{{short description|American film and television actor (1904–1982)}}
{{Infobox person |name = Tex Palmer |image = 26 Men (The Recruit) scene.jpg |caption = Palmer (left) with Hal Hopper, Don Haggerty and William Murphy in ''26 Men'', 1957 |birth_name = Luther Palmer |birth_date = {{birth date|1904|07|31}} |birth_place = Xenia, Ohio, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/people/tex-palmer-508676/film-credits|title=Tex Palmer Filmography|work=Fandango|access-date=August 3, 2024}}</ref> |death_date = {{death date and age|1982|03|22|1904|07|31}} |death_place = |occupation = Film and television actor |spouse = {{marriage|Francine Lassalle|1936|1971|end=died.}}<ref name="a">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87636847/death-and-funeral-notice-for-luther-w/|title=Luther W. 'Tex' Palmer|work=The Signal|location=Santa Clarita, California|date=April 9, 1982|access-date=July 16, 2022|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> |children = 1<ref name="a" /> |years_active = 1929–1962 }}
'''Luther Palmer''' (July 31, 1904 – March 22, 1982) was an American film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw9eCgAAQBAJ|title=The John Wayne Filmography|page=90|first=Fred|last=Landesman|publisher=McFarland|date=August 13, 2015|isbn=9781476609225|via=Google Books}}</ref> He appeared in over 300 films and television programs between 1929 and 1962.
Palmer died on March 22, 1982, at the age of 77.<ref name="a" />
== Partial filmography == * ''Ridin' Leather'' (1929) * ''Trailing Trouble'' (1930) - Henchman<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/trailing-trouble-am193776/cast-crew|title=Trailing Trouble (1930)|work=AllMovie|access-date=August 3, 2024}}</ref> * ''Half Pint Polly'' (1930) * ''Near the Rainbow's End'' (1930) * ''Canyon Hawks'' (1930) * ''The Land of Missing Men'' (1930) * ''West of Cheyenne'' (1931) * ''Not Exactly Gentlemen'' (1931) * ''Texas Cyclone'' (1932) * ''Spirit of the West'' (1932) * ''The Riding Tornado'' (1932) * ''Mason of the Mounted'' (1932) * ''Law of the North'' (1932) * ''Son of Oklahoma'' (1932) * ''Broadway to Cheyenne'' (1932) * ''Come On Danger!'' (1932) * ''Outlaw Justice'' (1932)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/145456-Tex-Palmer?sid=a514ac42-6c58-49de-9369-67ee522640f0&sr=10.297137&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false|title=Tex Palmer|work=American Film Institute|access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref> * ''Between Fighting Men'' (1932) * ''Young Blood'' (1932) * ''Renegades of the West'' (1932) * ''Lucky Larrigan'' (1932) * ''The Fighting Champ'' (1932) * ''Crashin' Broadway'' (1932) * ''Drum Taps'' (1933) * ''Diamond Trail'' (1933) * ''Fighting Texans'' (1933) * ''Rainbow Ranch'' (1933) * ''The Fighting Parson'' (1933) * ''Galloping Romeo'' (1933) * ''Riders of Destiny'' (1933) * ''Sagebrush Trail'' (1933) * ''The Whirlwind Rider'' (1934) * ''The Lucky Texan'' (1934) * ''West of the Divide'' (1934) * ''Nevada Cyclone'' (1934) * ''The Border Menacee'' (1934) * ''The Man from Utah'' (1934) * ''Randy Rides Alone'' (1934) * ''Fighting Hero'' (1934) * ''The Star Packer'' (1934) * ''Ridin' Gents'' (1934) * ''The Trail Beyond'' (1934) * ''Gunfire'' (1934) * ''Girl Trouble'' (1934) * ''Big Boy Rides Again'' (1935) * ''Texas Terror'' (1935) * ''Coyote Trails'' (1935) * ''Wolf Riders'' (1935) * ''The Outlaw Tamer'' (1935) * ''Rainbow Valley'' (1935) * ''The Phantom Cowboy'' (1935) * ''The Pecos Kid'' (1935) * ''Born to Battle'' (1935) * ''Smokey Smith'' (1935) * ''Wagon Trail'' (1935) * ''The Desert Trail'' (1935) * ''Rustler's Paradise'' (1935) * ''Silent Valley'' (1935) * ''Toll of the Desert'' (1935) * ''The Silver Bullet'' (1935) * ''The Dawn Rider'' (1935) * ''Paradise Canyon'' (1935) * ''Westward Ho'' (1935) * ''Powdersmoke Range'' (1935) * ''The Rider of the Law'' (1935) * ''The