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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It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration | Self (archive footage) | 1987-11-27 |
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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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Home in Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-10-18 |
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Under Nevada Skies | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-08-26 |
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Rainbow Over Texas | Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker | 1946-05-09 |
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Badman's Territory | Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid | 1946-05-04 |
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Roll on Texas Moon | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-09-12 |
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Song of Arizona | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-03-08 |
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My Pal Trigger | Gabby Kendrick | 1946-07-10 |
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Heldorado | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-12-15 |
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Man from Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-07-01 |
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Bells of Rosarita | Gabby Whittake | 1945-06-19 |
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Sunset in El Dorado | Gabby | 1945-09-29 |
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Don't Fence Me In | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-10-20 |
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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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Marshal of Reno | Gabby | 1944-07-02 |
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Tucson Raiders | 'Gabby' Hopkins | 1944-05-14 |
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The Big Bonanza | Hap Selby | 1944-12-30 |
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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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Lights of Old Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1944-11-06 |
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Tall in the Saddle | Dave | 1944-09-29 |
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Bordertown Gun Fighters | Gabby Hayes | 1943-07-08 |
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Death Valley Manhunt | Gabby Hayes | 1943-11-25 |
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Wagon Tracks West | Gabby | 1943-08-18 |
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Overland Mail Robbery | Gabby | 1943-11-20 |
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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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Calling Wild Bill Elliott | Gabby Hayes | 1943-04-30 |
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Sunset Serenade | Gabby | 1942-09-14 |
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South of Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-02-17 |
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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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Heart of the Golden West | Gabby | 1942-11-16 |
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Romance on the Range | Gabby | 1942-05-18 |
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Ridin' Down the Canyon | Gabby | 1942-12-30 |
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Sons of the Pioneers | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-07-02 |
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Red River Valley | Gabby Whittaker | 1941-12-12 |
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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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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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Sheriff of Tombstone | Gabby | 1941-05-07 |
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In Old Cheyenne | Arapaho Brown | 1941-04-04 |
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Young Buffalo Bill | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-04-11 |
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Wagons Westward | Hardtack | 1940-06-19 |
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Dark Command | Andrew 'Doc' Grunch | 1940-04-15 |
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Melody Ranch | Pop Laramie | 1940-09-15 |
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The Carson City Kid | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-07-01 |
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Colorado | Gabby | 1940-09-15 |
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The Ranger and the Lady | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-07-30 |
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The Border Legion | Honest John Whittaker | 1940-12-05 |
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Young Bill Hickok | 'Gabby' Whitaker | 1940-10-21 |
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In Old Caliente | Gabby | 1939-06-19 |
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Sunset Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-02-24 |
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Silver on the Sage | Windy Halliday | 1939-03-31 |
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Days of Jesse James | Gabby | 1939-12-20 |
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In Old Monterey | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-08-14 |
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Saga of Death Valley | Gabby | 1939-11-17 |
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Let Freedom Ring | Pop Wilkie | 1939-02-24 |
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Wall Street Cowboy | Gabby | 1939-08-06 |
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Southward Ho! | Gabby | 1939-03-19 |
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Man of Conquest | Lannie Upchurch | 1939-05-15 |
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The Arizona Kid | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-09-28 |
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Fighting Thoroughbreds | Gramps Montrose | 1939-01-06 |
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Renegade Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-07-25 |
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Pride of the West | Windy Halliday | 1938-07-07 |
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Bar 20 Justice | Windy Halliday | 1938-06-24 |
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In Old Mexico | Windy Halliday | 1938-09-09 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Enoch | 1938-02-12 |
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The Frontiersmen | Windy Halliday | 1938-12-16 |
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Heart of Arizona | Windy Halliday | 1938-04-22 |
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North of the Rio Grande | Windy Halliday | 1937-06-28 |
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Mountain Music | Granpappy Burnside | 1937-06-18 |
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Hopalong Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1937-08-20 |
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Borderland | Windy Halliday | 1937-02-26 |
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Rustlers' Valley | Windy Halliday | 1937-07-23 |
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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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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Bearded Man | 1936-10-06 |
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The Plainsman | Breezy | 1936-11-16 |
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Call of the Prairie | Shanghai McHenry | 1936-03-06 |
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Silverspurs | Drag Harlan | 1936-01-29 |
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Heart of the West | Windy Jenkins | 1936-02-24 |
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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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Trail Dust | Windy Halliday | 1936-12-11 |
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Three on the Trail | Windy Halliday | 1936-04-14 |
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The Lawless Nineties | Major Carter | 1936-02-15 |
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited) | 1936-04-09 |
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I Married a Doctor | Train Station Agent | 1936-04-25 |
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The Texas Rangers | Judge Snow | 1936-08-28 |
