Max Terhune(1891-1973)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Four years after appearing with Gene Autry on a national radio show in
1932 he went to Hollywood. By that time he Max was a skilled
vaudevillian (magician, juggler, whistler, impressionist, card tricks).
His specialty was ventriloquism. On the Orpheum Circuit his dummy was
named Skully Null; he became Elmer Sneezeweed in the movies. His debut
was in Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936) in 1936, the same year he took over the part of Lullaby
in the "Three Mesquiteer" series. He played the part in 21 films,
leaving in 1939. After that he did 24 "Range Buster" pictures,
co-starred in Ken Maynard's last picture and co-starred eight times with
Johnny Mack Brown. He played a doctor in Giant (1956). After leaving movies he
continued to appear in television shows such as Ramar of the Jungle (1952). He died in
Cottonwood, AZ.
