George 'Gabby' Hayes
Born in Wellsville, New York, USA — May 06 1885• Died Feb 09 1969
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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 Cassi…
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What's My Line?
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Devil's Mate
Collins
Western von gestern
Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)
Tall in the Saddle
Dave
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Gabby Hayes
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
The Plainsman
Breezy
Trail Street
Billy Jones
Saga of Death Valley
Gabby
The Stolen Jools
Projectionist
In Old Oklahoma
Despirit Dean
The Cariboo Trail
Grizzly
Sheriff of Tombstone
Gabby
Call of the Prairie
Shanghai McHenry
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Gabby
Nevada City
Gabby Chapman
Bells of Rosarita
Gabby Whittake
Big News
Hoffman
El Paso
Pesky Tees
Sunset Trail
Windy Halliday
Hitch Hike Lady
Miner
In Old Monterey
Gabby Whittaker
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Uncle Ben
Under Nevada Skies
Gabby Whittaker
Jesse James at Bay
Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
Colorado
Gabby
Sunset Serenade
Gabby
North of the Rio Grande
Windy Halliday
Badman's Territory
Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
Marshal of Reno
Gabby
Days of Jesse James
Gabby
Red River Valley
Gabby Whittaker
Along the Navajo Trail
Gabby Whittaker
Young Buffalo Bill
Gabby Whittaker
Texas Terror
Sheriff Ed Williams
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Matt Downing
The Man from Utah
Marshal George Higgins
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Lucas
Sunset on the Desert
Gabby Whittaker
The Star Packer
Matt Matlock
Roll on Texas Moon
Gabby Whittaker
Romance on the Range
Gabby
The Big Bonanza
Hap Selby
Mountain Music
Granpappy Burnside
Self Defense
Jury Foreman
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
Heldorado
Gabby Whittaker
The Arizona Kid
Gabby Whittaker
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Three on the Trail
Windy Halliday
Pride of the West
Windy Halliday
Death Flies East
Wotkyns
Dark Command
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Borderland
Windy Halliday
Heart of Arizona
Windy Halliday
$1,000 a Minute
New Deal Watson
The Frontiersmen
Windy Halliday
The Sphinx
Detective Casey
The Border Legion
Honest John Whittaker
The Headline Woman
Duffy
Return of the Bad Men
John Pettit
Cavalier of the West
Sheriff Bill Ryan
Winner Take All
Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
The Lucky Texan
Jake 'Grandy' Benson
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Gabby Hayes
Bar 20 Justice
Windy Halliday
My Pal Trigger
Gabby Kendrick
Don't Fence Me In
Gabby Whittaker
The Fugitive
Judge Tyler
South of Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
Blue Steel
Sheriff Jake Withers
The Night Rider
Altoonie
Home in Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
Albuquerque
Juke
Southward Ho!
