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'Tim McCoy' (born April 10, 1891 - died January 29, 1978 ) was an American actor.
Born 'Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy' in Saginaw, Michigan, he became a major film star most noted for his roles in Western films. He was so popular with youngsters as a cowboy star that he appeared on the cover of Wheaties cereal boxes. For his contribution to the film industry, McCoy was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
McCoy was also a decorated soldier in the United States Army during World War I and again in World War II in Europe, rising to the rank of Colonel with the Army Air Corps. He also served the state of Wyoming as its Adjutant General between the wars.
Colonel McCoy hosted a television show on Los Angles Television in the early 1950's, showing old western movies. His cohost was the Indian actor Iron eyes Cody. Colonel McCoy was also the leading Expert in the country on Indian sign language.
His second marriage was to Inga Arvad in 1945, they had two sons - Ronald and Terence. McCoy was married to Arvad until her death from cancer in 1973. Arvad was a controversial Danish journalist investigated in the early 1940s due to rumors that she was a Nazi spy spawning from photographs of Arvad as Adolf Hitler's companion at the 1936 Olympics. Arvad had also had several previous marriages and an affair with John F. Kennedy; she is historically noteworthy for being romantically linked to both Adolf Hitler and John F. Kennedy. J. Edgar Hoover surreptitiously audiotaped her bedroom trysts with Kennedy as a result of the FBI's investigation and journalist Seymour Hersh reported in his book ''The Dark Side of Camelot'' that Kennedy tried to retrieve those tapes throughout his presidency. She is buried next to the Colonel.
In 1973, Tim McCoy was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
''Tim McCoy remembers the West: An autobiography'', was published in 1977. McCoy's son Ronald aided in the endeavour.
He died in 1978 at the Post Hospital on Ft. Huachuca, Arizona and was buried in the Military Cemetery on Ft. Huachuca; an old US Army Cavalry post in southeast Arizona. Nine years later, his remains were exhumed and returned to his birthplace at Saginaw, Michigan for burial there in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.
★ Tim McCoy, Big Little Book A contemporary Western book starring Tim McCoy. Free to read, full text, full text search.
★ Colonel Tim McCoy at the Internet Movie Database
'See also:' Other notable figures in Western films
Tim McCoy
Born 'Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy' in Saginaw, Michigan, he became a major film star most noted for his roles in Western films. He was so popular with youngsters as a cowboy star that he appeared on the cover of Wheaties cereal boxes. For his contribution to the film industry, McCoy was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
McCoy was also a decorated soldier in the United States Army during World War I and again in World War II in Europe, rising to the rank of Colonel with the Army Air Corps. He also served the state of Wyoming as its Adjutant General between the wars.
Colonel McCoy hosted a television show on Los Angles Television in the early 1950's, showing old western movies. His cohost was the Indian actor Iron eyes Cody. Colonel McCoy was also the leading Expert in the country on Indian sign language.
His second marriage was to Inga Arvad in 1945, they had two sons - Ronald and Terence. McCoy was married to Arvad until her death from cancer in 1973. Arvad was a controversial Danish journalist investigated in the early 1940s due to rumors that she was a Nazi spy spawning from photographs of Arvad as Adolf Hitler's companion at the 1936 Olympics. Arvad had also had several previous marriages and an affair with John F. Kennedy; she is historically noteworthy for being romantically linked to both Adolf Hitler and John F. Kennedy. J. Edgar Hoover surreptitiously audiotaped her bedroom trysts with Kennedy as a result of the FBI's investigation and journalist Seymour Hersh reported in his book ''The Dark Side of Camelot'' that Kennedy tried to retrieve those tapes throughout his presidency. She is buried next to the Colonel.
In 1973, Tim McCoy was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
''Tim McCoy remembers the West: An autobiography'', was published in 1977. McCoy's son Ronald aided in the endeavour.
He died in 1978 at the Post Hospital on Ft. Huachuca, Arizona and was buried in the Military Cemetery on Ft. Huachuca; an old US Army Cavalry post in southeast Arizona. Nine years later, his remains were exhumed and returned to his birthplace at Saginaw, Michigan for burial there in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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★ Tim McCoy, Big Little Book A contemporary Western book starring Tim McCoy. Free to read, full text, full text search.
★ Colonel Tim McCoy at the Internet Movie Database
'See also:' Other notable figures in Western films
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