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Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S. Years active. 1921-1964. Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally Wales.
He served in World War I, then traveled to California. After getting work as a wrangler for Universal Pictures, he entered films as an extra in 1915. By the 1920s he was starring in silent Westerns under the stage name Wally Wales.
Jan 24, 2014 · One such authentic cowboy-turned-Hollywood star is Wally Wales (also known as Hal Taliaferro). Wally Wales was born Floyd Taliaferro Alderson in 1895 in Sheridan, Wyoming. His first job was working on a ranch owned by the Wyoming governor and senator, John B. Kendrick, where he slept under a blanket of stars and sang cowboy songs around a ...
Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally Wales.
Wally Wales / Hal Taliaferro. Real name: Floyd Taliaferro Alderson. (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Alperson in other biographies) 1895 - 1980. Floyd Taliaferro Alderson was born November 13, 1895 in Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming. But his home was the Bones Brothers Ranch in Birney, Rosebud County, Montana (in southeastern Montana, about ...
Jul 21, 2021 · According to The Old Corral, producer Lester F. Scott Jr. picked out several actors with real Western background or experience to star in silent action Westerns, and Floyd Alderson—who was given the screen name of Wally Wales—was one of his choices.
Wilbert Jay Wilsey became "Buffalo Bill, Jr.". Floyd Taliaferro Alderson became "Wally Wales". The Buddy Roosevelt and Buffalo Bill, Jr. features began in late 1924. Wales' first for Scott was TEARIN' LOOSE and released in 1925. From 1924 - 1928, Scott produced about sixty westerns with those three heroes.
