Russell Hayden

Russell “Lucky” Hayden ORIGINAL NAME Hayden Michael Lucid BIRTH 12 Jun 1912 Chico, Butte County, California, USA DEATH 9 Jun 1981 (aged 68) Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA BURIAL Oakwood Memorial Park Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA PLOT Section H, Lot 174, Grave 5 MEMORIAL ID 5265 · View Source Actor. Born Pate Lucid in Chico, California, he was a western performer who helped develop Pioneertown, a western movie set location in Southern California. He first worked behind the scenes as a camera assistant before he became an actor in the mid-1930s. His first big screen appearances were in many of the Hopalong Cassidy film series in the role as cowboy Lucky Jenkins. He went on to appear as lead or supporting actor in over 75 films to include "Frontier Law" (1943), "Wyoming Hurricane" (1944), "North of the Border" (1946), "Apache Chief" (1949) and "Valley of Fire" (1951). For television, he was featured on "The Gene Autry Show", "Cowboy G-Men", "Judge Roy Bean" and also on the ABC Radio series "The Marshal of Gunsight Pass". He died of pneumonia in Palm Springs, California, at age 68. Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith Family Members Parents Francis Joseph Lucid 1874–1951 Minnie Trypheni Harvey Lucid 1877–1955 Spouses Jan Clayton 1917–1983 Lillian Mary Porter Hayden 1917–1997 (m. 1946) SIBLINGS Joseph Francis Lucid 1901–1960 Lois M. Lucid Palmros 1905–1969 June Tryphena Lucid Clemmer 1907–1964 Roberta E. Lucid Hutchins 1913–1977 Jerry Richard Lucid 1922–2000 Child Sandra Jane Hayden 1940–1956