found: Border G-man [MP] 1938:credits (the players, Ray Whitley)
found: Int'l film necrology, 1981(Ray Whitley; actor, singer & composer; b. Dec. 5, 1901, Atlanta, Ga.; d. Feb. 21, 1979)
found: IMDb, December 3, 2018(Ray Whitley; born December 5, 1901 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Raymond Otis Whitley; he was married to Catherine Kay Johnson; he died on February 21, 1979 in Mexico; actor, film composer)
found: Wikipedia, December 3, 2018(Ray Whitley (singer-songwriter, born 1901); Raymond Otis Whitley (December 5, 1901--February 21, 1979), also known as Ray Whitley, was a Country and Western singer and actor; Whitley was born in Atlanta, Georgia; he began his singing career in New York City in 1930; in 1938, Whitley was signed to RKO Pictures and made 59 movies, over 20 of them short western musicals where he played the lead role; he wrote the original western tune Back in the Saddle Again; he died on February 21, 1979 while en route to a fishing trip to Mexico with his son-in-law, Hal Bracken; he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1981 and inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame in 1996)