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Denver Pyle

Actor | * 05/11/1920 († 77, 12/25/1997) | Bethune, Colorado
Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, as Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, as Mad Jack in the NBC television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, and as the titular character's father, Buck Webb, in CBS's The Doris Day Show. In many of his roles, he portrayed either authority figures, or gruff, demanding father figures, often as comic relief.Perhaps his most memorable film role was that of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer in the movie Bonnie and Clyde (1967), as the lawman who relentlessly chased down and finally killed the notorious duo in an ambush. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Drama | Comedies

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Movies with Denver Pyle as Actor(113)

as Mad Jack2023 Once Upon a Starry Night
as Uncle Jesse Duke1997 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Old Gambler on Riverboat1994 Maverick
as George Rosebrock1994 Father and Scout
as Walt1987 Delta Fever
as Briscoe Darling1986 Return to Mayberry
as Narrator (Voice)1981 Legend of the Wild
as Uncle Bene1978 Return from Witch Mountain
as Old mountain man1976 The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
as Galen Clark1976 Guardian of the Wilderness
as Col. Seymour Hawkins1976 Hawmps!
as Carl Barber1976 Welcome to L.A.
as Uncle Bene1975 Escape to Witch Mountain
as Ben as an Adult1975 The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
as Arkansas1975 Winterhawk
as Amos Champion1974 Murder or Mercy
as Grandpappy John1974 The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Denver1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal
as Tom Rawling1971 Mean Justice
as Ben Barnstable1971 Hitched
as Junior Frisbee1971 Something Big
as Muncie Carter1968 Bandolero!
as Sig Evers1968 5 Card Stud
as Alfie - Stage Driver1967 Welcome to Hard Times
as Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton1967 Tammy and the Millionaire
as Frank Hamer1967 Bonnie and Clyde
as 1st Hunter1966 Incident at Phantom Hill
as Cap1966 Gunpoint
as Bull1965 The Rounders
as Sheriff1965 The Great Race
as Pastor Bjoerling1965 Shenandoah
as Man in pick-up truck1964 Black Like Me
as Sen. Henry (uncredited)1964 Cheyenne Autumn
as Preacher Pope1964 Mail Order Bride
as Sheriff Dixon1963 Terrified
as Amos Carruthers1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Senator Conrad1962 Geronimo
as Mr. Bradley (uncredited)1960 Home from the Hill
as Thimblerig (the Gambler)1960 The Alamo
as Jackie Jo1959 The Horse Soldiers
as MacGuire's Henchman1959 King of the Wild Stallions
as Deputy Ed Moore1959 Good Day for a Hanging
as Preacher Harrison1959 Cast a Long Shadow
as Sam Wheeler1958 Bitter Heritage
as Col. Wiley1958 China Doll
as Ollinger1958 The Left Handed Gun
as Collins1958 Fort Massacre
as Mr. Bickford1958 The Party Crashers
as Mickey Hill1957 Destination 60,000
as Bill Dragger1957 Domino Kid
as Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff1957 The Lonely Man
as Mr. Simpson1957 Jet Pilot
as Ranger Captain1957 Gun Duel In Durango
as Lefty Barr1956 Yaqui Drums
as Dixon1956 7th Cavalry
as Det. Lt. Bradley1956 Please Murder Me
as Bert Killian / Narrator1956 The Naked Hills
as Jim Bailey1956 I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
as Thompson1955 To Hell and Back
as Hank Spencer1955 Top Gun
as Harvey (uncredited)1955 Run for Cover
as Clint Reno1955 Rage at Dawn
as Infantryman (uncredited)1954 The Command
as Posseman (uncredited)1954 Johnny Guitar
as Reverend Moorehead1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
as Bagley1954 The Boy from Oklahoma
as Fairchild (uncredited)1954 Drum Beat
as (uncredited)1954 The Yellow Mountain
as Bartender1953 A Perilous Journey
as Jonas Bailey1953 Topeka
as Henchman Sperry1953 Vigilante Terror
as Greasy1953 Gunsmoke
as Greeley1953 Rebel City
as Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)1953 Column South
as Bernie Malloy (uncredited)1953 Goldtown Ghost Riders
as Tench1953 Texas Bad Man
as Regulator (uncredited)1953 The Lone Hand
as Allen1952 Desert Passage
as Glenn Hartley1952 Man from the Black Hills
as Skip1952 Oklahoma Annie
as Bud Karnes1952 The Maverick
as Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)1952 Canyon Ambush
as Carey1952 Fargo
as Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)1952 Mutiny
as Henchman Lacey1951 Rough Riders of Durango
as Nick Algren1951 Million Dollar Pursuit
as Bowie French1951 Hills of Utah
as Henchman George1950 The Old Frontier
as 'Jumpy' Jordan1950 Federal Agent at Large
as Steve1950 Captain China
as Richards Henchman1950 Singing Guns
as Turner1950 The Flying Saucer
as Henchman1950 Dynamite Pass
as Al1950 Customs Agent
as Hutch1949 Red Canyon
as Ed Quinn1949 Streets of San Francisco
as Vigilante (uncredited)1949 El Paso
as Rex1949 Hellfire
as Youth at Union Station (uncredited)1949 Too Late for Tears
as Track Intern1949 The Big Wheel
as Lytz1949 Flame of Youth
as The Night Clerk1948 Marshal of Amarillo
as Easy Jarrett1948 The Man from Colorado
as Hutch Hutchins1948 Train to Alcatraz
as Jim Rockwell1947 Where the North Begins
as Carl1947 Devil Ship
as Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)1947 The Guilt of Janet Ames

