Steve Darrell (born Darrell Eugene Horsfall, November 19, 1904 – August 14, 1970) was an American actor, also known as Stevan Darrell or Steven Darrell."Stevan Darrell Is Dead". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. August 15, 1970. p. 11. Retrieved April 19, 2024.Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 120. .
Early life and career A native of Osage, Iowa,"California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGF4-XF49 : Sat Mar 09 04:02:11 UTC 2024), Entry for Darrell Eugene Horsfall and Clinton A Horsfall. Darrell was the first of four children born to Moss David Horsfall and Katherine Agnes McHugh."Iowa State Census, 1925", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ3-KMXQ : Fri Mar 08 21:42:34 UTC 2024), Entry for M David Horsfall and Katherine Horsfall, 1925."United States Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJ1-B31 : Fri Mar 08 09:53:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Moss D Horsfall and Kathryn A Horsfall, 1930."California, County Marriages, 1850-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VP-36C : 9 March 2021), Darrell Eugene Horsfall and Gertrude Frances Payette, 01 Mar 1942; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,114,741. He attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids."Washington High Players Triumph; 'To the Ladies' Is Ably Presented; Comedy Roles Create Much Amusement; Repeats Tonight; Portrayals Clever". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. February 4, 1925. p. 12. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
Darrell's career began in 1931 when he acted with the Trousdale Players in Des Moines, Iowa, and worked with the Cedar Rapids Community Players.
He was cast as Tashtego in the 1954 Hallmark Hall of Fame episode, "Moby Dick","Notes". The Melville Society Newsletter. Summer 1954. p. n1. Retrieved July 13, 2026 – via Archive.org. "Hollywood actor Victor Jory played the part of Captain Ahab in an hour-long dramatization of Moby-Dick presented on Sunday afternoon, May 16, to a nationwide television audience. The program was the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Others in the cast included Hugh O’Brien as Starbuck, Steve Darrell as Tashtego, Lamont Johnson as Ishmael, and Harvey Stevens as Stubb. Some interesting technical problems had to be solved in preparing the play for television." and as the wise Comanche chief Little Elk in the 1958 episode "Renegades" of Cheyenne.
Death Darrell died from a brain tumor in Hollywood, California. He is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
Partial filmography Code of the Secret Service (1939) Nothing but Trouble (1944) Heldorado (1946) Roll on Texas Moon (1946) Terrors on Horseback (1946) Lightning Raiders (1946) Gentlemen with Guns (1946) On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) Prairie Express (1947) Trailing Danger (1947) Valley of Fear (1947) Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948) Carson City Raiders (1948) I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948) Night Time in Nevada (1948) Partners of the Sunset (1948) Abandoned (1949) Riders in the Sky (1949) The Blazing Trail (1949) The Blazing Sun (1950) Cow Town (1950) Pecos River (1951) Jack Slade (1953) Dangerous Mission (1954) Hallmark Hall of Fame 1954 episode, "Moby Dick" as Tashtego Tarantula (1955) The Tall Men (1955) as Colonel Norris, U.S. Cavalry Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955) The Proud Ones (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Monolith Monsters (1957) The Rifleman (1959) (S2:E4) as Ben Russell Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series) season 2 episode 8 (Bad Gun) : Sheriff Simmons season 2 episode 16 (Vanishing Act) : Sheriff Toole Gunsmoke (1965) as Judge
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