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Sheb Wooley
Acting
Biography
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.
BODY OF WORK
Sheb Wooley's Filmography
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Golden Dreams
as Screaming Native American
A Goofy Movie
as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Purple People Eater
as Harvey Skitters
Hoosiers
as Cletus Summers
Uphill All the Way
as Anson Sudro
Silverado
as Cavalry Sergeant
The Dollmaker
as Mr. Kendrick
History of the World: Part I
as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Big Brawl
as Screaming Thug
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Travis Cobb
The War Wagon
as Snyder
No Poster
Country Boy
Hootenanny Hoot!
as Self
PT 109
as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Terror in a Texas Town
as Baxter (uncredited)
Ride a Violent Mile
as Jonathan Long
Trooper Hook
as Townsman
Without Incident
The Black Whip
as Bill Lassater
Giant
as Gabe Target
Man Without a Star
as Latigo
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
as Posseman (uncredited)
Arrow In The Dust
as Trooper (uncredited)
Rose Marie
as Corporal
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Pete Martin
Texas Bad Man
as Mack
The Charge at Feather River
as Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
Toughest Man in Arizona
Cattle Town
as Miller
Hellgate
as Neill Price
High Noon
as Ben Miller
Distant Drums
as Pvt. Jessup
Fort Worth
as Outrider (uncredited)
Little Big Horn
as Quince
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Apache Drums
as Townsman (uncredited)
Rocky Mountain
as Kay Rawlins