Sheb Wooley
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.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Travis CobbAfter avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to...
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High Noon
as Ben MillerWill Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail...
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Giant
as Gabe TargetWealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a...
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Silverado
as Cavalry SergeantFour unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do...
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that...
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Hoosiers
as CletusFailed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high...
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The Big Brawl
as Screaming ThugA young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight...
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The Dollmaker
as Mr. KendrickDuring World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a...
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Man Without a Star
as LatigoA wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
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The War Wagon
as SnyderAn ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's...
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Sergeant Rutledge
as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a...
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Distant Drums
as Pvt. JessupAfter destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the...
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The Lusty Men
as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against...
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Trooper Hook
as TownsmanWhen Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are...
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Rocky Mountain
as Kay RawlinsA Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and...
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Terror in a Texas Town
as BaxterArmed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A...
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The Boy from Oklahoma
as Pete MartinA town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.
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Arrow In The Dust
as Trooper (uncredited)Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom...
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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
as uncreditedA warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
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Rose Marie
as CorporalRose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her...
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Hellgate
as Neill PriceA man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.
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Texas Bad Man
as MackWayne Morris' B-western series was the last of its kind to be produced in Hollywood. Texas Bad...
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Little Big Horn
as QuinceTwo cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an...
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Uphill All the Way
as Anson SudroTwo unemployed good ol' boys are mistaken for a pair of notorious bank robbers.
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The Black Whip
as Bill LassaterA gang of renegade Civil War soldiers terrorize four women and the owners of an inn as they plot...
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Cattle Town
as MillerThe governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
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Toughest Man in Arizona
as uncreditedMarshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the...
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Ride a Violent Mile
as Jonathan LongA cowboy stampedes a Rebel plot with a Union spy posing as a dance-hall girl.
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Purple People Eater
as Harvey SkittersA kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The...
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Hootenanny Hoot
as SelfThe marriage of television director Ted Glover and television producer A.G. Bannister has gone...
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as BrockDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as uncreditedThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Lone Ranger
as HattonThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...
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The Lone Ranger
as Don WymanThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...
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The Mod Squad
as uncreditedThe Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...
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The Adventures of Kit Carson
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August...
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Cheyenne
as uncreditedCheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...
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Maverick
as SheriffMaverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....
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The Young Rebels
as uncreditedIdealistic Revolutionary War rebels harass the Redcoats in British-held Chester, Pennsylvania,...
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My Friend Flicka
as uncreditedMy Friend Flicka is a 39-episode western television series set at the fictitious Goose Bar Ranch...
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Trackdown
as uncreditedTrackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...
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Rawhide
as Pete NolanThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
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Sugarfoot
as Pete MartinSugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...
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