Cast
Denver Pyle
Acting
Cast
Denver Pyle
Known for
Acting
Born
1920-05-11
From
Bethune, Colorado, USA
Died
1997-12-25
Also known as Denver Dell Pyle, Ψ―ΩΩΩΨ± ΩΎΨ§ΫΩ, Denver D. Pyle
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 β 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 from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1955, Pyle married Marilee Carpenter, a production assistant at 20th Century Fox. They had sons David and Tony. Marilee and Denver divorced in 1970. In 1983, Pyle married Tippie Johnston. That union lasted until his death. Pyle died of lung cancer on Christmas 1997. Memorial services were held January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife's parents, J.T. Johnston and Erin Birch Johnston. CLR
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7.8
MOVIE1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Amos Carruthers
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6.8
MOVIE1960
Home from the Hill
as Mr. Bradley
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7.5
MOVIE1967
Bonnie and Clyde
as Frank Hamer
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7.1
MOVIE1960
The Alamo
as Thimblerig (the Gambler)
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6.9
MOVIE1994
Maverick
as Old Gambler on Riverboat
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7.1
MOVIE1965
The Great Race
as Sheriff
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6.6
MOVIE1968
Bandolero!
as Muncie Carter
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7.0
MOVIE1964
Mail Order Bride
as Preacher Pope
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6.5
MOVIE1947
Devil Ship
as Carl
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6.9
MOVIE1959
The Horse Soldiers
as Jackie Jo
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6.4
MOVIE1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
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8.0
MOVIE1974
Hog Wild
as Dr. Larson
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7.4
MOVIE1954
Johnny Guitar
as Posseman (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1968
5 Card Stud
as Sig Evers
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5.3
MOVIE1951
Drums in the Deep South
as Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
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6.7
MOVIE1964
Cheyenne Autumn
as Sen. Henry (uncredited)
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5.9
MOVIE1978
Return from Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
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5.5
MOVIE1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
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6.1
MOVIE1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Denver
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9.0
MOVIE1987
Delta Fever
as Walt
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6.8
MOVIE1955
Run for Cover
as Harvey (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1978
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
as Narrator
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6.4
MOVIE1959
Good Day for a Hanging
as Deputy Ed Moore
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6.8
MOVIE1948
The Man from Colorado
as Easy Jarrett
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6.8
MOVIE1948
The Man from Colorado
as Easy Jarrett (uncredited)
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6.9
MOVIE1965
Shenandoah
as Pastor Bjoerling
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5.5
MOVIE1965
The Rounders
as Bull
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5.9
MOVIE1955
Ten Wanted Men
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5.5
MOVIE1957
Jet Pilot
as Mr. Simpson
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5.3
MOVIE1967
Welcome to Hard Times
as Alfie - Stage Driver
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5.7
MOVIE1949
The Big Wheel
as Track Intern
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6.1
MOVIE1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Reverend Moorehead
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3.8
MOVIE1963
Terrified
as Sheriff Dixon
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5.0
MOVIE1976
Welcome to L.A.
as Carl Barber
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MOVIE1958
The Left Handed Gun
as Ollinger
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6.1
MOVIE1966
Incident at Phantom Hill
as 1st Hunter
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5.9
MOVIE1956
Please Murder Me
as Det. Lt. Bradley
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6.2
MOVIE1958
Fort Massacre
as Collins
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5.3
MOVIE1971
Something Big
as Junior Frisbee
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6.2
MOVIE1964
Black Like Me
as Man in pick-up truck
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6.4
MOVIE1950
Singing Guns
as Richards Henchman
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6.4
MOVIE1954
The Command
as Infantryman (uncredited)
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5.0
MOVIE1965
Mara of the Wilderness
as Kelly
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6.1
MOVIE1956
7th Cavalry
as Dixon
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3.9
MOVIE1950
The Flying Saucer
as Turner
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5.4
MOVIE1954
The Yellow Mountain
as (uncredited)
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6.8
MOVIE1949
Too Late for Tears
as Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
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4.6
MOVIE1956
The Naked Hills
as Bert Killian / Narrator
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7.7
MOVIE1948
Train to Alcatraz
as Hutch Hutchins
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4.8
MOVIE1994
Father and Scout
as George Rosebrock
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5.8
MOVIE1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1954
Drum Beat
as Fairchild (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1955
Rage at Dawn
as Clint Reno
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6.9
MOVIE1958
China Doll
as Col. Wiley
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6.0
MOVIE1949
El Paso
as Vigilante (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1966
Gunpoint
as Cap
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5.5
MOVIE1950
Captain China
as Steve
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6.6
MOVIE1953
Gunsmoke
as Greasy (uncredited)
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5.6
MOVIE1957
Gun Duel in Durango
as Ranger Captain
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9.0
MOVIE1951
Hills of Utah
as Bowie French
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5.4
MOVIE1997
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Uncle Jesse Duke
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5.5
MOVIE1962
Geronimo
as Senator Conrad
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6.2
MOVIE1986
Return to Mayberry
as Briscoe Darling
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5.8
MOVIE1950
Federal Agent at Large
as 'Jumpy' Jordan
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7.0
MOVIE1976
Guardian of the Wilderness
as Galen Clark
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6.6
MOVIE1955
To Hell and Back
as Thompson
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6.3
MOVIE1974
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Grandpappy John
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8.7
MOVIE1952
Oklahoma Annie
as Skip
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5.8
MOVIE1957
Domino Kid
as Bill Dragger
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5.7
MOVIE1953
The Lone Hand
as Regulator (uncredited)
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8.3
MOVIE1992
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Self
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9.0
MOVIE1949
Streets of San Francisco
as Ed Quinn
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5.8
MOVIE1976
Hawmps!
