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