Lash La Rue Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
He looked so much like superstar Humphrey Bogart that character actress Sarah Padden asked if the two were related. LaRue said he didn't think so. After a long pause studying the young actor's face, she asked, "Did your mother ever meet Humphrey Bogart?" Alfred "Lash" LaRue was born in Louisiana (although some records indicate Michigan). His father...
Net Worth
$400,000
Date Of Birth
June 15, 1917
Place Of Birth
Gretna, Louisiana, USA
Profession
Actor, Producer, Writer
Star Sign
Gemini
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[on Al St. John--aka "Fuzzy"--his sidekick in many of his western films] Fuzzy was an angel unaware, as far as I'm concerned. He was a wonderful guy, and I wish he were still here to see how long the films had lasted . . . he was the greatest ad lib artist in the world. He could stumble over a matchstick and spend 15 exciting minutes looking for what he stumbled over.
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Fact
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Much of his bullwhip work was done by stunt man Carl Petty, who lived on Fairbanks Way across the street from Rand Brooks in Culver City. Carl used to practice in his front yard all of the time. He was on the TV show You Asked for It (1950) to show how he shot arrows for the movies. Fairbanks Way is a few blocks from MGM Lot 3.
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Reared in various Louisiana towns as his father was a traveling hotel representative and real estate salesman, the family moved to Los Angeles when Lash was in his teens and was enrolled at St. John's Military Academy. He then enrolled at College of the Pacific with the intention of studying law. He took drama to overcome a speech impediment, and worked at various jobs (including real estate salesman and hairdresser) before deciding to try acting.
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He unwittingly played a fully clothed villain in what turned out to be an adult film entitled Hard on the Trail (1972). The sex scenes were later shot and inserted around the scenes he previously filmed. Shocked by this, he later became a born-again Christian and turned into a high-voltage evangelist in some sort of act of repentance. He also performed whip and gun stunts for the Florida-based Hollywood Western Revue for the Lord.
Professional wrestler Johnny LeRoux borrowed his ring name from LaRue, dubbing himself "Lash LeRoux" in 1999.
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One of the first recipients of the Golden Boot Awards in 1983.
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Bluffed his way into the "bullwhip" movies telling director Robert Emmett Tansey he knew how to use one when he didn't. The studio liked his acting work anyway and later hired a true expert, Rex 'Snowy' Baker, to teach him how to use it. La Rue in turn taught Harrison Ford for his "Indiana Jones" movies.
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Beset with alcohol problems, he was arrested in 1966 for vagrancy in Miami, Florida.
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After his film career took a dive, he resorted to performing in second-rate circuses and carnivals.
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Played guitar very well and became a regular at the jam sessions at the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans.
Lash LaRue comic books sold over one million copies each around the world and many of them featured Lash and wife Barbra Fuller's godson, J.P. Sloane; in fact, Sloane was the only child ever to appear on the "Six-Gun Heroes" comic books when he appeared with Lash on the cover of issue 19.
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His wife Barbra Fuller was an accomplished actress of both radio (Claudia on "One Man's Family") and motion pictures and television, having played opposite Charles Boyer. They never had any children but had a godson who was child star J.P. Sloane, the son of early television personality Jimmie Jackson and actress Anita Coleman.
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Although the horse he used was at times called "Rush" and "Black Diamond" in his films, it was actually the same horse--Black Diamond.
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Married and divorced ten times.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pair of Aces
1990
TV Movie
Henry
Escape
1989
Gas station owner
Stagecoach
1986
TV Movie
Lash (as Lash LaRue)
Alien Outlaw
1985
Alex Thompson
The Dark Power
1985
Ranger Girard (as Lash LaRue)
Chain Gang
1984
Hard on the Trail
1972
Slade
Lanton Mills
1969
Short
Phantom
Please Don't Touch Me
1963
Bill (as Al La Rue)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1959-1960
TV Series
Johnny Behan
Sheriff Johnny Behan
Tightrope
1960
TV Series
Mike Garret
26 Men
1958
TV Series
John Denning
Judge Roy Bean
1956
TV Series
Duke Castle / Storts / Harbon, Bank Cashier / ...
Lash of the West
1953
TV Series
Lash LaRue
The Frontier Phantom
1952
Marshal Lash La Rue / The Frontier Phantom
The Black Lash
1952
U.S. Marshal Lash LaRue
The Vanishing Outpost
1951
U. S. Marshal Lash LaRue
The Thundering Trail
1951
Marshal Lash LaRue
King of the Bullwhip
1950
Marshal Lash LaRue
The Daltons' Women
1950
Marshal Lash LaRue
Son of a Badman
1949
Marshal Lash La Rue
Son of Billy the Kid
1949
Jack Garrett
Outlaw Country
1949
Marshal Lash La Rue
The Frontier Phantom
Frontier Revenge
1948
Lash La Rue
Mark of the Lash
1948
U.S. Marshal Lash LaRue
Dead Man's Gold
1948
Lash LaRue
The Enchanted Valley
1948
Pretty Boy
Cheyenne Takes Over
1947
Cheyenne Davis (as 'Lash' La Rue)
The Fighting Vigilantes
1947
Marshal Cheyenne Davis
Return of the Lash
1947
Cheyenne Davis aka The Cheyenne Kid
Stage to Mesa City
1947
Marshal Cheyenne Davis (as 'Lash' La Rue)
Ghost Town Renegades
1947
Marshal Cheyenne Davis (as 'Lash' LaRue)
Heartaches
1947
DeLong aka Trigger Malone (as Al LaRue)
Pioneer Justice
1947
Marshal Cheyenne Davis
Border Feud
1947
Cheyenne Davis (as Al 'Lash' La Rue)
Law of the Lash
1947
Cheyenne Davis (as Al 'Lash' La Rue)
Wild West
1946
Stormy Day (as Al LaRue)
The Caravan Trail
1946
Cherokee (as Al La Rue)
Song of Old Wyoming
1945
The Cheyenne Kid (as Al La Rue)
Lady on a Train
1945
Circus Club Waiter / Henchman (uncredited)
The Master Key
1945
Migsy (Street Urchin) (as Alfred La Rue)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lash La Rue: Friendship Lasts Forever, Vol. 1
1992
Documentary executive producer
The Dark Power
1985
executive producer - as Lash LaRue
Lash of the West
1953
TV Series producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lash La Rue: Friendship Lasts Forever, Vol. 1
1992
Documentary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lash La Rue: Friendship Lasts Forever, Vol. 1
1992
Documentary
Himself
Late Night with David Letterman
1984
TV Series
Himself
Memory Lane
1950
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1983
Golden Boot
Golden Boot Awards
Known for movies
The Dark Power (1985) as Ranger Girard
Law of the Lash (1947) as Cheyenne Davis
King of the Bullwhip (1950) as Marshal Lash LaRue
Ghost Town Renegades (1947) as Marshal Cheyenne Davis