Allan William Colt MacDonald (December 2, 1891 – March 27, 1968), who used the pen name William Colt MacDonald, was an American writer of western fiction born in Detroit, Michigan whose work appeared both in books and on film.
His many novels included Gun Country (1929), Rustler's Paradise (1932), The Crimson Quirt (1949), Action at Arcanum (1958), and California Gunman (1957).
[1] His film credits, all for character writing, are about his most famous ones, The Three Mesquiteers−Stony Brooke, Tucson Smith and Lullaby Joslin.
Stony Brooke is played by Hoot Gibson, Tucson Smith by Harry Carey, and Lullaby Joslin by 'Big Boy' Williams.
Among the 51 movies of the series, 8 have John Wayne as Stony Brooke : Pals of the Saddle, Overland Stage Raiders, Santa Fe Stampede and Red River Range in 1938, and The Night Riders, Three Texas Steers, Wyoming Outlaw and New Frontier in 1939.