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Andy Devine (I) (1905–1977)

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Rotund comic character actor of American films. Born Andrew Vabre Devine in Flagstaff, Arizona, the later-to-be Rotund comic character actor was raised in nearby Kingman, Arizona, the son of Irish-American hotel operator Thomas Devine and his wife Amy. Devine was an able athlete as a student and actually played semi-pro football under a phony name (Jeremiah Schwartz... See full bio »

Born:

Andrew Vabre Devine
in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Died:

(age 71) in Orange, California, USA
Still of Andy Devine in Island in the Sky Still of Walter Brennan, Andy Devine and Paul Richards in The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
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1977 The Mouse and His Child
The Frog (voice)
 
1977 A Whale of a Tale
 
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Priest in Dog Pound
 
1973 Robin Hood
Friar Tuck (voice)
 
1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Sheriff Bintell
– The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1972) … Sheriff Bintell
 
1967-1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Amos Tyke / Dr. Houseman
– The Animal (1971) … Dr. Houseman
– Yesterday's Timepiece (1967) … Amos Tyke
 
1970 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (TV movie)
Amos Polk
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge
Coyote Bill
 
1970 The Phynx
Andy Devine
 
1969-1970 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Mr. Stone
– Smoke: Part 2 (1970) … Mr. Stone
– Smoke: Part 1 (1970) … Mr. Stone
– Ride a Northbound Horse: Part 2 (1969)
– Ride a Northbound Horse: Part 1 (1969)
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Bill Hunnicutt
– Superstar (1970) … Bill Hunnicutt
 
1970 Smoke (TV movie)
Mr. Stone
 
1969 Love, American Style (TV series)
Sheriff Bob O'Connors (segment "Love and the Mountain Cabin")
– Love and the Comedy Team/Love and the Divorce Sale/Love and the Mountain Cabin (1969) … Sheriff Bob O'Connors (segment "Love and the Mountain Cabin")
 
1969 The Over-the-Hill Gang (TV movie)
Judge Amos Polk
 
1969 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Jed Whitlow
– Stryker (1969) … Jed Whitlow
 
1968 Bonanza (TV series)
Roscoe
– A Girl Named George (1968) … Roscoe
 
1968 The Road Hustlers
Sheriff Estep
 
1967 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Andy
– You're Only Young Twice (1967) … Andy
 
1967 The Ballad of Josie
Judge Tatum
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
Santa
– The Duo Is Slumming (1966) … Santa (uncredited)
 
1966 The Rounders (TV series)
Honest John Denton
– Horse of a Different Cutter (1966) … Honest John Denton
 
1965 Zebra in the Kitchen
Branch Hawksbill
 
1965 My Three Sons (TV series)
Colonel Parker
– The Sure Thing (1965) … Colonel Parker
 
1964-1965 Flipper (TV series)
Hap Gorman / Hap Gorman - Special Guest Star / Hap Corman - Special Guest Star
– Flipper's Bank Account (1965) … Hap Gorman - Special Guest Star
– Danger (1964) … Hap Gorman - Special Guest Star
– Lady and the Dolphin: Part 2 (1964) … Hap Gorman
– Lady and the Dolphin: Part 1 (1964) … Hap Gorman
– Not Necessarily Gospel (1964) … Hap Corman - Special Guest Star
 
1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Charles Cortland
– Who Killed What's His Name? (1964) … Charles Cortland
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Sheriff of Crockett County
 
1962 How the West Was Won
Cpl. Peterson
 
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Marshal Link Appleyard
 
1962 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Somerset Frisby
– Hocus-Pocus and Frisby (1962) … Somerset Frisby
 
1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Charley Dwyer
– Ten Days in the Sun (1962) … Charley Dwyer
 
1961 Two Rode Together
Sgt. Darius P. Posey
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
Jake Sloan
– Big Jake (1961) … Jake Sloan
 
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mr. Carmody
 
1960/I No Place Like Home (TV movie)
 
