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Denver Pyle

Known For: Acting
Born: May 11, 1920
Place of Birth: Bethune, Colorado, USA
Died: December 25, 1997

Denver Pyle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85. Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the U…

Filmography

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

1997 · Uncle Jesse Duke

What a Cartoon!

1995 · Podunk Possum (voice)

Cybill

1995 · Denver Pyle (uncredited)

Father and Scout

1994 · George Rosebrock

Maverick

1994 · Old Gambler on Riverboat

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992 · Self

Delta Fever

1987 · Walt

L.A. Law

1986 · Harold Nordoff

Return to Mayberry

1986 · Briscoe Darling

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Eben Connors

The Dukes

1983 · Uncle Jesse (voice)

Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead

1983 · Narrator

Legend of the Wild

1981 · Narrator (Voice)

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979 · Self

The Dukes of Hazzard

1979 · Jesse Duke

Once Upon a Starry Night

Once Upon a Starry Night

1978 · Mad Jack

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

1978 · Narrator

Dallas

1978 · Blackie Callahan

Return from Witch Mountain

1978 · Uncle Bene

Legend of the Northwest

1978 · Abner

The Love Boat

1977 · Eric Springer

Grizzly Adams

1977 · Mad Jack

How the West Was Won

1977 · Sgt. Tripp

Guardian of the Wilderness

1976 · Galen Clark

Welcome to L.A.

1976 · Carl Barber

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

1976 · Senator Austin

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976 · The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)

Hawmps!

1976 · Col. Seymour Hawkins

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

1976 · Old mountain man

Winterhawk

1975 · Arkansas

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

1975 · Ben as an Adult

Death Among Friends

1975 · Morgan

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975 · Uncle Bene

Petrocelli

1974 · Andrew Warburton

The Manhunter

1974 · Sam Dickerson

Murder or Mercy

1974 · Amos Champion

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1974 · Grandpappy John

Hog Wild

1974 · Dr. Larson

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973 · Denver

Hitched

1973 · Ben Barnstable

Barnaby Jones

1973 · Stayley Kircher

Kung Fu

1972 · Dr. Joseph Colton

The Streets of San Francisco

1972 · Carl Armstrong

The Waltons

1972 · Cousin Homer Lee Baldwin

Something Big

1971 · Junior Frisbee

Cannon

1971 · Sheriff Hogsett

Mean Justice

1971 · Tom Rawling

The Doris Day Show

1968 · Buck Webb, Director

5 Card Stud

1968 · Sig Evers

Bandolero!

1968 · Muncie Carter

The High Chaparral

1967 · General Warren

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967 · Sam Cochran

Hondo

1967 · Judge Amos Blunt

Cimarron Strip

1967 · Charley Austin

Bonnie and Clyde

1967 · Frank Hamer

Tammy and the Millionaire

1967 · Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton

Welcome to Hard Times

1967 · Alfie - Stage Driver

Incident at Phantom Hill

1966 · 1st Hunter

Gunpoint

1966 · Cap

Mara of the Wilderness

1965 · Kelly

Tammy

1965 · Mordecai Tarleton

The Great Race

1965 · Sheriff

Shenandoah

1965 · Pastor Bjoerling

The Rounders

1965 · Bull

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 · Sen. Henry (uncredited)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964 · Titus Purcell

Black Like Me

1964 · Man in pick-up truck

Mail Order Bride

1964 · Preacher Pope

The Great Adventure

1963 · Gen. Mills

Mr. Novak

1963 · Brill

Temple Houston

1963 · Phineas Fallon

Channing

1963 · Sam Riddle

Arrest and Trial

1963 · Jack Felton

The Lieutenant

1963 · Maj. Matthew Morrissey

Terrified

1963 · Sheriff Dixon

Empire

1962 · Tom Rawling

The Virginian

1962 · Pico Brown

Geronimo

1962 · Senator Conrad

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · Amos Carruthers

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961 · Uncle George

Ben Casey

1961 · Dallas Hopewell

Dr. Kildare

1961 · R. E. Lenger

Cain's Hundred

1961 · Chief Amos Trask

Kraft Mystery Theatre

1961 · Captain Lister

The Alamo

1960 · Thimblerig (the Gambler)

