Art Acord

Born: April 17, 1890, Prattsville, Utah or Stillwater, Oklahoma
Died: January 4, 1931 (aged 40), Chihuahua, Mexico

Artemus Ward Acord was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion.

What do you know about Art Acord? Rodeo with this quick quiz.

1. He won the Steer Bulldogging world championship in 1912 and repeated as champion in 1916. Who did he defeat?

• Tom Mix
• Hoot Gibson
• Rex Allen

2. In 1910, what was his first film?

3. What was his horse's name?

• Raven
• Trigger
• Champion

4. What is the first film he played Buck Parvin?

5. Acord enlisted in the United States Army in World War I and served overseas. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery.

• Fact or Myth?

6. In 1923, Acord stars in this Western film serial directed by Edward Laemmle. The film is considered to be lost. What was the film?

7. What was the 1928 Western film that Acord plays Two-Gun O'Brien?

• His Last Battle
• Two-Gun O'Brien
• Spurs and Saddles

8. Playing Art Dobson, Acord in uncredited in what 1930 film?

• Trailin' Trouble
• Texas Strongman
• Arizona Wrangler

9. Art Acord died in Chihuahua, Mexico from cyanide poisoning and complications related to hepatitis. Official Mexican records called it a suicide, but some of Acord's friends over the years insisted that he had been murdered by a Mexican politician who had caught Acord having an affair with his wife.

• Fact or Myth?

10. Where is Art Acord buried?

• Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, Tennessee
• Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California
• Faneuil Hall Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts

Answers

• 1. Hoot Gibson
• 2. Pride of the Range
• 3. Raven
• 4. Man-Afraid-of-His-Wardrobe
• 5. Fact
• 6. The Oregon Trail
• 7. Two-Gun O'Brien
• 8. Trailin' Trouble
• 9. Fact
• 10. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California

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