1959 Wagon Train (TV series)
Jess MacAbee
– The Jess MacAbee Story (1959) … Jess MacAbee
 
1951-1958 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones / Deputy Marshal Jingles / Deputy Marshal Jingles Jones / …
– Counterfeit Ghost (1958) … Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones
– The Good Indian (1958) … Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones
– The Angel of Cedar Mountain (1958) … Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones
– The Daughter of Casey O'Grady (1958) … Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones
– Jingles on the Jailroad (1958) … Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones
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1958 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Andy
– Jack Benny Celebrates His 40th Birthday (1958) … Andy
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
First Mate of the ' S. S. Henrietta'
 
1955 Andy's Gang (TV series)
Host (1955-60)
 
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues
George Tenell
 
1954 Thunder Pass
Injun
 
1953 Island in the Sky
Willie Moon
 
1952 Montana Belle
Pete Bivins
 
1951 Slaughter Trail
Sgt. Macintosh
 
1951 New Mexico
Sergeant Garrity
 
1951 The Red Badge of Courage
The Cheery Soldier
 
1950 Never a Dull Moment
Orvie
 
1950 The Traveling Saleswoman
Waldo
 
1949 The Last Bandit
Casey Brown
 
1948 The Far Frontier
Judge Cookie Bullfincher
 
1948 Grand Canyon Trail
Cookie Bullfincher
 
1948 Night Time in Nevada
Cookie Bullfincher
 
1948 Eyes of Texas
Dr. Cookie Bullfincher
 
1948 The Gallant Legion
Windy Hornblower
 
1948 Under California Stars
Cookie Bullfincher / Alf Bullfincher
 
1948 Old Los Angeles
Sam Bowie
 
1948 The Gay Ranchero
Cookie Bullfincher
 
1947 The Fabulous Texan
Elihu Mills
 
1947 On the Old Spanish Trail
Constable Cookie Bullfincher
 
1947 Slave Girl
Ben, Fat Sailor
 
1947 Springtime in the Sierras
Cookie Bullfincher
 
1947 The Vigilantes Return
Andy
 
1947 Bells of San Angelo
Cookie Bullfincher
 
1947 The Michigan Kid
Buster
 
1946 Canyon Passage
Ben Dance
 
1945 Frontier Gal
Big Ben
 
1945 That's the Spirit
Martin Wilde Sr.
 
1945 Sudan
Nebka
 
1945 Frisco Sal
Bunny
 
1944 Bowery to Broadway
Father Kelley
 
1944 Babes on Swing Street
Joe Costello
 
1944 Ghost Catchers
Horsehead
 
1944 Follow the Boys
Andy Devine (uncredited)
 
1944 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Abdullah
 
1943 Crazy House
Andy Devive
 
1943 Corvette K-225
Walsh
 
1943 Frontier Badmen
Slim - Cowhand
 
1943 Rhythm of the Islands
Eddie Dolan
 
1942 Keeping Fit (short)
Andy - Factory Worker
 
1942 Sin Town
'Judge' Eustace Vale
 
1942 Between Us Girls
Mike Kilinsky
 
1942 Timber!
Arizona
 
1942 Top Sergeant
Andy Jarrett
 
1942 Danger in the Pacific
Andy Parker
 
1942 Escape from Hong Kong
Blimp
 
1942 Unseen Enemy
Detective Sam Dillon
 
1942 North to the Klondike
Klondike
 
1941 Road Agent
Andy
 
1941 South of Tahiti
Moose
 
1941 The Kid from Kansas
Andy
 
1941 Badlands of Dakota
Spearfish
 
1941 A Dangerous Game
Andy McAllister
 
1941 Raiders of the Desert
Andy McCoy
 
1941 Men of the Timberland
Andy Jensen
 
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
Andrew, The First Sailor
 
1941 Mutiny in the Arctic
Andy Adams
 
1941 Lucky Devils
Andy Tompkins
 
1940 Trail of the Vigilantes
Meadows
 
1940 The Devil's Pipeline
Andy Jennings
 
1940 Margie
Cameo appearance
 
1940 The Leather Pushers
Andy Adams
 
1940 When the Daltons Rode
Ozark
 
1940 Black Diamonds
Tolliver Higgenbotham
 
1940 Hot Steel
Matt Morrison
 
1940 Torrid Zone
Wally Davis
 
1940 Buck Benny Rides Again
Andy Devine
 
1940 Little Old New York
'Commodore'
 
1940 Danger on Wheels
'Guppy' Wexel
 
1939 The Man from Montreal
Constable 'Bones' Blair
 
1939 Geronimo
Sneezer
 