New Frontier'' (1935) * ''Lawless Range'' (1935) * ''The Last of the Clintons'' (1935) * ''Gallant Defender'' (1935) * ''The Law of the 45's'' (1935) * ''The Irish Gringo'' (1935) * ''Lawless Riders'' (1935) * ''Trigger Tom'' (1935) * ''The Lawless Nineties'' (1936) * ''Wildcat Saunders'' (1936) * ''King of the Pecos'' (1936) * ''Desert Phantom'' (1936) * ''Heroes of the Range'' (1936) * ''Rogue of the Range'' (1936) * ''Desert Justice'' (1936) * ''Last of the Warrens'' (1936) * ''Pinto Rustlers'' (1936) * ''The Fugitive Sheriff'' (1936) * ''Everyman's Law'' (1936) * ''The Law Rides'' (1936) * ''The Crooked Trail'' (1936) * ''Santa Fe Bound'' (1936) * ''The Unknown Ranger'' (1936) * ''The Sunday Round-Up'' (1936) * ''California Mail'' (1936) * ''The Gun Ranger'' (1936) * ''Headin' for the Rio Grande'' (1936) * ''Ranger Courage'' (1937) * ''Arizona Days'' (1937) * ''The Gambling Terror'' (1937) * ''Hit the Saddle'' (1937) * ''Trouble in Texas'' (1937) * ''Lightnin' Crandall'' (1937) * ''Trail of Vengeance'' (1937) * ''Bar-Z Bad Men'' (1937) * ''Law of the Ranger'' (1937) * ''Guns in the Dark'' (1937) * ''Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin'' (1937) * ''Sing, Cowboy, Sing'' (1937) * ''Reckless Ranger'' (1937) * ''The Painted Stallion'' (1937) * ''A Lawman Is Born'' (1937) * ''Range Defenders'' (1937) * ''Riders of the Rockies'' (1937) * ''Doomed at Sundown'' (1937) * ''Riders of the Dawn'' (1937) * ''The Red Rope'' (1937) * ''Boothill Brigade'' (1937) * ''The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' (1937) * ''The Rangers Step In'' (1937) * ''Trailin' Trouble'' (1937) * ''God's Country and the Man'' (1937) * ''Stars Over Arizona'' (1937) * ''Arizona Gunfighter'' (1937) * ''Moonlight on the Range'' (1937) * ''Where Trails Divide'' (1937) * ''Roll Along, Cowboy'' (1937) * ''Danger Valley'' (1937) * ''Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts'' (1937) * ''The Fighting Deputy'' (1937) * ''Romance of the Rockies'' (1937) * ''The Singing Outlaw'' (1938) * ''The Rangers' Round-Up'' (1938) * ''Where the West Begins'' (1938) * ''The Painted Trail'' (1938) * ''Frontier Town'' (1938) * ''Thunder in the Desert'' (1938) * ''Rolling Caravans'' (1938) * ''Knight of the Plains'' (1938) * ''The Last Stand'' (1938) * ''Code of the Rangers'' (1938) * ''The Feud Maker'' (1938) * ''Western Trails'' (1938) * ''Desert Patrol'' (1938) * ''Border G-Man'' (1938) * ''Outlaw Express'' (1938) * ''The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' (1938) * ''Man's Country'' (1938) * ''Pioneer Trail'' (1938) * ''The Utah Trail'' (1938) * ''Pals of the Saddle'' (1938) * ''Phantom Gold'' (1938) * ''Starlight Over Texas'' (1938) * ''The Mexicali Kid'' (1938) * ''Black Bandit'' (1938) * ''Where the Buffalo Roam'' (1938) * ''Guilty Trails'' (1938) * ''Prairie Justice'' (1938) * ''Gun Packer'' (1938) * ''California Frontier'' (1938) * ''Ghost Town Riders'' (1938) * ''Wild Horse Canyon'' (1938) * ''Honor of the West'' (1939) * ''Frontiers of '49'' (1939) * ''In Old Montana'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Stage'' (1939) * ''The Lone Ranger Rides Again'' (1939) * ''Code of the Cactus'' (1939) * ''Rollin' Westward'' (1939) * ''Lone Star Pioneers'' (1939) * ''The Law Comes to Texas'' (1939) * ''Mesquite Buckaroo'' (1939) * ''Overland with Kit Carson'' (1939) * ''Riders of the Frontier'' (1939) * ''Oklahoma Terror'' (1939) * ''The Fighting Renegade'' (1939) * ''Trigger Fingers'' (1939) * ''The Pal from Texas'' (1939) * ''Flaming Lead'' (1939) * ''El Diablo Rides'' (1939) * ''The Cheyenne Kid'' (1940) * ''Rhythm of the Rio Grande'' (1940) * ''Covered Wagon Days'' (1940) * ''The Cowboy from Sundown'' (1940) * ''The Kid from Santa Fe'' (1940) * ''Lightning Strikes West'' (1940) * ''Wild Horse Range'' (1940) * ''Winners of the West'' (1940) * ''The Golden Trail'' (1940) * ''Stagecoach