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- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Pickett
- Nicknames
- The Dusky Demon
- The Bull-Dogger
- Bill Pickett was born on December 5, 1870 in Jenks-Branch, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bull-Dogger (1921) and The Crimson Skull (1922). He was married to Maggie Turner. He died on April 2, 1932 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, USA.
- SpouseMaggie Turner(December 1890 - ?)
- Pictured on one of a set of 20 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating Legends of the West, issued 18 October 1994. A set of twenty 19¢ US postcards with pictures of the stamps was issued on the same date. Other persons honored in the two sets are Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill Cody (as Buffalo Bill), William Tilghman, Jim Bridger, Wyatt Earp, John C. Fremont, William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, Chief Joseph, Wild Bill Hickok, Kit Carson, Geronimo, Charles Goodnight, Nellie Cashman, Sacajawea and Jim Beckwourth.
- First African-American cowboy movie star.
- Greatest African-American rodeo star of his era.
- First African-American to be inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1971.
- Originator of bulldogging/steer wrestling (1903).
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