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George 'Gabby' Hayes

George 'Gabby' Hayes

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

Born

May 06, 1885

Wellsville, New York, USA

Died

Feb 09, 1969

Known For

Acting

Movies

197 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Tall in the Saddle
Tall in the Saddle
1944 as Dave
★ 6.6
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch
1940 as Pop Laramie
★ 6.2
El Paso
El Paso
1949 as Pesky Tees
★ 6.0
Trail Street
Trail Street
1947 as Billy Jones
★ 6.5
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Dark Command
Dark Command
1940 as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
★ 6.4
Love Me Tonight
Love Me Tonight
1932 as Grocer (uncredited)
★ 6.6
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 as Lucas
★ 6.2
In Old Oklahoma
In Old Oklahoma
1943 as Despirit Dean
★ 6.2
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
1931 as Projectionist
★ 5.6
The Lawless Nineties
The Lawless Nineties
1936 as Major Carter
★ 5.5
The Lucky Texan
The Lucky Texan
1934 as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
★ 5.0
Blue Steel
Blue Steel
1934 as Sheriff Jake Withers
★ 4.8
The Star Packer
The Star Packer
1934 as Matt Matlock
★ 4.5
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 as Breezy
★ 6.5
The Devil's Mate
The Devil's Mate
1933 as Collins
★ 8.0
The Lawless Frontier
The Lawless Frontier
1934 as Dusty
★ 4.8
Southward Ho!
Southward Ho!
1939 as Gabby
★ 5.5
Randy Rides Alone
Randy Rides Alone
1934 as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
★ 5.0
Riders of Destiny
Riders of Destiny
1933 as Charlie Denton
★ 5.3
Colorado
Colorado
1940 as Gabby
★ 6.4
House of Mystery
House of Mystery
1934 as David Fells
★ 5.1
The Gallant Fool
The Gallant Fool
1933 as Dad Denton
★ 9.0
The Cariboo Trail
The Cariboo Trail
1950 as Grizzly
★ 6.4
West of the Divide
West of the Divide
1934 as 'Dusty'
★ 5.2
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
1948 as Juke
★ 6.8
Winner Take All
Winner Take All
1932 as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
★ 5.4
My Pal Trigger
My Pal Trigger
1946 as Gabby Kendrick
★ 5.5
Sunset Serenade
Sunset Serenade
1942 as Gabby
★ 6.2
Sunset Trail
Sunset Trail
1939 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.3
The Ranger and the Lady
The Ranger and the Lady
1940 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.3
Dirigible
Dirigible
1931 as Parade Official (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Call of the Prairie
Call of the Prairie
1936 as Shanghai McHenry
★ 5.8
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 as Bearded Man
★ 6.7
'Neath the Arizona Skies
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934 as Matt Downing
★ 4.8
Wagon Tracks West
Wagon Tracks West
1943 as Gabby
★ 9.0
The Sphinx
The Sphinx
1933 as Detective Casey
★ 5.1
Sunset on the Desert
Sunset on the Desert
1942 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.0
Mystery Liner
Mystery Liner
1934 as Joe, the Watchman
★ 4.7
Days of Jesse James
Days of Jesse James
1939 as Gabby
★ 5.1
Badman's Territory
Badman's Territory
1946 as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
★ 6.3
The Frontiersmen
The Frontiersmen
1938 as Windy Halliday
★ 5.8
The Boiling Point
The Boiling Point
1932 as George Duncan
★ 7.0
Big News
Big News
1929 as Hoffman
★ 4.5
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain
1935 as Foley
★ 10.0
The Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers
1936 as Judge Snow
★ 6.6
Utah
Utah
1945 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.5
Gold Is Where You Find It
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 as Enoch
★ 7.0
Jesse James at Bay
Jesse James at Bay
1941 as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
★ 4.8
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935 as Dr. Parker
★ 7.5
Big Business Girl
Big Business Girl
1931 as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Bar 20 Justice
Bar 20 Justice
1938 as Windy Halliday
★ 5.4
Return of the Bad Men
Return of the Bad Men
1948 as John Pettit
★ 6.3
The Man from Utah
The Man from Utah
1934 as Marshal George Higgins
★ 4.8
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935 as Uncle Ben
★ 6.5
Silver on the Sage
Silver on the Sage
1939 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.5
The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid
1940 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.2
Song of Arizona
Song of Arizona
1946 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 4.6
Wall Street Cowboy
Wall Street Cowboy
1939 as Gabby
★ 5.8
Sunset in El Dorado
Sunset in El Dorado
1945 as Gabby
★ 5.7
Smokey Smith
Smokey Smith
1935 as Blaze Bart
★ 6.0
The Lost City
The Lost City
1935 as Butterfield
★ 5.8
