Actor, Singer. He was a prolific grizzled looking actor with a trademark handlebar mustache who was best known for playing the character roles of stagecoach drivers, stage guards, lawmen, prospectors, bartenders, townsmen, posse riders, and sidekicks, usually in classic western films with the likes of Noah Beery, John Wayne, Paul Fix, and Gabby Hayes, but some were uncredited. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Jim Irwin' in the action western film drama, "Code Of The Cow Country" (1937). The film which was directed by Oscar Apfel, which was written for the screen by Wilton West and Bettye Burbridge, and which also starred Buddy Roosevelt, Elsa Benham, Melbourne MacDowell, Walter Maly, James Sheridan, Frank Ellis, and Ruth Royce, tells the story of Jim West, foreman of John Calhoun's ranch, who falls in love with Helen, the boss's daughter, after rescuing her from a runaway horse. Her brother, Ted, falls into the companionship of Bill Jackson, a notorious gambler and saloon keeper, who persuades Ted to sign I. O. U.'s while under the influence of alcohol. Jim, in company with Red Irwin, a tough deputy sheriff, confronts the gambler and forces a confession. Jackson plans a raid on the Calhoun cattle, forcing Ted to be his ally. Dolores, a dancehall girl, overhears the plot and tells Jim, causing Helen to misunderstand his motives. Jim's men capture the bandits, and Ted is forgiven by his father when he is wounded in a fight with Jackson. Jim is reunited with Helen after explaining his relation to Dolores. He was born one of two children as Henry Branch Bell in Los Angeles, California, to Francis Bell and his wife Sarah Elam Bell on January 21, 1892. He made his actual debut playing the role of 'Pat Webb' in the western film "The Last Straw" (1920). The film which was directed by and written for the screen by Denison Clift and Charles Swickard, which was also written for the screen by Harold Titus, and which also starred Buck Jones Vician Rich, Jane Talent, Colin Kenny, Zeib Morris, Lom Poff, Slim Padgett, Charles Le Moyne, James Robert Chandler, and William Gillis, tells the story of upon inheriting the H. C. Ranch, a young Easterner named Jane Hunter ventures West to take possession of her legacy. Soon after arriving, she appoints a cowboy named Hepburn as the foreman. Ranch hand Tom Beck suspects that Hepburn may be in league with the band of rustlers who are victimizing the ranch but says nothing. An attachment springs up between Tom and his boss, and when Dick Hilton, Jane's former suitor, follows her West and begins making unwelcome advances toward her, Tom intervenes and orders him from the house. With Hepburn's resignation as foreman, Tom takes over the job and, after a quarrel with Jane, sets out to track down the rustlers. Captured by the outlaws, Tom is left to die in a remote canyon. As Tom struggles to free himself, the gang is apprehended and brought to trial. Jane is sentencing them as the escaped Tom appears in the courtroom. Overjoyed, she rushes towards him, and in the ensuing chaos, the gang escapes. A shootout follows and Tom wins both the fight and Jane. Besides, playing the role of 'Pat Webb' in the western film "The Last Straw" (1920), and playing the role of 'Jim Irwin' in the action western film drama, "Code Of The Cow Country" (1937), his many other films credits include, "The White Horseman" (1921), "The Oregon Trail" (1923), "Don Quickshot Of The Rio Grande" (1923), "Hit And Run" (1924), "The Deadwood Coach" (1924), "Gold And Grit" (1925), "Riders Of The Purple Sage" (1925), "Let 'er Buck" (1925), "Border Vengeance" (1925), "The Pony Express" (1925), "The Calgary Stampede" (1925), "The Twin Triggers" (1926), "The Set-Up" (1926), "Double Daring" (1926), "The Scrappin' Kid" (1926), "The Terror" (1926), "Senor Daredevil" (1926), "The Ramblin' Galoot" (1926), "Ace Of Action" (1926), "Between Dangers" (1927), "The Land Beyond The Law" (1927), "The Last Outlaw" (1927), The