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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Considering the kind of scruffy, backwoods, uneducated, Deep-South hillbilly... more
Trivia:
Appeared with the Sons of the Pioneers at Carnegie Hall. more
Awards:
1 win
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Alternate Names:
Sons of the Pioneers
Filmography
Actor:
- Conagher (1991) (TV) .... Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher
... aka Louis L'Amour's Conagher - "In the Heat of the Night" .... Tom McCauley (1 episode, 1990)
- December Days (1990) TV episode .... Tom McCauley - Once Upon a Texas Train (1988) (TV) .... Kelly Sutton
... aka Texas Guns - "Airwolf" .... Cecil Carnes Sr. (1 episode, 1986)
... aka Lobo del aire (USA: Spanish title)
- Wildfire (1986) TV episode .... Cecil Carnes Sr. - All American Cowboy (1985) (TV)
- "The Yellow Rose" .... Hoyt Coryell (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
- The Far Side of Fear (1984) TV episode .... Hoyt Coryell
- Villa's Gold (1984) TV episode .... Hoyt Coryell
- Beyond Vengeance (1984) TV episode .... Hoyt Coryell
- Chains of Fear (1984) TV episode .... Hoyt Coryell
- Debt of Honor (1984) TV episode .... Hoyt Coryell
(17 more) - Lost (1983)
- Legend of the Wild (1981)
- California Gold Rush (1981) (TV) .... Kentuck
- "How the West Was Won" .... Sheriff Orville Gant (1 episode, 1979)
- Hillary (1979) TV episode .... Sheriff Orville Gant - "Vega$" .... Digger Dennison (1 episode, 1979)
- Death Mountain (1979) TV episode .... Digger Dennison - Once Upon a Starry Night (1978) (TV)
- "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" (1 episode, 1978)
- Once Upon a Starry Night (1978) TV episode - "Black Beauty" (1978) TV mini-series .... Howard Jakes
- Pony Express Rider (1976) .... Jed Richardson
- "Petrocelli" (1 episode, 1976)
- The Falling Star (1976) TV episode - "Gunsmoke" .... Festus Haggen / ... (252 episodes, 1959-1975)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- The Sharecroppers (1975) TV episode .... Festus Haggen
- Manolo (1975) TV episode .... Festus Haggen
- The Busters (1975) TV episode .... Festus Haggen
- I Have Promises to Keep (1975) TV episode .... Festus Haggen
- Hard Labor (1975) TV episode (credit only) .... Festus Haggen
(247 more) - Robin Hood (1973) (voice) .... Nutsy
- Cheyenne Autumn (1964) .... Joe
... aka John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - "Death Valley Days" .... Graydon (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
- Graydon's Charge (1964) TV episode .... Graydon - "Ripcord" .... Jim Buckley (5 episodes, 1961-1963)
- Jump or Die (1963) TV episode .... Jim Buckley
- Jump to Freedom (1963) TV episode .... Jim Buckley
- Chute to Kill (1962) TV episode .... Jim Buckley
- Counter-Attack (1961) TV episode .... Jim Buckley
- Sierra Jump (1961) TV episode .... Jim Buckley - How the West Was Won (1962) (uncredited) .... Cpl. Ben
- "Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Monk / ... (5 episodes, 1959-1962)
- Pandora's Box (1962) TV episode .... Laski
- Soledad Crossing (1961) TV episode .... Tom Strickland
- Love's Young Dream (1960) TV episode .... Monk
- Naked Gun (1959) TV episode .... Monk
- The Posse (1959) TV episode .... Curley - Two Rode Together (1961) .... Greeley Clegg
- "The Aquanauts" .... Head Waiter / ... (2 episodes, 1961)
... aka Malibu Run
- The Diana Adventure (1961) TV episode .... Head Waiter
- The Stakeout Adventure (1961) TV episode .... Horton - "Sea Hunt" .... Dean Austin (1 episode, 1961)
- The Octopus Story (1961) TV episode .... Dean Austin - "The Case of the Dangerous Robin" (1 episode, 1961)
- Design for Death (1961) TV episode - "Rawhide" .... Vic Slade (1 episode, 1961)
- Incident of the Lost Idol (1961) TV episode .... Vic Slade - "Wagon Train" .... Kyle / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Colter Craven Story (1960) TV episode .... Kyle
- The Horace Best Story (1960) TV episode .... Pappy Lightfoot - "Perry Mason" .... Tim Durant (1 episode, 1960)
- The Case of the Clumsy Clown (1960) TV episode .... Tim Durant - The Alamo (1960) .... Capt. Almeron Dickinson
- Freckles (1960) .... Wessner
- My Dog, Buddy (1960) .... Dr. Lusk
- The Killer Shrews (1959) .... Jerry Farrell
