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George 'Gabby' Hayes

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Born on May 6th, 1885

Wellsville, New York, USA

Died on February 9th, 1969

Biography

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.

Filmography

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976

(archive footage)

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

Self (archive footage)

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The Cariboo Trail

1950

Grizzly

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El Paso

1949

Pesky Tees

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The Untamed Breed

1948

Windy Lucas

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Return of the Bad Men

1948

John Pettit

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Albuquerque

1948

Juke

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Wyoming

1947

Windy Gibson

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Trail Street

1947

Billy Jones

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Heldorado

1946

Gabby Whittaker

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Home in Oklahoma

1946

Gabby Whittaker

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Roll on Texas Moon

1946

Gabby Whittaker

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Under Nevada Skies

1946

Gabby Whittaker

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My Pal Trigger

1946

Gabby Kendrick

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Rainbow Over Texas

1946

Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker

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Badman's Territory

1946

Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid

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Song of Arizona

1946

Gabby Whittaker

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Don't Fence Me In

1945

Gabby Whittaker

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Sunset in El Dorado

1945

Gabby

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Along the Navajo Trail

1945

Gabby Whittaker

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Man from Oklahoma

1945

Gabby Whittaker

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Bells of Rosarita

1945

Gabby Whittake

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Utah

1945

Gabby Whittaker

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The Big Bonanza

1944

Hap Selby

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Lights of Old Santa Fe

1944

Gabby Whittaker

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Tall in the Saddle

1944

Dave

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Marshal of Reno

1944

Gabby

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Tucson Raiders

1944

'Gabby' Hopkins

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Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944

Gabby Hayes

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Mojave Firebrand

1944

Gabby Hayes

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In Old Oklahoma

1943

Despirit Dean

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Death Valley Manhunt

1943

Gabby Hayes

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Overland Mail Robbery

1943

Gabby

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Wagon Tracks West

1943

Gabby

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Bordertown Gun Fighters

1943

Gabby Hayes

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The Man from Thunder River

1943

Gabby Whittaker

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Calling Wild Bill Elliott

1943

Gabby Hayes

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Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942

Gabby

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Heart of the Golden West

1942

Gabby

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Sunset Serenade

1942

Gabby

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Sons of the Pioneers

1942

Gabby Whittaker

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Romance on the Range

1942

Gabby

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Sunset on the Desert

1942

Gabby Whittaker

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South of Santa Fe

1942

Gabby Whittaker

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Man from Cheyenne

1942

Gabby Whittaker

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Red River Valley

1941

Gabby Whittaker

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Jesse James at Bay

1941

Sheriff Gabby Whitaker

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Bad Man of Deadwood

1941

Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone

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Nevada City

1941

Gabby Chapman

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Sheriff of Tombstone

1941

Gabby

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In Old Cheyenne

1941

Arapaho Brown

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Robin Hood of the Pecos

1941

Gabriel Gabby Hornaday

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The Border Legion

1940

Honest John Whittaker

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Young Bill Hickok

1940

'Gabby' Whitaker

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Colorado

1940

Gabby

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Melody Ranch

1940

Pop Laramie

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The Ranger and the Lady

1940

Gabby Whittaker

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The Carson City Kid

1940

Gabby Whittaker

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Wagons Westward

1940

Hardtack

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Dark Command

1940

Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

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Young Buffalo Bill

1940

Gabby Whittaker

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Days of Jesse James

1939

Gabby

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Saga of Death Valley

1939

Gabby

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The Arizona Kid

1939

Gabby Whittaker

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In Old Monterey

1939

Gabby Whittaker

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Wall Street Cowboy

1939

Gabby

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Renegade Trail

1939

Windy Halliday

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In Old Caliente

1939

Gabby

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Man of Conquest

1939

Lannie Upchurch

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Silver on the Sage

1939

Windy Halliday

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Southward Ho!

1939

Gabby

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Sunset Trail

1939

Windy Halliday

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Let Freedom Ring

1939

Pop Wilkie

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Fighting Thoroughbreds

1939

Gramps Montrose

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The Frontiersmen

1938

Windy Halliday

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In Old Mexico

1938

Windy Halliday

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Pride of the West

1938

Windy Halliday

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Bar 20 Justice

1938

Windy Halliday

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Heart of Arizona

1938

Windy Halliday

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Gold Is Where You Find It

1938

Enoch

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Texas Trail

1937

Windy Halliday

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Hopalong Rides Again

1937

Windy Halliday

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Rustlers' Valley

1937

Windy Halliday

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North of the Rio Grande

1937

Windy Halliday

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Mountain Music

1937

Granpappy Burnside

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Hills of Old Wyoming

1937

Windy Halliday

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Borderland

1937

Windy Halliday

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Trail Dust

1936

Windy Halliday

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The Plainsman

1936

Breezy

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Hopalong Cassidy Returns

1936

Windy Halliday

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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936

