1885-05-06 Wellsville, New York, USA
George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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The Western: A Lost TV Special | Self | 1958-06-08 |
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The Cariboo Trail | Grizzly | 1950-08-01 |
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El Paso | Pesky Tees | 1949-03-22 |
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The Untamed Breed | Windy Lucas | 1948-10-20 |
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Albuquerque | Juke | 1948-02-20 |
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Return of the Bad Men | John Pettit | 1948-07-17 |
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Trail Street | Billy Jones | 1947-02-19 |
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Wyoming | Windy Gibson | 1947-07-28 |
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Badman's Territory | Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid | 1946-05-04 |
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Under Nevada Skies | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-08-26 |
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Heldorado | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-12-15 |
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Home in Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-10-18 |
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Roll on Texas Moon | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-09-12 |
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My Pal Trigger | Gabby Kendrick | 1946-07-10 |
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Rainbow Over Texas | Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker | 1946-05-09 |
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Song of Arizona | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-03-08 |
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Bells of Rosarita | Gabby Whittake | 1945-06-19 |
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Utah | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-03-21 |
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Along the Navajo Trail | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-09-15 |
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Don't Fence Me In | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-10-20 |
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Man from Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-07-01 |
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Sunset in El Dorado | Gabby | 1945-09-29 |
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Marshal of Reno | Gabby | 1944-07-02 |
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Lights of Old Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1944-11-06 |
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Tucson Raiders | 'Gabby' Hopkins | 1944-05-14 |
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Mojave Firebrand | Gabby Hayes | 1944-03-19 |
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Hidden Valley Outlaws | Gabby Hayes | 1944-04-01 |
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Tall in the Saddle | Dave | 1944-09-29 |
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The Big Bonanza | Hap Selby | 1944-12-30 |
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The Man from Thunder River | Gabby Whittaker | 1943-06-11 |
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In Old Oklahoma | Despirit Dean | 1943-12-06 |
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Overland Mail Robbery | Gabby | 1943-11-20 |
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Calling Wild Bill Elliott | Gabby Hayes | 1943-04-30 |
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Death Valley Manhunt | Gabby Hayes | 1943-11-25 |
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Bordertown Gun Fighters | Gabby Hayes | 1943-07-08 |
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Wagon Tracks West | Gabby | 1943-08-18 |
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Sunset Serenade | Gabby | 1942-09-14 |
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Sunset on the Desert | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-04-01 |
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Man from Cheyenne | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-01-16 |
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South of Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-02-17 |
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Heart of the Golden West | Gabby | 1942-11-16 |
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Ridin' Down the Canyon | Gabby | 1942-12-30 |
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Romance on the Range | Gabby | 1942-05-18 |
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Sons of the Pioneers | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-07-02 |
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Bad Man of Deadwood | Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone | 1941-09-05 |
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Jesse James at Bay | Sheriff Gabby Whitaker | 1941-10-17 |
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In Old Cheyenne | Arapaho Brown | 1941-04-04 |
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Red River Valley | Gabby Whittaker | 1941-12-12 |
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Sheriff of Tombstone | Gabby | 1941-05-07 |
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Nevada City | Gabby Chapman | 1941-06-19 |
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Robin Hood of the Pecos | Gabriel Gabby Hornaday | 1941-01-14 |
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Wagons Westward | Hardtack | 1940-06-19 |
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Colorado | Gabby | 1940-09-15 |
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Young Bill Hickok | 'Gabby' Whitaker | 1940-10-21 |
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Melody Ranch | Pop Laramie | 1940-09-15 |
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Dark Command | Andrew 'Doc' Grunch | 1940-04-15 |
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The Border Legion | Honest John Whittaker | 1940-12-05 |
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Young Buffalo Bill | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-04-11 |
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The Carson City Kid | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-07-01 |
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The Ranger and the Lady | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-07-30 |
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Fighting Thoroughbreds | Gramps Montrose | 1939-01-06 |