1939 Legion of Lost Flyers
'Beef' Brumley
 
1939 Tropic Fury
Tynan ('Tiny') Andrews
 
1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Slim Collins
 
1939 Never Say Die
Henry Munch
 
1939 The Spirit of Culver
Tubby
 
1939 Stagecoach
Buck
 
1938 Strange Faces
Hector Hobbes
 
1938 The Storm
Swede Hanzen
 
1938 Swing That Cheer
Doc Saunders
 
1938 Personal Secretary
'Snoop' Lewis
 
1938 Men with Wings
Joe Gibbs
 
1938 Yellow Jack
Charlie Spill
 
1938 Dr. Rhythm
Officer Lawrence O'Roon
 
1937 You're a Sweetheart
Daisy Day
 
1937 Double or Nothing
Half Pint
 
1937 The Road Back
Willy
 
1937 A Star Is Born
Danny McGuire
 
1937 In Old Chicago
Pickle Bixby
 
1936 Mysterious Crossing
Carolina
 
1936 Flying Hostess
Joe Williams
 
1936 The Big Game
Pop Andrews
 
1936 Yellowstone
Pay-Day
 
1936 Romeo and Juliet
Peter - Servant to Juliet's Nurse
 
1936 Small Town Girl
George Brannan
 
1935 Coronado
Pinky Falls
 
1935 Fighting Youth
Cy Kipp
 
1935 Way Down East
Hi Holler
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Elmer Otway
 
1935 Chinatown Squad
George Mason
 
1935 Hold 'Em Yale
Liverlips
 
1935 Straight from the Heart
Edwards
 
1934 Hell in the Heavens
Sgt. 'Ham' Davis
 
1934 The President Vanishes
Val Orcott
 
1934 Wake Up and Dream
Joe Egbert aka Egghead
 
1934 Million Dollar Ransom
Careful
 
1934 Gift of Gab
John P. McDougal - the Waiter
 
1934 Let's Talk It Over
Gravel
 
1934 Stingaree
Howie
 
1934 Upperworld
Oscar, the Chauffeur
 
1934 The Poor Rich
Andy
 
1933 Chance at Heaven
Al
 
1933 Saturday's Millions
Andy Jones
 
1933 Doctor Bull
Larry Ward, Sodajerk
 
1933 Midnight Mary
Sam
 
1933 Horse Play
Andy
 
1933 The Big Cage
Scoops
 
1933 Song of the Eagle
Mud
 
1933 The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
Andy Anderson
 
1932 The All-American
Andy Moran
 
1932 Tom Brown of Culver
Call Boy
 
1932 The Man from Yesterday
Steve Hand
 
1932 Fast Companions
Information Kid
 
1932 Radio Patrol
Pete Wiley
 
1932 Man Wanted
Andy Doyle
 
1932 Destry Rides Again
Stage Passenger (scene deleted) (uncredited)
 
1932 The Impatient Maiden
Clarence Howe
 
1932 Law and Order
Johnny Kinsman
 
1932 Three Wise Girls
Jimmy Callahan - Chauffeur
 
1931 The Spirit of Notre Dame
Truck McCall
 
1931 Danger Island
Briney
 
1931 Heroes of the Flames
Fireman
 
1931 The Criminal Code
Cluck - a Convict (uncredited)
 
1930 A Soldier's Plaything
Extra as Doughboy (uncredited)
 
1930 Shooting Straight
Kibitzer (uncredited)
 
1930 Dames Ahoy
Marine at Dance Contest (uncredited)
 
1929 Flying High (short)
Student Admirer (uncredited)
 
1929 Junior Luck (short)
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1929 Hot Stuff
Bob
 
1929 The Divine Lady
Extra (uncredited)
 
1928 Naughty Baby
Joe Cassidy
 
1928 Red Lips
A sophmore/Professor Fountain
 
1928 Noah's Ark
Flood Extra (uncredited)
 
1928 Lonesome
Jim's Friend
 
1928 We Americans
Pat O'Dougal
 
1928 Finders Keepers
Doughboy/Gate Guard (uncredited)
 
1928 That's My Daddy
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1927 The Relay (short)
Sophomore (uncredited)
 
1927 Around the Bases (short)
Calford Baseball Player (uncredited)
 
1926 The Collegians (short)
Student, Various Episodes (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (8 titles)
1958 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– Jack Benny Celebrates His 40th Birthday (1958) (performer: "Happy Birthday" - uncredited)
 
1948 Under California Stars (performer: "Rogers, King of the Cowboys")
 
1947 Springtime in the Sierras (performer: "Oh, What a Picture", "What Are We Gonna Do Then?")
 
1947 Bells of San Angelo (performer: "I Like to Get Up Early in the Morning")
 
1946 Canyon Passage (performer: "I'M GETTIN' MARRIED IN THE MORNIN'")
 
1941 The Flame of New Orleans (performer: "Salt o' the Sea")
 
