Denver Pyle
Born in Bethune, Colorado, USA — May 11 1920• Died Dec 25 1997
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85. Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State Univ…
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Murder, She Wrote
Eben Connors
Perry Mason
Robert Crane
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Bonanza
Price Buchanan
Dallas
Blackie Callahan
The Waltons
Wagon Train
Bragg
The Andy Griffith Show
Briscoe Darling
The Love Boat
Eric Springer
L.A. Law
Harold Nordoff
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Twilight Zone
Stu Tillman
Lassie
Maverick
The Virginian
Pico Brown
Dr. Kildare
R. E. Lenger
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
John Baker
The Rifleman
The High Chaparral
General Warren
Cannon
Ben Casey
Lawman
Route 66
Rawhide
John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade
Cheyenne
Cybill
Barnaby Jones
Stayley Kircher
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jesse Duke
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Uncle George
Bat Masterson
Dan Morgan
The Lone Ranger
Deputy French
What a Cartoon!
Podunk Possum (voice)
Checkmate
Terry Adams (
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Titus Purcell
Thriller
Ortho Wheeler
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lester
Adventures of Superman
Emile Hatch
Gunsmoke
Willie Calhoun
The Streets of San Francisco
The Texan
Bronco
State Trooper
Mark Schmedler
The Gene Autry Show
Public Defender
Tom Gayley
Mr. Novak
Brill
The Deputy
Akins
The Tall Man
Marshal Dave Leggert
Cain's Hundred
Chief Amos Trask
The Millionaire
Arthur Darner
How the West Was Won
Sgt. Tripp
Petrocelli
The Doris Day Show
Buck Webb
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Great Adventure
Gen. Mills
The Detectives
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Braddock
Hondo
Judge Amos Blunt
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Riverboat
Jim Bledsoe
Behind Closed Doors
Roger Woodson
Fury
Carter
Broken Arrow
Fred Graf
Annie Oakley
Dr. Barnes
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Cimarron Strip
26 Men
Hopalong Cassidy
Bourbon Street Beat
The Lieutenant
Grizzly Adams
Mad Jack
Law of the Plainsman
Burke Carew
Stagecoach West
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Royal (uncredited)
The Aquanauts
Captain Leo Stohl
Men Into Space
The Manhunter
The Lone Wolf
Kargar
Channing
Sam Riddle
Wichita Town
National Velvet
Frontier
I'm the Law
The Roy Rogers Show
Empire
Tom Rawling
Jefferson Drum
Bart Resdake
Bonnie and Clyde
Frank Hamer
Casey Jones
Frank Reeder
Maverick
Old Gambler on Riverboat
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Amos Carruthers
The Great Race
Sheriff
The Dukes
Uncle Jesse (voice)
My Friend Flicka
Alec
Buffalo Bill Jr.
The Horse Soldiers
Jackie Jo
The Alamo
Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Bandolero!
Muncie Carter
Canyon Ambush
Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
The Rounders
Bull
Cheyenne Autumn
Sen. Henry (uncredited)
Escape to Witch Mountain
Uncle Bene
Drum Beat
Fairchild (uncredited)
Shenandoah
Pastor Bjoerling
Home from the Hill
Mr. Bradley
Johnny Guitar
Posseman (uncredited)
Tammy
Mordecai Tarleton
The Left Handed Gun
Ollinger
Ten Wanted Men
Fort Massacre
Collins
Return to Mayberry
Briscoe Darling
Return from Witch Mountain
Uncle Bene
The Man from Colorado
Easy Jarrett
China Doll
Col. Wiley
Welcome to Hard Times
Alfie - Stage Driver
Karen
The Yellow Mountain
(uncredited)
5 Card Stud
Sig Evers
Gun Duel in Durango
Ranger Captain
Hellfire
Rex
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Kung Fu
Dr. Joseph Colton
Gunpoint
Cap
Singing Guns
Richards Henchman
Top Gun
Hank Spencer (uncredited)
El Paso
Vigilante (uncredited)
Run for Cover
Harvey (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
Greasy (uncredited)
Incident at Phantom Hill
1st Hunter
The Command
Infantryman (uncredited)
Cast a Long Shadow
Preacher Harrison
Red Canyon
Hutch
Captain China
Steve
The Big Wheel
Track Intern
Jet Pilot
Mr. Simpson
The Lonely Man
Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
Geronimo
Senator Conrad
Man from the Black Hills
Glenn Hartley
To Hell and Back
Thompson
Column South
Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
Mean Justice
Tom Rawling
Train to Alcatraz
Hutch Hutchins
Ride Clear of Diablo
Reverend Moorehead
Something Big
Junior Frisbee
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Senator Austin
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)
Hitched
Ben Barnstable
Welcome to L.A.
Carl Barber
Mutiny
Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
Denver
7th Cavalry
Dixon
Drums in the Deep South
Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
Domino Kid
Bill Dragger
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Uncle Jesse Duke
Hills of Utah
Bowie French
Too Late for Tears
Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
The Lone Hand
Regulator (uncredited)
Black Like Me
Man in pick-up truck
Good Day for a Hanging
Deputy Ed Moore
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
Desert Passage
Allen
Rage at Dawn
Clint Reno
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
Winterhawk
Arkansas
Oklahoma Annie
Skip
King of the Wild Stallions
MacGuire's Henchman
Fort Vengeance
Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Grandpappy John
Please Murder Me
Det. Lt. Bradley
Texas Bad Man
Tench
Rebel City
Greeley
Hog Wild
Dr. Larson
Murder or Mercy
Amos Champion
The Boy from Oklahoma
Bagley
Guardian of the Wilderness
Galen Clark
The Flying Saucer
Turner
Federal Agent at Large
'Jumpy' Jordan
Dynamite Pass
Henchman
Mail Order Bride
Preacher Pope
The Maverick
Bud Karnes
Once Upon a Starry Night
Mad Jack
Delta Fever
Walt
The Old Frontier
Henchman George
Hawmps!
Col. Seymour Hawkins
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
Jim Bailey
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Narrator
Father and Scout
George Rosebrock
Goldtown Ghost Riders
Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
Bitter Heritage
Sam Wheeler
Fargo
Carey
Topeka
Jonas Bailey
Flame of Youth
Lytz
Mara of the Wilderness
Kelly
Death Among Friends
Morgan
Rim of the Canyon
Cash Collins (uncredited)
A Perilous Journey
Bartender
Streets of San Francisco
Ed Quinn
Legend of the Northwest
The Naked Hills
Bert Killian / Narrator
Tammy and the Millionaire
Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
Yaqui Drums
Lefty Barr
Terrified
Sheriff Dixon
Vigilante Terror
Henchman Sperry
Million Dollar Pursuit
Nick Algren
Customs Agent
Al
Where the North Begins
Jim Rockwell
Devil Ship
Carl
Marshal of Amarillo
The Night Clerk
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Ben as an Adult
The Party Crashers
Mr. Bickford
Destination 60,000
Mickey Hill
Rough Riders of Durango
Henchman Lacey
Legend of the Wild
Narrator (Voice)
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Old mountain man
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
Narrator