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Birthday: August 8, 1899 in Weed, New Mexico, USA

Birth Name: Taylor Meters

A cousin of cowboy actors Rex Allen and Glenn Strange, Taylor Curtis Meters was the oldest son born to John and Leona Byrd Meters in Weed (Otero County), New Mexico, USA on August 8, 1899. He was ...Show More 453z4j

A cousin of cowboy actors Rex Allen and Glenn Strange, Taylor Curtis Meters was the oldest son born to John and Leona Byrd Meters in Weed (Otero County), New Mexico, USA on August 8, 1899. He was the second of eleven children. Glenn Strange's mother was Leona's sister. Rex Allen was 21 years Meters junior on his father's side. Meters and Strange learned ranching in Coke,Texas, USA before their families moved to Willcox (Cochise County), Arizona, USA. Meters married Etta Sarah Jessee on July 4, 1922 in Tombstone, Arizona, USA. Cactus Mack was a talented musician. He played violin with Ray Whitley's "Six Bar Cowboys" and guitar with Fred Scott's "The Cimarron Cowboys". He later played villain roles in many westerns, along with other character parts. Injured during his final appearance on Gunsmoke, he required abdominal surgery in late 1961. As he was filming his closeups on location for The Ugly American with Marlon Brando, he died of a heart attack on April 17, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA. Hide