Route 66

1960 · Father Prior, Joe Wylie

Stagecoach West

1960 · Hewitt

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · Briscoe Darling

National Velvet

1960 · Jed Corrigan

Checkmate

1960 · Terry Adams

The Aquanauts

1960 · Captain Leo Stohl

Thriller

1960 · Ortho Wheeler

The Tall Man

1960 · Marshal Dave Leggert

Home from the Hill

1960 · Mr. Bradley

The Detectives

1959 · Bill Darien

Bourbon Street Beat

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Stu Tillman

Law of the Plainsman

1959 · Burke Carew

Men Into Space

1959

Wichita Town

1959

Riverboat

1959 · Jim Bledsoe

The Deputy

1959 · Akins, Frank Barton

Bonanza

1959 · Price Buchanan, Claude Roman, Sheriff Ed, Marcus Caldwell, Theodore 'Ted' Hackett, Sheriff Tom Stedman, Warden

Cast a Long Shadow

1959 · Preacher Harrison

The Horse Soldiers

1959 · Jackie Jo

King of the Wild Stallions

1959 · MacGuire's Henchman

Rawhide

1959 · John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade

Good Day for a Hanging

1959 · Deputy Ed Moore

Bat Masterson

1958 · Dan Morgan, Walsh (uncredited)

Lawman

1958 · Glen Folsom, Sam Brackett

Behind Closed Doors

1958 · Roger Woodson

The Rifleman

1958

The Texan

1958 · Sheriff, Chip Andrews, Houston Blackston, Joe Lufton

Bronco

1958 · , Norton Gillespie, Nelson, Petrie Munger

The Party Crashers

1958 · Mr. Bickford

Bitter Heritage

1958 · Sam Wheeler

China Doll

1958 · Col. Wiley

Fort Massacre

1958 · Collins

The Left Handed Gun

1958 · Ollinger

Jefferson Drum

1958 · Bart Resdake

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1958 · Braddock

Tombstone Territory

1957

26 Men

1957

Jet Pilot

1957 · Mr. Simpson

Casey Jones

1957 · Frank Reeder

The Real McCoys

1957

Domino Kid

1957 · Bill Dragger

The Restless Gun

1957 · Sheriff Jay

Maverick

1957 · Jerry O'Brien

Perry Mason

1957 · Robert Crane, Jackson Sidemark, Tom Quincy, Tilden Stuart, Emery Fillmore, Frank Honer

Wagon Train

1957 · Bragg

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957 · , Pete Hollister, Clay Sommers, McKay, Advent

The Lonely Man

1957 · Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff

Destination 60,000

Destination 60,000

1957 · Mickey Hill

Gun Duel in Durango

1957 · Ranger Captain

7th Cavalry

1956 · Dixon

Yaqui Drums

1956 · Lefty Barr

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · John Baker, Sheriff, Marshal Quimby, Sheriff Tom, Seth Robson, Marshal Joe Sully, Nat Sledge

State Trooper

1956 · Mark Schmedler

Broken Arrow

1956 · Fred Graf

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

The Naked Hills

1956 · Bert Killian / Narrator

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

1956 · Jim Bailey

Please Murder Me

1956 · Det. Lt. Bradley

Top Gun

1955 · Hank Spencer (uncredited)

Fury

1955 · Carter

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955 · Lester, Charley

My Friend Flicka

1955 · Alec

Frontier

1955 · Eben, Frank

To Hell and Back

1955 · Thompson

Cheyenne

1955 · Cyrus Burton, John Hanson, Nate Weyland

Gunsmoke

1955 · Willie Calhoun, Hank Shinn, Mike Blocker, Gus, Aaron, Haggen, Pa, Claudius, Caleb, Clab Chummer, Caleb Nash, Henry Rand, Judge Blent, Cyrus Himes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955 · Ben Thompson, Hoss Mackey, Oliver Tittle, Dobie Jenner

Run for Cover

1955 · Harvey (uncredited)

Rage at Dawn

1955 · Clint Reno

Buffalo Bill Jr.

