George 'Gabby' Hayes
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George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
Known for
Credits
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
as Dave
Dark Command (1940)
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
as Despirit Dean
The Plainsman (1936)
as Breezy
Dirigible (1931)
as Parade Official (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
as Grocer (uncredited)
Return of the Bad Men (1948)
as John Pettit
Trailing North (1933)
as Flash Ryan
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Lucas
The Texas Rangers (1936)
as Judge Snow
Blue Steel (1934)
as Sheriff Jake Withers
The Man from Utah (1934)
as Marshal George Higgins
Big Business Girl (1931)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
El Paso (1949)
as Pesky Tees
Riders of Destiny (1933)
as Charlie Denton
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Enoch
Trail Street (1947)
as Billy Jones
The Cariboo Trail (1950)
as Grizzly
West of the Divide (1934)
as 'Dusty'
The Lucky Texan (1934)
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
Claim Jumpers (1934)
as Jake Benson
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Heldorado (1946)
as Gabby Whittaker
Rodeo Rocketeers (1934)
as Marshall George
Badman's Territory (1946)
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
Justice of the Range (1935)
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
Song of Arizona (1946)
as Gabby Whittaker
Randy Rides Alone (1934)
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
The Devil's Mate (1933)
as Collins
The Lawless Frontier (1934)
as Dusty
The Star Packer (1934)
as Matt Matlock
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Bonanza (1944)
as Hap Selby
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Projectionist
Silverspurs (1936)
as Drag Harlan
Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
as Gabby Whittaker
Wall Street Cowboy (1939)
as Gabby
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
as Gabby
The Lawless Nineties (1936)
as Major Carter
Colorado (1940)
as Gabby
Texas Terror (1935)
as Sheriff Ed Williams
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
as Matt Downing
Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
Days of Jesse James (1939)
as Gabby
Mystery Liner (1934)
as Joe, the Watchman
Winner Take All (1932)
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
Heart of the West (1936)
as Windy Jenkins
Death Flies East (1935)
as Wotkyns
The Night Rider (1932)
as Altoonie
The Shadow Gang (1934)
as Matt Matlock
Jesse James at Bay (1941)
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935)
as Uncle Ben
Albuquerque (1948)
as Juke
The Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
as Gabby Whittaker
Texas Buddies (1932)
as Si Haller
The Nevada Buckaroo (1931)
as Cherokee Williams
Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
as McCloskey
House of Mystery (1934)
as David Fells
Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
as Gabby Whittaker
The Sphinx (1933)
as Detective Casey
The Carson City Kid (1940)
as Gabby Whittaker
The Untamed Breed (1948)
as Windy Lucas
South of Santa Fe (1942)
as Gabby Whittaker
Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
as Inspector Nick Gunby
In Old Caliente (1939)
as Gabby
Rainbow Valley (1935)
as George Hale
Heart of Arizona (1938)
as Windy Halliday
The Eagle's Brood (1935)
as Spike
My Pal Trigger (1946)
as Gabby Kendrick
Riders of the Desert (1932)
as Hashknife Brooks
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)
as Bearded Man
The Frontiersmen (1938)
as Windy Halliday
Saga of Death Valley (1939)
as Gabby
Young Bill Hickok (1940)
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
Death Valley Manhunt (1943)
as Gabby Hayes
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
as (archive footage)
Melody Ranch (1940)
as Pop Laramie
The Arizona Kid (1939)
as Gabby Whittaker
I Married a Doctor (1936)
as Train Station Agent
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Gabby Whittaker
Valley of the Lawless (1936)
as Grandpaw Jenkins
Wyoming (1947)
as Windy Gibson
The Headline Woman (1935)
as Duffy
Sunset Serenade (1942)
as Gabby
Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
as Gabby
Rustlers' Valley (1937)
as Windy Halliday
Sunset on the Desert (1942)
as Gabby Whittaker
Man from Cheyenne (1942)
as Gabby Whittaker
Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
Man of Conquest (1939)
as Lannie Upchurch
Red River Valley (1941)
as Gabby Whittaker
Call of the Prairie (1936)
as Shanghai McHenry
The Lost City (1935)
as Butterfield
Under Nevada Skies (1946)
as Gabby Whittaker
Big News (1929)
as Hoffman
The Western: A Lost TV Special (1958)
as Self
Borderland (1937)
as Windy Halliday
Marshal of Reno (1944)
as Gabby
Heart of the Golden West (1942)
as Gabby
Wagon Tracks West (1943)
as Gabby
Three on the Trail (1936)
as Windy Halliday
Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943)
as Gabby Hayes
A Slip at the Switch (1932)
as Deputy Smoot
North of the Rio Grande (1937)
as Windy Halliday
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
as Miner
Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
The Man from Thunder River (1943)
as Gabby Whittaker
Home in Oklahoma (1946)
as Gabby Whittaker
Texas Trail (1937)
as Windy Halliday
Romance on the Range (1942)
as Gabby
In Old Cheyenne (1941)
as Arapaho Brown
Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943)
as Gabby Hayes
Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942)
as Gabby
Man from Oklahoma (1945)
as Gabby Whittaker
Playing Around (1930)
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Don't Fence Me In (1945)
as Gabby Whittaker
Mojave Firebrand (1944)
as Gabby Hayes
Wagons Westward (1940)
as Hardtack
Mountain Music (1937)
as Granpappy Burnside
In Old Mexico (1938)
as Windy Halliday
The Ranger and the Lady (1940)
as Gabby Whittaker
Nevada City (1941)
as Gabby Chapman
Klondike (1932)
as Tom Ross
Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
as Windy Halliday
The Man from Hell (1934)
as Banker Colonel Campbell
Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
as Gabby Whittaker
Sunset Trail (1939)
as Windy Halliday
Young Buffalo Bill (1940)
as Gabby Whittaker
For the Defense (1930)
as Ben (the waiter)
The Outlaw Tamer (1935)
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
Wild Horse Mesa (1932)
as Slack
$1,000 a Minute (1935)
as New Deal Watson
Cavalier of the West (1931)
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
as Pop Wilkie
Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939)
as Gramps Montrose
Song of the Trail (1936)
as Dan Hobson
The Gallant Fool (1933)
as Dad Denton
Ranger's Code (1933)
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
Silver on the Sage (1939)
as Windy Halliday
Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944)
as Gabby Hayes
City Limits (1934)
as Charlie Carter
Pride of the West (1938)
as Windy Halliday
Trail Dust (1936)
as Windy Halliday
The House Without Children (1919)
as Archibald Ponsonby
Play Girl (1932)
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain (1935)
as Foley
Bells of Rosarita (1945)
as Gabby Whittake
In Old Santa Fe (1934)
as Cactus
Southward Ho! (1939)
as Gabby
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
as Dr. Parker
Hopalong Rides Again (1937)
as Windy Halliday
Breed of the Border (1933)
as Chuck Wiggins
The Brand of Hate (1934)
as Bill Larkins
Sally of the Subway (1932)
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935)
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
Honeymoon Limited (1935)
as Pinkham
Renegade Trail (1939)
as Windy Halliday
Oklahoma Jim (1931)
as Crooked Gambler
Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)
as Windy Halliday
The Drifter (1934)
as Marvin Black
Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
as Crewman
Utah (1945)
as Gabby Whittaker
The Phantom Broadcast (1933)
as Police Lieutenant
Bar 20 Justice (1938)
as Windy Halliday
Self Defense (1932)
as Jury Foreman
Tucson Raiders (1944)
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
Beggars in Ermine (1934)
as Joe Wilson
Border Devils (1932)
as Squint Sanders
The Border Legion (1940)
as Honest John Whittaker
Smokey Smith (1935)
as Blaze Bart
Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
as Walrus
Hills of Old Wyoming (1937)
as Windy Halliday
Next Of Kin (1934)
as 'Dusty'
Bandits of the Badlands (1934)
as Sheriff Jake Withers
Tombstone Terror (1935)
as Soupy Baxter
The Boiling Point (1932)
as George Duncan
The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)
as Shamrock Cassidy
Dragnet Patrol (1931)
as Private Detective
Crashing Broadway (1933)
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
The Return of Casey Jones (1933)
as Timothy Shine
Overland Mail Robbery (1943)
as Gabby
Fighting Texans (1933)
as Pop Martin
Rainbow Man (1929)
as Bill
The Throwback (1935)
as Ford Cruze
Vengence is Mine (1934)
as Dusty
Skyway (1933)
as George Taylor
Hidden Valley (1932)
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
Galloping Romeo (1933)
as Grizzly
Bedlam of Beards (1934)
Actor
The Fugitive (1933)
as Judge Tyler
The Fighting Champ (1932)
as Pete
God's Country and the Man (1931)
as Stingaree Kelly
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
as Taxi Driver
Swifty (1935)
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
Top Speed (1930)
as Western Union Clerk
She Who Gets Slapped (1930)
as Poker Player