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George 'Gabby' Hayes
Born · May 6, 1885
Died · February 9, 1969 (83 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Wellsville, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Western von gestern
Gabby Whittaker (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.5
1978
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
9.0
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.3
1956
The Gabby Hayes Show
Narrator · (12 episodes)
0.0
1956
The Gabby Hayes Show
Himself · (2 episodes)
6.5
1950
The Cariboo Trail
Grizzly
6.3
1950
What's My Line?
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
1950
El Paso
Pesky Tees
5.7
1949
The Untamed Breed
Windy Lucas
5.0
1948
Return of the Bad Men
John Pettit
6.3
1948
Albuquerque
Juke
6.8
1948
Wyoming
Windy Gibson
6.0
1947
Trail Street
Billy Jones
6.4
1947
Heldorado
Gabby Whittaker
5.5
1946
Home in Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
6.2
1946
Roll on Texas Moon
Gabby Whittaker
6.0
1946
Under Nevada Skies
Gabby Whittaker
5.0
1946
My Pal Trigger
Gabby Kendrick
5.9
1946
Rainbow Over Texas
Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
4.0
1946
Badman's Territory
Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
5.8
1946
Song of Arizona
Gabby Whittaker
4.8
1946
Don't Fence Me In
Gabby Whittaker
4.3
1945
Sunset in El Dorado
Gabby
4.2
1945
Along the Navajo Trail
Gabby Whittaker
0.0
1945
Man from Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
4.0
1945
Bells of Rosarita
Gabby Whittake
5.5
1945
Utah
Gabby Whittaker
5.0
1945
The Big Bonanza
Hap Selby
5.5
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
5.2
1944
Tall in the Saddle
Dave
6.5
1944
Marshal of Reno
Gabby
7.0
1944
Tucson Raiders
'Gabby' Hopkins
0.0
1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Gabby Hayes
0.0
1944
Mojave Firebrand
Gabby Hayes
3.0
1944
In Old Oklahoma
Despirit Dean
6.2
1943
Death Valley Manhunt
Gabby Hayes
5.0
1943
Overland Mail Robbery
Gabby
0.0
1943
Wagon Tracks West
Gabby
0.0
1943
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Gabby Hayes
0.0
1943
The Man from Thunder River
Gabby Whittaker
5.0
1943
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Gabby Hayes
6.0
1943
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Gabby
7.0
1942
Heart of the Golden West
Gabby
2.0
1942
Sunset Serenade
Gabby
5.5
1942
Sons of the Pioneers
Gabby Whittaker
0.0
1942
Romance on the Range
Gabby
5.7
1942
Sunset on the Desert
Gabby Whittaker
5.8
1942
South of Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
5.2
1942
Man from Cheyenne
Gabby Whittaker
7.5
1942
Red River Valley
Gabby Whittaker
7.7
1941
Jesse James at Bay
Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
5.0
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
4.4
1941
Nevada City
Gabby Chapman
5.0
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone
Gabby
6.8
1941
In Old Cheyenne
Arapaho Brown
4.1
1941
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
5.0
1941
The Border Legion
Honest John Whittaker
5.2
1940
Young Bill Hickok
'Gabby' Whitaker
4.4
1940
Colorado
Gabby
5.5
1940
Melody Ranch
Pop Laramie
5.5
1940
The Ranger and the Lady
Gabby Whittaker
5.0
1940
The Carson City Kid
Gabby Whittaker
5.5
1940
Wagons Westward
Hardtack
6.0
1940
Dark Command
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
6.3
1940
Young Buffalo Bill
Gabby Whittaker
3.8
1940
Days of Jesse James
Gabby
5.5
1939
Saga of Death Valley
Gabby
6.2
1939
The Arizona Kid
Gabby Whittaker
5.8
1939
In Old Monterey
Gabby Whittaker
5.3
1939
Wall Street Cowboy
Gabby
6.5
1939
Renegade Trail
Windy Halliday
5.0
1939
In Old Caliente
Gabby
5.0
1939
Man of Conquest
Lannie Upchurch
5.2
1939
Silver on the Sage
Windy Halliday
0.0
1939
Southward Ho!