Devil's Saddle" (1927), "The Soda Water Cowboy" (1927), "Arizona Days" (1928), "Saddle Mates" (1928), "Outlawed" (1929), "The Last Round-Up" (1929), "The Fighting Terror" (1929), "Rio Rita" (1929), "Neath Western Skies" (1929), "The Fighting Parson" (1930), "Under A Texas Moon" (1930), "Near The Rainbow's End" (1930), "The Border Legion" (1930), "Bar-L Ranch" (1930), "Abraham Lincoln" (1930), "Canyon Hawks" (1930), "Under Montana Skies" (1930), "Shadow Ranch" (1930), "Trails Of Danger" (1930), "The Land Of Missing Men" (1930), "Billy The Kid" (1930), "Breed Of The West" (1930), "Min And Bill" (1930), "Fighting Thru" or "California In 1878" (1930), "Ten Nights In A Bar-Room" (1931), "Pueblo Terror" (1931), "The Fighting Sheriff" (1931), "In Old Cheyenne" (1931), "The Ridin' Fool" (1931), "Alias The Bad Man" (1931), "Wild Horse" (1931), "Law of The Rio Grande" (1931), "The Montana Kid" (1931), "The Man From Death Valley" (1931), "Sundown Trail" (1931), "Near The Trail's End" (1931), "Oklahoma Jim" (1931), "The Hurricane Horseman" (1931), "The Range Feud" (1931), "Freighters Of Destiny" (1931), "Shotgun Pass" (1931), "The Cheyenne Cyclone" (1931), "Ghost City" (1932), "South Of Santa Fe" (1932), "Law And Order" (1932), "Single-Handed Sanders" (1932), "Texas Pioneers" (1932), "Lawless Valley" (1932), "Whistlin' Dan" (1932), "Law Of The West" (1932), "The Riding Tornado" (1932), "Two-Fisted Law" (1932), "A Man's Land" (1932)," "The Texas Bad Man" (1932), "Beyond The Rockies" (1932), "The Night Rider" (1932), "Fighting For Justice" (1932), "Guns For Hire" (1932), "Broadway To Cheyenne" (1932), "Come One, Tarzan" (1932), "Gold" (1932), "The Big Stampede" (1932), "Outlaw Justice" (1932), "The Man From Arizona" (1932), "Young Blood" (1932), "Law And Lawless" (1932), "The Fighting Champ" (1932), "The Wyoming Whirlwind" (1932), "Terror Trail" (1933), "Treason" (1933), "The Dude Bandit" (1933), "The Whirlwind" (1933), "The Thrill Hunter" (1933), "Unknwon Valley" (1933), "The Man From Monterey" (1933), "The Fiddlin' Buckaroo" (1933), "The Fighting Parson" (1933), "Man Of The Forest" (1933), "The Trail Drive" (1933), "Stage Mother" (1933), "Fargo Express" (1933), "Gun Justice" (1933), "Sagebrush Trail" (1933), "Massacre" (1934), "Whells Of Destiny" (1934), "Ridin' Thru" (1934), "Laughing Boy" (1934), "Honor Of The Range" (1934), "Blue Steel" (1934), "Smoking Guns" (1934), "The Red Rider" (1934), "The Man From Hell" (1934), "Fighting Through" (1934), "Law of The Wild" (1934), "The Dude Ranger" (1934), "Thunder Over Texas" (1934), "The Prescott Kid" (1934), "The Westerner" (1934), "The Cactus Kid" (1935), "Rustlers Of Red Dog" (1935), "North Of Arizona" (1935), "Blazing Guns" (1935), "Life Begins At 40" (1935), "Born To Battle" (1935), "Stone Of Silver Creek" (1935), "The Miracle Rider" (1935), "The Circle Of Death" (1935), "The Silver Bullet" (1935), "Border Vengeance" (1935), "Border Brigands" (1935), "The Outlaw Deputy" (1935), "The Arizonian" (1935), "The Roaring West" (1935), "Men Of Action" (1935), "Dante's Inferno" (1935), "Call Of The Wild" (1935), "Trails ENd" (1935), "The Man From Guntown" (1935), "Westward Ho" (1935), "Thunder Mountain" (1935), "Lawless Riders" (1935), "Thunderbolt" (1935), "The Cheyenne Tornado" (1935), "Roarin' Guns" (1936), "The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" (1936), "Lucky Terror" (1936), "Yellow Dust" (1936), "Song Of The Saddle" (1936), "Red River Valley" (1936), "Robin Hood Of El Dorado" (1936), "Silly Billies" (1936), "Comin' 'Round The Mountain" (1936), "Mr. Deed Goes To Town" (1936), "Three On The Trail" (1936), "Disorder In The Court" (1936), "Rhythm On The Range" (1936), "The Phantom Rider" (1936), "The Lion's Den" (1936), "The Texas Rangers" (1936), "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1936), "Cavalcade Of The West" (1936), "End Of The Trail" (1936), "Hopalong Cassidy Returns" (1936), "The Plainsman" (1936), "Dodge City Trail" (1936), "Valley Of