Larry Poole (actor)

Larry Poole is an American actor, film producer and wrangler who appeared in the films Last Shoot Out (2021), A Soldier's Revenge (2020) and The Final Wish (2018). He produced A Rodeo Film (2019) and won Best Actor at GI Film Festival San Diego for his portrayal of Tom Horn in Once Guilty, Now Innocent, But Still Dead (2017). Poole is the current President and former Vice President of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local.

Personal life
Poole grew up watching westerns as a child. He moved to Ramona, California from the East Coast with his wife, Racine. He was injured in 2014 at the Mother Goose Parade in El Cajon when his horse fell on him, breaking his leg.

Career
Poole runs Gem Canyon Productions and co-produced a pilot based on Campo: The Forgotten Gunfight for KPBS. He has worked with Jake Busey, Val Kilmer and Bruce Dern and has starred in the films Last Shoot Out and A Soldier's Revenge. Poole was the head wrangler on a film called Why the Nativity? by David Jeremiah.

In 2017, he was voted to a two year term as vice president of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local, was a judge at the first Gong Show in Ramona, and won Best Actor at GI Film Festival San Diego for his portrayal of Tom Horn in Once Guilty, Now Innocent, But Still Dead.

On July 28, 2023, Poole organized a strike in the Gaslamp district at San Diego Comic-Con with SAG-AFTRA members, WGA members and cosplayers. He was elected to a two year term as president of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local on September 5, 2023.