Evelyn Finley

Known for CrewBorn 1916-03-11Died 1989-04-07Douglas, Arizona, USA

Evelyn Ruth Finley was known as the most accomplished stunt rider in the western genre. Famous director William A. Wellman was one of many who regarded her as the best in the business. She worked with horses from early childhood and grew up a tomboy on her father's ranch. Her dad had promised 'to put her into pictures', but how she eventually arrived in Hollywood is unclear. Winning a beauty contest as 'Miss Albuquerque' might have helped. The year was 1936 and her first picture was as stunt double to Jean Parker. By 1940, Evelyn was under contract at Monogram where her skills in the saddle quickly promoted her to leading lady opposite the likes of Tex Ritter, Tom Keene, Johnny Mack Brown and Buster Crabbe. As blonde Eve Anderson, she got to star in one of the last serials made at Columbia, Perils of the Wilderness (1956). However, Evelyn preferred the stunt work to acting, often doubling on horseback for glamorous stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Loretta Young. She remained involved in her area of expertise, either actively or as technical adviser, well into the 1980's. When not working in the film industry, she toured as an equestrian performer at different circuses. Evelyn was inducted into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.Read more

Movies & web series

Gunning for Justice

Black Market Rustlers

Take It Big

Cowboy Commandos

Dynamite Canyon

Arizona Frontier

Home in Wyomin'

Sundown Riders

Trail Riders

Man from Cheyenne

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Red River Valley

Silverado

Scaramouche

The Diamond Queen

Westward the Women

The Cowboy and the Indians

The Sheriff of Medicine Bow

Swiss Family Robinson

Prairie Rustlers

The Man from the Alamo

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

Valley Of Vengeance

Perils of the Wilderness

The Texas Rangers

Cowboy Serenade

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

Freebie and the Bean

One Girl's Confession

Across the Wide Missouri

Ghost Guns

Jack London

Mule Train

Elephant Walk

Blood Alley

The Adventures of Hajji Baba

Along Came Jones

The Light That Failed

Woman of the North Country

Jesse James at Bay