Dick Foran
Birthday
1910/06/18
Day of death
1979/08/10 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
John Nicholas Foran, Nick 'Dick' Foran, Nick Foran, Richard Foran, Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy, The Singing Cowboy Dick Foran, John Nicholas "Dick" Foran
Biography
John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, m...Read more
Acting
(1940) The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning
(1942) Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice
(1941) In the Navy
as Dynamite Dugan
(1958) The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis
(1940) The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule
(1942) The Mummy's Tomb
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
(1940) My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter
(1937) Black Legion
as Ed Jackson
(1948) Fort Apache
as Sgt. Quincannon
(1959) The Atomic Submarine
as Dan Wendover
(1963) Donovan's Reef
as Sean O'Brien
(1936) Earthworm Tractors
as Emmet McManus
(1939) I Stole a Million
as Paul Carver
(1957) Chicago Confidential
as Artie Blaine
(1956) Please Murder Me
as Joe Leeds
(1936) The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger
(1938) Four Daughters
as Ernest
(1937) Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Dick Foran
(1936) California Mail
as Bill Harkins
(1941) Mob Town
as Frank Conroy
(1935) One More Spring
as Park Policeman
(1955) The Miracle on 34th Street
as Thomas Mara
(1958) Violent Road
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
(1941) Horror Island
as Bill Martin
(1939) Inside Information
as Danny Blake
(1936) Treachery Rides the Range
as Red Taylor
(1937) The Cherokee Strip
as Dick Hudson
(1937) The Perfect Specimen
as Jink Carter
(1939) Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore
(1945) Guest Wife
as Christopher Price
(1941) Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot
(1951) Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Frank Jennings
(1938) Over the Wall
as Jerry Davis
(1965) Taggart
as Stark
(1938) Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Sam Thorne
(1936) Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
(1939) Private Detective
as Jim Rickey
(1982) Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1936) Public Enemy's Wife
as Thomas Duncan McKay
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1955) Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Alan Doran
(1960) Studs Lonigan
as Patrick Lonigan
(1938) Heart of the North
as Alan Baker
(1935) Shipmates Forever
as Gifford
(1935) Moonlight on the Prairie
as Ace Andrews
(1949) El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge
(1938) Secrets of a Nurse
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
(1936) Guns of the Pecos
as Steve Ainslee
(1937) Land Beyond the Law
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
(1940) Winners of the West
as Jeff Ramsay
(1949) Deputy Marshal
as Joel Benton
(1938) Love, Honor and Behave
as Pete Martin
(1947) Easy Come, Easy Go
as Dale Whipple
(1934) Change of Heart
as Nick
(1957) Sierra Stranger
as Bert Gaines
(1937) She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler
(1935) It's A Small World
as Motor Cop
(1960) The Big Night
as Ed Robello
(1938) Boy Meets Girl
as Larry Toms
(1940) The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn
(1938) Out Where the Stars Begin
as Dick Foran
(1942) Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
(1934) Gentlemen Are Born
as Smudge Casey
(1936) The Big Noise
as Don Andrews
(1939) Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot
(1941) Road Agent
as Duke Masters
(1940) Rangers of Fortune
as Johnny Cash
(1937) Prairie Thunder
as Rod Farrell
(1937) Blazing Sixes
as Red Barton
(1937) Empty Holsters
as Clay Brent
(1937) The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Tal Holladay
(1936) The Golden Arrow
as Tommy Blake
(1938) The Sisters
as Tom Knivel
(1936) Trailin' West
as Lieut. Red Colton
(1942) Butch Minds the Baby
as Dennis Devlin
(1935) Dangerous
as Teddy
(1941) Riders of Death Valley
as Jim Benton
(1941) Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts
(1941) The Kid from Kansas
as Kansas
(1943) Hi, Buddy
as Dave O'Connor
(1942) Behind the Eight Ball
as Bill Edwards
(1943) He's My Guy
as Van Moore
(1962) Should I Marry Outside My Faith?
as ---
(1936) Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1934) Student Tour
as Assistant Manager
(1955) Night of Execution
as Robert Maxwell
(1935) The Lottery Lover
as Cadet
(1936) The Sunday Round-Up
as Parson Ted Burke
(1935) Accent on Youth
as Butch
(1947) Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
(1966) Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as The Prospector
(1946) Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
(1938) Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1937) Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1946) Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
(1941) Unfinished Business
as Frank
(1952) The Kill
as Jeff Clark
(1934) Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran
(1958) Thundering Jets
as Col. Henry Spalding
(1936) Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as ---
(1939) Hero for a Day
as Brainy Thornton
(1942) Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Walt Lansing
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Colton
(1957) Perry Mason
as Dr. David Craig
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Sheriff
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(1968) Adam-12
as Fred Haines
(1959) Rawhide
as Major Taggert
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Jeremiah
(1955) The Millionaire
as Hugh Waring
(1962) The Virginian
as Duggan
(1958) Yancy Derringer
as Mr. Halligan
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Bob
(1954) Climax!
as Robert Maxwell
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as David Steele
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff D. Wilkes
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1959) The Swamp Fox
as Gabriel Marion
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Paul Adams
(1956) State Trooper
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Phil
(1965) O.K. Crackerby
as ---
(1957) The O. Henry Playhouse
as Calliope
(1957) Maverick
as Sheriff Edwards
(1962) The Virginian
as Mayor
(1962) The Virginian
as Frank Devereaux
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Matt
(1968) Mayberry R.F.D.
as King Beaumont
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Esau Hepburn
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Murdock
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Will Foster
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Simon Doggett
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Frank Koster
(1957) Perry Mason
as Steve Benton
(1957) Perry Mason
as Harlan Merrill
(1948) Studio One
as Russ Adams
(1948) Studio One
as Jeff Clark
(1948) Studio One
as Larry
(1954) Climax!
as Luke Bradshaw
(1952) Death Valley Days
as Ferguson