Max Terhune (February 12, 1891 â€" June 5, 1973) was an American film
actor born in Franklin, Indiana. He appeared in nearly 70 films,
mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956. Among these, Terhune starred
in the Three Mesquiteers and Range Busters series.Terhune's father
died when he was seven (1898).Terhune worked as a tool maker and when
he was 20 he played semi-pro baseball for teams in Minneapolis,
Indianapolis, and Newark; he also spent the 1913 season playing
Class-D baseball for the Vincennes Alices of the Kitty League. During
this time he became friends with Kermit Maynard, a star university
athlete who launched a career as a silent western movie star that
continued into the sound era. Kermit's younger brother was Ken
Maynard, a hugely popular western star from the early 1920s through
the 1930s.
actor born in Franklin, Indiana. He appeared in nearly 70 films,
mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956. Among these, Terhune starred
in the Three Mesquiteers and Range Busters series.Terhune's father
died when he was seven (1898).Terhune worked as a tool maker and when
he was 20 he played semi-pro baseball for teams in Minneapolis,
Indianapolis, and Newark; he also spent the 1913 season playing
Class-D baseball for the Vincennes Alices of the Kitty League. During
this time he became friends with Kermit Maynard, a star university
athlete who launched a career as a silent western movie star that
continued into the sound era. Kermit's younger brother was Ken
Maynard, a hugely popular western star from the early 1920s through
the 1930s.
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