He wore an eyepatch for the rest of his life. However, a jackrabbit jumped through his windshield and blinded him in one eye. Walsh was hired to direct and star In Old Arizona as the Cisco Kid. Walsh jumped between acting and directing and some of his films include The Thief of Bagdad (1924). A 2003 movie title And Starring Poncho Villa as Himself recreates the filming process and is worth a watch. The film which is lost contained actual battle scenes. The film was shot in Mexico and starred the real revolutionary Poncho Villa in the lead. Griffith while they made The Life of General Villa. Walsh was born in New York and started on the stage there. I usually don’t spend a lot of time on directors but icons like Raoul Walsh deserve a little extra. I was a little surprised when I dived into the credits and found our old friend Bob Steele first noted in the Burgess Meredith line from Of Mice and Men (1939). I’m continuing on the Patric Knowles lines that I first picked up in Chisum (1970).
