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{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Bob Custer
| name = Bob Custer
| image = Arizona Days (1928) - Bob Custer 1.jpg
| image = Arizona Days (1928) - Bob Custer 1.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Custer in ''[[Arizona Days (1928 film)|Arizona Days]]'' (1928)
| caption = Custer in ''[[Arizona Days (1928 film)|Arizona Days]]'' (1928)
| birth_name = Raymond Glenn
| birth_name = Raymond Anthony Glenn
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|10|18}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|10|18}}
| birth_place = [[Frankfort, Kentucky]]
| birth_place = [[Frankfort, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|12|27|1898|10|18}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|12|27|1898|10|18}}
| death_place = [[Torrance, California]], United States
| death_place = [[Torrance, California]], U.S.
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| years_active = 1924–1937
| death cause = heart attack
| nationality = American
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| years_active = 1924-1937
| other_names =
| other_names =
| spouse = Anne Elizabeth Cudahy (1926 - 1933, divorce)<br>Mildred Irene Boughers (1948 - 1974, his death)
| known_for =
| known_for =
| occupation = Actor<br>Producer
| occupation = Actor and producer
| alma_mater = [[University of Kentucky]]
}}
}}
'''Bob Custer ''' (October 18, 1898 &ndash; December 27, 1974) was an American film actor who appeared in over 50 films, mostly [[Western (genre)|Westerns]], between 1924-37,<ref name="bwestern1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/custer1.htm|title=The Old Corral - Bwesterns.com - Bob Custer|accessdate=2011-04-15}}</ref> including ''[[The Fighting Hombre]]'', ''[[Arizona Days (1928 film)|Arizona Days]]'', ''[[The Last Roundup (film)|The Last Roundup]]'', ''[[The Oklahoma Kid (1929 film)|The Oklahoma Kid]]'', ''[[Law of the Rio Grande]]'', ''[[The Law of the Wild]]'' and ''[[Ambush Valley]]''. Using his original name Raymond Glenn, he also appeared in non-Western movies, including the 1927 film [[The Return of Boston Blackie]] as the title character.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/41050/Return-of-Boston-Blackie/overview|title=Return of Boston Blackie (1927)|work=New York Times|author=Hans J. Wollstein|accessdate=27 April 2011}}</ref>
'''Bob Custer ''' (born '''Raymond Anthony Glenn''',<ref name="hif">{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Nicky |last2=Hatter |first2=Russell |last3=Burch |first3=Gene |title=Historic Images of Frankfort |date=2004 |publisher=Gene Burch |isbn=978-0-9753697-0-8 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1J1eTfmR1PkC&dq=%22Raymond+Anthony+Glenn%22&pg=PA61 |accessdate=April 14, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> October 18, 1898 &ndash; December 27, 1974) was an American film actor who appeared in over 50 films, mostly [[Western (genre)|Westerns]], between 1924 and 1937,<ref name="bwestern1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/custer1.htm|title=The Old Corral - Bwesterns.com - Bob Custer|accessdate=2011-04-15}}</ref> including ''[[The Fighting Hombre]]'', ''[[Arizona Days (1928 film)|Arizona Days]]'', ''[[The Last Roundup (film)|The Last Roundup]]'', ''[[The Oklahoma Kid (1929 film)|The Oklahoma Kid]]'' (1929; not the [[James Cagney|Cagney]]/[[Humphrey Bogart|Bogart]] version), ''[[Law of the Rio Grande]]'', ''[[The Law of the Wild]]'' and ''[[Ambush Valley]]''.


== Early years ==
Custer was born Raymond Glenn<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-actor Dies|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NnZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FyQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4497,8372878&dq=bob-custer+actor&hl=en|date=1974-12-30|work=[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]|accessdate=2011-04-15|page=3}}</ref> in [[Kentucky]]'s capital city, [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]], and attended the [[University of Kentucky]]. Having obtained a degree in engineering, he became a building inspector in [[Los Angeles]] after leaving his acting career, and eventually became chief building inspector in the nearby seaside city of [[Newport Beach]].
Custer was born Raymond Glenn<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NnZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FyQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4497,8372878&dq=bob-custer+actor&hl=en|title=Ex-actor Dies|date=1974-12-30|work=[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]|accessdate=2011-04-15|page=3}}</ref> in [[Kentucky]]'s capital city, [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]], and graduated from the [[University of Kentucky]] with a degree in engineering.<ref name="hif" />


== Career ==
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Custer died of a heart attack in another nearby seaside city, [[Torrance, California|Torrance]], at the age of 76.
Using his original name Raymond Glenn, Custer appeared in non-Western films, including ''[[The Return of Boston Blackie]]'' (1927) as the title character.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/41050/Return-of-Boston-Blackie/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104113537/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/41050/Return-of-Boston-Blackie/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|title=Return of Boston Blackie (1927)|author=Hans J. Wollstein|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2012|accessdate=27 April 2011}}</ref> He was billed as Bob Custer for Western films, beginning in 1924 when he worked for Films Booking Office. In 1927, he formed Bob Custer Production, and from 1928 through 1931 he acted in 20 Westerns for Syndicate.<ref name="prs">{{cite book |last1=Pitts |first1=Michael R. |title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2319-4 |page=403 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCuSCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Bob+Custer%22&pg=PA403 |accessdate=April 14, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


After he left acting, he became a building inspector in [[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]] and [[El Segundo, California]].<ref name="hif" /> He eventually became chief building inspector in the nearby seaside city of [[Newport Beach]].
==Selected filmography==

== Personal life and death ==
On November 23, 1926, Custer married Anne Elizabeth Cudahy,<ref name=b/> the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cudahy<ref name=omr>{{cite news |title=Society Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48698547/oroville-mercury-register/ |accessdate=April 14, 2020 |work=Oroville Mercury Register |date=August 24, 1933 |location=California, Oroville |page=1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and a member of the [[Cudahy Packing Company]] family.<ref name=b>{{cite news |title=Romance culminates in heiress-actor marriage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48697831/bob-custer/ |accessdate=April 14, 2020 |work=The Bulletin |agency=United News Service |date=November 24, 1926 |location=The Bulletin |page=2|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> They divorced in 1933.<ref name=omr/> He married Mildred Irene Boughers on May 22, 1948, and they remained wed until his death.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Custer |journal=Films of the Golden Age |date=Winter 2018 |issue=95 |page=68}}</ref>

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Custer died of a heart attack in [[Torrance, California]], at the age of 76.

