Birthday
1920/05/11
Day of death
1997/12/25 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bethune, Colorado, USA
Also know as
Denver Dell Pyle, دِنور پایل
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...Read more
(1967) Bonnie and Clyde
as Frank Hamer
(1952) Mutiny
as Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
(1965) Shenandoah
as Pastor Bjoerling
(1968) 5 Card Stud
as Sig Evers
(1960) The Alamo
as Thimblerig (the Gambler)
(1962) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Amos Carruthers
(1965) The Great Race
as Sheriff
(1976) Hawmps!
as Col. Seymour Hawkins
(1965) The Rounders
as Bull
(1994) Maverick
as Old Gambler on Riverboat
(1964) Cheyenne Autumn
as Sen. Henry (uncredited)
(1949) Flame of Youth
as Lytz
(1958) The Left Handed Gun
as Ollinger
(1957) The Lonely Man
as Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
(1956) 7th Cavalry
as Dixon
(1948) The Man from Colorado
as Easy Jarrett
(1959) Good Day for a Hanging
as Deputy Ed Moore
(1962) Geronimo
as Senator Conrad
(1951) Million Dollar Pursuit
as Nick Algren
(1955) To Hell and Back
as Thompson
(1978) Once Upon a Starry Night
as Mad Jack
(1956) Please Murder Me
as Det. Lt. Bradley
(1959) The Horse Soldiers
as Jackie Jo
(1978) Return from Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
(1979) When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
(1949) Rim of the Canyon
as Cash Collins (uncredited)
(1951) Drums in the Deep South
as Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
(1958) Fort Massacre
as Collins
(1976) Welcome to L.A.
as Carl Barber
(1953) Fort Vengeance
as Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
(1974) Hog Wild
as Dr. Larson
(1981) Legend of the Wild
as Narrator (Voice)
(1997) The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Uncle Jesse Duke
(1948) Train to Alcatraz
as Hutch Hutchins
(1949) Streets of San Francisco
as Ed Quinn
(1975) Winterhawk
as Arkansas
(1956) The Naked Hills
as Bert Killian / Narrator
(1950) Federal Agent at Large
as 'Jumpy' Jordan
(1950) Customs Agent
as Al
(1963) Terrified
as Sheriff Dixon
(1966) Incident at Phantom Hill
as 1st Hunter
(1949) Red Canyon
as Hutch
(1957) Gun Duel In Durango
as Ranger Captain
(1967) Welcome to Hard Times
as Alfie - Stage Driver
(1951) Hills of Utah
as Bowie French
(1948) Marshal of Amarillo
as The Night Clerk
(1974) The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Grandpappy John
(1958) The Party Crashers
as Mr. Bickford
(1965) Mara of the Wilderness
as Kelly
(1966) Gunpoint
as Cap
(1964) Mail Order Bride
as Preacher Pope
(1959) Cast a Long Shadow
as Preacher Harrison
(1971) Hitched
as Ben Barnstable
(1960) Home from the Hill
as Mr. Bradley
(1952) Oklahoma Annie
as Skip
(1950) Dynamite Pass
as Henchman
(1968) Bandolero!
as Muncie Carter
(1955) Ten Wanted Men
as ---
(1959) King of the Wild Stallions
as MacGuire's Henchman
(1973) Cahill: United States Marshal
as Denver
(1983) Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
as Narrator
(1976) The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
as Senator Austin
(1953) Column South
as Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
(1949) Too Late for Tears
as Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
(1957) Domino Kid
as Bill Dragger
(1952) Desert Passage
as Allen
(1953) Goldtown Ghost Riders
as Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
(1955) Top Gun
as Hank Spencer (uncredited)
(1947) The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)
(1954) Drum Beat
as Fairchild (uncredited)
(1953) The Lone Hand
as Regulator (uncredited)
(1954) The Command
as Infantryman (uncredited)
(1953) Gunsmoke
as Greasy (uncredited)
(1947) Devil Ship
as Carl
(1956) I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
as Jim Bailey
(1974) Murder or Mercy
as Amos Champion
(1975) Escape to Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
(1950) Captain China
as Steve
(1955) Rage at Dawn
as Clint Reno
(1976) Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
(1956) Yaqui Drums
as Lefty Barr
(1950) The Flying Saucer
as Turner
(1967) Tammy and the Millionaire
as Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
(1953) Texas Bad Man
as Tench
(1949) El Paso
as Vigilante (uncredited)
(1957) Destination 60,000
as Mickey Hill
(1971) Something Big
as Junior Frisbee
(1964) Black Like Me
as Man in pick-up truck
(1975) The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
as Ben as an Adult
(1955) Run for Cover
as Harvey (uncredited)
(1971) Mean Justice
as Tom Rawling
(1949) The Big Wheel
as Track Intern
(1954) The Boy from Oklahoma
as Bagley
(1994) Father and Scout
as George Rosebrock
(1954) Johnny Guitar
as Posseman (uncredited)
(1950) Singing Guns
as Richards Henchman
(1957) Jet Pilot
as Mr. Simpson
(1952) Canyon Ambush
as Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
(1976) The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
as Old mountain man
(1951) Rough Riders of Durango
as Henchman Lacey
(1950) The Old Frontier
as Henchman George
(1952) Fargo
as Carey
(1952) Man from the Black Hills
as Glenn Hartley
(1952) The Maverick
as Bud Karnes
(1976) Guardian of the Wilderness
as Galen Clark
(1947) Where the North Begins
as Jim Rockwell
(1949) Hellfire
as Rex
(1953) Rebel City
as Greeley
(1953) Topeka
as Jonas Bailey
(1953) Vigilante Terror
as Henchman Sperry
(1954) Ride Clear of Diablo
as Reverend Moorehead
(1958) Bitter Heritage
as Sam Wheeler
(1978) How Bugs Bunny Won the West
as Narrator
(1953) A Perilous Journey
as Bartender
(1958) China Doll
as Col. Wiley
(1986) Return to Mayberry
as Briscoe Darling
(1992) John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Self
(1954) The Yellow Mountain
as (uncredited)
(1987) Delta Fever
as Walt
(1978) Legend of the Northwest
as ---
(1948) The Man from Colorado
as Easy Jarrett (uncredited)
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Briscoe Darling