War'' (1940) * ''Deadwood Dick'' (1940) * ''Rainbow Over the Range'' (1940) * ''Colorado'' (1940) * ''Under Texas Skies'' (1940) * ''Billy the Kid in Texas'' (1940) * ''Trailing Double Trouble'' (1940) * ''Riders of Black Mountain'' (1940) * ''Billy the Kid's Gun Justice'' (1940) * ''Riders from Nowhere'' (1940) * ''The Lone Rider Rides On'' (1941) * ''Billy the Kid's Range War'' (1941) * ''White Eagle'' (1941) * ''The Kid's Last Ride'' (1941) * ''Two Gun Sheriff'' (1941) * ''Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona'' (1941) * ''The Pioneers'' (1941) * ''The Lone Rider in Ghost Town'' (1941) * ''Wrangler's Roost'' (1941) * ''Riders of Death Valley'' (1941) * ''Billy the Kid in Santa Fe'' (1941) * ''The Texas Marshal'' (1941) * ''Rawhide Rangers'' (1941) * ''The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury'' (1941) * ''The Lone Rider Ambushed'' (1941) * ''Saddle Mountain Roundup'' (1941) * ''The Gunman from Bodie'' (1941) * ''Death Valley Outlaws'' (1941) * ''Tonto Basin Outlaws'' (1941) * ''The Lone Rider Fights Back'' (1941) * ''Arizona Cyclone'' (1941) * ''Underground Rustlers'' (1941) * ''Lone Star Law Men'' (1941) * ''Fighting Bill Fargo'' (1941) * ''Billy the Kid's Round-Up'' (1941) * ''Forbidden Trails'' (1941) * ''Texas Man Hunt'' (1942) * ''Thunder River Feud'' (1942) * ''The Lone Rider and the Bandit'' (1942) * ''Below the Border'' (1942) * ''Western Mail'' (1942) * ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'' (1942) * ''Raiders of the West'' (1942) * ''Rock River Renegades'' (1942) * ''Arizona Roundup'' (1942) * ''The Lone Rider in Cheyenne'' (1942) * ''North of the Rockies'' (1942) * ''Westward Ho'' (1942) * ''Rolling Down the Great Divide'' (1942) * ''Boot Hill Bandits'' (1942) * ''Where Trails End'' (1942) * ''Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns'' (1942) * ''Down Texas Way'' (1942) * ''Perils of the Royal Mounted'' (1942) * ''Tumbleweed Trail'' (1942) * ''Prairie Pals'' (1942) * ''Overland Mail'' (1942) * ''West of the Law'' (1942) * ''Along the Sundown Trail'' (1942) * ''Overland Stagecoach'' (1942) * ''Texas to Bataan'' (1942) * ''Silver Queen'' (1942) * ''Outlaws of Boulder Pass'' (1942) * ''Trail Riders'' (1942) * ''Two Fisted Justice'' (1943) * ''Haunted Ranch'' (1943) * ''Land of Hunted Men'' (1943) * ''Wild Horse Stampede'' (1943) * ''Death Rides the Plains'' (1943) * ''The Avenging Rider'' (1943) * ''Six Gun Gospel'' (1943) * ''Black Market Rustlers'' (1943) * ''Blazing Frontier'' (1943) * ''Silver City Raiders'' (1943) * ''Outlaw Trail'' (1944) * ''Range Law'' (1944) * ''Marked Trails'' (1944) * ''West of the Rio Grande'' (1944) * ''Oath of Vengeance'' (1944) * ''The Return of the Durango Kid'' (1945) * ''Both Barrels Blazing'' (1945) * ''Texas Panhandle (film)'' (1945) * ''Rustler's Round-Up'' (1946) * ''The Michigan Kid'' (1947) * ''Law of the Lash'' (1947) * ''King of the Wild Horses'' (1947) * ''Yankee Fakir'' (1947) * ''The Vigilante'' (1947) * ''Gunfighters'' (1947) * ''Jesse James Rides Again'' (1947) * ''Riders of the Lone Star'' (1947) * ''Return of the Lash'' (1947) * ''Buckaroo from Powder River'' (1947) * ''Black Hills'' (1947) * ''Song of the Drifter'' (1948) * ''The Hawk of Powder River'' (1948) * ''The Tioga Kid'' (1948) * ''Law of the Panhandle'' (1950) * ''Man from the Black Hills'' (1952) * ''Born to the Saddle'' (1953) * ''Jack Slade'' (1953) * ''Masterson of Kansas'' (1954) * ''The Broken Star'' (1956) * ''Outlaw's Son'' (1957) * ''The Parson and the Outlaw'' (1957) * ''Black Patch'' (1957) * ''Ride Out for Revenge'' (1957) * ''Thunder in the Sun'' (1959)
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0658469}} *{{TCM name|146456}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tex_palmer/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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