==Filmography==
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* ''[[Trigger Fingers (1924 film)|Trigger Fingers]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Trigger Fingers (1924 film)|Trigger Fingers]]'' (1924)
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* ''[[Galloping Vengeance]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Galloping Vengeance]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Texas Bearcat]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Texas Bearcat]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Bloodhound]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Bloodhound (1925 film)|The Bloodhound]]'' (1925)
* ''[[That Man Jack!]]'' (1925)
* ''[[That Man Jack!]]'' (1925)
* ''[[A Man of Nerve]]'' (1925)
* ''[[A Man of Nerve]]'' (1925)
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* ''[[The Ridin' Streak]]'' (1925)
* ''[[No Man's Law (1925 film)|No Man's Law]]'' (1925)
* ''[[No Man's Law (1925 film)|No Man's Law]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Man Rustlin']]'' (1926)
* ''[[Man Rustlin']]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Fighting Boob]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Fighting Boob]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Valley of Bravery]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Valley of Bravery]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Dead Line (film)|The Dead Line]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Dead Line (1926 film)|The Dead Line]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Devil's Gulch]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Devil's Gulch]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Hair-Trigger Baxter]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Hair-Trigger Baxter]]'' (1926)
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* ''[[Cactus Trails]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Cactus Trails]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Bulldog Pluck]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Bulldog Pluck]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[The Ridin' Streak]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Fighting Hombre]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Fighting Hombre]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Ladies at Ease]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Ladies at Ease]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[The Fighting Terror (1929 film)|The Fighting Terror]]'' (1929)
* ''[[The Fighting Terror (1929 film)|The Fighting Terror]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Riders of the Rio Grande (1929 film)|Riders of the Rio Grande]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Riders of the Rio Grande (1929 film)|Riders of the Rio Grande]]'' (1929)
* ''[[The Oklahoma Kid (1929 film)|The Oklahoma Kid]]'' (1929)
* ''[[The Oklahoma Kid (1929 film)|The Oklahoma Kid]]'' (1929; not the Cagney/Bogart version)
* ''[[Code of the West (1929 film)|Code of the West]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Code of the West (1929 film)|Code of the West]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Under Texas Skies (1930 film)|Under Texas Skies]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Under Texas Skies (1930 film)|Under Texas Skies]]'' (1930)
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[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:People from Frankfort, Kentucky]]
[[Category:People from Frankfort, Kentucky]]


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Latest revision as of 07:04, 1 January 2024

Bob Custer
Custer in Arizona Days (1928)
Born
Raymond Anthony Glenn

(1898-10-18)October 18, 1898
Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedDecember 27, 1974(1974-12-27) (aged 76)
Torrance, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
Occupation(s)Actor and producer
Years active1924–1937
Spouse(s)Anne Elizabeth Cudahy (1926 - 1933, divorce)
Mildred Irene Boughers (1948 - 1974, his death)

Bob Custer (born Raymond Anthony Glenn,[1] October 18, 1898 – December 27, 1974) was an American film actor who appeared in over 50 films, mostly Westerns, between 1924 and 1937,[2] including The Fighting Hombre, Arizona Days, The Last Roundup, The Oklahoma Kid (1929; not the Cagney/Bogart version), Law of the Rio Grande, The Law of the Wild and Ambush Valley.

Early years

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Custer was born Raymond Glenn[3] in Kentucky's capital city, Frankfort, and graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in engineering.[1]

Career

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Using his original name Raymond Glenn, Custer appeared in non-Western films, including The Return of Boston Blackie (1927) as the title character.[4] He was billed as Bob Custer for Western films, beginning in 1924 when he worked for Films Booking Office. In 1927, he formed Bob Custer Production, and from 1928 through 1931 he acted in 20 Westerns for Syndicate.[5]

After he left acting, he became a building inspector in Redondo Beach and El Segundo, California.[1] He eventually became chief building inspector in the nearby seaside city of Newport Beach.

Personal life and death

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On November 23, 1926, Custer married Anne Elizabeth Cudahy,[6] the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cudahy[7] and a member of the Cudahy Packing Company family.[6] They divorced in 1933.[7] He married Mildred Irene Boughers on May 22, 1948, and they remained wed until his death.[8]

Custer died of a heart attack in Torrance, California, at the age of 76.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hughes, Nicky; Hatter, Russell; Burch, Gene (2004). Historic Images of Frankfort. Gene Burch. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-9753697-0-8. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Old Corral - Bwesterns.com - Bob Custer". Retrieved 2011-04-15.
  3. ^ "Ex-actor Dies". Oxnard Press-Courier. 1974-12-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
  4. ^ Hans J. Wollstein (2012). "Return of Boston Blackie (1927)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  5. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2005). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. p. 403. ISBN 978-0-7864-2319-4. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Romance culminates in heiress-actor marriage". The Bulletin. The Bulletin. United News Service. November 24, 1926. p. 2. Retrieved April 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b "Society Divorce". Oroville Mercury Register. California, Oroville. August 24, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved April 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Custer". Films of the Golden Age (95): 68. Winter 2018.
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