Texas Rangers on the Silver Screen:
A List of Films

Few organizations have been featured in more Hollywood movies over a longer period of time than the Texas Rangers. The "men in the white hats" first appeared in theaters in 1910. They continue to do so in the 21st century.During 70+ of the last 100 years at least one movie was released featuring an actor as a Texas Ranger.

1910

• The Ranger's Bride

1911

• The Border Ranger

1912

• The Ranger and His Horse

1914

• The Ranger's Romance

1916

• The Ranger of Lonesome
• Gulch
• Liberty

1918

• The Ranger
• Heart of the Southwest

1919

• The Lone Star Ranger
• Last of the Duanes
• Rider of the Law, a.k.a. Jim of the Rangers

1920

• The Unknown Ranger

1921

• The Ranger and the Law
• The Sky Ranger

1922

• The Ranger's Reward
• The Big Ranger

1923

• The Lone Star Ranger
• The Footlight Ranger
• King's Creek Law

1924

• The Whirlwind Ranger
• Last of the Duanes

1925

• The Fighting Ranger
• Ranger of the Big Pines
• Ranger Bill
• Rider of the Painted Horse
• Riders of the Purple Sage
• One Shot Ranger

1926

• Daredevil's Reward
• Ahead of the Law
• The Fighting Ranger

1927

• Outlaws of Red River
• The Rambling Ranger

1928

• The Ranger's Oath
• Law of the Ranger
• The Four-Footed Ranger
• The Phantom Flyer

1929

• Rio Rita

1930

• Last of the Duanes
• The Lone Star Ranger

1931

• Border Law
• The Cisco Kid
• Lasca of the Rio Grande
• The Texas Ranger
• Riders of the Purple Sage

1932

• Come On, Danger
• Riders of the Desert
• Hello Trouble
• The Texas Bad Man

1933

• King of the Arena
• The Ranger's Code

1934

• The Fighting Ranger
• The Dude Ranger
• Miracle Rider
• Gun Justice

1935

• Cyclone Ranger
• Rough Riding Ranger

1936

• Ride, Ranger, Ride
• The Unknown Ranger
• Drift Fence, a.k.a.
  Texas Desperadoes
• Whistling Bullets
• The Kid Ranger
• I'm Much Obliged
• The Texas Rangers

1937

• Law of the Ranger
• Reckless Ranger
• The Gun Ranger
• Rio Grande Ranger
• Galloping Dynamite
• Ranger Courage
• Guns of the Pecos
• The Rangers Step In

1938

• The Renegade Ranger
• Phantom Ranger
• The Little Ranger
• The Desert Patrol
• The Ranger's Round-Up
• Come On, Rangers!
• Man's Country
• Code of the Rangers
• The Lone Ranger

1939

• Return of the Cisco Kid
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1940

• Buzzy Rides the Range
• The Man from Tumbleweeds
• Northwest Mounted Police
• Two-fisted Rangers
• Rangers of Fortune
• Rocky Mountain Rangers
• Texas Rangers Ride Again
• The Ranger and the Lady
• Three Men from Texas
• Hi Yo Silver

1941

• Dead or Alive
• Desert Bandit
• Dynamite Canyon
• Desert Patrol
• Dynamite Canyon
• Last of the Duanes
• Rawhide Rangers
• Riders of the Purple Sage
• Rollin' Home to Texas
• Riders of the Badlands

1942

• The Lone Star Ranger
• Come On, Danger
• Riders of the Northland
• Bandit Ranger
• Down Texas Way
• Down Rio Grande Way

1943

• Thundering Trails
• West of Texas
• Hail to the Rangers
• Return of the Rangers
• Rangers Take Over
• Beyond the Last Frontier
• Fighting Valley
• Bad Men of Thunder Gap
• Death Valley
• Rangers
• Border Patrol

1944

• Guns of the Law
• Outlaw Roundup
• Trail of Terror
• Along the Navajo Trail
• Whispering Skull
• Spook Town
• Gunsmoke Mesa
• Cyclone Prairie Rangers
• Brand of the Devil
• The Pinto Bandit

1945

• Enemy of the Law
• Frontier Fugitives
• Flaming Bullets
• Three in the Saddle
• Marked for Murder
• The Lone Texas Ranger

1946

• Roaring Rangers

1947

• Ridin' Down the Trail
• Red Hot Rangers

1948

• Gallant Legion
• The Rangers Ride
• The Fighting Ranger

1949

• Riders of the Whistling Pines
• Streets of Laredo
• South of Rio
• Ranger of Cherokee Strip

1950

• Guns of Justice
• Law of the Badlands
• Border Rangers
• Prairie Roundup

1951

• Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
• My Outlaw Brother
• The Texas Rangers:
  The Lone Wolf
• Watchdogs of
  the Lone Star State

1952

• Night Stage to Galveston
• The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1953

• Winning of the West
• Star of Texas
• On Top of Old Smoky

1955

• Texas Rangers Ride Again

1956

• The Lone Ranger
• The Searchers
  

1959

• The Lone Ranger and the
  Lost City of Gold
• Frontier Rangers
• The Wonderful Country

1960

• Seven Ways from Sundown

1961

• The Last Rebel
• Return of the Lone Ranger
• The Comancheros

1965

• Laredo

1966

• Lonesome Ranger

1967

• Bonnie & Clyde

1968

• Three Guns for Texas
• Texas Rangers and Us

1969

• The Great Bank Robbery
• Backtrack
• The Over-the-Hill Gang
• True Grit
• The Over-the-Hill-Gang
      Rides Again

1974

• The Sugarland Express
• The Rangers (TV movie)

1976

• The Town that Dreaded    Sundown
• The Outlaw Josey Wales

1981

• The Texas Rangers
      (TV movie)
• The Legend of
       the Lone Ranger

1982

• The Ballad of
       Gregorio Cortez

1983

• Lone Wolf McQuade

1986

• Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
• Singapore Sling (R-rated)
• The Aurora Encounter

1987

• Extreme Prejudice
• Phantom Soldiers

1988

• Once Upon a Texas Train
      (TV Movie)

1989

• Lonesome Dove
      (TV Miniseries)

1990

• A Pair of Aces (TV Movie)

1992

• Another Pair of Aces

1993

• Walker, Texas Ranger
      (TV Movie)
• A Perfect World
• Return to Lonesome Dove    (TV miniseries)
• Ranger: Muerte in Texas

1994

• One Riot, One Ranger
• Texas Payback

1995

• Ranger!
• The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (TV Movie)
• Streets of Laredo (TV Miniseries)
• Texas (TV Miniseries)

1996

• Dead Man's Walk (TV miniseries)
• Riders of the Purple Sage (TV movie)
• From Dusk 'til Dawn
• Last Man Standing
• Lone Star

1998

• The Newton Boys

1999

• From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

2001

• Texas Rangers

2003

• Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2004

• Man of the House

2007

• No Country for Old Men
• Comanche Moon
• Grindhouse
• Death Proof
• Planet Terror
• The Great Debaters