1940 Torrid Zone (performer: "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" 1919 - uncredited)
 
1932 Man Wanted (performer: "River, Stay 'Way from My Door" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
1975 Gable: The King Remembered (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The American West of John Ford (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.119 (1969) … Himself
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.35 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 Philippine Adventure (documentary)
Tourist
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1955-1961 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Richard Arlen (1961) … Himself
– Andy Devine (1955) … Himself
 
1957-1959 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.17 (1959) … Himself
– Episode #2.28 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #1.22 (1957) … Himself
 
1958 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.3 (1958) … Himself - Guest
 
1955 Place the Face (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 July 1955 (1955) … Himself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Himself
 
1952 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 24 August 1952 (1952) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #2.34 (1952) … Himself - Comic Actor
 
1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #3.7 (1950) … Himself - Comic Actor
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #1.29 (1950) … Himself - Comic Actor
 
1940 Swing with Bing (short)
Himself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself, Horse Show Attendee
 
1935 La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (short)
Himself - Toreador
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (26 titles)
2008 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 50 Greatest TV Animals (TV documentary)
Hap Corman (uncredited)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1998 The Making of 'How the West Was Won' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Train Robber (uncredited)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Stout Sidekick (uncredited)
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, film clip from 'Star Is Born' (uncredited)
 
1955 The Matchmaking Marshal
Jingles P. Jones
 
1955 Phantom Trails
Deputy Aloysius P. 'Jingles' Jones
 
1955 The Titled Tenderfoot
Jingles P. Jones
 
1955 Timber Country Trouble
Deputy Marshal Aloysius 'Jingles' P. Jones
 
1954 Marshals in Disguise
Jingles P. Jones
 
1954 Outlaw's Son
Jingles
 
1954 Trouble on the Trail
Jingles
 
1954 The Two Gun Teacher
Jingles
 
1953 Border City Rustlers
Jingles
 
1953 Secret of Outlaw Flats
Aloysius P. 'Jingles' Jones
 
1953 Six Gun Decision
Deputy Aloysius 'Jingles' P. Jones
 
1953 Two Gun Marshal
Jingles P. Jones
 
1952 Behind Southern Lines
Jingles
 
1952 The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon
Deputy Jingle P. Jones
 
1952 The Yellow Haired Kid
Jingles P. Jones
 
1952 Trail of the Arrow
Jingles
 
1948 Movies Are Adventure (short)
Buck (uncredited)
 
1941 Breakdowns of 1941 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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(1957) Stage: Appeared (as "Captain Andy") in "Show Boat", Long Island, New York.

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Trivia:

His high-pitched, gravelly voice was the result of a childhood accident. While running with a stick (some accounts say a curtain rod) in his mouth, he tripped and fell, ramming the stick through the roof of his mouth. For almost a year, he was unable to speak at all. When he did get his voice back, at length... See more »

Trademark:

High-pitched, raspy voice See more »

Star Sign:

Libra