1. Alfred "Lash" LaRue was a Western motion picture star of the 1940s and 1950s.
20 Facts About Lash LaRue
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Strangely, his California death records reportedly indicate the actor's father's surname was Wilson and that Lash LaRue was born in Michigan.
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Lash LaRue signed a contract with Universal Pictures in 1944 as "Alfred LaRue", appearing in two Deanna Durbin musicals and a serial.
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Durbin and Lash LaRue were romantically involved during his tenure there.
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Lash LaRue graduated to his own starring series in 1947, first for PRC, then for its successor Eagle-Lion, and finally for producer Ron Ormond.
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Lash LaRue was different from the usual cowboy hero of the era.
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Lash LaRue's influence was felt throughout the dying medium of B-Westerns; for example, he had an imitator, Whip Wilson, who starred in his own brief series, and even Roy Rogers started using a bullwhip in some of his Republic Pictures Westerns made during the same period.
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Lash LaRue made frequent personal appearances at small-town movie theaters that were showing his films during his heyday of 1948 to 1951, a common practice for cowboy stars in those days.
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Lash LaRue continued working in films and television until he retired in 1990.
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Lash LaRue appeared several times on the syndicated television series 26 Men, true stories of the Arizona Rangers.
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Lash LaRue appeared seven times in different roles in the 1956 TV Western Judge Roy Bean.
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Lash LaRue portrayed another real-life criminal, Doc Barker, in the TV series Gangbusters, which was later recut into the film Guns Don't Argue.
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Lash LaRue did not actually appear in any of the pornographic scenes.
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Lash LaRue later married Barbra Fuller, a radio, film and television actress.
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Lash LaRue died of emphysema in 1996 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.
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Lash LaRue had recently undergone triple-bypass surgery and suffered from emphysema.
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Lash LaRue was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
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Lash LaRue was survived by his wife, Frances Bramlett LaRue, three sons and three daughters.
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Lash LaRue had reportedly been married at least ten times.
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Lash LaRue is seen on the 1986 Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings duet album Heroes.