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Budd Buster

Budd Buster

Actor · Died December 22, 1967, aged 76 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Budd Buster was born on 14 June 1891 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Lone Texas Ranger (1945), Cavalry (1936) and Battle of Greed (1937). He was married to Mary. He died on 22 December 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
June 13, 1891
Died
December 22, 1967 (aged 76)
From
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
74 on Motif · 178 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 32% in 30 days

What are Budd Buster's films like?

Across their 35 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 32 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

Grounded 25 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 0

Gentle 16 · Charged 18 · Intense 1

Steady 26 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 24 · Funny 1

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 1

Casual 32 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved 34 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6
Shapeshifter
1 of 6
Mentor
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Thrilling
22
Hopeful
19
Absurd
6
Warm
4
Other
10

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy33
  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Budd Buster's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 67 of their 74 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (44).

Subscription and free streaming for Budd Buster's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

178 credits, 74 with a Motif page.

  • Battle Cry(1955)

    as Old Man (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Riding Shotgun(1954)

    as Townsman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • The Westward Trail(1948)

    as Benson

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Cheyenne Takes Over(1947)

    as Lem Boswick (as Bud Buster)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Shadow Valley(1947)

    as Judd Grimes

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Wild Frontier (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    as Sam Wheeler

  • Valley of Fear (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    as Bootmaker

  • Code of the West(1947)

    as Hotel Clerk Higgins (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Rainbow Over the Rockies (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    as Frank Porter

  • Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Song of the Sierras (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Rancher Matt Blake

  • Outlaws of the Plains(1946)

    as Tom Wilson

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Traffic in Crime (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Watchman

  • Badman's Territory(1946)

    as Doc's Friend (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Terrors on Horseback (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Sherriff Jed Bartlett

  • West of the Alamo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Shotgun

  • Home on the Range (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Sheriff

  • Sheriff of Redwood Valley (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Express Agent Crump

  • Gentlemen with Guns(1946)

    as Sheriff

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Ambush Trail(1946)

    as Miner Zeke

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Six Gun Man (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Joe Turner

  • The Flying Serpent (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Head of Inquest

  • Navajo Kid(1945)

    as Pinky

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Border Badmen(1945)

    as Peter Evans

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Apology for Murder(1945)

    as Jed

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Jungle Raiders (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1945)

    as Dr. Murray Reed

  • Frontier Fugitives(1945)

    as Old Man Wilson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The White Gorilla(1945)

    as Carter

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Springtime in Texas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1945)

    as Jed Stevens

  • The Phantom of 42nd Street(1945)

    as Mike - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Shadows of Death(1945)

    as Man Getting Beard Trimmed (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Jungle Queen(1945)

    as Jungle Jack

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • The Mummy's Curse(1944)

    as Cajun standing at bar, smoking pipe (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Wild Horse Phantom(1944)

    as Ed Garnet

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Brand of the Devil(1944)

    as Henry Wilburn

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Trigger Trail (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    as Tug Cattlet

  • The Pinto Bandit (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    as PT Heneberry

  • Call of the South Seas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    as Kanahu

  • Hidden Valley Outlaws (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    as Ned Murphy

  • Guns of the Law(1944)

    as Jed Wilkins

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Thundering Gun Slingers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1944)

    as Sheriff

  • Frontier Outlaws(1944)

    as Clerk

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Outlaw Roundup(1944)

    as Dude Merrill

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Boss of Rawhide (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Townsman

  • Bullets and Saddles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Charley Craig

  • Trail of Terror (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Monte

  • Blazing Frontier(1943)

    as Luke Newton

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Cattle Stampede(1943)

    as Jensen

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The Law Rides Again(1943)

    as Commissioner's Aide

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Wolves of the Range (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Ben Foster

  • Hitler's Madman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Conductor (uncredited)

  • Cowboy Commandos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as William Werner

  • Riders of the Rio Grande (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Jed - Bank Teller

  • Daredevils of the West (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Indian Scout

  • Raiders of San Joaquin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Deputy Jailer (as Bud Buster)

  • Calling Wild Bill Elliott (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Militiaman

  • Santa Fe Scouts (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Wid

  • Cheyenne Roundup (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Bonanza Smith

  • Fugitive of the Plains(1943)

    as Deputy

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • The Blocked Trail (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Deputy Bets McGee

  • Haunted Ranch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1943)

    as Sheriff

  • The Old Chisholm Trail (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Rancher Hank

  • Outlaws of Boulder Pass (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Rancher

  • Texas to Bataan(1942)

    as Tad Kelton

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Overland Stagecoach (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Henchman Pete

  • Deep in the Heart of Texas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Jail Sentry

  • Sunset Serenade(1942)

    as Martin Cowhand

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Sheriff of Sage Valley(1942)

    as Tim Pine

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Call of the Canyon(1942)

    as Jim Taylor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Cyclone Kid (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Sam Purvis

  • Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Rancher

  • Boot Hill Bandits (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Mayor Noah Smyth

  • Westward Ho (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Henchman Coffee

  • Down Rio Grande Way (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Clem Kearney

  • Heart of the Rio Grande(1942)

    as Ranch Car Driver

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Billy the Kid Trapped(1942)

    as Montana

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Rock River Renegades(1942)

    as Judge

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • West of Tombstone (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Wheeler (as Bud Buster)

  • Thunder River Feud (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Sheriff

  • The Lone Star Vigilantes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Colonel Sam Monroe

  • West of Cimarron(1941)

    as Colonel Grant Morgan

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Sierra Sue(1941)

    as Greg Travis

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Jesse James at Bay(1941)

    as Homesteader

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Tonto Basin Outlaws (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Stage Driver

