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