6 Best Bud Osborne Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 6, 2026

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Bud Osborne was one of Hollywood’s most prolific B-western character actors and appeared in over three hundred films across five decades. Racketeers of the Range fights a meat-packing monopoly, Guns of the Pecos thwarts a judge’s land scheme, Fort Dobbs saves a farming family from Comanches, and The Monster and the Ape schemes to steal a robot. Go West, Young Lady and Fort Worth round out the list.

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Racketeers of the Range (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Bud Osborne is in this western where a rancher fights back against a meat-packing monopoly using bankruptcy schemes and cattle rustling to crush independent ranchers.

Directed by D. Ross Lederman · 1h 02m

The Monster and the Ape (1945) 02

The Monster and the Ape (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Bud Osborne features in this serial where a greedy rival scientist schemes to steal a humanoid robot invention using a kidnapped trained gorilla as his enforcer.

Directed by Howard Bretherton · 4h 55m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Fort Dobbs (1958)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Bud Osborne appears in this western about an escaped man fleeing a sheriff's posse who saves a farming family from a Comanche attack.

Directed by Gordon Douglas · 1h 33m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Guns of the Pecos (1936)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Bud Osborne features in this singing-cowboy western about a hero who thwarts a thieving judge's land scheme while courting a woman caught in the middle.

Directed by Noel M. Smith · 0h 56m

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Go West, Young Lady (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Bud Osborne appears in this western comedy where a young woman arriving in a lawless western town helps the locals outsmart a gang of outlaws.

Directed by Frank R. Strayer · 1h 10m · Rated NR

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Fort Worth (1951)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Bud Osborne features in this western about an ex-gunfighter who returns to Fort Worth to run a newspaper standing against ambitious men seeking control.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin · 1h 20m · Rated NR

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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