George 'Gabby' Hayes
Birthday
1885/05/06
Day of death
1969/02/09 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Wellsville, New York, USA
Also know as
George Francis Hayes, George Hayes, George Francis "Gabby" Hayes
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1946) My Pal Trigger
as Gabby Kendrick
(1933) Riders of Destiny
as Charlie Denton
(1934) Randy Rides Alone
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
(1935) Texas Terror
as Sheriff Ed Williams
(1934) The Lucky Texan
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
(1936) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
(1934) West of the Divide
as 'Dusty'
(1940) Dark Command
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
(1943) In Old Oklahoma
as Despirit Dean
(1948) Albuquerque
as Juke
(1944) Tall in the Saddle
as Dave
(1934) The Star Packer
as Matt Matlock
(1935) The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
(1935) The Lost City
as Butterfield
(1941) Bad Man of Deadwood
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
(1946) Badman's Territory
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
(1940) Colorado
as Gabby
(1940) The Carson City Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
(1934) The Lawless Frontier
as Dusty
(1936) Silver Spurs
as Drag Harlan
(1935) The Throwback
as Ford Cruze
(1936) The Texas Rangers
as Judge Snow
(1938) The Frontiersmen
as Windy Halliday
(1935) The Eagle's Brood
as Spike
(1938) Pride of the West
as Windy Halliday
(1938) In Old Mexico
as Windy Halliday
(1939) Silver on the Sage
as Windy Halliday
(1938) Bar 20 Justice
as Windy Halliday
(1939) Renegade Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1939) Sunset Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1936) Three on the Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1937) Hopalong Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
(1936) Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Windy Halliday
(1937) North of the Rio Grande
as Windy Halliday
(1935) Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Uncle Ben
(1937) Rustlers' Valley
as Windy Halliday
(1936) Heart of the West
as Windy Jenkins
(1936) Call of the Prairie
as Shanghai McHenry
(1935) Bar 20 Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
(1937) Borderland
as Windy Halliday
(1937) Texas Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1938) Heart of Arizona
as Windy Halliday
(1937) Hills of Old Wyoming
as Windy Halliday
(1936) Trail Dust
as Windy Halliday
(1946) Home in Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
(1944) Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
(1941) Sheriff of Tombstone
as Gabby
(1942) Sunset Serenade
as Gabby
(1945) Bells of Rosarita
as Gabby Whittake
(1946) Heldorado
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946) Roll on Texas Moon
as Gabby Whittaker
(1940) The Border Legion
as Honest John Whittaker
(1940) Young Bill Hickok
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
(1946) Under Nevada Skies
as Gabby Whittaker
(1934) The Man from Utah
as Marshal George Higgins
(1935) Rainbow Valley
as George Hale
(1934) Blue Steel
as Sheriff Jake Withers
(1929) Rainbow Man
as Bill
(1947) Trail Street
as Billy Jones
(1936) The Lawless Nineties
as Major Carter
(1945) Sunset in El Dorado
as Gabby
(1941) In Old Cheyenne
as Arapaho Brown
(1940) Young Buffalo Bill
as Gabby Whittaker
(1932) Border Devils
as Squint Sanders
(1934) Bandits of the Badlands
as Sheriff Jake Withers
(1934) The Shadow Gang
as Matt Matlock
(1934) Next Of Kin
as 'Dusty'
(1939) The Arizona Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946) Rainbow Over Texas
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
(1944) The Big Bonanza
as Hap Selby
(1941) Red River Valley
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942) Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gabby
(1939) Southward Ho!