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Southward Ho! | Gabby | 1939-03-19 |
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Wall Street Cowboy | Gabby | 1939-08-06 |
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Days of Jesse James | Gabby | 1939-12-20 |
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Saga of Death Valley | Gabby | 1939-11-17 |
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Man of Conquest | Lannie Upchurch | 1939-05-15 |
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In Old Monterey | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-08-14 |
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In Old Caliente | Gabby | 1939-06-19 |
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Let Freedom Ring | Pop Wilkie | 1939-02-24 |
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Silver on the Sage | Windy Halliday | 1939-03-31 |
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Renegade Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-07-25 |
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Sunset Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-02-24 |
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The Arizona Kid | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-09-28 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Enoch | 1938-02-12 |
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Pride of the West | Windy Halliday | 1938-07-07 |
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The Frontiersmen | Windy Halliday | 1938-12-16 |
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In Old Mexico | Windy Halliday | 1938-09-09 |
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Heart of Arizona | Windy Halliday | 1938-04-22 |
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Bar 20 Justice | Windy Halliday | 1938-06-24 |
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Rustlers' Valley | Windy Halliday | 1937-07-23 |
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Borderland | Windy Halliday | 1937-02-26 |
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North of the Rio Grande | Windy Halliday | 1937-06-28 |
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Hopalong Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1937-08-20 |
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Hills of Old Wyoming | Windy Halliday | 1937-04-16 |
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Texas Trail | Windy Halliday | 1937-11-26 |
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Mountain Music | Granpappy Burnside | 1937-06-18 |
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The Texas Rangers | Judge Snow | 1936-08-28 |
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Valley of the Lawless | Grandpaw Jenkins | 1936-01-25 |
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Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Windy Halliday | 1936-10-16 |
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Heart of the West | Windy Jenkins | 1936-02-24 |
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Three on the Trail | Windy Halliday | 1936-04-14 |
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The Plainsman | Breezy | 1936-11-16 |
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The Lawless Nineties | Major Carter | 1936-02-15 |
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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Bearded Man | 1936-10-06 |
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I Married a Doctor | Train Station Agent | 1936-04-25 |
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Silver Spurs | Drag Harlan | 1936-01-29 |
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Song of the Trail | Dan Hobson | 1936-03-15 |
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited) | 1936-04-09 |
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Trail Dust | Windy Halliday | 1936-12-11 |
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Call of the Prairie | Shanghai McHenry | 1936-03-06 |
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Texas Terror | Sheriff Ed Williams | 1935-10-17 |
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Smokey Smith | Blaze Bart | 1935-04-01 |
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Tombstone Terror | Soupy Baxter | 1935-04-24 |
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The Eagle's Brood | Spike | 1935-10-25 |
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Pearson (as George Hayes) | 1935-05-14 |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife | Lucas | 1935-07-05 |
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Death Flies East | Wotkyns | 1935-02-28 |
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The Throwback | Ford Cruze | 1935-10-01 |
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$1,000 a Minute | New Deal Watson | 1935-10-21 |
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The Outlaw Tamer | Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes) | 1935-03-15 |
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The Headline Woman | Duffy | 1935-05-14 |
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The Lost City | Butterfield | 1935-03-06 |
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Thunder Mountain | Foley | 1935-09-27 |
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Swifty | Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes) | 1935-12-12 |
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Ladies Crave Excitement | McCloskey | 1935-06-21 |
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Hop-a-long Cassidy | Uncle Ben | 1935-08-23 |
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Rainbow Valley | George Hale | 1935-03-15 |
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Dr. Parker | 1935-09-05 |
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Bar 20 Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1935-12-06 |
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Justice of the Range | John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson | 1935-05-25 |
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Hitch Hike Lady | Miner | 1935-12-28 |
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Honeymoon Limited | Pinkham | 1935-07-01 |
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West of the Divide | 'Dusty' | 1934-02-15 |
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Mystery Liner | Joe, the Watchman | 1934-03-15 |
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The Star Packer | Matt Matlock | 1934-07-30 |
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The Lucky Texan | Jake 'Grandy' Benson | 1934-01-22 |
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The Lawless Frontier | Dusty | 1934-11-22 |
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The Man from Utah | Marshal George Higgins | 1934-05-15 |