Bearded Man

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The Texas Rangers

1936

Judge Snow

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I Married a Doctor

1936

Train Station Agent

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Three on the Trail

1936

Windy Halliday

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

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Song of the Trail

1936

Dan Hobson

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Call of the Prairie

1936

Shanghai McHenry

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Heart of the West

1936

Windy Jenkins

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The Lawless Nineties

1936

Major Carter

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Silver Spurs

1936

Drag Harlan

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Valley of the Lawless

1936

Grandpaw Jenkins

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Hitch Hike Lady

1935

Miner

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Swifty

1935

Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)

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Bar 20 Rides Again

1935

Windy Halliday

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The Eagle's Brood

1935

Spike

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$1,000 a Minute

1935

New Deal Watson

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Texas Terror

1935

Sheriff Ed Williams

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The Throwback

1935

Ford Cruze

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Thunder Mountain

1935

Foley

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Tumbling Tumbleweeds

1935

Dr. Parker

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Hop-a-long Cassidy

1935

Uncle Ben

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The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935

Lucas

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Honeymoon Limited

1935

Pinkham

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Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

McCloskey

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Justice of the Range

1935

John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson

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The Hoosier Schoolmaster

1935

Pearson (as George Hayes)

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The Headline Woman

1935

Duffy

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Tombstone Terror

1935

Soupy Baxter

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Smokey Smith

1935

Blaze Bart

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Rainbow Valley

1935

George Hale

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The Outlaw Tamer

1935

Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)

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The Lost City

1935

Butterfield

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Death Flies East

1935

Wotkyns

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'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934

Matt Downing

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The Lawless Frontier

1934

Dusty

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In Old Santa Fe

1934

Cactus

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The Brand of Hate

1934

Bill Larkins

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The Man from Hell

1934

Banker Colonel Campbell

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The Star Packer

1934

Matt Matlock

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Randy Rides Alone

1934

- Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute

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Bandits of the Badlands

1934

Sheriff Jake Withers

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The Shadow Gang

1934

Matt Matlock

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Next Of Kin

1934

'Dusty'

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Monte Carlo Nights

1934

Inspector Nick Gunby

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The Man from Utah

1934

Marshal George Higgins

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Blue Steel

1934

Sheriff Jake Withers

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City Limits

1934

Charlie Carter

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Bedlam of Beards

1934

Character TBA

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House of Mystery

1934

David Fells

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Mystery Liner

1934

Joe, the Watchman

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Beggars in Ermine

1934

Joe Wilson

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West of the Divide

1934

'Dusty'

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The Lucky Texan

1934

Jake 'Grandy' Benson

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Claim Jumpers

1934

Jake Benson

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Riders of Destiny

1933

Charlie Denton

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Ship of Wanted Men

1933

Crewman

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Skyway

1933

George Taylor

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The Devil's Mate

1933

Collins

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Ranger's Code

1933

Baxter (as George Hayes)

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Galloping Romeo

1933

Grizzly

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The Fugitive

1933

Judge Tyler

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Fighting Texans

1933

Pop Martin

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The Sphinx

1933

Detective Casey

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Crashing Broadway

1933

J. Talbot Thorndyke

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The Gallant Fool

1933

Dad Denton

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The Return of Casey Jones

1933

Timothy Shine

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Trailing North

1933

Flash Ryan

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The Phantom Broadcast

1933

Police Lieutenant

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Breed of the Border

1933

Chuck Wiggins

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The Fighting Champ

1932

Pete

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Self Defense

1932

Jury Foreman

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Wild Horse Mesa

1932

Slack

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Texas Buddies

1932

Si Haller

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Hidden Valley

1932

Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat

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Broadway to Cheyenne

1932

Walrus

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Klondike

1932

Tom Ross

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The Night Rider

1932

Altoonie

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Love Me Tonight

1932

Grocer (uncredited)

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A Slip at the Switch

1932

Deputy Smoot

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Winner Take All

1932

Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)

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The Boiling Point

1932

George Duncan

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The Man from Hell's Edges

1932

Shamrock Cassidy

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Riders of the Desert

1932

Hashknife Brooks

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Border Devils

1932

Squint Sanders

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Play Girl

1932

Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)

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Sally of the Subway

1932

Police Lieutenant Paxton

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Dragnet Patrol

1931

Private Detective

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Cavalier of the West

1931

Sheriff Bill Ryan

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Oklahoma Jim

1931

Crooked Gambler

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The Nevada Buckaroo

1931

Cherokee Williams

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Big Business Girl

1931

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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God's Country and the Man

1931

Stingaree Kelly

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The Stolen Jools

1931

Projectionist

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Dirigible

1931

Parade Official (uncredited)

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Top Speed

1930

Western Union Clerk

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For the Defense

1930

Ben (the waiter)

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She Who Gets Slapped

1930

Poker Player

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Playing Around

1930

Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)

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Big News

1929

Hoffman

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Smiling Irish Eyes

1929

Taxi Driver

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Rainbow Man

1929

Bill

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The House Without Children

1919

Archibald Ponsonby

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