as Gabby
(1942) Heart of the Golden West
as Gabby
(1940) The Ranger and the Lady
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942) Man from Cheyenne
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942) Sunset on the Desert
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942) South of Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
(1932) Klondike
as Tom Ross
(1932) The Night Rider
as Altoonie
(1932) The Boiling Point
as George Duncan
(1933) Galloping Romeo
as Grizzly
(1934) In Old Santa Fe
as Cactus
(1933) The Return of Casey Jones
as Timothy Shine
(1934) Monte Carlo Nights
as Inspector Nick Gunby
(1945) Utah
as Gabby Whittaker
(1948) Return of the Bad Men
as John Pettit
(1939) Man of Conquest
as Lannie Upchurch
(1944) Marshal of Reno
as Gabby
(1941) Jesse James at Bay
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
(1935) Ladies Crave Excitement
as McCloskey
(1939) Days of Jesse James
as Gabby
(1944) Tucson Raiders
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
(1946) Song of Arizona
as Gabby Whittaker
(1941) Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
(1942) Romance on the Range
as Gabby
(1935) Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Dr. Parker
(1939) Let Freedom Ring
as Pop Wilkie
(1931) The Nevada Buckaroo
as Cherokee Williams
(1932) Riders of the Desert
as Hashknife Brooks
(1935) Honeymoon Limited
as Pinkham
(1942) Sons of the Pioneers
as Gabby Whittaker
(1949) El Paso
as Pesky Tees
(1932) A Slip at the Switch
as Deputy Smoot
(1950) The Cariboo Trail
as Grizzly
(1939) Saga of Death Valley
as Gabby
(1930) For the Defense
as Ben (the waiter)
(1931) Dragnet Patrol
as Private Detective
(1976) Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1939) In Old Monterey
as Gabby Whittaker
(1941) Nevada City
as Gabby Chapman
(1932) The Man from Hell's Edges
as Shamrock Cassidy
(1934) The Brand of Hate
as Bill Larkins
(1938) Gold Is Where You Find It
as Enoch
(1935) Justice of the Range
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
(1935) Hitch Hike Lady
as Miner
(1931) Cavalier of the West
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
(1930) Playing Around
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
(1935) Death Flies East
as Wotkyns
(1933) Skyway
as George Taylor
(1936) The Plainsman
as Breezy
(1929) Big News
as Hoffman
(1930) Top Speed
as Western Union Clerk
(1935) Tombstone Terror
as Soupy Baxter
(1945) Along the Navajo Trail
as Gabby Whittaker
(1939) Wall Street Cowboy
as Gabby
(1935) Smokey Smith
as Blaze Bart
(1934) City Limits
as Charlie Carter
(1943) Death Valley Manhunt
as Gabby Hayes
(1943) Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Gabby Hayes
(1936) Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Bearded Man
(1944) Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gabby Hayes
(1934) The Man from Hell
as Banker Colonel Campbell
(1939) In Old Caliente
as Gabby
(1932) Sally of the Subway
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
(1931) Dirigible
as Parade Official (uncredited)
(1933) Ranger's Code
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
(1933) The Gallant Fool
as Dad Denton
(1935) Swifty
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
(1945) Don't Fence Me In
as Gabby Whittaker
(1940) Wagons Westward
as Hardtack
(1933) Trailing North
as Flash Ryan
(1936) Valley of the Lawless
as Grandpaw Jenkins
(1935) The Outlaw Tamer
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
(1945) Man from Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
(1943) Wagon Tracks West
as Gabby
(1935) Thunder Mountain
as Foley
(1948) The Untamed Breed
as Windy Lucas
(1932) The Fighting Champ
as Pete
(1935) $1,000 a Minute
as New Deal Watson
(1943) Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Gabby Hayes
(1939) Fighting Thoroughbreds
as Gramps Montrose
(1933) Ship of Wanted Men
as Crewman
(1936) Song of the Trail
as Dan Hobson
(1931) The Stolen Jools
as Projectionist
(1934) Claim Jumpers
as Jake Benson
(1936) I Married a Doctor
as Train Station Agent
(1931) Big Business Girl
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1940) Melody Ranch
as Pop Laramie
(1932) Winner Take All
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
(1934) Mystery Liner
as Joe, the Watchman
(1943) The Man from Thunder River
as Gabby Whittaker
(1933) The Sphinx
as Detective Casey
(1930) She Who Gets Slapped
as Poker Player
(1943) Overland Mail Robbery
as Gabby
(1944) Mojave Firebrand
as Gabby Hayes
(1932) Wild Horse Mesa
as Slack
(1947) Wyoming
as Windy Gibson
(1933) Breed of the Border
as Chuck Wiggins
(1932) Play Girl
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
(1932) Texas Buddies
as Si Haller
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1932) Love Me Tonight
as Grocer (uncredited)
(1934) Bedlam of Beards
as ---
(1934) House of Mystery
as David Fells
(1934) 'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Matt Downing
(1937) Mountain Music
as Granpappy Burnside
(1931) God's Country and the Man
as Stingaree Kelly
(1935) The Headline Woman
as Duffy
(1932) Hidden Valley
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
(1931) Oklahoma Jim
as Crooked Gambler
(1932) Self Defense
as Jury Foreman
(1932) Broadway to Cheyenne
as Walrus
(1933) The Phantom Broadcast
as Police Lieutenant
(1933) Fighting Texans
as Pop Martin
(1933) Crashing Broadway
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
(1933) The Fugitive
as Judge Tyler
(1933) The Devil's Mate
as Collins
(1934) Beggars in Ermine
as Joe Wilson
(1919) The House Without Children
as Archibald Ponsonby
(1929) Smiling Irish Eyes
as Taxi Driver
(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Lucas
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1950) The Gabby Hayes Show
as Himself
(1978) Western von gestern
as Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1956) The Gabby Hayes Show
as Narrator