By Vlad Zakh · September 6, 2026
Artie Ortego was a versatile Hollywood stuntman and character actor whose career ran from the silent era through the 1950s and took in hundreds of westerns and adventure films. Barricade traps scoundrels in a sadistic camp owner’s forced labour, Arrow in the Dust leads a wagon train with a dangerous cargo, Escape to Burma hides a fugitive on a tea plantation, and The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap wrongly charges two salesmen with murder. Colt .45 and Cheyenne round out the list.
01 Artie Ortego appears in this Abbott and Costello comedy-western where two travelling salesmen are wrongly charged with murder after a notorious criminal turns up dead during their stopover.
Directed by Charles Barton · 1h 18m · Rated NR
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02 Artie Ortego is in this adventure about a fugitive hiding on a Burmese tea plantation who finds an unexpected romance with its owner.
Directed by Allan Dwan · 1h 27m · Rated NR
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03 Artie Ortego features in this western about a cavalry deserter posing as a major who must lead a wagon train hiding a dangerous cargo.
Directed by Lesley Selander · 1h 19m · Rated NR
04 Artie Ortego features in this western about a sadistic mining camp owner who traps scoundrels into forced labour and refuses to let any of them leave.
Directed by Peter Godfrey · 1h 15m · Rated NR
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05 Artie Ortego features in this western about a gun salesman who vows to recover his stolen prototype pistols from the ruthless killer who took them.
Directed by Edwin L. Marin · 1h 14m
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06 Artie Ortego features in this western where a slick gambler poses as a bandit to uncover the identity of a notorious outlaw taunting the law.
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 39m · Rated NR
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