Known for
Acting
Credits
165
Gender
Man
Birthday
Jan 31, 1875
Day of death
May 21, 1945 (70)
Place of birth
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Also known as
Horace Bernard Carpenter
Horace Carpenter
H.B. Carpenter
H. B. Carpenter
William Carpenter
Horace B. Carpenter
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Horace B. Carpenter (January 31, 1875 – May 21, 1945) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He appeared in 334 films between 1914 and 1946. He also directed 15 films between 1925 and 1934.
Known for
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | (archive footage) |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Old Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Lonesome Trail | Rancher (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hitchhike to Happiness | Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Return of the Ape Man | Theater Watchman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Belle of the Yukon | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Call of the Rockies | Miner |
| 1944 | Code of the Prairie | |
| 1944 | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Whispering Footsteps | Loan Customer |
| 1943 | Assignment in Brittany | Yves (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Man from Music Mountain | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Calling Wild Bill Elliott | Rancher |
| 1943 | The Texas Kid | Rancher |
| 1943 | The Ghost Rider | Talkative Old-Timer |
| 1942 | In Old California | Townsman |
| 1942 | The Great Man's Lady | Man in Saloon |
| 1942 | Dawn on the Great Divide | Townsman |
| 1942 | Arizona Round-Up | Holmes - Rancher |
| 1942 | Billy the Kid Trapped | Barfly |
| 1942 | Undercover Man | Party Guest |
| 1942 | Rolling Down the Great Divide | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Where Trails End | Rancher George Kent (as Horace Carpenter) |
| 1942 | Sons of the Pioneers | Rancher |
| 1942 | Heart of the Golden West | Townsman |
| 1942 | Overland Mail | Post Defender |
| 1941 | All That Money Can Buy | Jabez Stone's Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Go West, Young Lady | Barfly |
| 1941 | Bad Man of Deadwood | Medicine Show Spectator |
| 1941 | Wrangler's Roost | Church Member |
| 1941 | Billy The Kid's Round-Up | Townsman |
| 1941 | The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury | Barfly |
| 1941 | Thunder Over the Prairie | Bailiff |
| 1941 | The Son of Davy Crockett | Rancher |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Man (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Townsman |
| 1940 | Three Faces West | White-Haired Farmer in Oregon |
| 1940 | Young Buffalo Bill | Barfly |
| 1940 | Haunted House | Judge Meade |
| 1940 | The Shadow | Hijacked Car Driver |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Marshal | Sam |
| 1940 | Grand Ole Opry | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick | Older Townsman |
| 1940 | Winners of the West | Barfly |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Atlanta Citizen (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising | One of Jim's Black Boys |
| 1939 | Days of Jesse James | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mutiny in the Big House | White-Haired Pedestrian |
| 1939 | Saga of Death Valley | Man at Party |
| 1939 | Frontier Pony Express | St. Jo Townsman |
| 1939 | Rollin' Westward | Barfly |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Lynch-Mob Townsman |
| 1939 | The Oregon Trail | Pioneer at Wagon Train Camp |
| 1939 | Silver on the Sage | Card Player |
| 1939 | Sunset Trail | Townsman |
| 1938 | Phantom Ranger | Townsman |
| 1938 | The Feud Maker | Townsman / Settler |
| 1938 | State Police | Motorist |
| 1938 | Rollin' Plains | Hank Tomlin |
| 1938 | Paroled - To Die | Bartender |
| 1938 | Romance of the Limberlost | |
| 1938 | Ghost Town Riders | |
| 1938 | Pride of the West | Townsman |
| 1938 | Starlight Over Texas | Bartender |
| 1938 | Outlaw Express | Land Commissioner |
| 1938 | Joaquin Murrieta | The Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Gunsmoke Ranch | Joe Larkin |
| 1937 | Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin | Minister (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Man at Jeff's Trial |
| 1937 | Paradise Express | Townsman on Street (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Range Defenders | Pete |
| 1937 | Doomed at Sundown | Lew Sprague |
| 1937 | North of the Rio Grande | Juror #3 |
