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