Gabby
7.0
1939
Sunset Trail
Windy Halliday
6.0
1939
Let Freedom Ring
Pop Wilkie
6.0
1939
Fighting Thoroughbreds
Gramps Montrose
0.0
1939
The Frontiersmen
Windy Halliday
5.0
1938
In Old Mexico
Windy Halliday
0.0
1938
Pride of the West
Windy Halliday
0.0
1938
Bar 20 Justice
Windy Halliday
5.0
1938
Heart of Arizona
Windy Halliday
5.5
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
Enoch
6.9
1938
Texas Trail
Windy Halliday
5.5
1937
Hopalong Rides Again
Windy Halliday
7.0
1937
Rustlers' Valley
Windy Halliday
6.0
1937
North of the Rio Grande
Windy Halliday
6.0
1937
Mountain Music
Granpappy Burnside
6.5
1937
Hills of Old Wyoming
Windy Halliday
0.0
1937
Borderland
Windy Halliday
0.0
1937
Trail Dust
Windy Halliday
4.0
1936
The Plainsman
Breezy
6.3
1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Windy Halliday
6.3
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Bearded Man
6.3
1936
The Texas Rangers
Judge Snow
6.4
1936
I Married a Doctor
Train Station Agent
4.7
1936
Three on the Trail
Windy Halliday
5.0
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
7.5
1936
Song of the Trail
Dan Hobson
5.0
1936
Call of the Prairie
Shanghai McHenry
5.0
1936
Heart of the West
Windy Jenkins
4.5
1936
The Lawless Nineties
Major Carter
5.2
1936
Silver Spurs
Drag Harlan
0.0
1936
Valley of the Lawless
Grandpaw Jenkins
0.0
1936
Hitch Hike Lady
Miner
6.8
1935
Swifty
Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
0.0
1935
Bar 20 Rides Again
Windy Halliday
6.0
1935
The Eagle's Brood
Spike
5.0
1935
$1,000 a Minute
New Deal Watson
5.6
1935
Texas Terror
Sheriff Ed Williams
4.7
1935
The Throwback
Ford Cruze
0.0
1935
Thunder Mountain
Foley
0.0
1935
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Dr. Parker
6.2
1935
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Uncle Ben
6.0
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Lucas
6.1
1935
Honeymoon Limited
Pinkham
6.0
1935
Ladies Crave Excitement
McCloskey
4.5
1935
Justice of the Range
John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
0.0
1935
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Pearson (as George Hayes)
4.2
1935
The Headline Woman
Duffy
5.0
1935
Tombstone Terror
Soupy Baxter
4.0
1935
Smokey Smith
Blaze Bart
5.0
1935
Rainbow Valley
George Hale
4.8
1935
The Outlaw Tamer
Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
0.0
1935
The Lost City
Butterfield
5.1
1935
Death Flies East
Wotkyns
5.0
1935
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Matt Downing
4.5
1934
The Lawless Frontier
Dusty
4.7
1934
In Old Santa Fe
Cactus
5.0
1934
The Brand of Hate
Bill Larkins
4.5
1934
The Man from Hell
Banker Colonel Campbell
4.5
1934
The Star Packer
Matt Matlock
4.5
1934
Randy Rides Alone
- Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
4.9
1934
Bandits of the Badlands
Sheriff Jake Withers
0.0
1934
The Shadow Gang
Matt Matlock
0.0
1934
Next Of Kin
'Dusty'
0.0
1934
Monte Carlo Nights
Inspector Nick Gunby
5.9
1934
The Man from Utah
Marshal George Higgins
4.7
1934
Blue Steel
Sheriff Jake Withers
4.8
1934
City Limits
Charlie Carter
4.0
1934
Bedlam of Beards
1.0
1934
House of Mystery
David Fells
4.7
1934
Mystery Liner
Joe, the Watchman
4.6
1934
Beggars in Ermine
Joe Wilson
6.3
1934
West of the Divide
'Dusty'
5.0
1934
The Lucky Texan
Jake 'Grandy' Benson
4.9
1934
Claim Jumpers
Jake Benson
0.0
1934
Riders of Destiny
Charlie Denton
5.2
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
Crewman
2.0
1933
Skyway
George Taylor
5.2
1933
The Devil's Mate
Collins
0.0
1933
Ranger's Code
Baxter (as George Hayes)
0.0
1933
Galloping Romeo
Grizzly
0.0
1933
The Fugitive
Judge Tyler
0.0
1933
Fighting Texans
Pop Martin
0.0
1933
The Sphinx
Detective Casey
4.8
1933
Crashing Broadway
J. Talbot Thorndyke
4.0
1933
The Gallant Fool
Dad Denton
0.0
1933
The Return of Casey Jones
Timothy Shine
6.0
1933
Trailing North
Flash Ryan
6.7
1933
The Phantom Broadcast
Police Lieutenant
4.8
1933
Breed of the Border
Chuck Wiggins
0.0
1933
The Fighting Champ
Pete
5.5
1932
Self Defense
Jury Foreman
0.0
1932
Wild Horse Mesa
Slack
0.0
1932
Texas Buddies
Si Haller
6.0
1932
Hidden Valley
Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
6.0
1932
Broadway to Cheyenne
Walrus
4.2
1932
Klondike
Tom Ross
5.3
1932
The Night Rider
Altoonie
0.0
1932
Love Me Tonight
Grocer (uncredited)
6.6
1932
A Slip at the Switch
Deputy Smoot
0.0
1932
Winner Take All
Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
5.3
1932
The Boiling Point
George Duncan
4.0
1932
The Man from Hell's Edges
Shamrock Cassidy
4.0
1932
Riders of the Desert
Hashknife Brooks
4.5
1932
Border Devils
Squint Sanders
5.3
1932
Play Girl
Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
5.2
1932
Sally of the Subway
Police Lieutenant Paxton
6.0
1932
Dragnet Patrol
Private Detective
5.2
1931
Cavalier of the West
Sheriff Bill Ryan
4.8
1931
Oklahoma Jim
Crooked Gambler
0.0
1931
The Nevada Buckaroo
Cherokee Williams
0.0
1931
Big Business Girl
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
5.5
1931
God's Country and the Man
Stingaree Kelly
0.0
1931
The Stolen Jools
Projectionist
5.6
1931
Dirigible
Parade Official (uncredited)
5.6
1931
Top Speed
Western Union Clerk
6.0
1930
For the Defense
Ben (the waiter)
4.8
1930
She Who Gets Slapped
Poker Player
8.0
1930
Playing Around
Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
4.7
1930
Big News
Hoffman
4.6
1929
Smiling Irish Eyes
Taxi Driver
0.0
1929
Rainbow Man
Bill
0.0
1929
The House Without Children
Archibald Ponsonby
0.0
1919