Ted Mapes
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican actor (1901-1984)
John Tylor Mapes was an American character actor, who was also a prolific stuntman and body double. Born on November 25, 1901, in St. Edward, Nebraska, he moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s, and entered the film industry in 1929, first as a grip, and then as a stuntman and actor.
Filmography 40
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Hello, Dolly!
Winchester '73
Broken Arrow
Sergeant York
Bell, Book and Candle
The Gunfighter
Two Rode Together
Cheyenne Autumn
The Far Country
The Outlaw
The Rare Breed
Night Passage
Désirée
The FBI Story
North West Mounted Police
A New Kind of Love
Thunder Bay
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Lady from Louisiana
Raton Pass
Three Texas Steers
Man from God's Country
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Fort Worth
King of the Cowboys
In Old Cheyenne
Wall Street Cowboy
Riders of the Whistling Pines
Law Men
The Arizona Kid
Blondie's Hero
The Monster and the Ape
Dick Tracy's G-Men
The Border Legion
Dead or Alive
The Secret Code
Sunset on the Desert
The Black Widow
In Old Caliente128 credits on file
Television 1
Connected to Ted 6
About this person
John Tylor Mapes was an American character actor, who was also a prolific stuntman and body double. Born on November 25, 1901, in St. Edward, Nebraska, he moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s, and entered the film industry in 1929, first as a grip, and then as a stuntman and actor. He doubled for many famous actors, including Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper. His film and television career spanned forty years, during which time he appeared in hundreds of films and television shows, either as an actor, stuntman or body double. After his career in front of the camera ended in 1969, Mapes became an advocate for animal safety in films, working as an observer on sets for the American Humane Association.
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