{{Short description|American actor (1880–1958)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{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. | years_active = 1913–1945 | occupation = Actor }}
'''Joe Rickson''' (born '''Oscar Erickson'''; September 6, 1880 – January 8, 1958) was an American actor of the silent era.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1945. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts,<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2026 |title=Joseph Richson, World War II draft registration card |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DH-GHG?lang=en |url-status=live |access-date=9 January 2026 |website=FamilySearch}}</ref> and died in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''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) {{Div col end}}
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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Joe Rickson}} *{{IMDb name|id=0725587|name=Joe Rickson}}
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