Dennis Fimple

Born: 1940-11-11

He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides, Petticoat Junction, Matt Houston, M*A*S*H, Centennial, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Sledge Hammer!, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap and ER. He also had roles in films such as Truck Stop Women (1974), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Goin' South (1978), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982) and Maverick (1994), and shared the lead in Bootleggers (1974) and Creature from Black Lake (1976). His most popular role was that of the lovable but none-too-bright Devil's Hole Gang member, Kyle Murtry, on the ABC comedy/western series, Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Fimple appeared in seven episodes and remains a favorite of fans of the series. In 1993-1994, he appeared as Garral in seven episodes of the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series Harts of the West on CBS. His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film, House of 1000 Corpses, as the foul-mouthed Grandpa Hugo. Fimple was born in Taft, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple.[1] He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958.[2] He died in Frazier Park, California in August 2002 from a car accident.


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House of 1000 Corpses

as Grandpa Hugo Firefly
Released: 2003-04-11

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of...

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Down Periscope

as Fisherman
Released: 1996-03-01

Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a...

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King Kong

as Sunfish
Released: 1976-09-08

An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to...

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as Stuttering
Released: 1994-05-20

Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional...

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Goin' South

as Hangman
Released: 1978-10-06

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to...

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Stay Hungry

as Bubba
Released: 1976-04-23

A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be...

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The Apple Dumpling Gang

as Rudy Hooks
Released: 1975-07-01

A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters...

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Once Upon a Texas Train

as Telegrapher
Released: 1988-10-12

Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle...

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Swing Shift

as Rupert George
Released: 1984-04-13

In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor....

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The Culpepper Cattle Co.

as Wounded Man in Bar
Released: 1972-04-15

Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his...

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Winterhawk

as Scoby
Released: 1975-11-05

Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in...

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The Shadow of Chikara

as Posey
Released: 1977-07-15

Two former Confederate captains try to remove diamonds hidden in the Arkansas mountains, but a...

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Creature from Black Lake

as Pahoo
Released: 1976-03-01

Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps run into a Bigfoot-type creature.

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Bootleggers

as Dewey Crenshaw
Released: 1974-06-06

A bunch of bootleggers run booze in the South.

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Of Mice and Men

as Whit
Released: 1981-11-29

George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make...

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The Giant of Thunder Mountain

as Henderson (Townsman)
Released: 1990-12-25

A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.

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Truck Stop Women

as Curly
Released: 1974-05-15

A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take...

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Young Pioneers

as Man in Land Office
Released: 1976-03-01

Pilot for TV series of the same name released in 1978. The film told the tale of Molly and David...

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They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

as Lem
Released: 1978-12-01

Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as...

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The Evictors

as Mr. Bumford
Released: 1979-04-17

A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its...

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Fangs

as uncredited
Released: 2002-02-25

Scottsville is a sleepy town, where the yearly apple blossom festival is usually the only...

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Mackintosh and T.J.

as Schuster
Released: 1975-11-21

Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.

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Death Falls

as Griff
Released: 1991-01-01

A terminally ill man gets his buddy to bust him out of the hospital. But, in the process, the...

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Body Slam

as Elmo
Released: 1986-11-21

M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent...

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Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws

as The Salt Flat Kid
Released: 1978-11-03

Two guys come to Nashville and try to make it on the country music scene. Their vision is to...

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Gidget Gets Married

as Policeman
Released: 1972-01-04

Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.

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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

as Blackface / Charlie Bright
Released: 1979-11-20

A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years...

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Hawken's Breed

as Crowley
Released: 1987-01-01

Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named...

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The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

as Farron
Released: 1974-07-29

Poe's fiance, Lenore, falls into a coma and is taken for dead. She is rescued at the last...

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The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

as McGirk
Released: 1976-08-01

This comical western chronicles the silly adventures of a bumbling wagonmaster and his clutzy...

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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

as Straw Hat
Released: 1991-03-01

H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He...

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Summertree

as Shelly
Released: 1971-06-06

Jerry, not a member of the 'protest generation' but is instead, an 'All American boy,' is...

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The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch

as Lamont
Released: 1982-10-31

It's quiet in Chastity Gulch, a small town in the Wild West. The men of the village are all in...

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A Summer to Remember

as Smitty
Released: 1985-03-27

Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against...

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The Sky Trap

as Wilks
Released: 1979-05-13

A young man in Arizona, in trying to save his mother’s business, takes off in a sailplane and...

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Honky Tonk

as uncredited
Released: 1974-04-01

In the wild west con-man 'Candy' Johnson heads to Nevada to set up his own gambling den and...

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B.J. and the Bear

as Second Deputy
Released: 1978-10-04

In this pilot film, B.J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a...

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You and Me

as uncredited
Released: 1975-05-31

A young boy and a biker become friends on the road.

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White House Madness

as Bob Haldeman
Released: 1975-01-01

The Nixon Administration falls apart in a farcical manner in the time of the Watergate Scandal.

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The $5.20 an Hour Dream

as Aiken
Released: 1980-01-26

A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the...

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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

as Hotel clerk
Released: 1971-02-01

An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get...

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Quantum Leap

as Red Norton
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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Starsky & Hutch

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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The A-Team

as Cates
First aired: 1983-01-23

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Farmer
First aired: 1996-09-27

On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her...

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ER

as Dante
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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M*A*S*H

as Sergeant 'Sparky' Pryor
First aired: 1972-09-17

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little...

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Homeless Man
First aired: 1993-09-12

A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty...

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as Daryl (segment "They Towed My Car")
First aired: 1997-05-25

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and...

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Charlie's Angels

as George Bartlett
First aired: 1976-09-22

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could...

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The Incredible Hulk

as Sergeant
First aired: 1977-11-04

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Highway to Heaven

as Joey Small
First aired: 1984-09-19

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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The Fall Guy

as Renfro
First aired: 1981-11-04

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble...

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Petticoat Junction

as Elwood
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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Party of Five

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-12

Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their...

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Green Acres

as Man
First aired: 1965-09-15

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...

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Matt Houston

as Bo
First aired: 1982-09-26

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...

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Battlestar Galactica

as Duggy
First aired: 1978-09-17

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander...

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McCloud

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-02-17

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...

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Sledge Hammer!

as Shy Eddie
First aired: 1986-09-23

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran...

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Sledge Hammer!

as Informant
First aired: 1986-09-23

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran...

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Weird Science

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-03-05

Gary Wallace, a teenager who dreams of beautiful women and a cheerful life, and his only friend,...

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Alias Smith and Jones

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-05

Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to...

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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as Gully Barton
First aired: 1993-08-27

A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from...

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The Greatest American Hero

as Deputy Kyle Kane
First aired: 1981-03-18

The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red...

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The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Party Guest (uncredited)
First aired: 1969-09-17

The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the...

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-25

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September...

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Automan

as Taxi Driver
First aired: 1983-12-15

Automan is an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson....

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B. J. and the Bear

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-02-10

B.J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by...

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Roots: The Next Generations

as Sheriff Duffy
First aired: 1979-02-18

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...

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S.W.A.T.

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-02-24

S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And...

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Harts of the West

as Garral
First aired: 1993-09-25

Harts of the West is an American Western/comedy–drama series starring Beau Bridges and his...

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I Know My First Name Is Steven

as Fred
First aired: 1989-05-22

In 1973, 7-year-old Steven Stayner is kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief...

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Get Christie Love!

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-01-22

Adventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.

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Kung Fu

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-14

The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...

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