Sheb Wooley (1921–2003)

Actor | Soundtrack | Writer

American character actor in many Westerns, Sheb Wooley was also a figure in country-western music. ...

Born: April 10, 1921
Died: September 16, 2003 (age 82)

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Filmography

Known For

Rawhide Pete Nolan (1959-1965)
High Noon Ben Miller (1952)
Silverado Cavalry Sergeant (1985)
Known For

Giant Gabe Target (1956)
Actor

High Noon Ben Miller (2000)
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
Murder, She Wrote Billy Ray Parker (1990)
Purple People Eater Harvey Skitters (1988)
Hoosiers Cletus (1986)
Uphill All the Way Anson Sudro (1986)
Silverado Cavalry Sergeant (1985)
The Dollmaker Mr. Kendrick (1984)
The Outlaw Josey Wales Travis Cobb (1976)
The Young Rebels (1970)
Mod Squad Wild Bill Hannachek (1969)
The War Wagon Snyder (1967)
Country Boy Sheb Wooley (1966)
Rawhide Pete Nolan (1959-1965)
Death Valley Days Jeb Slade (1965)
Rio Bravo Cowboy (1959)
Terror in a Texas Town Baxter (1958)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Rex Jones (1956-1957)
Ride a Violent Mile Jonathan Long (1957)
Tales of Wells Fargo Lenny (1957)
Maverick Sheriff (1957)
Trackdown Shooter on roof (1957)
Sugarfoot Pete Martin (1957)
Trooper Hook Cooter Brown (1957)
Playhouse 90 (1957)
The Oklahoman Cowboy (1957)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Gang Member (1954-1957)
The Ford Television Theatre Tag Bailey (1957)
Cheyenne Chev Jones (1957)
Cavalry Patrol Lank Clee (1956)
The Black Whip Bill Lassater (1956)
Zane Grey Theater Brock (1956)
Giant Gabe Target (1956)
My Friend Flicka Harry Runyon (1956)
The Second Greatest Sex Silas - Jones City Leader (1955)
Trial Butteridge (1955)
The Lone Ranger Tex (1953-1955)
Man Without a Star Latigo (1955)
The Adventures of Kit Carson Johnny (1953-1955)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Undetermined Role (1954)
Johnny Guitar Posseman (1954)
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Lawson (1954)
Arrow in the Dust Trooper (1954)
Stories of the Century Jim Younger (1954)
Rose Marie Corporal (1954)
The Boy from Oklahoma Pete Martin (1954)
The Range Rider Mark Sanders (1953)
Texas Bad Man Mack (1953)
Sky Full of Moon Balladeer (1952)
The Cisco Kid Bill Bronson (1952)
Toughest Man in Arizona Army Officer (1952)
The Lusty Men Gambler with Buster (1952)
Cattle Town Miller (1952)
Hellgate Neill Price (1952)
High Noon Ben Miller (1952)
Fireside Theatre (1951-1952)
Bugles in the Afternoon Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1952)
Distant Drums Pvt. Jessup (1951)
Fort Worth Outrider (1951)
Little Big Horn Quince (1951)
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison Chick Fullis (1951)
Apache Drums Townsman (1951)
Actor

Rocky Mountain Kay Rawlins (1950)
Soundtrack

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2017)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
Atop the Fourth Wall (2014)
The German Doctor (2013)
One Hit Wonderland (2012)
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Jack's Big Music Show (2007)
Fetching Cody (2005)
Contact (1997)
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs (1991)
Parents (1989)
Purple People Eater (1988)
Aloha Summer (1988)
DTV: Pop & Rock (1984)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Wild Rovers (1971)
Mod Squad (1969)
The Split (1968)
Country Boy (1966)
Bandstand (1963)
Hootenanny Hoot (1963)
Rawhide (1960)
Studio One in Hollywood (1958)
Soundtrack

Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
Writer

Rawhide (1961)
Archive footage

Cheesesteak (2016)
Aparté (2015)
John Wayne Behind the Scenes (2007)
Archive footage

DTV: Pop & Rock (1984)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)

Awards

3 wins.

Did You Know

He got the idea for his hit song "Purple People Eater" when a friend of his mentioned that his young son came home from elementary school with a joke he had heard: "What has one eye, one horn, flies and eats people?" "A one-eyed, one-horned flying ...

Quotes

[on how he got the idea for his "Purple People Eater" hit song] The Space Age was upon us. Everyone was thinking about rockets and wondering if maybe we would find people up there. A songwriter friend of mine told me his son had come home from ...