Trivia

His horse, Silver King, was once owned by silent-era cowboy star Fred Thomson.

Promotional material for Galloping On (1925) refers to him as "one of the greatest stunt men in the game.".

Although he transitioned to sound, he was given smaller parts, and used the name Hal Taliaferro.

He appeared in more than 220 films between 1921 and 1964.

Father: Lewis Allen Alderson; Mother: Emma Elizabeth Roberts.

He was an American film actor who specialized in westerns.

He lived his later years in Montana at his family ranch.

After serving in the Great War ( Alderson joined the army and served in the American Expeditionary Forces in France), he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally Wales.

He retired from films in the early 1950s and returned to his family ranch in Montana. It was then known as the Bones Brothers Ranch. He built a cabin there and lived out his remaining active years painting landscapes.

Young Alderson's first "outside" job was on a cattle drive for rancher John B. Kendrick. He also drove a tourist stage for the Buffalo Bill Stage line before drifting west in 1915. He settled in Los Angeles where he worked as a wrangler on Universal's ranch.