Gabby
Melody Ranch
Pop Laramie
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Windy Halliday
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Bearded Man
Bar 20 Rides Again
Windy Halliday
Next Of Kin
'Dusty'
Playing Around
Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
The Ranger and the Lady
Gabby Whittaker
Song of Arizona
Gabby Whittaker
Heart of the Golden West
Gabby
Hopalong Rides Again
Windy Halliday
The Lawless Nineties
Major Carter
The Outlaw Tamer
Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
In Old Cheyenne
Arapaho Brown
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Gabby Hayes
Utah
Gabby Whittaker
Silver on the Sage
Windy Halliday
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
Texas Buddies
Si Haller
Young Bill Hickok
'Gabby' Whitaker
Texas Trail
Windy Halliday
Tucson Raiders
'Gabby' Hopkins
Gold Is Where You Find It
Enoch
The Throwback
Ford Cruze
Silver Spurs
Drag Harlan
Sunset in El Dorado
Gabby
Rustlers' Valley
Windy Halliday
Thunder Mountain
Foley
Wild Horse Mesa
Slack
Swifty
Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
Rainbow Over Texas
Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
Love Me Tonight
Grocer (uncredited)
House of Mystery
David Fells
The Carson City Kid
Gabby Whittaker
Dirigible
Parade Official (uncredited)
The Shadow Gang
Matt Matlock
Song of the Trail
Dan Hobson
The Man from Thunder River
Gabby Whittaker
Sons of the Pioneers
Gabby Whittaker
In Old Santa Fe
Cactus
Bad Man of Deadwood
Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
Hills of Old Wyoming
Windy Halliday
The Untamed Breed
Windy Lucas
In Old Caliente
Gabby
For the Defense
Ben (the waiter)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
Wall Street Cowboy
Gabby
City Limits
Charlie Carter
Mojave Firebrand
Gabby Hayes
The Texas Rangers
Judge Snow
Man from Cheyenne
Gabby Whittaker
The Lost City
Butterfield
Man of Conquest
Lannie Upchurch
The Gabby Hayes Show
Narrator
Justice of the Range
John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
The Man from Hell
Banker Colonel Campbell
Beggars in Ermine
Joe Wilson
Smokey Smith
Blaze Bart
Riders of the Desert
Hashknife Brooks
The Gallant Fool
Dad Denton
Trail Dust
Windy Halliday
Bandits of the Badlands
Sheriff Jake Withers
Fighting Texans
Pop Martin
Rainbow Valley
George Hale
Fighting Thoroughbreds
Gramps Montrose
I Married a Doctor
Train Station Agent
Claim Jumpers
Jake Benson
The Lawless Frontier
Dusty
Border Devils
Squint Sanders
The Return of Casey Jones
Timothy Shine
Valley of the Lawless
Grandpaw Jenkins
Man from Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
Klondike
Tom Ross
Monte Carlo Nights
Inspector Nick Gunby
Honeymoon Limited
Pinkham
Randy Rides Alone
- Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
The Eagle's Brood
Spike
Hidden Valley
Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
Rodeo Rocketeers
Marshall George
Wagon Tracks West
Gabby
Riders of Destiny
Charlie Denton
Wagons Westward
Hardtack
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
Smiling Irish Eyes
Taxi Driver
The Nevada Buckaroo
Cherokee Williams
Wyoming
Windy Gibson
Ladies Crave Excitement
McCloskey
Overland Mail Robbery
Gabby
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Dr. Parker
Big Business Girl
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Trailing North
Flash Ryan
Death Valley Manhunt
Gabby Hayes
Skyway
George Taylor
West of the Divide
'Dusty'
Play Girl
Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
Let Freedom Ring
Pop Wilkie
Top Speed
Western Union Clerk
Ship of Wanted Men
Crewman
Renegade Trail
Windy Halliday
The Phantom Broadcast
Police Lieutenant
Tombstone Terror
Soupy Baxter
Breed of the Border
Chuck Wiggins
In Old Mexico
Windy Halliday
Heart of the West
Windy Jenkins
Oklahoma Jim
Crooked Gambler
The Brand of Hate
Bill Larkins
Crashing Broadway
J. Talbot Thorndyke
The Gabby Hayes Show
Himself
The Boiling Point
George Duncan
Galloping Romeo
Grizzly
Dragnet Patrol
Private Detective
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Pearson (as George Hayes)
The Drifter
Marvin Black
The Fighting Champ
Pete
Rainbow Man
Bill
Vengence is Mine
Dusty
Sally of the Subway
Police Lieutenant Paxton
Mystery Liner
Joe, the Watchman
A Slip at the Switch
Deputy Smoot
The Man from Hell's Edges
Shamrock Cassidy
Ranger's Code
Baxter (as George Hayes)
Broadway to Cheyenne
Walrus
God's Country and the Man
Stingaree Kelly
Bedlam of Beards
The House Without Children
Archibald Ponsonby
She Who Gets Slapped
Poker Player