Sheb Wooley
Birthday
1921/04/10
Day of death
2003/09/16 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Erick, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.
Acting
(1952) High Noon
as Ben Miller
(1956) Giant
as Gabe Target
(1986) Hoosiers
as Cletus
(1985) Silverado
as Cavalry Sergeant
(1967) The War Wagon
as Snyder
(1984) The Dollmaker
as Mr. Kendrick
(1952) Toughest Man in Arizona
as ---
(1954) Arrow In The Dust
as Trooper (uncredited)
(1957) Trooper Hook
as Townsman
(1951) Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
as ---
(1951) Little Big Horn
as Quince
(1958) Terror in a Texas Town
as Baxter
(1952) Cattle Town
as Miller
(1980) The Big Brawl
as Screaming Thug
(1951) Distant Drums
as Pvt. Jessup
(1957) Ride a Violent Mile
as Jonathan Long
(1988) Purple People Eater
as Harvey Skitters
(1963) Hootenanny Hoot
as Self
(1954) The Boy from Oklahoma
as Pete Martin
(1976) The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Travis Cobb
(1960) Sergeant Rutledge
as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
(1954) Rose Marie
as Corporal
(1953) Texas Bad Man
as Mack
(1954) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1952) The Lusty Men
as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
(1989) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Screaming Soldiers (archive sound) (uncredited)
(1956) The Black Whip
as Bill Lassater
(1952) Hellgate
as Neill Price
(1955) Man Without a Star
as Latigo
(1986) Uphill All the Way
as Anson Sudro
(1966) Country Boy
as ---
(1950) Rocky Mountain
as Kay Rawlins
(1951) Fort Worth
as Outrider (uncredited)
(1953) The Charge at Feather River
as Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as Sheriff
(1957) Trackdown
as ---
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Pete Nolan
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1970) The Young Rebels
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Pete Martin
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Brock
(1951) The Adventures of Kit Carson
as ---
(1955) My Friend Flicka
as ---
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Don Wyman
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Hatton
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Billy Ray Parker
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Tex