Jack Randall

Overview

Romantic leading man and singing cowboy star whose career was far eclipsed by that of his brother Robert Livingston. He acted and sang on Broadway prior to entering films, then appeared in a number of non-Western films before signing with Monogram Pictures in 1937 as a singing cowboy. Unfortunately, despite his singing ability, the films were poorly received even for the genre, due primarily to shoddy production techniques. After a few musical Westerns, Randall continued playing leads in B-Westerns, but not as a singer. His career rapidly faltered, however, and he moved into supporting parts and villain roles. At the age of 39, he died of a heart attack while shooting a riding scene in The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945).
- IMDb mini biography by: Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Brother of actor Robert Livingston.
Uncle of actor/director Addison Randall.
His horse, in less than a third of his starring westerns, was named Rusty. Besides riding Rusty, in a minority of his starring westerns, he rode 5 different (rental) horses including a pinto and two different white horses, one of which was Jack Perrin's horse named "Starlight." Tom Keene also rode Rusty in some of his 1940s westerns at Monogram. The movies in which either man rode Rusty were the ones that Robert Tansey produced. So it was Tansey's horse, and not Randall's.
Attended Kemper Military School & College in Boonville, Missouri.
He and Barbara Bennett had a second wedding ceremony in Beverly Hills, California on February 16, 1942, since his divorce was not final until February 11, 1942. (They had their first wedding ceremony in Ensenada, Mexico.).

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