George 'Gabby' Hayes
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Western von gestern
1978
as Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Gabby Hayes Show
1956
as Narrator
The Cariboo Trail
1950
as Grizzly
The Gabby Hayes Show
1950
as Himself
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
El Paso
1949
as Pesky Tees
Albuquerque
1948
as Juke
Return of the Bad Men
1948
as John Pettit
The Untamed Breed
1948
as Windy Lucas
Trail Street
1947
as Billy Jones
Wyoming
1947
as Windy Gibson
My Pal Trigger
1946
as Gabby Kendrick
Badman's Territory
1946
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
Home in Oklahoma
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Heldorado
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Under Nevada Skies
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
Song of Arizona
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Gabby Whittake
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
as Gabby
Utah
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
Don't Fence Me In
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
Man from Oklahoma
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Dave
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944
as Gabby Whittaker
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Hap Selby
Marshal of Reno
1944
as Gabby
Tucson Raiders
1944
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Gabby Hayes
Mojave Firebrand
1944
as Gabby Hayes
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Despirit Dean
Death Valley Manhunt
1943
as Gabby Hayes
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
as Gabby Hayes
Wagon Tracks West
1943
as Gabby
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943
as Gabby Hayes
The Man from Thunder River
1943
as Gabby Whittaker
Overland Mail Robbery
1943
as Gabby
Sunset Serenade
1942
as Gabby
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
as Gabby
Heart of the Golden West
1942
as Gabby
Man from Cheyenne
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
South of Santa Fe
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
Sunset on the Desert
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
Romance on the Range
1942
as Gabby
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Gabby
In Old Cheyenne
1941
as Arapaho Brown
Red River Valley
1941
as Gabby Whittaker
Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
Nevada City
1941
as Gabby Chapman
Dark Command
1940
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
The Carson City Kid
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
Colorado
1940
as Gabby
The Border Legion
1940
as Honest John Whittaker
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
The Ranger and the Lady
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
Wagons Westward
1940
as Hardtack
Melody Ranch
1940
as Pop Laramie
Renegade Trail
1939
as Windy Halliday
Silver on the Sage
1939
as Windy Halliday
Sunset Trail
1939
as Windy Halliday
The Arizona Kid
1939
as Gabby Whittaker
Southward Ho!
1939
as Gabby
Man of Conquest
1939
as Lannie Upchurch
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Gabby
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Pop Wilkie
Saga of Death Valley
1939
as Gabby
In Old Monterey
1939
as Gabby Whittaker
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
as Gabby
In Old Caliente
1939
as Gabby
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
as Gramps Montrose
Bar 20 Justice
1938
as Windy Halliday
The Frontiersmen
1938
as Windy Halliday
In Old Mexico
1938
as Windy Halliday
Pride of the West
1938
as Windy Halliday
Heart of Arizona
1938
as Windy Halliday
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Enoch
Hopalong Rides Again
1937
as Windy Halliday
North of the Rio Grande
1937
as Windy Halliday
Texas Trail
1937
as Windy Halliday
Borderland
1937
as Windy Halliday
Rustlers' Valley
1937
as Windy Halliday
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Windy Halliday
Mountain Music
1937
as Granpappy Burnside
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Silverspurs
1936
as Drag Harlan
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Judge Snow
Three on the Trail
1936
as Windy Halliday
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Windy Halliday
Heart of the West
1936
as Windy Jenkins
Call of the Prairie
1936
as Shanghai McHenry
Trail Dust
1936
as Windy Halliday
The Lawless Nineties
1936
as Major Carter
The Plainsman
1936
as Breezy
