death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name
los angeles , california , u.s. 3 september 1987 maui , hawaii , u.s 2 august 1911 1947-1965 rusty wescoatt
 rusty wescoatt
rusty wescoatt

rusty wescoatt -lrb- august 2 , 1911 - september 3 , 1987 -rrb- was an american supporting actor who appeared in over 80 films between 1947 and 1965 , according to the internet movie database .
wescoatt was an expert at playing the `` henchmen '' role in b-westerns and serials , as he had a satisfactory career in both .
but wescoatt 's main studio for serial mayhem was columbia .
his screen persona was usually a bully who , often had more brawn than brains , did the physical labor according to the strict orders given by the `` brains heavy '' .
during each mission , wescoatt went from one chapter to the next trying desperately to kill the hero with fists , knives , guns , bombs , ropes , or whatever else happened to be handy at the time .
but he was a bad luck man , because most of the time he had to face distinguished serials heroes .
this way , robert lowery realled mauled him in `` batman and robin '' ; george reeves pummeled him in `` the adventures of sir galahad '' ; kirk alyn tried to teach him the error of his ways in two superman cliffhangers , and buster crabbe knocked him every time in `` the sea hound '' and `` king of the congo '' .
at that was just in the serials , when not getting knocked around saloons in westerns .
as a change of pace , wescoatt eventually played as a detective in `` touch of evil '' , policeman or deputy sheriff in several movies , suggesting he could play a law enforcement 's role .
then , after the westerns and serials faded in the mid-1950s he migrated to television work , acting in classic tv western series , specially in the `` death valley days '' anthology , and also appeared in two films with the three stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity .
wescoatt died in los angeles , california , at the age of 76 .