Terror" (1937), "Borderland" (1937), "Two Gun Law" (1937), "Way Out West" (1937), "Two-Fisted Sheriff" (1937), "North Of The Rio Grande" (1937), "One Man Justice" (1937), "Goofs And Saddles" (1937), "Wild West Days" (1937), "Rustlers' Valley" (1937), "Thunder Trail" (1937), "Outlaws Of The Prairie" (1937), "He Done His Duty" (1937), "Rhythm Wranglers" (1937), "Wells Fargo" (1937), "The Buccaneer" (1938), "West Of Rainbow's End" (1938), "Cattle Raiders" (1938), "Border Wolves" (1938), "The Girl Of The Golden West" (1938), "Gun Law" (1938), "Border G-Man" (1938), "The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1938), "Flaming Frontiers" (1938), "South Of Arizona" (1938), "I'm From The City" (1938), "The Texans" (1938), "The Colorado Trail" (1938), "A Western Welcome" (1938), "The Renegade Ranger" (1938), "West Of The Santa Fe" (1938), "Rio Grande" (1938), "The Thundering West" (1939), "Texas Stampede" (1939), "Let Freedom Ring" (1939), 'Rough Riders' Round-Up" (1939), "Silver On The Sage" (1939), "Frontier Pony Espress" (1939), "Spoilers Of The Range" (1939), "Sagebrush Serenade" (1939), "Western Caravans" (1939), "Heritage Of The Desert" (1939), "The Oregon Trail" (1939), "Overland With Kit Carson" (1939), "Frontier Marshal" (1939), "The Fighting Gringo" (1939), "Oklahoma Frontier" (1939), "Taming Of The West" (1939), "Teacher's Pest" (1939), "Overland Mail" (1939), "Geronimo" (1939), "Chip Of The Flying U" (1939), "Henry Goes Arizona" (1939), "Westbound Stage" (1939), 'My Little Chickadee" (1940), "Pioneers Of The Frontier" (1940), "Virginia City" (1940), "Rancho Grande" (1940), "Dark Command" (1940), "Riders Of Pasco Basin" (1940), "Covered Wagon Trails" (1940), "Young Buffalo Bill" (1940), "The Man From Tumbleweeds" (1940), "20 Mule Team" (1940), "Rocky Mountain Rangers" (1940), "Prairie Law" (1940), "Adventures Of Red Ryder" (1940), "The Carson City Kid" (1940), "Stagecoach War" (1940), "Stage To Chino" (1940), "The Tulsa Kid" (1940), "Oklahome Renegades" (1940), "Boom Town" (1940), "The Westerner" (1940), "Wyoming" (1940), "Colorado" (19400, "Rangers Of Fortune" (1940), "Cherokee Strip" (1940), "Young Bill Hickok" (1940), "Trail Of The Vigilantes" (1940), "White Eagle" (1941), "Western Union" (1941), "The Pinto Kid" (1941), "The Phantom Cowboy" (1941), "Outlaws Of The Rio Grande" (1941), "Las Vegas Nights" (1941), "North From The Lone Star" (1941), "Border Vigilantes" (1941), "The Return Of Daniel Boone" (1941), "Wrangler's Roost" (1941), "Nevada City" (1941), "The Medico Of Painted Springs" (1941), "The Son Of Davy Crockett" (1941), "The Shepherd Of The Hills" (1941), "Love At First Fright" (1941), "Wide Open Town" (1941), "Badlands Of Dakota" (1941), "Riders Of The Timberline" (1941), "Texas" (1941), "Tonto Basin Outlaws" (1941), "Down Mexico Way" (1941), "Roaring Frontiers" (1941), "Jesse James At Bay" (1941), "The Great Man's Lady" (1941), "They Died With Their Boots On" (1941), "Go West, Young Lady" (1941), "Red River Valley" (1941), "Dude Cowboy" (1941), "Thunder River Feud" (1942), "Wild Bill Hickok Rides" (1942), "Valley Of The Sun" (1942), "Stagecoach Buckaroo" (1942), "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1942), "South Of Santa Fe" (1942), "Shut My Big Mouth" (1942), "Raiders Of The West" (1942), "Rock River Renegades" (1942), "Billy The Kid Trapped" (1942), "The Lone Rider In Cheyenne" (1942), "Rolling Down The Great Divide" (1942), "Boot Hill Bandits" (1942), "Perils Of The Royal Mounted" (1942), "The Sombrero Kid" (1942), "The Silver Bullet" (1942), "Law And Order" (1942), "Arizona Stage Coach" (1942), "Apache Trail" (1942), "Heart Of The Golden West" (1942), "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1942), "The Valley Of The Vanquishing Men" (1942), "The Rangers Take Over" (1942), "Fighting Frontier" (1943), "Bad Men Of Thunder Gap" (1943), "The Moon Is Down" (1943), "Prairie Chickens" (1943), "Land Of Hunted Men" (1943), "Hangmen Also Die!" (1943), "Fugitive Of The