Whip Wilson

Actor, Film actor

1911 – 1964

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Who was Whip Wilson?

Whip Wilson was an American cowboy film star of the late 1940s and into the 1950s, known for his roles in B-westerns.

He was one of eight children. Wilson had been a moderately successful singer before coming to Hollywood. Following Buck Jones's death in the famous Cocoanut Grove fire of 1942, which claimed the lives of 492 people, Monogram Pictures had been searching for someone to replace him. Producer Scott R. Dunlap saw Meyers, and thought he looked similar to Jones. This, apparently, was enough to build him into a cowboy star. Because of the fame being generated by Lash LaRue, who used a bullwhip in his movies, Monogram decided to make Meyers a similar whip-wielding character, rechristening him Whip Wilson.

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Born
Jun 16, 1911
Granite City
Also known as
  • Roland Charles Meyers
  • Chip
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Oct 22, 1964
Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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