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Randy Rides Alone | - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute | 1934-06-05 |
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Beggars in Ermine | Joe Wilson | 1934-02-21 |
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Rodeo Rocketeers | Marshall George | 1934-05-15 |
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Vengence is Mine | Dusty | 1934-11-22 |
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The Drifter | Marvin Black | 1934-06-18 |
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In Old Santa Fe | Cactus | 1934-11-15 |
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Monte Carlo Nights | Inspector Nick Gunby | 1934-05-20 |
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Bedlam of Beards | 1934-04-13 | |
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House of Mystery | David Fells | 1934-03-30 |
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'Neath the Arizona Skies | Matt Downing | 1934-12-05 |
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Blue Steel | Sheriff Jake Withers | 1934-05-10 |
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Claim Jumpers | Jake Benson | 1934-01-22 |
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City Limits | Charlie Carter | 1934-04-14 |
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The Brand of Hate | Bill Larkins | 1934-11-02 |
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Next Of Kin | 'Dusty' | 1934-06-01 |
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Bandits of the Badlands | Sheriff Jake Withers | 1934-06-01 |
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The Shadow Gang | Matt Matlock | 1934-06-01 |
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The Man from Hell | Banker Colonel Campbell | 1934-08-28 |
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The Sphinx | Detective Casey | 1933-06-01 |
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The Phantom Broadcast | Police Lieutenant | 1933-03-14 |
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Crashing Broadway | J. Talbot Thorndyke | 1933-06-01 |
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Skyway | George Taylor | 1933-08-29 |
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Riders of Destiny | Charlie Denton | 1933-10-10 |
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The Return of Casey Jones | Timothy Shine | 1933-05-24 |
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The Devil's Mate | Collins | 1933-08-20 |
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The Fugitive | Judge Tyler | 1933-07-15 |
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Fighting Texans | Pop Martin | 1933-06-15 |
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Breed of the Border | Chuck Wiggins | 1933-03-01 |
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The Gallant Fool | Dad Denton | 1933-05-28 |
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Galloping Romeo | Grizzly | 1933-08-04 |
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Ranger's Code | Baxter (as George Hayes) | 1933-08-14 |
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Trailing North | Flash Ryan | 1933-05-15 |
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Ship of Wanted Men | Crewman | 1933-09-08 |
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Klondike | Tom Ross | 1932-08-29 |
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Sally of the Subway | Police Lieutenant Paxton | 1932-01-15 |
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Hidden Valley | Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat | 1932-10-10 |
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Self Defense | Jury Foreman | 1932-12-15 |
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Riders of the Desert | Hashknife Brooks | 1932-04-23 |
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The Fighting Champ | Pete | 1932-12-15 |
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Love Me Tonight | Grocer (uncredited) | 1932-08-18 |
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Broadway to Cheyenne | Walrus | 1932-09-09 |
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The Man from Hell's Edges | Shamrock Cassidy | 1932-05-05 |
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Wild Horse Mesa | Slack | 1932-11-25 |
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Border Devils | Squint Sanders | 1932-04-03 |
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Winner Take All | Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
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The Boiling Point | George Duncan | 1932-07-15 |
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The Night Rider | Altoonie | 1932-08-22 |
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Play Girl | Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited) | 1932-03-12 |
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Texas Buddies | Si Haller | 1932-10-18 |
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A Slip at the Switch | Deputy Smoot | 1932-08-08 |
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Dragnet Patrol | Private Detective | 1931-12-14 |
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The Nevada Buckaroo | Cherokee Williams | 1931-07-28 |
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Big Business Girl | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1931-06-12 |
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Dirigible | Parade Official (uncredited) | 1931-02-01 |
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Cavalier of the West | Sheriff Bill Ryan | 1931-11-15 |
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God's Country and the Man | Stingaree Kelly | 1931-05-01 |
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The Stolen Jools | Projectionist | 1931-04-04 |
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Oklahoma Jim | Crooked Gambler | 1931-10-10 |
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Playing Around | Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited) | 1930-01-10 |
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Top Speed | Western Union Clerk | 1930-08-24 |
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She Who Gets Slapped | Poker Player | 1930-05-15 |
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For the Defense | Ben (the waiter) | 1930-07-19 |
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Rainbow Man | Bill | 1929-05-16 |
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Big News | Hoffman | 1929-09-06 |
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Smiling Irish Eyes | Taxi Driver | 1929-07-22 |
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The House Without Children | Archibald Ponsonby | 1919-08-10 |
