Bill Cody Jr. Bill Cody Jr. Bill Cody Jr. (April 18, 1925 – August 11, 1989) was an American motion picture child actor. Born William Joseph Cody Jr. in Los Angeles, California, where his father Bill Cody was a cowboy star of B-movie westerns, the youngster was reportedly 7 years old when he accompanied his father on a personal appearance tour throughout the United States. Bill Cody Jr. was nine years old when he began appearing in films, the first four of which were with his father. Billed simply as "Billy Jr." for his first screen appearance, a featured role in Ray Kirkwood's
The Lavender Cowboy The Lavender Cowboy "The Lavender Cowboy" was originally a 1923 humorous poem by Harold Hersey about an unmanly cowboy "with only two hairs on his chest" who comes out a hero. It was then set to music and appeared in the 1930 Western film Oklahoma Cyclone. Several versions have since been recorded, and it has been banned from radio airplay because the lyrics are considered suggestive of homosexuality. "He was only a lavender cowboy And the hairs on his chest were but two He wanted to be a real hero And do as the real heroes do Erbecini's and other