Borderland
Borderland
1937 as Windy Halliday
★ 7.5
Rainbow Man
Rainbow Man
1929 as Bill
★ 10.0
In Old Monterey
In Old Monterey
1939 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.3
Sheriff of Tombstone
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 as Gabby
★ 7.2
The Big Bonanza
The Big Bonanza
1944 as Hap Selby
★ 6.3
Rainbow Over Texas
Rainbow Over Texas
1946 as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
★ 7.3
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
1939 as Pop Wilkie
★ 6.8
Nevada City
Nevada City
1941 as Gabby Chapman
★ 7.0
Claim Jumpers
Claim Jumpers
1934 as Jake Benson
Silverspurs
Silverspurs
1936 as Drag Harlan
★ 10.0
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942 as Gabby
★ 7.5
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943 as Gabby Hayes
★ 9.0
Rainbow Valley
Rainbow Valley
1935 as George Hale
★ 4.9
Death Flies East
Death Flies East
1935 as Wotkyns
★ 7.0
Home in Oklahoma
Home in Oklahoma
1946 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.6
Texas Terror
Texas Terror
1935 as Sheriff Ed Williams
★ 4.8
Under Nevada Skies
Under Nevada Skies
1946 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
Heart of Arizona
Heart of Arizona
1938 as Windy Halliday
★ 5.5
Man of Conquest
Man of Conquest
1939 as Lannie Upchurch
★ 5.6
Along the Navajo Trail
Along the Navajo Trail
1945 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
Song of the Trail
Song of the Trail
1936 as Dan Hobson
★ 5.8
The Arizona Kid
The Arizona Kid
1939 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.1
In Old Caliente
In Old Caliente
1939 as Gabby
★ 6.0
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
For the Defense
For the Defense
1930 as Ben (the waiter)
★ 5.3
Saga of Death Valley
Saga of Death Valley
1939 as Gabby
★ 6.7
The Shadow Gang
The Shadow Gang
1934 as Matt Matlock
Wyoming
Wyoming
1947 as Windy Gibson
★ 6.5
Play Girl
Play Girl
1932 as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
★ 5.0
Red River Valley
Red River Valley
1941 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
Bar 20 Rides Again
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.7
Man from Oklahoma
Man from Oklahoma
1945 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.3
Tucson Raiders
Tucson Raiders
1944 as 'Gabby' Hopkins
★ 8.0
Texas Trail
Texas Trail
1937 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.3
Don't Fence Me In
Don't Fence Me In
1945 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.8
Galloping Romeo
Galloping Romeo
1933 as Grizzly
★ 8.0
Pride of the West
Pride of the West
1938 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.5
Romance on the Range
Romance on the Range
1942 as Gabby
★ 6.5
Justice of the Range
Justice of the Range
1935 as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
★ 9.0
In Old Cheyenne
In Old Cheyenne
1941 as Arapaho Brown
★ 4.6
$1,000 a Minute
$1,000 a Minute
1935 as New Deal Watson
★ 5.8
Bad Man of Deadwood
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
★ 5.3
Hitch Hike Lady
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 as Miner
★ 7.8
The Border Legion
The Border Legion
1940 as Honest John Whittaker
★ 5.0
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1933 as Judge Tyler
★ 8.0
Vengence is Mine
Vengence is Mine
1934 as Dusty
The Sons of the Pioneers
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 9.0
South of Santa Fe
South of Santa Fe
1942 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.0
Trailing North
Trailing North
1933 as Flash Ryan
★ 7.5
Renegade Trail
Renegade Trail
1939 as Windy Halliday
★ 5.0
The Drifter
The Drifter
1934 as Marvin Black
I Married a Doctor
I Married a Doctor
1936 as Train Station Agent
★ 5.3
Rustlers' Valley
Rustlers' Valley
1937 as Windy Halliday
★ 5.8
Wild Horse Mesa
Wild Horse Mesa
1932 as Slack
★ 10.0
In Old Santa Fe
In Old Santa Fe
1934 as Cactus
★ 5.8
Wagons Westward
Wagons Westward
1940 as Hardtack
★ 6.5
Bells of Rosarita
Bells of Rosarita
1945 as Gabby Whittake
★ 6.2
The Night Rider
The Night Rider
1932 as Altoonie
★ 8.0
Hidden Valley
Hidden Valley
1932 as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
★ 7.5
The Nevada Buckaroo
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931 as Cherokee Williams
★ 8.0
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.8
Texas Buddies
Texas Buddies
1932 as Si Haller
★ 7.0
Playing Around
Playing Around
1930 as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
★ 5.0
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944 as Gabby Hayes
★ 8.0
The Brand of Hate
The Brand of Hate
1934 as Bill Larkins
★ 5.8
In Old Mexico
In Old Mexico
1938 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.7
Monte Carlo Nights
Monte Carlo Nights
1934 as Inspector Nick Gunby
★ 5.9
Heart of the Golden West