| 1937 | Trailing Trouble | Elderly Ranch Hand |
| 1937 | Michael O'Halloran | Skipper (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Law Commands | Jason the lead farmer |
| 1936 | Dodsworth | Motor Company Employee (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Wanted - A Master | The Boy's Father (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Red River Valley | Construction Worker (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Bridge of Sighs | Juror (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Black Gold | Tom (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Lucky Terror | Prosecutor |
| 1936 | The Fugitive Sheriff | Parade Leader (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | |
| 1936 | The Unknown Ranger | Elder Rancher (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Between Men | Doctor |
| 1935 | Desert Mesa | Ed Calder |
| 1935 | Smokey Smith | Dad Smith |
| 1935 | Timber War | Logger (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery | Townsman |
| 1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Bill Medford [Chs. 1-3, 12] |
| 1935 | The Man from Guntown | Gillespie |
| 1935 | Western Frontier | Townsman |
| 1935 | Stone of Silver Creek | Church Member |
| 1935 | The Old Homestead | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Maniac | Dr. Meirschultz |
| 1934 | Blue Steel | Townsman |
| 1934 | West of the Divide | Hornsby |
| 1934 | The Man from Hell | Townsman |
| 1934 | Range Riders | Dad Sutton |
| 1934 | Smoking Guns | Host at Dance |
| 1933 | Riders of Destiny | Rancher |
| 1933 | The Dude Bandit | Doc Pettit (as Horace Carpenter) |
| 1933 | Breed of the Border | Dr. Bates |
| 1933 | King of the Arena | Town Merchant |
| 1932 | Riders of the Desert | Ranger Capt. Jim Reynolds (as H.B. Carpenter) |
| 1932 | Out of Singapore | Capt. Smith |
| 1932 | Young Blood | Townsman Ezra |
| 1931 | Partners of the Trail | Skeets Briggs |
| 1930 | The Apache Kid's Escape | Larry Wilson |
| 1930 | The Arizona Kid | Jake Grant |
| 1930 | South of Sonora | Mr. Carter |
| 1929 | The Arizona Kid | Jake Grant (as H.B. Carpenter) |
| 1929 | Bullets and Justice | Molly's Father |
| 1929 | Riders of the Rio Grande | Dan Steelman (as H.B. Carpenter) |
| 1928 | Vultures of the Sea | (unconfirmed) |
| 1924 | Shootin' Square | Dad Mason |
| 1924 | Smoking Trails | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Travelin' Fast | Sheriff Ted Clark |
| 1924 | Lightnin' Jack | Sheriff Higgins |
| 1918 | One More American | Mike Regan |
| 1918 | Border Raiders | John Hardy |
| 1917 | Castles for Two | Neough |
| 1917 | The Cost of Hatred | Ramon |
| 1917 | The Devil Stone | |
| 1917 | Nan of Music Mountain | McAlpin |
| 1916 | Joan the Woman | Jacques d'Arc |
| 1916 | The Adventures of Kathlyn | Ramabai |
| 1916 | The Selfish Woman | Mike |
| 1916 | For the Defense | Henri |
| 1916 | The Thousand-Dollar Husband | Lawyer Judson |
| 1916 | Common Ground | Burke |
| 1916 | Maria Rosa | Pedro |
| 1915 | Carmen | Pastia |
| 1915 | The Golden Chance | Steve Denby |
| 1915 | The Unknown | Hotel Proprietor |
| 1915 | Stolen Goods | French surgeon |
| 1915 | The Goose Girl | Torpete the Gypsy |
| 1915 | Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | Mons. Pitou |
| 1914 | The Virginian | Mexican Henchman |
| 1914 | The Call of the North | Rand |
| 1914 | The Man From Home | Ivanoff |
| 1914 | Three Bags of Silver | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The Two Ordeals | Ramabai |
| 1914 | A Colonel in Chains | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The Garden of Brides | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The Cruel Crown | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The Spellbound Multitude | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The Warrior Maid | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The Forged Parchment | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The King's Will | Ramabai |
| 1914 | The Ghost Breaker | Duke D'Alva - Carlos |
| 1913 | The Adventures of Kathlyn | Ramabai |
Credits
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | The Arizona Kid | Scenario Writer |
| 1929 | Bullets and Justice | Scenario Writer |
| 1929 | The Arizona Kid | Director |
| 1929 | Fighters of the Saddle | Writer |
| 1925 | Just Travelin' | Director |
| 1925 | Just Travelin' | Scenario Writer |
| 1925 | Just Travelin' | Story |
| 1925 | Fangs of Fate | Director |
| 1917 | Wild and Woolly | Writer |