Joe Rickson

{{Infobox person

| name = Joe Rickson

| image = Joe Rickson (arcade card crop).jpg

| caption = Rickson in 1920s

| birth_name = Oscar Erickson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|9|6}}

| birth_place = Clearcreek, Montana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|1|8|1880|9|6}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1913–1945

| occupation = Actor

}}

Joe Rickson (born Oscar Erickson; September 6, 1880 – January 8, 1958) was an American actor of the silent era.{{Cite book |last=Birchard |first=Robert S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIP3SjWWUEgC&dq=Joe+Rickson&pg=PA102 |title=Early Universal City |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-7023-5 |language=en}} He appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1945. He was born in Clearcreek, Montana and died in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite book |last=Katchmer |first=George A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWlZAAAAMAAJ&q=Joe+Rickson |title=Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known |date=1991 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-89950-494-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Katchmer |first=George A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=Joe+Rickson&pg=PA414 |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=May 20, 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=D'Ambrosio |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBueDwAAQBAJ&dq=Joe+Rickson&pg=PA95 |title=Montana Entertainers: Famous and Almost Forgotten |date=July 8, 2019 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4396-6733-0 |language=en}}

Partial filmography

The Price of Crime (1914)
The Night Riders (1916, Short) - The Apache Kid
The Wedding Guest (1916, Short) – Jose Del Barra
The Three Godfathers (1916) – Rusty Conners
The Committee on Credentials (1916, Short) – Clem
For the Love of a Girl (1916, Short) – Cliff Buckley
Love's Lariat (1916) – Cowboy
A Woman's Eyes (1916, Short) – Buzzard
The Devil's Own (1916, Short) – Snake Matthews
Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers (1918) – Neil Ballard
The Home Trail (1918) – Blackie
Baree, Son of Kazan (1918) – Perriot
Cactus Crandall (1918) – Mendoza
Go-Get-Em Garringer (1919)
The Little Boss (1919) – Pete Farley
Outlawed (1921) – Tom Benson
Flower of the North (1921) – Pierre
The Purple Riders (1922) – Rudolph Myers
Brass Commandments (1923) – Tularosa
Pioneer Trails (1923) – The Sheriff
Rough Ridin' (1924) – Jack Wells
Code of the Wilderness (1924) – Tom Chavis
Rip Roarin' Roberts (1924) – 'Hawk' Andrews
Fast Fightin' (1925) – The Man
Beyond the Border (1925) – Blackie Cullen – Deputy
Riders of the Purple Sage (1925) – Henchman Dave Slack (uncredited)
A Two-Fisted Sheriff (1925) – George Rivers
Baree, Son of Kazan (1925) – Pierre Eustach
The Human Tornado (1925) – Tom Crowley
The Bad Lands (1925) – Charlie Squirrel
Action Galore (1925) – Gil Kruger
Rawhide (1926) – Strobel
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926) – Colonel William B. Travis
The Flying Horseman (1926) – Henchman #2
The Buckaroo Kid (1926) – McIntyre (uncredited)
Whispering Sage (1927)
Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed (1927) – Darrel (uncredited)
Border Blackbirds (1927) – Suderman
The Devil's Double (1927) – Carl Blackburn
Land of the Lawless (1927) – 'Brush' Gallagher
A Trick of Hearts (1928) – Black Jack
The Code of the Scarlet (1928) – Pete
Yellow Contraband (1928) – Pierre Dufresne
The Drifter (1929) – Hank
The Lariat Kid (1929) – Tony
The Lone Star Ranger (1930) – Henchman #2
Trails of Danger (1930) – U.S. Marshal Bartlett
Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931) – Henchman (uncredited)
A Son of the Plains (1931) – Deputy (uncredited)
Wild Horse (1931) – Deputy Clark
Heritage of the Desert (1932) – Joe (uncredited)
Sundown Rider (1932) – Bates (uncredited)
Fargo Express (1933) – Lynn – Gambler Who Chases Mort
Elinor Norton (1934) – Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Prescott Kid (1934) – Townsman (uncredited)
Les Misérables (1935) – Gendarme (uncredited)
Under the Pampas Moon (1935) – Bazan's Gaucho (uncredited)
Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) – Herb Layton
Escape from Devil's Island (1935) – Guard (uncredited)
Gallant Defender (1935) – Soap Creek Smith (uncredited)
Song of the Saddle (1936) – Second Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
Three on the Trail (1936) – Gabby (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936) – Henchman Buck
Arizona Legion (1939) – Dakota – Henchman (uncredited)
Stagecoach (1939) – Ike Plummer (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939) – Homesteader (uncredited)
Prairie Law (1940) – Jake – Henchman (uncredited)
Triple Justice (1940) – Henchman Luke Grimes (uncredited)
Girl Rush (1944) – 4-Up Driver (uncredited)
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) – Dealer (uncredited)
West of the Pecos (1945) – Joe – Townsman (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953) – Dink (uncredited)

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External links

{{Internet Archive author |sname=Joe Rickson}}
{{IMDb name|id=0725587|name=Joe Rickson}}

Category:1880 births

Category:1958 deaths

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from Montana

Category:Male Western (genre) film actors