(1986) L.A. Law
as Harold Nordoff
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Eben Connors
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Gen. Mills
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Chief Amos Trask
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as ---
(1972) Kung Fu
as ---
(1961) The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Uncle George
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1995) Cybill
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Willie Calhoun
(1957) Perry Mason
as Robert Crane
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Stu Tillman
(1972) The Waltons
as ---
(1978) Dallas
as Blackie Callahan
(1959) Rawhide
as John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1967) Cimarron Strip
as ---
(1983) The Dukes
as Uncle Jesse (voice)
(1968) The Doris Day Show
as Buck Webb
(1967) The High Chaparral
as General Warren
(1955) The Millionaire
as Arthur Darner
(1965) Tammy
as ---
(1962) The Virginian
as Pico Brown
(1960) Thriller
as Ortho Wheeler
(1960) The Aquanauts
as Captain Leo Stohl
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as ---
(1959) Men Into Space
as ---
(1974) Petrocelli
as ---
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as Emile Hatch
(1975) Karen
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1967) Hondo
as ---
(1960) National Velvet
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Dan Morgan
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett
as ---
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Brill
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Burke Carew
(1959) Riverboat
as Jim Bledsoe
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1959) Wichita Town
as ---
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1960) Stagecoach West
as ---
(1974) The Manhunter
as ---
(1955) Buffalo Bill Jr.
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as John Baker
(1963) The Lieutenant
as ---
(1951) The Roy Rogers Show
as ---
(1977) Grizzly Adams
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as R. E. Lenger
(1953) I'm the Law
as ---
(1955) Frontier
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Kit Carson
as ---
(1957) 26 Men
as ---
(1955) My Friend Flicka
as Alec
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Ben Thompson
(1952) Hopalong Cassidy
as ---
(1958) Jefferson Drum
as Bart Resdake
(1959) The Deputy
as Akins
(1958) Behind Closed Doors
as Roger Woodson
(1963) Channing
as Sam Riddle
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Frank Blake
(1957) Casey Jones
as Frank Reeder
(1958) The Texan
as Sheriff
(1954) Public Defender
as Tom Gayley
(1958) The Texan
as Chip Andrews
(1955) Fury
as Carter
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Deputy French
(1979) The Dukes of Hazzard
as Jesse Duke
(1959) Bonanza
as Price Buchanan
(1960) The Tall Man
as Marshal Dave Leggert
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hank Shinn
(1955) Cheyenne
as Cyrus Burton
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Royal (uncredited)
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Mike Blocker
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Gus
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Colby
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Haggen
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Aaron
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Pa
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Caleb
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Claudius
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Clab Chummer
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Caleb Nash
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Dr. Henry S. Rand
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Judge Blent
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Cyrus Himes
(1957) Perry Mason
as Jackson Sidemark
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Stayley Kircher
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Quimby
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Tom
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Seth Robson
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Joe Sully
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Nat Sledge
(1956) State Trooper
as Mark Schmedler
(1977) How the West Was Won
as Sgt. Tripp
(1957) Perry Mason
as Tom Quincy
(1954) Annie Oakley
as Dr. Barnes
(1957) Perry Mason
as Tilden Stuart
(1957) Perry Mason
as Emery Fillmore
(1957) Perry Mason
as Frank Honer
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Walsh (uncredited)
(1955) Cheyenne
as John Hanson
(1995) What a Cartoon!
as Podunk Possum (voice)
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Stack
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Deputy Allen
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Burr Ramsey
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Dodge Hartman
(1959) Bonanza
as Claude Roman
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Dr. Larson
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Pete Hollister
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Hoss Mackey
(1957) Wagon Train
as Bragg
(1959) Bonanza
as Sheriff Ed
(1954) Public Defender
as George Hansen
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Amos Briggs (uncredited)
(1962) Empire
as Tom Rawling
(1958) The Texan
as Houston Blackston
(1954) Annie Oakley
as Tom Malloy
(1964) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Titus Purcell
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Lester
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Charley
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Ben as an Adult (voice)
(1954) The Lone Wolf
as Kargar
(1958) Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Braddock
(1956) Broken Arrow
as Fred Graf