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
Taggart (1965)
as Stark
Fort Apache (1948)
as Sgt. Quincannon
Donovan's Reef (1963)
as Sean O'Brien
The Petrified Forest (1936)
as Boze Hertzlinger
Guest Wife (1945)
as Christopher Price
In the Navy (1941)
as Dynamite Dugan
Road Agent (1941)
as Duke Masters
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
as Steve Banning
Black Legion (1937)
as Ed Jackson
The Kill (1952)
as Jeff Clark
Please Murder Me (1956)
as Joe Leeds
The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Long John Wynn
Dangerous (1935)
as Teddy
The Sisters (1938)
as Tom Knivel
Four Mothers (1941)
as Ernest Talbot
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
as Smudge Casey
Four Daughters (1938)
as Ernest
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
as Nick Foran
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
as Frank Jennings
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
as Dan Wendover
El Paso (1949)
as Sheriff La Farge
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Walt Lansing
Hi, Buddy (1943)
as Dave O'Connor
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Jinx Roberts
The Lottery Lover (1935)
as Cadet
Four Wives (1939)
as Ernest Talbot
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
as Matthew Maule
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
as Dennis Devlin
Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
as Red Taylor
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
as Ace Andrews
Private Buckaroo (1942)
as Lon Prentice
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Wayne Carter
The Fearmakers (1958)
as Jim McGinnis
Violent Road (1958)
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Artie Blaine
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
as Sam Thorne
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sierra Stranger (1957)
as Bert Gaines
He's My Guy (1943)
as Van Moore
Daughters Courageous (1939)
as Eddie Moore
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
as Thomas Duncan McKay
Night of Execution (1955)
as Robert Maxwell
Song of the Saddle (1936)
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
The Sunday Round-Up (1936)
as Parson Ted Burke
Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)
as Self
Horror Island (1941)
as Bill Martin
The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
as Thomas Mara
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
as Jim Benton
Studs Lonigan (1960)
as Patrick Lonigan
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Dale Whipple
Heart of the North (1938)
as Alan Baker
Accent on Youth (1935)
as Butch
Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
as Dick Foran
Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
as Self
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
as Jink Carter
The Cherokee Strip (1937)
as Dick Hudson
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
as Larry Toms
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Paul Carver
Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
as Alan Doran
California Mail (1936)
as Bill Harkins
The Kid from Kansas (1941)
as Kansas
Over the Wall (1938)
as Jerry Davis
Winners of the West (1940)
as Jeff Ramsay
Shipmates Forever (1935)
as Gifford
The Big Noise (1936)
as Don Andrews
Should I Marry Outside My Faith? (1962)
Actor
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
as Emmet McManus
Unfinished Business (1941)
as Frank
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Actor
It's A Small World (1935)
as Motor Cop
Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946)
as Self
Change of Heart (1934)
as Nick
Trailin' West (1936)
as Lieut. Red Colton
Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
as Pete Martin
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)
as The Prospector
Private Detective (1939)
as Jim Rickey
Student Tour (1934)
as Assistant Manager
She Loved a Fireman (1937)
as James "Red" Tyler
Prairie Thunder (1937)
as Rod Farrell
The Golden Arrow (1936)
as Tommy Blake
Mob Town (1941)
as Frank Conroy
Deputy Marshal (1949)
as Joel Benton
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
Hero for a Day (1939)
as Brainy Thornton
Inside Information (1939)
as Danny Blake
Rangers of Fortune (1940)
as Johnny Cash
The Big Night (1960)
as Ed Robello
Guns of the Pecos (1936)
as Steve Ainslee
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
as Bill Edwards
One More Spring (1935)
as Park Policeman
Thundering Jets (1958)
as Col. Henry Spalding
Blazing Sixes (1937)
as Red Barton
Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)
as Dick Foran
Movieland Magic (1946)
as (archive footage)
The Devil's Saddle Legion (1937)
as Tal Holladay
Empty Holsters (1937)
as Clay Brent