Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

163

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-02-18

Deathday

1959-09-19 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Also Known As

Myrtland LaVarre
Myrtland F. LaVarre

John Merton

Biography

We don't have a biography for John Merton.

Known For

7.8%

The Ten Commandments

Oct 5, 1956

7.5%

Gilda

Apr 25, 1946

7.4%

Red River

Sep 17, 1948

7.7%

The Big Heat

Oct 14, 1953

7.3%

Thieves' Highway

Sep 20, 1949

6.5%

Union Pacific

May 5, 1939

6.4%

Northwest Passage

Feb 23, 1940

6.7%

Adventures of Superman

Sep 19, 1952

6.3%

Dark Command

Apr 15, 1940

5.8%

Invisible Agent

Aug 7, 1942

6.3%

North West Mounted Police

Oct 22, 1940

5.8%

Along Came Jones

Jul 19, 1945

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Acting

1956		The Ten Commandments as Architect's Assistant
1956		Frontier Gambler as Shorty

1955

Timber Country Trouble as Ed Hartman

1953		The Big Heat as Man (uncredited)
1953		Up in Daisy's Penthouse as Daisy's Boyfriend

1952		Adventures of Superman as Doc
1952		Trail Guide as Dale

1951		Gold Raiders as Clete
1951		The Texas Rangers
1951		Man from Sonora as Henchman Pete

1950		A Snitch in Time as Jerry Benton (uncredited)
1950		Walk Softly, Stranger as Bowen's Henchman (uncredited)
1950		I Shot Billy the Kid as Bob Ollinger - Deputy (as John Morton)
1950		Arizona Territory as Otis Kilburn
1950		West of Wyoming as Sheriff
1950		Fence Riders as Slater

1949		Radar Patrol vs. Spy King as John Baroda
1949		Riders of the Dusk as Art - Henchman
1949		Western Renegades as Blacksmith Smitty
1949		Thieves' Highway as State Highway Policeman (uncredited)
1949		The Lone Ranger as Lieutenant Bannister
1949		Haunted Trails as Sheriff Charlie Coombs
1949		The Lost Tribe as Kesler
1949		Outlaw Country as Marshal Clark

1948		Red River as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
1948		The Golden Eye as Miner (uncredited)

1947		Cheyenne Takes Over as Bart McCord
1947		I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as President Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
1947		Raiders of the South as Preston Durant

1946		Son of the Guardsman as Lord Hampton (uncredited)
1946		Shadows on the Range as Paul Emery
1946		Gilda as Policeman (uncredited)
1946		The Gay Cavalier as Lewis
1946		Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways as Dr. Tobor
1946		The Haunted Mine as Steve Twining
1946		Border Bandits as Henchman Spike

1945		The Cherokee Flash as Mark Butler aka Blackie
1945		Bandits of the Badlands as Cort McKinnon
1945		Rustlers' Hideout as Harry Stanton
1945		Along Came Jones as Card Player (uncredited)
1945		Oregon Trail as Dalt Higgins
1945		Flame of the West as Carl Compton
1945		Stranger from Santa Fe as Cy Manning
1945		Brenda Starr, Reporter as Joe Schultz (uncredited)

1944		Ghost Guns as Matson
1944		Zorro's Black Whip as Ed Harris
1944		Girl Rush as Scully
1944		Land of the Outlaws as Dan Broderick
1944		West of the Rio Grande as Wade Gunnerson
1944		Fuzzy Settles Down as Henchman Pete
1944		Address Unknown as Angry German at Play (uncredited)
1944		Mystery Man as Bill
1944		Valley Of Vengeance as Burt
1944		Texas Masquerade as Henchman Jeff

1943		Drums of Fu Manchu as Loki
1943		Devil Riders as Jim Higgins
1943		Bullets and Saddles as Henchman Mike Phelps
1943		Black Market Rustlers as Henchman Parry
1943		Destroyer as Chief Quartermaster
1943		Fighting Valley as Dan Wakely
1943		The Law Rides Again as Henchman Spike
1943		Hitler's Madman
1943		Cowboy Commandos as Henchman Larry Fraser
1943		For God and Country as Brig Turnkey
1943		Sagebrush Law as Burl Mason
1943		Fugitive of the Plains as Deputy Arresting Fuzzy
1943		Land of Hunted Men as Pelham