Plains" (1943), "King Of The Cowboys" (1943), "Calling Wild Bill Elliott" (1943), "Death Rides The Plains" (1943), "West Of Texas" (1943), "The More The Merrier" (1943), "Western Cyclone" (1943), "The Desperadoes" (1943), "Hit The Ice" (1943), "Cowboy Commandos" (1943), "Song Of Texas" (1943), "Frontier Law" (1943), "Appointment In Berlin" (1943), "The Law Rides Again" (1943), "Cattle Stampede" (1943), "Wagin Tracks West" (1943), "A Lady Takes A Chance" (1943), "Fired Wife" (1943), "Blazing Frontier" (1943), "Return Of The Rangers" (1943), "Man From Music Mountain" (1943), "Devil Riders" (1943), "Overland Mail Robbery" (1943), "Klondike Kate" (1943), "Raiders Of Sunset Pass" (1943), "The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek" (1944), "Thundering Gun Slingers" (1944), "Jam Session" (1944), "Valley Of Vengeance" (1944), "Boss Of Boomtown" (1944), "Mystery Man" (1944), "Fuzzy Settles Down" (1944), "The Great Moment" (1944), "Brand Of The Devil" (1944), "San Fernando Valley" (1944), "Tall In The Saddle" (1944), "Code Of The Prairie" (1944), "Firebrands Of Arizona" (1944), "Oath Of Vengeance" (1944), "Belle Of The Yukon" (1945), "She Gets Her Man" (1945), "Under Western Skies" (1945), "The Topeka Terror" (1945), "His Brother's Ghost" (1945), "Great Stagecoach Robbery" (1945), "Eve Knew Her Apples" (1945), "Salome, Where She Danced" (1945), "Flame Of Barbary Coast" (1945), "Bells Of Rosarita" (1945), "Flame Of The West" (1945), "Oregon Trail" (1945), "Along Came Jones" (1945), "Stagecoach Outlaws" (1945), "Along The Navajo Trail" (1945), "Sunset In El Dorado" (1945), "Rough Riders Of Cheyenne" (1945), "Saratoga Trunk" (1945), "Jeep-Herders" (1945), "The Cherokee Flash" (1945), "The Virginian" (1946), "The Wife Of Monte Cristo" (1946), "The Three Troubledoers" (1946), "That Texas Jamboree" (1946), "Rustler's Round-Up" (1946), "My Darling Clementine" (1946), "Plainsman And The Lady" (1946), "The Devil's Playground" (1946), "Duel In The Sun" (1946), "California" (1947), "Trail Street" (1947), "Law Of The Lash" (1947), "The Egg And I" (1947), "Gunfighters" (1947), "Hoppy's Holiday" (1947), "Wyoming" (1947), "Along The Oregon Trail" (1947), "Merton Of The Movies" (1947), "Cheyenne Takes Over" (1947), "Albuquerque" (1948), "Tornado Range" (1948), "Tex Granger: Midnight Rider Of The Plains" (1948), "Califonia Firebrand" (1948), "Old Los Anhgeles" (1948), "The Gallant Legion" (1948), "Return Of The Bad Men" (1948), "Black Eagle" (1948), "The Untamed Breed" (1948), "The Plunderers" (1948), "Whispering Smith" (1948), "The Valiant Hombre" (1948), "Loaded Pistols" (1948), "The Last Bandit" (1949), "Big Jack" (1949), "Frontier Investigator" (1949), "Streets Of Laredo" (1949), "Outcasts Of The Trail" (1949), "Lust For Gold" (1949), "Brimstone" (1949), "The Fighting Kentuckian" (1949), "Roseanna McCoy" (1949), "Red Desert" (1949), "Copper Cannyon" (1950), "Over The Border" (1950), "Gunslingers" (1950), "and "Fancy Pants" (1950). His last film role was playing a 'Townsman' in the western film, "Montana Belle" (1952). The film which was directed by Allan Dwan, which was written for the screen by H. Coates Webster, Howard Welsch, Horace McCoy, and Norman S. Hall, and which also starred Jane Russell, Jack Lambert, Ray Teal, Andy Devine, Rory Mallinson, and John Litel, tells the story of in Oklahoma, outlaw Belle Starr joins the Dalton Gang but she causes a romantic rivalry and a rift between the gang members, especially on the eve of the planned robbery of a bank where a posse is secretly waiting in ambush. The film was released to the general public two years after his death. He became ill at a local cafe and passed away at the Hollywood Receiving Hospital in Hollywood, California, on February 4, 1950, at the age of 58. His funeral service was held through Pierce Brothers Hollywood Funeral Directors and he was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. He was married but was later divorced. He had no children.