▁life ▁Born ▁John ▁T yl or ▁Map es , ▁he ▁grew ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁farm ▁and ▁ran ch ▁owned ▁by ▁his ▁father . ▁ ▁At ▁some ▁point ▁in ▁his ▁mid - 2 0 s , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁a ▁moving ▁company . ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁on ▁a ▁job ▁moving ▁John ▁Barry more ' s ▁affect s ▁off ▁the ▁Samuel ▁Gold w yn ▁studio , ▁he ▁learned ▁that ▁studio ▁g ri ps ▁were ▁making ▁twice ▁his ▁rate ▁of ▁pay . ▁ ▁Short ly ▁after ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁g rip , ▁working ▁on ▁film ▁cre ws ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁years . ▁ ▁Film ▁and ▁television ▁career ▁While ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁g rip ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁Christ y ▁C aban ne ▁film , ▁One ▁F right ened ▁Night , ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁first ▁bit ▁role , ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁mask ed ▁k iller . ▁His ▁first ▁official ▁role ▁came ▁later ▁that ▁year , ▁in ▁the ▁drama , ▁The ▁Sil ent ▁Code . ▁While ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁cast ▁in ▁almost ▁ 7 0 ▁films ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁ 2 5 ▁years , ▁most ▁of ▁those ▁roles ▁were ▁in ▁smaller ▁roles . ▁Map es ▁spent ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁acting ▁in ▁several ▁film ▁serial s , ▁including ▁The ▁Great ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Wild ▁Bill ▁H ick ok ▁( for ▁which ▁he ▁also ▁did ▁st un ts ), ▁which ▁is ▁considered ▁by ▁some ▁as ▁the ▁fin est ▁serial ▁ever ▁shot