William Traylor Movies
American actor William Traylor played character roles on stage and screen, but he is best remembered in Hollywood for opening the Loft Studio (established 1973), an acting school where such actors as Sean Penn, Anjelica Huston, and Nicholas Cage honed their craft. Traylor received his training at the Actors' Studio in New York. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he co-founded the Actors Studio/West and the Lee Strasberg Institute. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Victor Mature is in rare form in this otherwise uneven cavalry Western about a trapper who prevents a Little Big Horn-type disaster. Having been robbed of a year's worth of skins by marauding Indians, Jed Cooper (Mature), Gus Hideout (James Whitmore), and Mungo (Pat Hogan) sign on at a nearby fort. Jed, however, falls in love with Corinna (Anne Bancroft), the refined wife of the commanding officer, Colonel Marston (Robert Preston), and when the latter begins to plan an all-out attack on an unruly Indian tribe, he attempts to prevent what, in all likelihood, will be a mass slaughter. Based on a novel by Richard Emery Roberts, The Last Frontier was re-released to television as Savage Wilderness and came complete with a rousing title song performed by Rusty Draper. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Victor Mature, Guy Madison, (more)
