Welcome to our site. About us.
The Groat family, Over 53 years of movie and show biz history. The official home of Groat Family Wild West Show and Groat Family Productions. Visit our other site: Rick Groat Actor/director/producer Website: here
The Groat family, Over 53 years of movie and show biz history. The official home of Groat Family Wild West Show and Groat Family Productions. Visit our other site: Rick Groat Actor/director/producer Website: here
ABOUT US: The Groat family, Over 54 years of movie and show biz history.
The following pages will introduce you to the Groat Family Productions. We are a full production company offering our talents for all of your film production needs.
Western movies and more. From making indie western films to, acting, art, and our own western show, "We are the best of the west."
Rick Groat Actor Website: here ... Rick Groat on Imdb: here.
We can produce your film, TV show, TV commercials, promos, film trailers, and more from script to completed with our team including director, producers, DP, and more. To find out more about what we can provide for your film, and learn about investment opportunities contact us at: thegroats@sbcglobal.net Say production team.
Groat Family Wild West Show ( From 1962 ).
The longest running family owned wild west show in US history with over 52 years the Groat Family Wild West Show. ( Over 5,461 performances and ongoing ).
Plus, Groat Family Art. We are film makers, actors, writers, producers, director, and more, and we offer western entertainment, storyboard art and western art. We also offer book and poster art and illustrating with pro artists with over 40 years exp. Buy art and production photos : here.
Films on sale:
We are proud to now have on sale the DVD of our award winning film "The Shooting story of the Kane Brothers." See our information on our films for sale in our store page : here.
Find us on Imdb here.
Our new films in in development and pre production now, Deadly Attraction, a contemporary thriller... Ride The Wanted Trail, action western ... And our new western, COPPERHEAD CREEK...
See more about our films, click the posters.
Western movies and more. From making indie western films to, acting, art, and our own western show, "We are the best of the west."
Rick Groat Actor Website: here ... Rick Groat on Imdb: here.
We can produce your film, TV show, TV commercials, promos, film trailers, and more from script to completed with our team including director, producers, DP, and more. To find out more about what we can provide for your film, and learn about investment opportunities contact us at: thegroats@sbcglobal.net Say production team.
Groat Family Wild West Show ( From 1962 ).
The longest running family owned wild west show in US history with over 52 years the Groat Family Wild West Show. ( Over 5,461 performances and ongoing ).
Plus, Groat Family Art. We are film makers, actors, writers, producers, director, and more, and we offer western entertainment, storyboard art and western art. We also offer book and poster art and illustrating with pro artists with over 40 years exp. Buy art and production photos : here.
Films on sale:
We are proud to now have on sale the DVD of our award winning film "The Shooting story of the Kane Brothers." See our information on our films for sale in our store page : here.
Find us on Imdb here.
Our new films in in development and pre production now, Deadly Attraction, a contemporary thriller... Ride The Wanted Trail, action western ... And our new western, COPPERHEAD CREEK...
See more about our films, click the posters.
Our new western announced to come in 2015
"Copperhead Creek"
Starring: Jimmy Van Patten, George Mason.
Copperhead Creek is an action family western feature to come soon by Groat Family Productions.
John Elkhorn, sheriff of Copperhead Creek, and his brother must protect his family when Shay Thompson, a rancher and a killer and his gun hands take revenge on Elkhorn, his brothers, and innocent people, for the death of Thompson's brother. Thompson and his men use violence, rape, and murder in an attempt to wipe out the Elkhorns. John Elkhorn and his brothers are their last hope to survive. "killer's will not be heard in a courtroom, they will not be tolerated, they will be dead"... By writer/executive producer/director Rick Groat. Musical score by Ethan Groat. Producer Tag Groat. Art director Stephanie Groat. Co produced by Kim Richins. Casting by Priscilla Richins. Poster art by Morgan Weistling. In development now. A Groat Family Production of a Blue Phoenix Pictures film. All rights reserved April, 2, 2014. More to come soon.
A poster shot from "Copperhead Creek" IMDB and more information: here.
Watch the cast test shots trailer for Copperhead Creek.
More on this film : here.
DEADLY ATTRACTION .
The movie .
The movie .
From Groat Family Productions. Deadly Attraction, a contemporary thriller...
Watch the trailer for Deadly Attraction.
Coming soon. Watch for it. In development now. More to come. A Groat Family Production.
IMDB page: here. Watch the trailer and see more on this new film: here.
IMDB page: here. Watch the trailer and see more on this new film: here.
"Ride the Wanted Trail".
By Director Rick Groat
We have worldwide distribution for our film with Nandar Entertainment.
By Director Rick Groat
We have worldwide distribution for our film with Nandar Entertainment.
WATCH THE OFFICIAL cast test TRAILER. "Bring them back". Ride the Wanted Trail.
Ride The Wanted Trail is an intended full feature western movie, 90 min, and loaded with western action, and an exciting original story that will have you wanting to get on your horse and ride along. It is a family friendly film that will not have any sexually explicit scenes or "F" words, but will be loaded with real western action, stunts, and only some moderately harsh language from some of the "bad guy" characters, to keep the authenticity of the story. The film will be a PG-13 rating. Read more about our film, and watch the trailers, and watch for our film to come. Pard. For distribution information contact our sales representatives at Nandar Entertainment IMDB page: here. Facebook Fan page: here.
Films in development and slated from Groat Family Productions. For development ... Eagle, an action film... A Cowboys Last Kiss, a period western action feature... Kid Stuff, a fantasy... Professional Guns, a period western action feature... Spirit Of Ridge Walker, a period Native American western feature... Wagon Wheel, period western... Deadly Attraction, a contemporary thriller... Judge Jury and Vigilante, An action film... Shadow of the Badge, a western action TV series... Ride The Wanted Trail, an action western... Copperhead Creek, an action western... These are (some) of the films we will be working on in the coming months ... three will be in pre production this year... Just the beginning my friends... Thank you all... Rick Groat. Groat Family Productions.
The Groat Family Wild West Show. Welcome Pard.
Performing from 1962 and on going with over 5,454 shows. "If you can't find the real west here, your boots r to tight".
The best of the west
For more about our Wild West Show, Character Rentals, and bookings click : Here.
Our credits. Actors, directors, producers, wild west performers, and more.
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Movies, TV, and film production.
Our 1930's stile vintage western The Shooting. On sale now."The Shooting, story of the Kane Brothers"
Our award winning western movie, produced by Groat Family Productions, directed by Rick Groat, produced by Tag Groat. Featured on Entertainment Tonight. 12 awards from the Southern CA Motion Picture Council. The Shooting story of the Kane Brothers is a beautiful old time family western movie, shot in the style of films of the 1930's , with heroes and bad guys, action, shootouts, and a love story. The film has all the look and flavor of such films as early Silver screenr, and classic TV westernsil, with old Hollywood type wardrobe and big hats, and big characters. The action is in the same manner, with lots of good old fist fighting scenes and horse chases, and the big shootout scene that arrives at the end of the story is everything a western fan could want. There is a love story within the plot, with warm and heart felt tones. Does the hero gets the girl at the end? This film has rough and tumble action, with men of few words ( Rick Groat ), and ( Tag Groat ) , and a very mean and nasty villain , and a sweet look and feel that of the old western classics that gives the viewer a genuine example of old time filmmaking. The Shooting, Story of the Kanes, is authentically filmed on 16 mm, just like they did it in the '30s, and it is not only a good film, but a tribute to the old time western movie. Buy this DVD on our Store page.
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Wild West shows, and more.
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Short bio for Rick Groat. Writer, producer, director of The Shooting story of the Kane Brothers. And history of the first film. Rick Groat Actor Website: here
I am an actor, writer, producer, and director, specializing in westerns. As an actor, starting in 1964, I have over 40 film, TV and live performance credits ranging from a background extra to starring rolls giving me over 49 years of experience. Some of my work can be seen on TV shows like Wild West Tech where I played many cowboy types or on the back of a horse in other westerns like Brothers in Arms where I portrayed a gunfighter. I am a member of Screen Actors Guild but have also worked in many other areas of film production including behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera. I also have performed a great number of live shows with my family in the Groat Family Wild West Show. My film credits include Terror on Shadow Mountain (director/producer/writer/star), Eagles Law (producer/star) Devil Rider (producer/star), and How the west was lost (co producer/star).
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work with many talented people and have learned the craft from my own experiences, from fellow film makers, and from my own family. My mother, Gypsy Bell Groat, was a child actor for MGM in the 1940s, and my Grandfather, Clifford Groat, was a director for the old silent films and early talkies at Pathé Studios. I grew up wanting to be an actor, and movie maker. For my love of westerns, I wrote the script for - The Shooting - Story of the Kane Brothers, and set out with my family to produce it as an independent film. As a producer and director I have written several scripts, produced and directed my own features, film shorts, videos, and films for other producers, but the project I am most proud of is this one, The Shooting, as it is very close to my heart, and we did it as a family. I also work as an educator with special needs children for the Simi Valley School District, and I love my work. Most importantly, I am a father and husband, and enjoy and consider that work to be more important than anything. I teach art, and sing - when no one is too close to hear me, that is. I own, and perform in, “The Groat Family Wild West Show” and have been since 1963. I love to tell a good story, and I also sometimes illustrate children's books.
“I see our western film history as an important part of our American roots, and one of the foundations of our artistic culture.” — Rick Groat .
See more about me, and our movie at these links:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342754/ MyIMDB.
http://www.facebook.com/rick.groat My facebook profile.
http://www.facebook.com/groatmovie?ref=hl Our movie fan page facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/TheGroatFamilyWildWestShow?ref=hl Groat Family Wild West Show.
To see more on "The Shooting, story of the Kane Brothers" use the following links:
http://youtu.be/s9MPpMZkWwQ Short work print trailer to be re mastered.
http://youtu.be/4OOm0_gdlLM Rough cut Bar scene. To be re mastered.
http://youtu.be/xKxGMcbQxo0 The theme song “Waiting for the Light” sung by my Mom.
http://youtu.be/zE3cWgMCl_g Theme song. Slides production stills.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GroatRick
Contact E-Mail: thegroats@sbcglobal.net Our motto: "Ride tall, ride true, and the trail will always be good to you."
Awards and Recognition: Our film won 12 awards from the Southern CA Motion Picture Council on its first and only screening, at the B Western Film Festival. The awarded categories ranged from performances for the leading and supporting cast, to costuming and editing, and the three highest awards: the Bronze and Silver Awards for production and original musical score, and the Golden Halo for direction, original screenplay, and artistic achievement. Our film has been featured in many news and press articles.
I am an actor, writer, producer, and director, specializing in westerns. As an actor, starting in 1964, I have over 40 film, TV and live performance credits ranging from a background extra to starring rolls giving me over 49 years of experience. Some of my work can be seen on TV shows like Wild West Tech where I played many cowboy types or on the back of a horse in other westerns like Brothers in Arms where I portrayed a gunfighter. I am a member of Screen Actors Guild but have also worked in many other areas of film production including behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera. I also have performed a great number of live shows with my family in the Groat Family Wild West Show. My film credits include Terror on Shadow Mountain (director/producer/writer/star), Eagles Law (producer/star) Devil Rider (producer/star), and How the west was lost (co producer/star).
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work with many talented people and have learned the craft from my own experiences, from fellow film makers, and from my own family. My mother, Gypsy Bell Groat, was a child actor for MGM in the 1940s, and my Grandfather, Clifford Groat, was a director for the old silent films and early talkies at Pathé Studios. I grew up wanting to be an actor, and movie maker. For my love of westerns, I wrote the script for - The Shooting - Story of the Kane Brothers, and set out with my family to produce it as an independent film. As a producer and director I have written several scripts, produced and directed my own features, film shorts, videos, and films for other producers, but the project I am most proud of is this one, The Shooting, as it is very close to my heart, and we did it as a family. I also work as an educator with special needs children for the Simi Valley School District, and I love my work. Most importantly, I am a father and husband, and enjoy and consider that work to be more important than anything. I teach art, and sing - when no one is too close to hear me, that is. I own, and perform in, “The Groat Family Wild West Show” and have been since 1963. I love to tell a good story, and I also sometimes illustrate children's books.
“I see our western film history as an important part of our American roots, and one of the foundations of our artistic culture.” — Rick Groat .
See more about me, and our movie at these links:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342754/ MyIMDB.
http://www.facebook.com/rick.groat My facebook profile.
http://www.facebook.com/groatmovie?ref=hl Our movie fan page facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/TheGroatFamilyWildWestShow?ref=hl Groat Family Wild West Show.
To see more on "The Shooting, story of the Kane Brothers" use the following links:
http://youtu.be/s9MPpMZkWwQ Short work print trailer to be re mastered.
http://youtu.be/4OOm0_gdlLM Rough cut Bar scene. To be re mastered.
http://youtu.be/xKxGMcbQxo0 The theme song “Waiting for the Light” sung by my Mom.
http://youtu.be/zE3cWgMCl_g Theme song. Slides production stills.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GroatRick
Contact E-Mail: thegroats@sbcglobal.net Our motto: "Ride tall, ride true, and the trail will always be good to you."
Awards and Recognition: Our film won 12 awards from the Southern CA Motion Picture Council on its first and only screening, at the B Western Film Festival. The awarded categories ranged from performances for the leading and supporting cast, to costuming and editing, and the three highest awards: the Bronze and Silver Awards for production and original musical score, and the Golden Halo for direction, original screenplay, and artistic achievement. Our film has been featured in many news and press articles.
About us: We are a family owned film and TV production company, wild west show, actors, writers, producers, and directors.
See actor credits and resume on us lower on the page. For more information or contact please send email to the link at bottom of page.
SAG-AFTRA actors.
Groat Family Wild West Show. From 1962 and ongoing. Over 5,450 performances. For all western events and films.
Credits. Gypsy Bell Groat. Actor,singer,dancer,model.
This is my mom, and I am proud of it.
Gypsy started in films as a child actor for the old MGM studios in the contract days in the 1940's, and performed with her friends Liz Taylor, Judy Garland, Shirley Temple, and Mickey Rooney. At the of 15 she was a photo model and dancer, and was one of the most sought after print model's of her time, and was ranked with Page, Taylor, and the like. Most of hef print has been lost, and we ar doing a search to find any we can, but we have a fer here. Her early films were musicals as part of the dancers. At the age of 16, ahe decided to get out of films to raise my brother and myself. After a few years, in 1963 I got my first job as an actor in Combat, a TV show of the 60's, and met an old silent film cowboy Jessie J. James who put me into his Wild west show. Soon I was heading it up, and my mom was eager to join, and she sonn became the leading western dancer, singer, and director of the western girls in the show. Then, in 1964 we started our family show "Groat Family Wild West Show", and through the years did many TV, film, and show performances. Gypsy has 0ver 5,000 live shows, 5 TV spots, 5 movies of our own productions, and 10 other film credits along with her old MGM films. Gypsy, now in her 80's, is the founding member of our show, and is our music and dance coreographer. Rick Groat. Actor,SAG, model,director,producer.
Actor. Over 60 films and TV shows. See resume IMDB.
Model: Print and art model. Producer/writer/director: 8 feature films, 4 TV commercials, 20 screenplays. Western performer/director/stunt director: Over 5,449 live shows, scripts, stunt director. Pro: Photographer, artist, illustrator, art teacher, horseman, bullwhip and trick shooting artist. Kung Fu instructor, teach of special need children. Rick Groat Actor Website: here Ethan Groat. Actor, wild west, violinist, photographer.
Actor: SAG eleg.
Films: Ride the Wanted Trail, Copperhead Creek, Deadly Attraction. Producer/writer/director: 3 films, 3 TV commercials. TV: Quick Draw, Ricardo for Senate Commercial. Western performer: Over 30 live shows. Violinist: Awards for his work, ongoing concerts. Photographer: For G F productions, awards. Poet: Published work. Tag Groat. Actor, producer, stund director, writer.
Actor. Over 60 films and TV shows.
Model: Print and art model. Producer/writer/director: 8 feature films, 4 TV commercials, 5 screenplays. Western performer/director/stunt director: Over 5,449 live shows, scripts, stunt director. Pro: Wagon driver, horseman. A real westerner. Stephanie Groat, Artist, poster art, art director.
Artist:
My wife Stephanie heads up our Art Dept. The following photos are art work by her, and my family, but she does most of the fine art, and craft. Poster art. Art direction. Story board. Illustrations. Original art. Photographer. |
Here you can see just a few of her pics.
Take not of the vintage ones: The pic of her as a young child from the early MGM days. The photos of her are from the 40's to now. The pic of her with the two children , (myself, and brother) when she decided to get out of films to raise us. She has performed as Dancing girls, Gypsy's, Western girls, Gun gal's, Native American, Pirate Queens, and everything in between. Take note of her standing while I put the bullwhip around her, that is the real thing, and she ahs done the same as I take small two inch sticks from her mouth. And has held items as I shot them from her hands. She is a true actor, and performer. And yes, she even had a date with Will Shatner. Email us for contact. Email: thegroats@sbcglobal.net Photos of our history. See more down the page for film, TV, and western show pics.
Print work and actor. Wild West Shows and character rentals.
More to come. For contact for acting, producing and directing, or booking a wild west show, please email us. For conatct email: thegroats@sbcglobal.net Groat Family Wild West Show. Family western fun, see pics. For email: thegroats@sbcglobal.net
Artist, and art Dept, See pics. Email: thegroats@sbcglobal.net
Film production pics. More to come.For more information and contact, email: thegroats@sbcglobal.net
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Over 61 films and TV shows and counting
We began in 1962 as film and wild west actors, and in 1983 as producers, and we're still riding. Below are just a few of our film and TV photos and posters .
Here are a few of our Groat Family Productions film and TV commercial credits.
Ride The Wanted Trail. Feature film. For 2015.
Devil Rider. Feature film. 1996
TV commercial. Ricardo Benitez. For State Senate. 2014
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Copperhead Creek. Feature film. For 2015
Eagles Law. Feature film. 1997
TV commercial. Ricardo and Patty. 2014
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Deadly Attraction. Feature film. For 2015
Terror On Shadow Mountain. Feature film.1987
TV commercial. AvBizPro Film Festival. 2014
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The Shootinh. Feature film. 1984
Own this DVD of our award winning western The Shooting story of the Kane Brothers. HERE.
How The West Was Lost. Feature film. 1998
TV commercial. Boulder Lodge. 2014
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The Shooting Story of the Kane Brothers Buy the DVD. An oiriginal western. By Groat Family Productions. See ordering details on our store page. |
A photo history of the Groat's in film. Beginning in 1922.
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Our family film history Started in the early 1920's. My family started in films in 1922, and is on going today, over 92 years. Have a look at the slide show on the left. We have film mamking, acting, and westerns in our blood. This will show how the film making and acting bug bit us. These photos are my Grandfather (my dads father), Cliff Groat, a Scott who was the son of a log splitter who became an engineer on the Erie Canal in the late 1800'3. Cliff Groat was many rhings, and I never knew him till I was 12 years old, and only talked with him 8 times over a 10 year period due to my Mother and Father's divorce when I was 2 years old. As I grew up, I was around mostly a western way of life, as my mothers father had a ranch in Simi Valley CA and I spent many summers on a horse, or tending to cows and farm animals, and loved being a cowboy. When I saw my first western movie, I knew I wanted to act in westerns, and as I grew I loved art, and became very good at it, and also took up the guitar, banjo, and drums. When I was 14 I did my first western as an extra. I never knew about my Grandfather's artistic, and film work till I was much older, when my Father Bob Groat shared with me these photos, and then I knew why I had so much love and feeling for the thing I did. Cliff Groat was an extra/stuntman for silent films starting in 1922, and later an actor, then becam a Director and film maker for Pathe Studios in the silent, and early talkies. He did many films, mostly westerns, and some of them he directed, acted, did his own stunts, and helped build the sets. Here are the only photo records of that time, starting in the early 1920's. Have a look at some film making, and Groat history. I will be adding more.
To make a donation to the show, or our films, please use the donation link. Thanks Pard. |