Heart of the Golden West
1942 as Gabby
★ 4.3
The Phantom Broadcast
The Phantom Broadcast
1933 as Police Lieutenant
★ 5.1
The Fighting Champ
The Fighting Champ
1932 as Pete
★ 6.7
The Eagle's Brood
The Eagle's Brood
1935 as Spike
★ 5.8
Man from Cheyenne
Man from Cheyenne
1942 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 8.0
Marshal of Reno
Marshal of Reno
1944 as Gabby
★ 8.0
Trail Dust
Trail Dust
1936 as Windy Halliday
★ 5.3
Cavalier of the West
Cavalier of the West
1931 as Sheriff Bill Ryan
★ 5.1
The Untamed Breed
The Untamed Breed
1948 as Windy Lucas
★ 6.5
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.6
Young Buffalo Bill
Young Buffalo Bill
1940 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 4.6
Top Speed
Top Speed
1930 as Western Union Clerk
★ 6.5
Overland Mail Robbery
Overland Mail Robbery
1943 as Gabby
★ 9.0
Rodeo Rocketeers
Rodeo Rocketeers
1934 as Marshall George
Fighting Texans
Fighting Texans
1933 as Pop Martin
★ 9.0
Oklahoma Jim
Oklahoma Jim
1931 as Crooked Gambler
★ 9.0
Three on the Trail
Three on the Trail
1936 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.0
The Headline Woman
The Headline Woman
1935 as Duffy
★ 4.6
Self Defense
Self Defense
1932 as Jury Foreman
★ 10.0
Heldorado
Heldorado
1946 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.0
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941 as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
★ 6.0
Valley of the Lawless
Valley of the Lawless
1936 as Grandpaw Jenkins
★ 7.5
The Man from Thunder River
The Man from Thunder River
1943 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
Roll on Texas Moon
Roll on Texas Moon
1946 as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.3
The Man from Hell
The Man from Hell
1934 as Banker Colonel Campbell
★ 5.7
Beggars in Ermine
Beggars in Ermine
1934 as Joe Wilson
★ 7.3
Swifty
Swifty
1935 as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
★ 8.0
Skyway
Skyway
1933 as George Taylor
★ 5.8
Hills of Old Wyoming
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937 as Windy Halliday
★ 5.0
Mountain Music
Mountain Music
1937 as Granpappy Burnside
★ 6.0
Klondike
Klondike
1932 as Tom Ross
★ 5.3
Death Valley Manhunt
Death Valley Manhunt
1943 as Gabby Hayes
★ 7.5
Ranger's Code
Ranger's Code
1933 as Baxter (as George Hayes)
★ 10.0
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935 as Pearson (as George Hayes)
★ 4.3
City Limits
City Limits
1934 as Charlie Carter
★ 5.5
Border Devils
Border Devils
1932 as Squint Sanders
★ 6.0
Young Bill Hickok
Young Bill Hickok
1940 as 'Gabby' Whitaker
★ 5.4
Sally of the Subway
Sally of the Subway
1932 as Police Lieutenant Paxton
★ 8.0
Ladies Crave Excitement
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935 as McCloskey
★ 5.7
The Man from Hell's Edges
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932 as Shamrock Cassidy
★ 6.5
Bandits of the Badlands
Bandits of the Badlands
1934 as Sheriff Jake Withers
The Outlaw Tamer
The Outlaw Tamer
1935 as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
★ 9.0
Hopalong Rides Again
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.3
Honeymoon Limited
Honeymoon Limited
1935 as Pinkham
★ 5.8
God's Country and the Man
God's Country and the Man
1931 as Stingaree Kelly
★ 8.0
Tombstone Terror
Tombstone Terror
1935 as Soupy Baxter
★ 5.5
Crashing Broadway
Crashing Broadway
1933 as J. Talbot Thorndyke
★ 5.5
Dragnet Patrol
Dragnet Patrol
1931 as Private Detective
★ 6.2
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943 as Gabby Hayes
★ 6.3
Smiling Irish Eyes
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 as Taxi Driver
★ 9.0
Mojave Firebrand
Mojave Firebrand
1944 as Gabby Hayes
★ 4.7
The Throwback
The Throwback
1935 as Ford Cruze
★ 7.0
Next Of Kin
Next Of Kin
1934 as 'Dusty'
movie
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939 as Gramps Montrose
★ 7.0
Riders of the Desert
Riders of the Desert
1932 as Hashknife Brooks
★ 6.0
Heart of the West
Heart of the West
1936 as Windy Jenkins
★ 5.3
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A Slip at the Switch
1932 as Deputy Smoot
North of the Rio Grande
North of the Rio Grande
1937 as Windy Halliday
★ 6.7
The Return of Casey Jones
The Return of Casey Jones
1933 as Timothy Shine
★ 7.5
Ship of Wanted Men
Ship of Wanted Men
1933 as Crewman
★ 3.8
Broadway to Cheyenne
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932 as Walrus
★ 5.0
Breed of the Border
Breed of the Border
1933 as Chuck Wiggins
★ 7.0
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It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Bedlam of Beards
★ 3.3
She Who Gets Slapped
She Who Gets Slapped
1930 as Poker Player
★ 8.0
The House Without Children
The House Without Children
1919 as Archibald Ponsonby
★ 10.0