TV Shows/Series with Denver Pyle as Actor(103)

1995 Cybill
as Harold Nordoff1986 L.A. Law
as Eben Connors1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Uncle Jesse1983 The Dukes
as Jesse Duke1979 The Dukes of Hazzard
as Blackie Callahan1978 Dallas
1972 Kung Fu
1971 Cannon
as Buck Webb1968 The Doris Day Show
as General Warren1967 The High Chaparral
1967 Hondo
1965 Tammy
as Brill1963 Mr. Novak
as Gen. Mills1963 The Great Adventure
as Sam Riddle1963 Channing
as Pico Brown1962 The Virginian
as Chief Amos Trask1961 Cain's Hundred
as R. E. Lenger1961 Dr. Kildare
as Uncle George1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Ortho Wheeler1960 Thriller
as Captain Leo Stohl1960 The Aquanauts
as Akins1959 The Deputy
as John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade1959 Rawhide
as Jim Bledsoe1959 Riverboat
as Sheriff Ed1959 Bonanza
as Burke Carew1959 Law of the Plainsman
as Stu Tillman1959 The Twilight Zone
as Bart Resdake1958 Jefferson Drum
as Chip Andrews1958 The Texan
as Dan Morgan1958 Bat Masterson
as Walsh (uncredited)1958 Bat Masterson
1958 Lawman
1958 Bronco
as Robert Crane1957 Perry Mason
as Jackson Sidemark1957 Perry Mason
as Tom Quincy1957 Perry Mason
as Tilden Stuart1957 Perry Mason
as Emery Fillmore1957 Perry Mason
as Frank Honer1957 Perry Mason
1957 26 Men
as Marshal Quimby1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Joe Sully1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Alec1955 My Friend Flicka
as Carter1955 Fury
as Arthur Darner1955 The Millionaire
as Willie Calhoun1955 Gunsmoke
as Hank Shinn1955 Gunsmoke
as Mike Blocker1955 Gunsmoke
as Gus1955 Gunsmoke
as Haggen1955 Gunsmoke
as Aaron1955 Gunsmoke
as Pa1955 Gunsmoke
as Caleb1955 Gunsmoke
as Claudius1955 Gunsmoke
as Clab Chummer1955 Gunsmoke
as Caleb Nash1955 Gunsmoke
as Dr. Henry S. Rand1955 Gunsmoke
as Judge Blent1955 Gunsmoke
as Cyrus Himes1955 Gunsmoke
1954 Lassie

TV Shows/Series with Denver Pyle as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1968 The Doris Day Show

Full Name: Denver Pyle
Born: Tuesday, 05/11 1920 (May) in Bethune, Colorado
Died: Thursday, 12/25 1997 (December) in Burbank (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Denver Pyle frequently works together with these people:
Harry Harvey (55x, Actor)
Claude Akins (54x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (52x, Actor)
John Anderson (52x, Actor)
John Dehner (46x, Actor)
John Pickard (46x, Actor)
Lane Bradford (45x, Actor)
Ed Nelson (43x, Actor)
Robert J. Wilke (42x, Actor)
Morgan Woodward (42x, Actor)
Robert Karnes (41x, Actor)
Chuck Roberson (12x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9281, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 02/27/2024