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Bearded Man
Valley of the Lawless
1936
as Grandpaw Jenkins
Song of the Trail
1936
as Dan Hobson
I Married a Doctor
1936
as Train Station Agent
Texas Terror
1935
as Sheriff Ed Williams
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
The Lost City
1935
as Butterfield
The Throwback
1935
as Ford Cruze
The Eagle's Brood
1935
as Spike
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
as Uncle Ben
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Windy Halliday
Rainbow Valley
1935
as George Hale
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
as McCloskey
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
as Dr. Parker
Honeymoon Limited
1935
as Pinkham
Justice of the Range
1935
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
as Miner
Death Flies East
1935
as Wotkyns
Tombstone Terror
1935
as Soupy Baxter
Smokey Smith
1935
as Blaze Bart
Swifty
1935
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
The Outlaw Tamer
1935
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
Thunder Mountain
1935
as Foley
$1,000 a Minute
1935
as New Deal Watson
The Headline Woman
1935
as Duffy
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Lucas
Randy Rides Alone
1934
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
The Lucky Texan
1934
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
West of the Divide
1934
as 'Dusty'
The Star Packer
1934
as Matt Matlock
The Lawless Frontier
1934
as Dusty
The Man from Utah
1934
as Marshal George Higgins
Blue Steel
1934
as Sheriff Jake Withers
Bandits of the Badlands
1934
as Sheriff Jake Withers
The Shadow Gang
1934
as Matt Matlock
Next Of Kin
1934
as 'Dusty'
In Old Santa Fe
1934
as Cactus
Monte Carlo Nights
1934
as Inspector Nick Gunby
The Brand of Hate
1934
as Bill Larkins
City Limits
1934
as Charlie Carter
The Man from Hell
1934
as Banker Colonel Campbell
Claim Jumpers
1934
as Jake Benson
Mystery Liner
1934
as Joe, the Watchman
Bedlam of Beards
1934
House of Mystery
1934
as David Fells
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Matt Downing
Beggars in Ermine
1934
as Joe Wilson
Rodeo Rocketeers
1934
as Marshall George
Vengence is Mine
1934
as Dusty
The Drifter
1934
as Marvin Black
Riders of Destiny
1933
as Charlie Denton
Galloping Romeo
1933
as Grizzly
The Return of Casey Jones
1933
as Timothy Shine
Skyway
1933
as George Taylor
Ranger's Code
1933
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
The Gallant Fool
1933
as Dad Denton
Trailing North
1933
as Flash Ryan
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
as Crewman
The Sphinx
1933
as Detective Casey
Breed of the Border
1933
as Chuck Wiggins
The Phantom Broadcast
1933
as Police Lieutenant
Crashing Broadway
1933
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
Fighting Texans
1933
as Pop Martin
The Fugitive
1933
as Judge Tyler
The Devil's Mate
1933
as Collins
Border Devils
1932
as Squint Sanders
Klondike
1932
as Tom Ross
The Night Rider
1932
as Altoonie
The Boiling Point
1932
as George Duncan
Riders of the Desert
1932
as Hashknife Brooks
A Slip at the Switch
1932
as Deputy Smoot
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932
as Shamrock Cassidy
Sally of the Subway
1932
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
The Fighting Champ
1932
as Pete
Winner Take All
1932
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Slack
Play Girl
1932
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
Texas Buddies
1932
as Si Haller
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Grocer (uncredited)
Hidden Valley
1932
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932
as Walrus
Self Defense
1932
as Jury Foreman
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931
as Cherokee Williams
Dragnet Patrol
1931
as Private Detective
Cavalier of the West
1931
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
Dirigible
1931
as Parade Official (uncredited)
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Projectionist
Big Business Girl
1931
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
God's Country and the Man
1931
as Stingaree Kelly
Oklahoma Jim
1931
as Crooked Gambler
For the Defense
1930
as Ben (the waiter)
Playing Around
1930
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Top Speed
1930
as Western Union Clerk
She Who Gets Slapped
1930
as Poker Player
Rainbow Man
1929
as Bill
Big News
1929
as Hoffman
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929
as Taxi Driver
The House Without Children
1919
as Archibald Ponsonby