Max Terhune was an American film actor born in Franklin, Indiana.
13 Facts About Max Terhune
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Max Terhune appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956.
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Max Terhune worked as a tool maker and when he was 20 he played semi-pro baseball for teams in Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Newark; he spent the 1913 season playing Class-D baseball for the Vincennes Alices of the Kitty League.
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Max Terhune performed in 21 episodes of a popular Republic Studios western series called The Three Mesquiteers.
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Max Terhune then worked with Corrigan and John Wayne, who took over Livingston's role shortly before Wayne's career was launched by his starring role in Stagecoach.
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Max Terhune did several supporting roles with Gene Autry.
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Max Terhune always traveled the range with his dummy Elmer sharing his saddle.
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Besides being a ventriloquist, whistler and animal imitator, Max Terhune was a magician.
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Max Terhune's hands doubled for those of Clark Gable in "The King and Four Queens" in 1956.
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Max Terhune performed on occasion at The Magic Castle in Hollywood.
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Max Terhune appeared frequently on weekends in the 1950s at Corriganville, a popular western film location developed by his co-star and friend who purchased the land in the late 1930s.
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Max Terhune's son Robert was a stuntman who doubled burly actors like George Kennedy in films.
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Max Terhune died in Cottonwood, Arizona, at the age of 82.