1955

Ten Wanted Men

1955

The Millionaire

1955 · Arthur Darner

The Yellow Mountain

1954 · (uncredited)

Drum Beat

1954 · Fairchild (uncredited)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Mr. Royal (uncredited), Dr. Larson, Amos Briggs (uncredited), Ben as an Adult (voice), Uncle Bene, Clay Tanner

Lassie

1954 · Mr. Madden

Johnny Guitar

1954 · Posseman (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf

1954 · Kargar

Public Defender

1954 · Tom Gayley, George Hansen

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954 · Bagley

The Command

1954 · Infantryman (uncredited)

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954 · Reverend Moorehead

Annie Oakley

1954 · Dr. Barnes, Tom Malloy

Texas Bad Man

1953 · Tench

Vigilante Terror

1953 · Henchman Sperry

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Henry

Topeka

1953 · Jonas Bailey

The Lone Hand

1953 · Regulator (uncredited)

Column South

1953 · Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)

Goldtown Ghost Riders

1953 · Bernie Malloy (uncredited)

Rebel City

1953 · Greeley

Gunsmoke

1953 · Greasy (uncredited)

A Perilous Journey

1953 · Bartender

Fort Vengeance

1953 · Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)

I'm the Law

1953

You Are There

1953 · Chairman Savage, Cotta, Capt. Canfield, William Bayard Hale, William Newell, Col. Tench Tilghman, Dan DeQuille

The Maverick

1952 · Bud Karnes

Canyon Ambush

1952 · Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)

Adventures of Superman

1952 · Emile Hatch

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

Fargo

1952 · Carey

Desert Passage

1952 · Allen

Man from the Black Hills

1952 · Glenn Hartley

Oklahoma Annie

1952 · Skip

Mutiny

1952 · Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)

The Roy Rogers Show

1951 · Henchman Nash, Bad Boy Wiley, Zeke Miller, Tom Larrabee

Hills of Utah

1951 · Bowie French

Drums in the Deep South

1951 · Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951 · , Edmund Denning, Flip Kilson, Hackett

Million Dollar Pursuit

1951 · Nick Algren

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951 · Henchman (uncredited)

Rough Riders of Durango

1951 · Henchman Lacey

The Cisco Kid

1950 · Professor Jerry Roark, Bank Robber

The Gene Autry Show

1950 · Frank Blake, Burr Ramsey, Dodge Hartman, First Henchman, Rawhide Vest, Curt Wayne, Professor Sharp, Sheriff, Cleanshaven Deputy-Henchman, Jim, the Sheriff, Edward Hadley

The Old Frontier

1950 · Henchman George

Customs Agent

1950 · Al

Dynamite Pass

1950 · Henchman

Federal Agent at Large

1950 · 'Jumpy' Jordan

Singing Guns

1950 · Richards Henchman

Captain China

1950 · Steve

The Flying Saucer

1950 · Turner

The Big Wheel

1949 · Track Intern

Flame of Youth

1949 · Lytz

The Lone Ranger

1949 · Deputy French, Colby, Stack, Deputy Allen, Grayson, Arley McQueen, Vance Kiley

Too Late for Tears

1949 · Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)

Rim of the Canyon

1949 · Cash Collins (uncredited)

Hellfire

1949 · Rex

Red Canyon

1949 · Hutch

Streets of San Francisco

Streets of San Francisco

1949 · Ed Quinn

El Paso

1949 · Vigilante (uncredited)

The Man from Colorado

1948 · Easy Jarrett, Easy Jarrett (uncredited)

Marshal of Amarillo

1948 · The Night Clerk

Train to Alcatraz

Train to Alcatraz

1948 · Hutch Hutchins

Where the North Begins

1947 · Jim Rockwell

Devil Ship

1947 · Carl

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947 · Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)

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