  • Billy the Kid Wanted(1941)

    as Storekeeper

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Loco Weed

  • Thunder Over the Prairie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Judge Merriwether

  • Arizona Bound(1941)

    as Old-Timer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Texas Marshal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Banker Henderson

  • Gangs of Sonora (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Jed Pickins

  • Melody for Three(1941)

    as Mr. Mitchell (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Moosehide

  • Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mason

  • Emergency Landing(1941)

    as 'Pappy' Clayton

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • West of Pinto Basin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Farmer Jeff

  • Marked Men (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mr. Marvin - druggist

  • King of the Royal Mounted (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Vinegar Smith

  • Billy the Kid Outlawed (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Clem

  • Adventures of Red Ryder(1940)

    as Johnson - General Store

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Rocky Mountain Rangers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Townsman

  • I Take This Oath(1940)

    as Jones

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
  • Pinto Canyon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Bill Kellar

  • Dark Command(1940)

    as Townsman

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Covered Wagon Trails (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Manny - Sidekick

  • Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Drums of Fu Manchu(1940)

    as Dacoit 2 on Train

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Murder on the Yukon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Jim Smithers

  • The Shadow (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Beggar Giving Cranston Tip on Radio Shop

  • Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Chip of the Flying U (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as Rancher

  • Meet Dr. Christian(1939)

    as City Council Member

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Trigger Fingers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as Head of Cattlemen's Association

  • Dick Tracy's G-Men(1939)

    as Cappy

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • The Fighting Renegade(1939)

    as Old Dobie

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Daughter of the Tong (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as 'Lefty' McMillan

  • Straight Shooter(1939)

    as Sheriff Ed Long

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Mutiny on the Blackhawk (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as Settler Joe

  • Wyoming Outlaw (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as Bank Teller

  • Exile Express (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as Station Agent

  • Mandrake the Magician (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as Construction Camp Henchman

  • Lone Star Pioneers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1939)

    as 'Dad' Crittenden (uncredited)

  • Feud of the Range(1939)

    as Sidekick Happy

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Stranger from Arizona (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Abner Trickett

  • Frontier Scout(1938)

    as Jones

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Romance of the Limberlost (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Fair Barker

  • Desert Patrol (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Hezi Watts

  • Songs and Bullets (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Zeke, the old-timer

  • Knight of the Plains (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Henchman Manuel

  • Whirlwind Horseman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Cherokee Jake

  • The Feud Maker (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Cowlick Connors

  • Code of the Rangers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Mine Agent (as Bud Buster)

  • Thunder in the Desert(1938)

    as Deputy Oscar

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Where the West Begins (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Sheriff Judson

  • Paroled - To Die (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Henchman Spike Travers

  • Luck of Roaring Camp(1937)

    as Single Tooth

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Roll Along, Cowboy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Cowhand Shorty

  • Sky Racket(1937)

    as Yard Worker with Truck

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Roaring Six Guns(1937)

    as 'Wildcat' Roper

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Galloping Dynamite (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • Doomed at Sundown (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Sheriff

  • Raw Timber (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Kentuck

  • Drums of Destiny (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Kentuck

  • The Fighting Texan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Old-timer

  • Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin(1937)

    as Sheriff (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Law Commands (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Kentuck' Jones

  • Gunsmoke Ranch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Settler

  • The Trusted Outlaw (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Adler

  • Under Strange Flags (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Tequila

  • Old Louisiana(1937)

    as Kentuck (as Bud Buster)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • The Gambling Terror (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    as Rancher Shorty

  • Battle of Greed(1937)

    as Comstock

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Colorado Kid(1937)

    as Ab Hendry

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Headin' for the Rio Grande(1936)

    as Senator Black - cattleman

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Wild Horse Round-Up (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mopey

  • The Gun Ranger (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Carl Beeman

  • Cavalry (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Wagon Boss / President Lincoln

  • The Riding Avenger (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Jailbird Bud

  • Desert Justice (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Rod's Henchman

  • Song of the Saddle(1936)

    as Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Blazing Justice (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Bob Peterson, Virginia's Father

  • Custer's Last Stand (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    as Maj. Ware

  • Feud of the West(1936)

    as Bartender

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Law Rides(1936)

    as Tex - Lyncher

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Texas Jack(1935)

    as Chief Kickapoo (as Bud Buster)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Shadow of Silk Lennox (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    as Henchman Deacon Fedder

  • Riddle Ranch(1935)

    as Henchman Antonio

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Wild Mustang(1935)

    as Budd

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Western Frontier (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    as Ranch Hand

  • The Vanishing Riders(1935)

    as Hiram McDuff

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Texas Rambler (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    as Seth Higgins

  • Fighting Caballero (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    as Serenaded Barfly

  • Circle of Death (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    as Pioneer (Uncredited)

  • The Reckless Buckaroo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    as Pete - Henchman

  • North of Arizona(1935)

    as Grey Wolf

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Wolf Riders (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    as Renegade (uncredited)

  • Sundown Saunders(1935)

    as Ben - Old Timer Sitting Outside Saloon

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Terror of the Plains(1934)

    as Townsman

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Frozen on Love's Trail (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1912)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 50th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 174 titles from 1912 to 1955.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting174 of 174: 174 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score30th

By decade

1910s1 · acting1930s65 · acting1940s106 · acting1950s2 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Budd Buster's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 74; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

6thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 74 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th37
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

56 of their 74 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed56

Reviewers score the acting 51/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Budd Buster work with?

People who share at least 2 of Budd Buster's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles King shares the most, 13.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles