History Main / CattleBaron

* "Class of '57" by the Statler Brothers: One of the classmates, Ray (in the final verse) is one of these.

* One ''LuckyLuke'' comic book (''Barbed Wire On the Prairie'' - 1967) had one of these as a BigBad, trying to crush an independent farmer. However, he is [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed by the end]], with both him and his fellow cattle barons being shown that both cattle and farming will be an important part of the future.

* PatrickStewart's character in ''The King of Texas'', a Western version of ''Theatre/KingLear''.

Compare the RailroadBaron.

* Pete Thornton appears as one in the two ''{{MacGyver}}'' dream episodes set in the WildWest: "Serenity" and "[=MacGyver=]'s Women".

* AlanRickman's character in ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'' is an Australian take on the type.

* Patrick Stewart's character in ''The King of Texas'', a Western version of ''Theatre/KingLear''.

* John Chisum was an actual Cattle Baron during the 1870s/1880s. He was portrayed by James Coburn in ''YoungGuns'' 2.

* One ''LuckyLuke'' comic book (Barbed Wire On the Praire - 1967) had one of these as a BigBad, trying to crush an independent farmer. However, he is [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed by the end]], with both him and his fellow CattleBarons being shown that both cattle and farming will be an important part of the future.

* Patrick Stewart's character in ''The King of Texas'', a Western version of ''King Lear''.

** Goodnight also makes a brief but important appearance near the end of Larry McMurtry's ''Streets of Laredo''

* 'King' Carney and Neil Fletcher in Baz Luhrmann's ''{{Australia}}''. Sarah Ashley's late husband Maitland is a cattle baron of the foreign-born variety.

* Heck Gunderson of ''FalloutNewVegas'', though to be technical he's actually a Brahmin Baron (Brahmin being two-headed mutated cows of post-apocalyptic America). He's also a CorruptCorporateExecutive who earned his power via cutthroat tactics and forcing other ranchers off their land at gunpoint.

* AlanRickman's character in ''QuigleyDownUnder'' is an Australian take on the type.

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* One ''LuckyLuke'' comic book (English title unknown) had one of these as a BigBad, trying to crush an independent farmer.

* The Rich Texan from ''TheSimpsons''. He's also an Oil Baron.
* The Wongs, Amy's parents on ''{{Futurama}}'', are examples of this RecycledInSpace. They only own ONE hemisphere of the planet Mars, but it's "the good hemisphere".
* [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Rancid]] from Bovo Corporation and "Jacob Laramie" in ''GalaxyRangers''.

* JohnWayne's character in ''Red River''.

* The Rich Texan from ''TheSimpsons''. He's also an Oil Baron.

* A variation on this is John Huston's character in Chinatown, a Land Baron.

* One ''LuckyLuke'' comic book (English title unknown) had one of these as a BigBad, trying to crush an independent farmer.
* The Wongs, Amy's parents on Futurama, are examples of this RecycledInSpace. They only own ONE hemisphere of the planet Mars, but it's "the good hemisphere"
* A rare benign protagonist example would be Ben Cartwright from {{Bonanza}}.
* John Chisum was an actual Cattle Baron during the 1870s/1880s. He was portrayed by James Coburn in ''YoungGuns'' 2.
* [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Rancid]] from Bovo Corporation and "Jacob Laramie" in GalaxyRangers.
* Parodied by Andy Griffith in the film ''RustlersRhapsody''; the narrator notes how you never actually see any of his cattle, just hear them mooing occasionally in the background.

* Heck Gunderson of ''FalloutNewVegas'', though he's actually a Brahmin Baron (Brahmin being two-headed mutated cows). He's also a CorruptCorporateExecutive who earned his power via cutthroat tactics and forcing other ranchers off their land at gunpoint.

* The protagonist's dead sister's husband, James, in ''Sisters'' by Lynn Cheney (yes, ''that'' Lynn Cheney). He's of the foreign variety, definitely autocratic, and really hates homesteaders (though none of this is necessarily seen as a bad thing, and he's certainly not the antagonist). ... OrSoIHeard.