George 'Gabby' Hayes

Known For: Acting
Born: May 6, 1885
Place of Birth: Wellsville, New York, USA
Died: February 9, 1969

George 'Gabby' Hayes

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, bu…

Filmography

It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration

It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration

1987 · Self (archive footage)

Western von gestern

1978 · Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976 · (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958 · Self

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956 · Self

The Gabby Hayes Show

1956 · Narrator

The Gabby Hayes Show

1950 · Himself

The Cariboo Trail

1950 · Grizzly

What's My Line?

1950 · Self

El Paso

1949 · Pesky Tees

The Untamed Breed

1948 · Windy Lucas

Return of the Bad Men

1948 · John Pettit

Albuquerque

1948 · Juke

Wyoming

1947 · Windy Gibson

Trail Street

1947 · Billy Jones

Heldorado

1946 · Gabby Whittaker

Home in Oklahoma

1946 · Gabby Whittaker

Roll on Texas Moon

1946 · Gabby Whittaker

Under Nevada Skies

1946 · Gabby Whittaker

My Pal Trigger

1946 · Gabby Kendrick

Rainbow Over Texas

1946 · Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker

Badman's Territory

1946 · Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid

Song of Arizona

1946 · Gabby Whittaker

Don't Fence Me In

1945 · Gabby Whittaker

Sunset in El Dorado

1945 · Gabby

Along the Navajo Trail

1945 · Gabby Whittaker

Man from Oklahoma

1945 · Gabby Whittaker

Bells of Rosarita

1945 · Gabby Whittake

Utah

1945 · Gabby Whittaker

The Big Bonanza

1944 · Hap Selby

Lights of Old Santa Fe

1944 · Gabby Whittaker

Tall in the Saddle

1944 · Dave

Marshal of Reno

1944 · Gabby

Tucson Raiders

1944 · 'Gabby' Hopkins

Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944 · Gabby Hayes

Mojave Firebrand

1944 · Gabby Hayes

In Old Oklahoma

1943 · Despirit Dean

Death Valley Manhunt

1943 · Gabby Hayes

Overland Mail Robbery

1943 · Gabby

Wagon Tracks West

1943 · Gabby

Bordertown Gun Fighters

1943 · Gabby Hayes

The Man from Thunder River

1943 · Gabby Whittaker

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

1943 · Gabby Hayes

Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942 · Gabby

Heart of the Golden West

1942 · Gabby

Sunset Serenade

1942 · Gabby

The Sons of the Pioneers

1942 · Gabby Whittaker

Romance on the Range

1942 · Gabby

Sunset on the Desert

1942 · Gabby Whittaker

South of Santa Fe

1942 · Gabby Whittaker

Man from Cheyenne

1942 · Gabby Whittaker

Red River Valley

1941 · Gabby Whittaker

Jesse James at Bay

1941 · Sheriff Gabby Whitaker

Bad Man of Deadwood

1941 · Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone

Nevada City

1941 · Gabby Chapman

Sheriff of Tombstone

1941 · Gabby

In Old Cheyenne

1941 · Arapaho Brown

Robin Hood of the Pecos

1941 · Gabriel Gabby Hornaday

The Border Legion

1940 · Honest John Whittaker

Young Bill Hickok

1940 · 'Gabby' Whitaker

Colorado

1940 · Gabby

Melody Ranch

1940 · Pop Laramie

The Ranger and the Lady

1940 · Gabby Whittaker

The Carson City Kid

1940 · Gabby Whittaker

Wagons Westward

1940 · Hardtack

Dark Command

1940 · Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

Young Buffalo Bill

1940 · Gabby Whittaker

Days of Jesse James

1939 · Gabby

Saga of Death Valley

1939 · Gabby

The Arizona Kid

1939 · Gabby Whittaker

In Old Monterey

1939 · Gabby Whittaker

Wall Street Cowboy

1939 · Gabby

Renegade Trail

1939 · Windy Halliday

In Old Caliente

1939 · Gabby

Man of Conquest

1939 · Lannie Upchurch

Silver on the Sage

1939 · Windy Halliday

Southward Ho!

1939 · Gabby

Sunset Trail

1939 · Windy Halliday

Let Freedom Ring

1939 · Pop Wilkie

Fighting Thoroughbreds

Fighting Thoroughbreds

1939 · Gramps Montrose

The Frontiersmen

1938 · Windy Halliday

In Old Mexico

1938 · Windy Halliday

Pride of the West

1938 · Windy Halliday

Bar 20 Justice

1938 · Windy Halliday

Heart of Arizona

1938 · Windy Halliday

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938 · Enoch

Texas Trail

1937 · Windy Halliday

Hopalong Rides Again

1937 · Windy Halliday

Rustlers' Valley

1937 · Windy Halliday

North of the Rio Grande

1937 · Windy Halliday

Mountain Music

1937 · Granpappy Burnside

Hills of Old Wyoming

1937 · Windy Halliday

Borderland

1937 · Windy Halliday

Trail Dust

1936 · Windy Halliday

The Plainsman

1936 · Breezy

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

1936 · Windy Halliday

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936 · Bearded Man

The Texas Rangers

1936 · Judge Snow

I Married a Doctor

1936 · Train Station Agent

Three on the Trail

1936 · Windy Halliday

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

Song of the Trail

1936 · Dan Hobson

Call of the Prairie

1936 · Shanghai McHenry

Heart of the West

1936 · Windy Jenkins

The Lawless Nineties

1936 · Major Carter

Silverspurs

1936 · Drag Harlan

Valley of the Lawless

1936 · Grandpaw Jenkins

Hitch Hike Lady

1935 · Miner

Swifty

1935 · Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)

