Dick Foran
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John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Fort Apache (1948)
as Sgt. Quincannon
Taggart (1965)
as Stark
Donovan's Reef (1963)
as Sean O'Brien
The Kill (1952)
as Jeff Clark
Guest Wife (1945)
as Christopher Price
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self
Please Murder Me (1956)
as Joe Leeds
Road Agent (1941)
as Duke Masters
In the Navy (1941)
as Dynamite Dugan
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
as Nick Foran
Hi, Buddy (1943)
as Dave O'Connor
Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
as Alan Doran
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
The Petrified Forest (1936)
as Boze Hertzlinger
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Actor
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
as Steve Banning
Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
as Red Taylor
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
as Frank Jennings
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
The Sisters (1938)
as Tom Knivel
Four Daughters (1938)
as Ernest
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
as Dick Foran
Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
as Dennis Devlin
The Sunday Round-Up (1936)
as Parson Ted Burke
Unfinished Business (1941)
as Frank
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Black Legion (1937)
as Ed Jackson
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
as Smudge Casey
Studs Lonigan (1960)
as Patrick Lonigan
The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Long John Wynn
He's My Guy (1943)
as Van Moore
The Lottery Lover (1935)
as Cadet
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Jinx Roberts
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Walt Lansing
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
as Jim Benton
Night of Execution (1955)
as Robert Maxwell
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
as Matthew Maule
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Wayne Carter
Horror Island (1941)
as Bill Martin
Daughters Courageous (1939)
as Eddie Moore
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
as Dan Wendover
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Dale Whipple
Dangerous (1935)
as Teddy
Heart of the North (1938)
as Alan Baker
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil's Saddle Legion (1937)
as Tal Holladay
The Kid from Kansas (1941)
as Kansas
Winners of the West (1940)
as Jeff Ramsay
Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
as Pete Martin
The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
as Thomas Mara
El Paso (1949)
as Sheriff La Farge
The Big Noise (1936)
as Don Andrews
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Artie Blaine
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
Shipmates Forever (1935)
as Gifford
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
as Thomas Duncan McKay
Rangers of Fortune (1940)
as Johnny Cash
Song of the Saddle (1936)
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
The Cherokee Strip (1937)
as Dick Hudson
Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
as Ace Andrews
Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
Thundering Jets (1958)
as Col. Henry Spalding
Four Wives (1939)
as Ernest Talbot
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)
as The Prospector
It's A Small World (1935)
as Motor Cop
Change of Heart (1934)
as Nick
Movieland Magic (1946)
as (archive footage)
Should I Marry Outside My Faith? (1962)
Actor
Private Buckaroo (1942)
as Lon Prentice
The Fearmakers (1958)
as Jim McGinnis
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
as Self
Violent Road (1958)
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
as Larry Toms
Deputy Marshal (1949)
as Joel Benton
Empty Holsters (1937)
as Clay Brent
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Paul Carver
Guns of the Pecos (1936)
as Steve Ainslee
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
as Sam Thorne
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Private Detective (1939)
as Jim Rickey
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
as Bill Edwards
She Loved a Fireman (1937)
as James "Red" Tyler
Hero for a Day (1939)
as Brainy Thornton
Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)
as Dick Foran
One More Spring (1935)
as Park Policeman
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
as Jink Carter
The Golden Arrow (1936)
as Tommy Blake
Prairie Thunder (1937)
as Rod Farrell
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
as Emmet McManus
California Mail (1936)
as Bill Harkins
Four Mothers (1941)
as Ernest Talbot
The Big Night (1960)
as Ed Robello
Mob Town (1941)
as Frank Conroy
Trailin' West (1936)
as Lieut. Red Colton
Student Tour (1934)
as Assistant Manager
Accent on Youth (1935)
as Butch
Sierra Stranger (1957)
as Bert Gaines
Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946)
as Self
Blazing Sixes (1937)
as Red Barton
Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)
as Self
Over the Wall (1938)
as Jerry Davis
Inside Information (1939)
as Danny Blake