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George 'Gabby' Hayes
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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 Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from us…
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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 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.
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George 'Gabby' Hayes's Filmography
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It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
The Cariboo Trail
as Grizzly
El Paso
as Pesky Tees
The Untamed Breed
as Windy Lucas
Return of the Bad Men
as John Pettit
Albuquerque
as Juke
Wyoming
as Windy Gibson
Trail Street
as Billy Jones
Heldorado
as Gabby Whittaker
Home in Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
Roll on Texas Moon
as Gabby Whittaker
Under Nevada Skies
as Gabby Whittaker
My Pal Trigger
as Gabby Kendrick
Rainbow Over Texas
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
Badman's Territory
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
Song of Arizona
as Gabby Whittaker
Don't Fence Me In
as Gabby Whittaker
Sunset in El Dorado
as Gabby
Along the Navajo Trail
as Gabby Whittaker
Man from Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
Bells of Rosarita
as Gabby Whittake
Utah
as Gabby Whittaker
The Big Bonanza
as Hap Selby
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
Tall in the Saddle
as Dave
Marshal of Reno
as Gabby
Tucson Raiders
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gabby Hayes
Mojave Firebrand
as Gabby Hayes
In Old Oklahoma
as Despirit Dean
Death Valley Manhunt
as Gabby Hayes
Overland Mail Robbery
as Gabby
Wagon Tracks West
as Gabby
Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Gabby Hayes
The Man from Thunder River
as Gabby Whittaker
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Gabby Hayes
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gabby
Heart of the Golden West
as Gabby
Sunset Serenade
as Gabby
The Sons of the Pioneers
as Gabby Whittaker
Romance on the Range
as Gabby
Sunset on the Desert
as Gabby Whittaker
South of Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
Man from Cheyenne
as Gabby Whittaker
Red River Valley
as Gabby Whittaker
Jesse James at Bay
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
Nevada City
as Gabby Chapman
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Gabby
In Old Cheyenne
as Arapaho Brown
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
The Border Legion
as Honest John Whittaker
Young Bill Hickok
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
Colorado
as Gabby
Melody Ranch
as Pop Laramie
The Ranger and the Lady
as Gabby Whittaker
The Carson City Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
Wagons Westward
as Hardtack
Dark Command
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Young Buffalo Bill
as Gabby Whittaker
Days of Jesse James
as Gabby
Saga of Death Valley
as Gabby
The Arizona Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
In Old Monterey
as Gabby Whittaker
Wall Street Cowboy
as Gabby
Renegade Trail
as Windy Halliday
In Old Caliente
as Gabby
Man of Conquest
as Lannie Upchurch
Silver on the Sage
as Windy Halliday
Southward Ho!
as Gabby
Let Freedom Ring
as Pop Wilkie
Sunset Trail
as Windy Halliday
Fighting Thoroughbreds
as Gramps Montrose
The Frontiersmen
as Windy Halliday
In Old Mexico
as Windy Halliday
Pride of the West
as Windy Halliday
Bar 20 Justice
as Windy Halliday
Heart of Arizona
as Windy Halliday
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Enoch
Texas Trail
as Windy Halliday
Hopalong Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
Rustlers' Valley
as Windy Halliday
North of the Rio Grande
as Windy Halliday
Mountain Music
as Granpappy Burnside
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Windy Halliday
Borderland
as Windy Halliday
Trail Dust
as Windy Halliday
The Plainsman
as Breezy
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Windy Halliday
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Bearded Man
The Texas Rangers
as Judge Snow
I Married a Doctor
as Train Station Agent
Three on the Trail
as Windy Halliday
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Song of the Trail
as Dan Hobson
Call of the Prairie
as Shanghai McHenry
Heart of the West
as Windy Jenkins
The Lawless Nineties
as Major Carter
Silverspurs
as Drag Harlan
Valley of the Lawless
as Grandpaw Jenkins
Hitch Hike Lady
as Miner
Swifty
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
The Eagle's Brood
as Spike
$1,000 a Minute
as New Deal Watson
Texas Terror
as Sheriff Ed Williams
The Throwback
as Ford Cruze
Thunder Mountain
as Foley
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Dr. Parker
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Uncle Ben
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Lucas
Honeymoon Limited
as Pinkham
Ladies Crave Excitement
as McCloskey
Justice of the Range
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
The Headline Woman
as Duffy
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
Tombstone Terror
as Soupy Baxter
Smokey Smith
as Blaze Bart
Rainbow Valley
as George Hale
The Outlaw Tamer
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
The Lost City
as Butterfield
Death Flies East
as Wotkyns
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Matt Downing
The Lawless Frontier
as Dusty
Vengence is Mine
as Dusty
In Old Santa Fe
as Cactus
The Brand of Hate
as Bill Larkins
The Man from Hell
as Banker Colonel Campbell
The Star Packer
as Matt Matlock
The Drifter
as Marvin Black
Randy Rides Alone
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
The Shadow Gang
as Matt Matlock
Next Of Kin
as 'Dusty'
Bandits of the Badlands
as Sheriff Jake Withers
Monte Carlo Nights
as Inspector Nick Gunby
The Man from Utah
as Marshal George Higgins
Rodeo Rocketeers
as Marshall George
Blue Steel
as Sheriff Jake Withers
City Limits
as Charlie Carter
Bedlam of Beards
House of Mystery
as David Fells
Mystery Liner
as Joe, the Watchman
Beggars in Ermine
as Joe Wilson
West of the Divide
as 'Dusty'
The Lucky Texan
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
Claim Jumpers
as Jake Benson
Riders of Destiny
as Charlie Denton
Ship of Wanted Men
as Crewman
Skyway
as George Taylor
The Devil's Mate
as Collins
Ranger's Code
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
Galloping Romeo
as Grizzly
The Fugitive
as Judge Tyler
Fighting Texans
as Pop Martin
The Sphinx
as Detective Casey
Crashing Broadway
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
The Gallant Fool
as Dad Denton
The Return of Casey Jones
as Timothy Shine
Trailing North
as Flash Ryan
The Phantom Broadcast
as Police Lieutenant
Breed of the Border
as Chuck Wiggins
Self Defense
as Jury Foreman
The Fighting Champ
as Pete
Wild Horse Mesa
as Slack
Texas Buddies
as Si Haller
Hidden Valley
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
Broadway to Cheyenne
as Walrus
Klondike
as Tom Ross
The Night Rider
as Altoonie
Love Me Tonight
as Grocer (uncredited)
No Poster
A Slip at the Switch
as Deputy Smoot
Winner Take All
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
as George Duncan
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Shamrock Cassidy
Riders of the Desert
as Hashknife Brooks
Border Devils
as Squint Sanders
Play Girl
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
Sally of the Subway
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
Dragnet Patrol
as Private Detective
Cavalier of the West
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
Oklahoma Jim
as Crooked Gambler
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Cherokee Williams
Big Business Girl
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
God's Country and the Man
as Stingaree Kelly
The Stolen Jools
as Projectionist
Dirigible
as Parade Official (uncredited)
Top Speed
as Western Union Clerk
For the Defense
as Ben (the waiter)
She Who Gets Slapped
as Poker Player
Playing Around
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Big News
as Hoffman
Smiling Irish Eyes
as Taxi Driver
Rainbow Man
as Bill
The House Without Children
as Archibald Ponsonby