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Chester William Hannan (May 24, 1901 – August 14, 1980) was an American actor and rodeo performer.[4][5] He was known for starring as Yucca Bill Thompson in the 1937 film Stars Over Arizona.[6]

Chick Hannan
Born
Chester William Hannan[1]

(1901-05-24)May 24, 1901
Iron River, Michigan, U.S.
DiedAugust 14, 1980(1980-08-14) (aged 79)
OccupationActor, radio performer
Spouse
Delia Hannan
(m. 1957)
[2][3]
Children1[2]

Born in Iron River, Michigan.[2] Hannan moved to England to participate at the Tex Austin Rodeo in 1924.[2] In 1930, he was in Oklahoma for which he and some people had performed on stage in the show which was called Green Grows the Lilacs in Boston, Massachusetts and also in numerous cities.[2] Hannan moved to California somewhere in the 1930s.[2] He served as a member of the American Humane.[1][2][7] Hannan began his career in 1933, first appearing in the serial film The Three Musketeers, which starred John Wayne and Ruth Hall. He made numerous film appearances in his career for which Hannan made over 370 films and television appearances, in which he lived in Newhall while he acted.[2]

Hannan appeared in films, such as, The Red Rider (1934), starring Buck Jones; Trouble in Texas (1937), starring Tex Ritter; The Utah Trail (1938), again with Tex Ritter; The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939), starring Robert Livingston; King of the Texas Rangers (1941), starring Sammy Baugh; West of the Rio Grande (1944), starring Johnny Mack Brown; Lone Texas Ranger (1945), starring Wild Bill Elliott; Roaring Rangers (1946), starring Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette; Raiders of the South (1947), again with Johnny Mack Brown; Return of the Bad Men (1948), starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George "Gabby" Hayes and Jacqueline White; Across the Rio Grande (1949), starring Jimmy Wakely; Code of the Silver Sage (1950), starring Allan Lane; The Brass Legend (1956), starring Hugh O'Brian and The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959), starring Joel McCrea. His final film credit was from the 1966 film A Big Hand for the Little Lady, which starred Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards. In his film career, he served as a double for actor and musician Tex Ritter's wife Dorothy Fay and also for other actresses.[1]

Hannan’s television credits includes Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Virginian, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Deputy, Bat Masterson, Tales of Wells Fargo, Death Valley Days, The Restless Gun, Sugarfoot and The Adventures of Kit Carson.[1] He died in August 1980 in San Fernando, California, at the age of 79.[2]


References


  1. Scott Freese, Gene (April 10, 2014). Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 9780786476435 via Google Books.
  2. "Chick Hannan". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. August 17, 1980. p. 4. Retrieved July 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Velander, Earl (1981), "The Velander-Daley-Irgens Family: The Descendants of Pauline Maria Fredrikka Irgens, Ole A. Daley, and Sven Velander", University of Wisconsin–Madison, E.W. Velander
  4. "Happy Valley Social Club Taken Over By Chick Hannan". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. April 26, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved July 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "International Motion Picture Almanac", University of California, Quigley Publications, p. 242, 1943
  6. "Stars Over Arizona". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  7. Robinson, Don (June 15, 1968). "Former Cowpoke Keeps Film Animals Healthy". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. p. 17. Retrieved July 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.





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