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Song of the Trail | Dan Hobson | 1936-03-15 |
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The Headline Woman | Duffy | 1935-05-14 |
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Death Flies East | Wotkyns | 1935-02-28 |
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Hitch Hike Lady | Miner | 1935-12-28 |
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Justice of the Range | John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson | 1935-05-25 |
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Tombstone Terror | Soupy Baxter | 1935-04-24 |
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Thunder Mountain | Foley | 1935-09-27 |
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Smokey Smith | Blaze Bart | 1935-04-01 |
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The Outlaw Tamer | Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes) | 1935-03-15 |
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$1,000 a Minute | New Deal Watson | 1935-10-21 |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife | Lucas | 1935-07-05 |
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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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Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Dr. Parker | 1935-09-05 |
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Hop-a-long Cassidy | Uncle Ben | 1935-08-23 |
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Pearson (as George Hayes) | 1935-05-14 |
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The Eagle's Brood | Spike | 1935-10-25 |
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The Throwback | Ford Cruze | 1935-10-01 |
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The Lost City | Butterfield | 1935-03-06 |
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Honeymoon Limited | Pinkham | 1935-07-01 |
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Bar 20 Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1935-12-06 |
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Texas Terror | Sheriff Ed Williams | 1935-10-17 |
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Rainbow Valley | George Hale | 1935-03-15 |
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The Shadow Gang | Matt Matlock | 1934-06-01 |
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Bandits of the Badlands | Sheriff Jake Withers | 1934-06-01 |
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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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The Brand of Hate | Bill Larkins | 1934-11-02 |
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Mystery Liner | Joe, the Watchman | 1934-03-15 |
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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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Randy Rides Alone | - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute | 1934-06-05 |
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Bedlam of Beards | 1934-04-13 | |
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The Lucky Texan | Jake 'Grandy' Benson | 1934-01-22 |
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Next Of Kin | 'Dusty' | 1934-06-01 |
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The Star Packer | Matt Matlock | 1934-07-30 |
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West of the Divide | 'Dusty' | 1934-02-15 |
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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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Monte Carlo Nights | Inspector Nick Gunby | 1934-05-20 |
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In Old Santa Fe | Cactus | 1934-11-15 |
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Beggars in Ermine | Joe Wilson | 1934-02-21 |
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The Drifter | Marvin Black | 1934-06-18 |
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Vengence is Mine | Dusty | 1934-11-22 |
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Rodeo Rocketeers | Marshall George | 1934-05-15 |
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The Man from Hell | Banker Colonel Campbell | 1934-08-28 |
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City Limits | Charlie Carter | 1934-04-14 |
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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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Trailing North | Flash Ryan | 1933-05-15 |
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The Devil's Mate | Collins | 1933-08-20 |
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The Gallant Fool | Dad Denton | 1933-05-28 |
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Skyway | George Taylor | 1933-08-29 |
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Breed of the Border | Chuck Wiggins | 1933-03-01 |
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Ranger's Code | Baxter (as George Hayes) | 1933-08-14 |
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Riders of Destiny | Charlie Denton | 1933-10-10 |
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Fighting Texans | Pop Martin | 1933-06-15 |
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Ship of Wanted Men | Crewman | 1933-09-08 |
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Galloping Romeo | Grizzly | 1933-08-04 |
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Crashing Broadway | J. Talbot Thorndyke | 1933-06-01 |
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The Return of Casey Jones | Timothy Shine | 1933-05-24 |
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The Fugitive | Judge Tyler | 1933-07-15 |
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Self Defense | Jury Foreman | 1932-12-15 |
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Love Me Tonight | Grocer (uncredited) | 1932-08-18 |
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Hidden Valley | Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat | 1932-10-10 |
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Klondike | Tom Ross | 1932-08-29 |
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Border Devils | Squint Sanders | 1932-04-03 |
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The Night Rider | Altoonie | 1932-08-22 |
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The Man from Hell's Edges | Shamrock Cassidy | 1932-05-05 |
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Riders of the Desert | Hashknife Brooks | 1932-04-23 |
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Winner Take All | Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
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The Fighting Champ | Pete | 1932-12-15 |
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The Boiling Point | George Duncan | 1932-07-15 |
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Broadway to Cheyenne | Walrus | 1932-09-09 |
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Sally of the Subway | Police Lieutenant Paxton | 1932-01-15 |
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Play Girl | Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited) | 1932-03-12 |
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A Slip at the Switch | Deputy Smoot | 1932-08-08 |
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Wild Horse Mesa | Slack | 1932-11-25 |
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Texas Buddies | Si Haller | 1932-10-18 |
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The Nevada Buckaroo | Cherokee Williams | 1931-07-28 |
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Dragnet Patrol | Private Detective | 1931-12-14 |
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Oklahoma Jim | Crooked Gambler | 1931-10-10 |
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Cavalier of the West | Sheriff Bill Ryan | 1931-11-15 |
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Dirigible | Parade Official (uncredited) | 1931-02-01 |
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The Stolen Jools | Projectionist | 1931-04-04 |
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God's Country and the Man | Stingaree Kelly | 1931-05-01 |
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Big Business Girl | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1931-06-12 |
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Playing Around | Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited) | 1930-01-10 |
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For the Defense | Ben (the waiter) | 1930-07-19 |
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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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Rainbow Man | Bill | 1929-05-16 |
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Smiling Irish Eyes | Taxi Driver | 1929-07-22 |
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Big News | Hoffman | 1929-09-06 |
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The House Without Children | Archibald Ponsonby | 1919-08-10 |