as Col. Seymour Hawkins
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4.9
MOVIE1975
Death Among Friends
as Morgan
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4.5
MOVIE1953
A Perilous Journey
as Bartender
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10.0
MOVIE1974
Murder or Mercy
as Amos Champion
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6.6
MOVIE1959
Cast a Long Shadow
as Preacher Harrison
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7.5
MOVIE1947
Where the North Begins
as Jim Rockwell
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6.1
MOVIE1950
Dynamite Pass
as Henchman
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6.4
MOVIE1949
Hellfire
as Rex
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5.7
MOVIE1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Bagley
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10.0
MOVIE1978
Once Upon a Starry Night
as Mad Jack
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9.0
MOVIE1952
Man from the Black Hills
as Glenn Hartley
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6.2
MOVIE1953
Column South
as Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
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6.8
MOVIE1959
King of the Wild Stallions
as MacGuire's Henchman
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10.0
MOVIE1976
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
as Old mountain man
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5.2
MOVIE1952
Mutiny
as Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
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5.8
MOVIE1949
Red Canyon
as Hutch
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10.0
MOVIE1950
Customs Agent
as Al
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8.0
MOVIE1958
Bitter Heritage
as Sam Wheeler
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6.5
MOVIE1953
Goldtown Ghost Riders
as Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1952
Fargo
as Carey
MOVIE1976
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
as Senator Austin
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6.6
MOVIE1975
Winterhawk
as Arkansas
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5.2
MOVIE1949
Rim of the Canyon
as Cash Collins (uncredited)
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5.0
MOVIE1953
Vigilante Terror
as Henchman Sperry
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10.0
MOVIE1950
The Old Frontier
as Henchman George
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6.0
MOVIE1953
Rebel City
as Greeley
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6.6
MOVIE1955
Top Gun
as Hank Spencer (uncredited)
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5.3
MOVIE1958
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Bickford
MOVIE1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
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9.0
MOVIE1948
Marshal of Amarillo
as The Night Clerk
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4.5
MOVIE1956
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
as Jim Bailey
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9.0
MOVIE1952
The Maverick
as Bud Karnes
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8.0
MOVIE1953
Texas Bad Man
as Tench
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5.0
MOVIE1952
Desert Passage
as Allen
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6.4
MOVIE1953
Fort Vengeance
as Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1957
The Lonely Man
as Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
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6.5
MOVIE1952
Canyon Ambush
as Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
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6.0
MOVIE1953
Topeka
as Jonas Bailey
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9.0
MOVIE1956
Yaqui Drums
as Lefty Barr
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7.0
MOVIE1978
Legend of the Northwest
as Abner
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10.0
MOVIE1949
Flame of Youth
as Lytz
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7.0
MOVIE1971
Mean Justice
as Tom Rawling
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7.3
MOVIE1973
Hitched
as Ben Barnstable
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6.7
MOVIE1975
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
as Ben as an Adult
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6.5
MOVIE1967
Tammy and the Millionaire
as Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
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10.0
MOVIE1957
Destination 60,000
as Mickey Hill
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7.0
MOVIE1951
Rough Riders of Durango
as Henchman Lacey
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6.5
MOVIE1951
Million Dollar Pursuit
as Nick Algren
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6.0
MOVIE1981
Legend of the Wild
as Narrator (Voice)
MOVIE1983
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
as Narrator