Bar 20 Rides Again

1935 · Windy Halliday

The Eagle's Brood

1935 · Spike

$1,000 a Minute

1935 · New Deal Watson

Texas Terror

1935 · Sheriff Ed Williams

The Throwback

1935 · Ford Cruze

Thunder Mountain

1935 · Foley

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

1935 · Dr. Parker

Hop-a-long Cassidy

1935 · Uncle Ben

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935 · Lucas

Honeymoon Limited

1935 · Pinkham

Ladies Crave Excitement

1935 · McCloskey

Justice of the Range

1935 · John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

1935 · Pearson (as George Hayes)

The Headline Woman

1935 · Duffy

Tombstone Terror

1935 · Soupy Baxter

Smokey Smith

1935 · Blaze Bart

Rainbow Valley

1935 · George Hale

The Outlaw Tamer

1935 · Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)

The Lost City

1935 · Butterfield

Death Flies East

1935 · Wotkyns

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934 · Matt Downing

The Lawless Frontier

1934 · Dusty

Vengence is Mine

1934 · Dusty

In Old Santa Fe

1934 · Cactus

The Brand of Hate

1934 · Bill Larkins

The Man from Hell

1934 · Banker Colonel Campbell

The Star Packer

1934 · Matt Matlock

The Drifter

1934 · Marvin Black

Randy Rides Alone

1934 · - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute

Bandits of the Badlands

1934 · Sheriff Jake Withers

The Shadow Gang

1934 · Matt Matlock

Next Of Kin

1934 · 'Dusty'

Monte Carlo Nights

1934 · Inspector Nick Gunby

The Man from Utah

1934 · Marshal George Higgins

Rodeo Rocketeers

1934 · Marshall George

Blue Steel

1934 · Sheriff Jake Withers

City Limits

1934 · Charlie Carter

Bedlam of Beards

1934

House of Mystery

1934 · David Fells

Mystery Liner

1934 · Joe, the Watchman

Beggars in Ermine

1934 · Joe Wilson

West of the Divide

1934 · 'Dusty'

The Lucky Texan

1934 · Jake 'Grandy' Benson

Claim Jumpers

1934 · Jake Benson

Riders of Destiny

1933 · Charlie Denton

Ship of Wanted Men

1933 · Crewman

Skyway

1933 · George Taylor

The Devil's Mate

1933 · Collins

Ranger's Code

1933 · Baxter (as George Hayes)

Galloping Romeo

1933 · Grizzly

The Fugitive

1933 · Judge Tyler

Fighting Texans

1933 · Pop Martin

The Sphinx

1933 · Detective Casey

Crashing Broadway

1933 · J. Talbot Thorndyke

The Gallant Fool

1933 · Dad Denton

The Return of Casey Jones

1933 · Timothy Shine

Trailing North

1933 · Flash Ryan

The Phantom Broadcast

1933 · Police Lieutenant

Breed of the Border

1933 · Chuck Wiggins

The Fighting Champ

1932 · Pete

Self Defense

1932 · Jury Foreman

Wild Horse Mesa

1932 · Slack

Texas Buddies

1932 · Si Haller

Hidden Valley

1932 · Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat

Broadway to Cheyenne

1932 · Walrus

Klondike

1932 · Tom Ross

The Night Rider

1932 · Altoonie

Love Me Tonight

1932 · Grocer (uncredited)

A Slip at the Switch

A Slip at the Switch

1932 · Deputy Smoot

Winner Take All

1932 · Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)

The Boiling Point

1932 · George Duncan

The Man from Hell's Edges

1932 · Shamrock Cassidy

Riders of the Desert

1932 · Hashknife Brooks

Border Devils

1932 · Squint Sanders

Play Girl

1932 · Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)

Sally of the Subway

1932 · Police Lieutenant Paxton

Dragnet Patrol

1931 · Private Detective

Cavalier of the West

1931 · Sheriff Bill Ryan

Oklahoma Jim

1931 · Crooked Gambler

The Nevada Buckaroo

1931 · Cherokee Williams

Big Business Girl

1931 · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

God's Country and the Man

1931 · Stingaree Kelly

The Stolen Jools

1931 · Projectionist

Dirigible

1931 · Parade Official (uncredited)

Top Speed

1930 · Western Union Clerk

For the Defense

1930 · Ben (the waiter)

She Who Gets Slapped

1930 · Poker Player

Playing Around

1930 · Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)

Big News

1929 · Hoffman

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929 · Taxi Driver

Rainbow Man

1929 · Bill

The House Without Children

1919 · Archibald Ponsonby

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