... aka The Attack of the Killer Shrews - The Horse Soldiers (1959) .... Cpl. Wilkie
- Woman on the Run (1959) (TV)
- The Young Land (1959) .... Lee Hearn
- Escort West (1958) .... Trooper Burch
- The Last Hurrah (1958) .... Monsignor Killian
- The Missouri Traveler (1958) .... Fred Mueller
- Spring Reunion (1957) .... Al
- The Wings of Eagles (1957) .... John Dale Price
- Five Steps to Danger (1957) (uncredited) .... FBI Agent Jim Anderson
- The Searchers (1956) .... Charlie McCorry
- Mister Roberts (1955) .... Yeoman 3rd Class Dolan
- The Long Gray Line (1955) (uncredited) .... Specialty
- The Quiet Man (1952) (uncredited) .... Dermot Fahy
- Fighting Coast Guard (1951) (uncredited) .... Member of Sons of the Pioneers
... aka Fighting U.S. Coast Guard - Don Daredevil Rides Again (1951) .... Lee Hadley/Don Daredevil
- Rio Grande (1950) (uncredited) .... Donnelly (regimental singer)
... aka John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Rio Grande (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - Call of the Forest (1949) .... Bob Brand
- Stallion Canyon (1949) .... Curt Benson
- Riders of the Pony Express (1949) .... Tom Blake
- Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947) .... Curt Mason
... aka No Escape (UK) - Lone Star Moonlight (1946) .... Curt Norton
... aka Amongst the Thieves (UK) - Singing on the Trail (1946) .... Curt Stanton
... aka Lookin' for Someone (UK) - Cowboy Blues (1946) .... Curt Durant
... aka Beneath the Starry Skies (UK) - That Texas Jamboree (1946) .... Curt Chambers
... aka Medicine Man (UK) - Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946) .... Curt Walker
- Out of the Depths (1945) .... Buck Clayton
- Song of the Prairie (1945) .... Dan Tyler
... aka Sentiment and Song (UK) - Rhythm Round-Up (1945) .... Jimmy Benson
... aka Honest John (UK)
Soundtrack:
- The Quiet Man (1952) (performer: "The Wild Colonial Boy" (uncredited))
- Call of the Forest (1949) (performer: "Git Along Little Dogies")
- Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947) (writer: "Hi-Yo Texas") (performer: "Hi-Yo Texas", "Over the Santa Fe Trail")
... aka No Escape (UK) - Lone Star Moonlight (1946) (writer: "Lone Star Moonlight") (performer: "It's Great To Be Back", "Lone Star Moonlight", "Home on the Range")
... aka Amongst the Thieves (UK) - Singing on the Trail (1946) (writer: "Singing on the Trail", "Soft Breeze") (performer: "Singing on the Trail")
... aka Lookin' for Someone (UK) - Cowboy Blues (1946) (performer: "The First Thing I Do Every Morning")
... aka Beneath the Starry Skies (UK) - That Texas Jamboree (1946) (writer: "Never Tangle with Old John Law" (uncredited), "Prairie Serenade" (uncredited))
... aka Medicine Man (UK) - Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946) (performer: "The Strawberry Blonde on the Strawberry Roan", "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" (uncredited)) ("The Strawberry Blonde on the Strawberry Roan")
- Song of the Prairie (1945) (performer: "Sing To Me Cowboy", "Idaho-Ho", "Silver on the Sage")
... aka Sentiment and Song (UK) - Rhythm Round-Up (1945) (performer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Empty Saddles")
... aka Honest John (UK)
Producer:
- John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984) (producer)
- My Dog, Buddy (1960) (producer)
- The Giant Gila Monster (1959) (producer)
- The Killer Shrews (1959) (producer)
... aka The Attack of the Killer Shrews
Stunts:
- The Giant Gila Monster (1959) (stunts)
Thanks:
- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992) (V) (dedicated to the memory of)
Self:
- "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
- Ken Curtis (1972) TV episode .... Himself - The World of Sport Fishing (1972)
- Everybody's Dancin' (1950) (as Sons of the Pioneers) .... Himself
- Screen Snapshots: My Pal, Ringeye (1947) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- Fonda on Fonda (1992) (TV) (uncredited) .... Actor in 'Mister Roberts'
- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992) (V) .... Himself
- Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) (TV) .... Festus Haggen (flashback sequence)
- The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966) .... Festus Haggen
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