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Jay Wilsey (February 6, 1896 – October 25, 1961) was an American film actor (born Wilbert Jay Wilsey). He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1924 and 1944. He starred in a series of very low-budget westerns in the 1920s and 1930s, billed as Buffalo Bill Jr.
Jay Wilsey. Actor: Trails of Adventure. Wilbert Jay Wilsey was born in Clark County, Missouri, in 1896. He learned to ride a horse at a very young age, and when he got older he began appearing on the rodeo circuit.
- January 1, 1
- Hillsdale, Missouri, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Jay Wilsey was a cowboy actor who starred in a few B westerns in the 1930s and 1940s. He also did stunt and doubling work for other stars, and later sailed with his wife Genée Boutell on their schooner Ruana.
Jay Wilsey. Actor: Trails of Adventure. Wilbert Jay Wilsey was born in Clark County, Missouri, in 1896. He learned to ride a horse at a very young age, and when he got older he began appearing on the rodeo circuit.
Missouri-born cowboy Jay Wilsey was yet another youngster furnished with a catchy moniker, Buffalo Bill Jr., by enterprising Poverty Row producer Lester F. Scott Jr. and then left to fend for himself in the already overcrowded independent Western field of the mid-'20s.
- February 6, 1896
- October 25, 1961
Jay Wilsey - Buffalo Bill, Jr. Wilsey and his wife Genée Boutell doing westerns for producer-director-jack of all trades Victor Adamson/Denver Dixon and Robert J. Horner. In their book Westerns Women (McFarland, 1999), Boyd Magers and Michael Fitzgerald have a lengthy writeup and interview with Genée Boutell (pronounced Ja-nay).
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Jay Wilsey is known as an Actor, Stunts, and Director. Some of his work includes The Lawless Frontier, Texas Terror, 'Neath the Arizona Skies, Rainbow Valley, The Fighting Cowboy, Way Out West, Wheels of Destiny, and A Holy Terror.
