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present|page=92|first=Douglas|last=Brode|date=January 1, 2010|publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292783317|via=Google Books}} in which Rankin only appeared in its first season.
Later in his career, Rankin appeared in television programs including Gunsmoke, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Two Faces West, Tales of Wells Fargo, Riverboat, State Trooper, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, My Three Sons, Perry Mason and Shotgun Slade. He also appeared in films such as, Midnight Cowboy,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/44406532/|title=Joins Cast|work=The Ottawa Journal|location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada|date=September 13, 1968|access-date=November 6, 2021|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} Fort Algiers, Roar of the Crowd, The Greatest Show on Earth, Ghost Town and Black Patch. Rankin's last credit was in the film Assault on Precinct 13.
Rankin died on October 31, 1993 in Orange County, California, at the age of 82.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0710250}}
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1346882%7C0/Gilman-Rankin#overview Gilman Rankin] at Turner Classic Movies
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/gilman_rankin/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Male actors from Boston
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors