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