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