Cast
Dick Foran
Acting
Cast
Dick Foran
Known for
Acting
Born
1910-06-18
From
Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Died
1979-08-10
Also known as John Nicholas Foran, Nick 'Dick' Foran, Nick 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, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★6.2
MOVIE1945
Guest Wife
as Christopher Price
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Quincannon
★6.2
MOVIE1963
Donovan's Reef
as Sean O'Brien
★7.8
MOVIE1943
Hi, Buddy
as Dave O'Connor
★8.0
MOVIE1952
The Kill
as Jeff Clark
★5.0
MOVIE1955
Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Alan Doran
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Road Agent
as Duke Masters
★4.3
MOVIE1935
The Lottery Lover
as Cadet
★5.3
MOVIE1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran
★7.3
MOVIE1934
Gentlemen Are Born
as Smudge Casey
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1965
Taggart
as Stark
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1940
The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning
★5.9
MOVIE1956
Please Murder Me
as Joe Leeds
★5.5
MOVIE1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
★4.0
MOVIE1936
Treachery Rides the Range
as Red Taylor
★6.5
MOVIE1940
My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter
★6.3
MOVIE1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
★5.7
MOVIE1938
Over the Wall
as Jerry Davis
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore
★4.7
MOVIE1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
★7.1
MOVIE1936
The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Horror Island
as Bill Martin
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts
★5.8
MOVIE1940
The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn
★6.4
MOVIE1937
The Perfect Specimen
as Jink Carter
★4.5
MOVIE1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Dick Foran
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Dangerous
as Teddy
★6.3
MOVIE1934
Change of Heart
as Nick
★5.8
MOVIE1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Frank Jennings
★5.0
MOVIE1955
Night of Execution
as Robert Maxwell
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Four Daughters
as Ernest
★6.4
MOVIE1941
In the Navy
as Dynamite Dugan
★6.5
MOVIE1943
He's My Guy
as Van Moore
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Riders of Death Valley
as Jim Benton
★5.8
MOVIE1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1949
El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge
★6.9
MOVIE1938
Boy Meets Girl
as Larry Toms
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Mob Town
as Frank Conroy
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule
★8.0
MOVIE1936
The Sunday Round-Up
as Parson Ted Burke
★6.2
MOVIE1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Walt Lansing
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1935
One More Spring
as Park Policeman
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Butch Minds the Baby
as Dennis Devlin
★5.0
MOVIE1942
Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice
★5.5
MOVIE1938
Secrets of a Nurse
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
★8.0
MOVIE1939
I Stole a Million
as Paul Carver
★4.5
MOVIE1960
Studs Lonigan
as Patrick Lonigan
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Unfinished Business
as Frank
★6.0
MOVIE1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
The Sisters
as Tom Knivel
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot
★6.4
MOVIE1958
Violent Road
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
★4.9
MOVIE1936
California Mail
as Bill Harkins
★5.3
MOVIE1959
The Atomic Submarine
as Dan Wendover
★6.3
MOVIE1949
Deputy Marshal
as Joel Benton
★5.7
MOVIE1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Thomas Mara
★6.2
MOVIE1958
The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis
★6.5
MOVIE1937
The Cherokee Strip
as Dick Hudson
★5.4
MOVIE1936
Earthworm Tractors
as Emmet McManus
★6.3
MOVIE1936
The Golden Arrow
as Tommy Blake
★6.6
MOVIE1937
Black Legion
as Ed Jackson
MOVIE1936
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1936
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
★3.8
MOVIE1938
Love, Honor and Behave
as Pete Martin
★6.8
MOVIE1938
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Dick Foran
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Shipmates Forever
as Gifford
★6.0
MOVIE1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1942
Behind the Eight Ball
as Bill Edwards
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Private Detective
as Jim Rickey
★7.0
MOVIE1960
The Big Night
as Ed Robello
★5.0
MOVIE1957
Sierra Stranger
as Bert Gaines
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Sam Thorne
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Blazing Sixes
as Red Barton
★6.7
MOVIE1934
Student Tour
as Assistant Manager
★5.2
MOVIE1938
Heart of the North
as Alan Baker
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Winners of the West
as Jeff Ramsay
★6.7
MOVIE1935
Accent on Youth
as Butch
★6.8
MOVIE1947
Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1939
Inside Information
as Danny Blake
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Thundering Jets
as Col. Henry Spalding
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Dale Whipple
★7.5
MOVIE1937
She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Trailin' West
as Lieut. Red Colton
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Ace Andrews
★6.4
MOVIE1936
Public Enemy's Wife
as Thomas Duncan McKay
★6.0
MOVIE1935
It's A Small World
as Motor Cop
★6.9
MOVIE1936
Guns of the Pecos
as Steve Ainslee
★8.5
MOVIE1937
Land Beyond the Law
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
★6.7
MOVIE1966
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as The Prospector
★2.4
MOVIE1962
Should I Marry Outside My Faith?
★7.5
MOVIE1936
The Big Noise
as Don Andrews
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Rangers of Fortune
as Johnny Cash
★8.0
MOVIE1941
The Kid from Kansas
as Kansas
★5.0
MOVIE1957
Chicago Confidential
as Artie Blaine
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Hero for a Day
as Brainy Thornton
★4.3
MOVIE1937
Prairie Thunder
as Rod Farrell
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Empty Holsters
as Clay Brent
★3.8
MOVIE1937
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Tal Holladay
MOVIE2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)