Tex Terry | |
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Born |
Edward Earl Terry August 22, 1902 Coxville, Indiana |
Died | May 18, 1985 Terre Haute, Indiana |
(aged 82)
Resting place | Coxville Cemetery, Coxville, Indiana |
Occupation | film and television actor |
Spouse(s) | Isabel Draesemer Terry |
Edward Earl Terry (August 22, 1902 – May 18, 1985), known professionally as Tex Terry, was an American film actor who often played a henchman in B-movie Westerns during the 1940s and 1950s.
Terry was born in Coxville, Indiana. In 1964, he married Isabel Draesemer, a Hollywood agent. Terry made his last movie in 1972. In 1979, he and his wife moved back to Indiana, where he opened Tex's Longhorn Tavern. Every August he invited the public to celebrate his birthday by listening to him tell Hollywood stories and watching his movies.
He died in Terre Haute, Indiana on May 18, 1985, and is buried at Coxville Cemetery in Coxville, Indiana.