Slim Whitaker

• Born: Jul 02, 1893 in Kansas City, Missouri
• Died: Jun 02, 1960 in Los Angeles, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s-'40s
• Major Genres: Western, Action
• Career Highlights: Reckless Ranger, Rollin' Westward, Prairie Law
• First Major Screen Credit: Bucking the Truth (1926)

Biography

Someone once called American supporting actor Charles "Slim" Whitaker a "no good yellow-bellied polecat," and that is as good a description as any for this paunchy, mustachioed gent, a former stage manager and stock company actor from Kansas City, MO. Whitaker's screen career was spent almost entirely in B-Westerns, where he would skulk around as lazy ranch hands, tobacco-chewing henchmen, Mexican "half-breeds," and even the occasional corrupt lawman. More versatile than most Western supporting players, Whitaker was adept at comedy as well, and was humorously billed "Slender" Whitaker in 1925's Border Intrigue, in which he played a comedic Mexican bandito. Whitaker, who made his screen bow around 1925, was busiest in the 1930s, appearing in over 25 films in 1935 alone! He continued in pictures through the late '40s, but spent his final years working as a short-order cook in a Hollywood coffee shop. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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