John "Dusty" King

John 'Dusty' King (born Miller McLeod Everson, July 11, 1909 – November 11, 1987) was an American singer and film actor renowned for his Westerns particularly the Range Busters series.

Hearing him on the radio, bandleader Ben Bernie hired him as a singer with Everson changing his name to John King.

He made appearances in films for other studios before being hired by Monogram Pictures to play the lead in a Cinecolor Western, The Gentleman from Arizona in 1939.

King played the singing cowboy alongside of Ray "Crash" Corrigan who was later replaced by David Sharpe and comedy relief Max Terhune with his dummy Elmer for a total of 18 films in the series.

Not only did Sharpe actually enlist in the US Army Air Forces but King himself was drafted in the USAAF serving in Special Services in Arizona.