1942		The Mysterious Rider as Dalton Sykes
1942		The Lone Prairie
1942		Along the Sundown Trail as Jake - Henchman
1942		Prairie Pals as Ed Blair
1942		Sheriff of Sage Valley as Nick
1942		Law and Order as Henchman Turtle
1942		Invisible Agent as German Soldier (uncredited)
1942		Down Texas Way as Henchman Steve
1942		Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns as Morgan
1942		The Wife Takes a Flyer as German Soldier
1942		Boot Hill Bandits as Brand Bolton
1942		Arizona Terrors as Toll Collector Henchmen's 'Supervisor'

1941		Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Brent
1941		A Missouri Outlaw as Henchman Bancroft
1941		South of Tahiti as Sailor
1941		Sea Raiders as First Island Guard
1941		The Gunman From Bodie as Bill Cook
1941		Under Fiesta Stars as Henchman Tommick
1941		Our Wife as Officer (uncredited)
1941		White Eagle as Henchman Ronimo

1940		The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Thug at Rear of Truck
1940		The Trail Blazers as Henchman Mason
1940		North West Mounted Police as Half-breed Archer
1940		Billy the Kid in Texas as Flash
1940		Melody Ranch as Warns the Wildhacks
1940		Queen of the Yukon as Charlie
1940		Billy the Kid Outlawed as Lije Ellis
1940		The Return of Wild Bill as Dusty Donahue
1940		Frontier Crusader as Henchman Hippo Potts
1940		Covered Wagon Days as Henchman
1940		Dark Command as Cantrell Man
1940		Hi-Yo Silver as Kester
1940		Drums of Fu Manchu as Loki
1940		Northwest Passage as Lt. Dunbar

1939		Zorro's Fighting Legion as Commandante Manuel
1939		The Great Commandment as Under-Officer
1939		Renegade Trail as Tex Traynor
1939		The Man in the Iron Mask as Soldier
1939		Daredevils of the Red Circle as Davis--Gas Plant Heavy
1939		Three Texas Steers as Mike Abbott
1939		Union Pacific as Laborer (uncredited)
1939		Rough Riders' Round-up as Border Patrolman Messenger
1939		Two Gun Troubador as Bill Barton
1939		In Old Montana as Ed Brandt
1939		Four Girls in White as John - Man at Accident
1939		Code of the Fearless as Red Kane

1938		Gang Bullets as Red Hampton
1938		Land of Fighting Men as Flint
1938		Where the Buffalo Roam as Foster
1938		Marie Antoinette as Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)
1938		Dick Tracy Returns as Champ Stark
1938		Riders of the Black Hills as Irate Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1938		Songs and Saddles as Rocky Renaut
1938		Phantom Ranger as Henchman Bud
1938		The Fighting Devil Dogs as Thompson (uncredited)
1938		Gunsmoke Trail as Bill Larson, posing as Moose Walters
1938		Knight of the Plains as Carson / Pedro de Cordoba
1938		Two Gun Justice as Bart
1938		Female Fugitive as Henchman Mort
1938		The Lone Ranger as Henchman Kester

1937		Arizona Gunfighter as Farley
1937		Roaring Six Guns as 'Mileaway' Roberts
1937		The Rangers Step In as Martin
1937		Headline Crasher as Tony Scarlotti
1937		Slaves in Bondage as Nick Costello
1937		Galloping Dynamite
1937		Range Defenders as Henchman Craig
1937		Blazing Sixes as Jim Hess
1937		Drums of Destiny as Toby Simmons
1937		Law of the Ranger as Bill Nash
1937		The Law Commands as Frank Clark
1937		Gunsmoke Ranch as Brawler in Suit
1937		Valley of Terror as Mark Flemming

1936		Fury Below as Emil
1936		Wild Horse Round-Up as Charlie Doan
1936		The Gun Ranger as Kemper Mills
1936		A Tenderfoot Goes West as Henchman Jake
1936		The Three Mesquiteers as Bull
1936		The Vigilantes Are Coming as Rance Talbot, Burr Henchman
1936		The Crooked Trail as Harve Tarlton
1936		The Lion's Den as Single-Shot Smith
1936		Wildcat Trooper as Henry McClain
1936		Aces and Eights as Card Sharp (uncredited)
1936		Wolves of the Sea as Mitchell
1936		Sharad of Atlantis as Moloch
1936		Lightnin' Bill Carson as 'Breed' Hawkins
1936		Call of the Prairie as Arizona
1936		Border Caballero as Runnyian

1935		Bar 20 Rides Again as Carp
1935		The Eagle's Brood as Ed
1935		Hop-a-long Cassidy as Party Guest

1934		Broadway Bill as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
1934		The Red Rider as Banty

1927		Running Wild as Police Officer (uncredited)
1927		Knockout Reilly as Buck Lennard

1926

The Quarterback as Football Player