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Dick Foran (1910–1979)

Dick Foran was the matinee idol of the B movies. He started as a band singer and then sang on the radio. He was hired by Warner Brothers as a supporting actor who could croon a tune when called upon. His good looks and good natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast.... See full bio »

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1969 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
King Beaumont
Palm Springs Cowboy (1969) … King Beaumont
 
1966-1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Jeremiah / Simon Doggett
The Allies (1969) … Simon Doggett
Dan'l Boone Shot a B'ar (1966) … Jeremiah
 
1968 Adam-12 (TV series)
Fred Haines
Log 122: Christmas - The Yellow Dump Truck (1968) … Fred Haines
 
1964-1968 The Virginian (TV series)
Adam Burnside / Duggan / Frank Devereaux / …
Big Tiny (1968) … Adam Burnside
The Reckoning (1967) … Frank Devereaux
Requiem for a Country Doctor (1967) … Mayor
A Man Called Kane (1964) … Duggan
 
1968 Bonanza (TV series)
Attorney Ed Geltner
Mark of Guilt (1968) … Attorney Ed Geltner
 
1967 Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Old Timer, the Prospector
 
1966 Off We Go (TV movie)
Lieutenant Casey Slade
 
1966 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Lieutenant Casey Slade
Off We Go! (1966) … Lieutenant Casey Slade
 
1965-1966 O.K. Crackerby! (TV series)
Slim
Operation Susan (1966) … Slim
3+1=1 (1965) … Slim
Smile and the World... (1965) … Slim
Bitter Ravioli (1965) … Slim
 
1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Major Taggert
The Testing Post (1965) … Major Taggert
 
1962-1965 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Bill Franklin / Ferguson / Will Melville
Kate Melville and the Law (1965) … Will Melville
The Holy Terror (1963) … Bill Franklin
Pioneer Doctor (1963)
The Breaking Point (1962) … Ferguson
 
1964 Taggart
Adam Stark
 
1961-1964 Lassie (TV series)
Fire Chief Ed Washburne
Horse Thief (1964) … Fire Chief Ed Washburne
Lassie's Gift of Love: Part 2 (1963) … Fire Chief Ed Washburne
Three Alarm (1963) … Fire Chief Ed Washburne
Lassie's Fish Story (1963) … Fire Chief Ed Washburne
Howling Hero (1962) … Fire Chief Ed Washburne
 
1963 Lassie: A Christmas Tail
Ed Washburne
 
1963 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Colton
The Great Diamond Mountain (1963) … Colton
 
1963 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Sheriff
With a Smile (1963) … Sheriff
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
Matt Kendrick
Requiem at Dancer's Hill (1963) … Matt Kendrick
 
1962 Cheyenne (TV series)
Sheriff Bigelow
Wanted for the Murder of Cheyenne Bodie (1962) … Sheriff Bigelow
 
1960-1962 Laramie (TV series)
Billy Jacobs / Joe Farley / Milt Lane / …
Double Eagles (1962) … Joe Farley
The Killer Legend (1961) … Milt Lane
Bitter Glory (1961) … Billy Jacobs
A Sound of Bells (1960) … Tom
 
1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Lieutenant Ellison
The Gang's All Here (1962) … Lieutenant Ellison
 
1956-1962 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Convention Delegate / Gambler / Harold - Freddie's Brother-in-Law / …
Best Man Blues (1962) … Howard Snyder
Nothing But the Tooth (1962) … Mr. Crankie
Freddie in Las Vegas (1960) … Gambler
Episode #8.26 (1959) … Harold - Freddie's Brother-in-Law
Dance Marathon (1956) … Convention Delegate
 
1958-1962 Lawman (TV series)
Ed Kelly / Frank Jesse
The Wanted Man (1962) … Frank Jesse
The Outcast (1958) … Ed Kelly
 
1961 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Paul Adams
Hit and Run (1961) … Paul Adams
 
1959-1961 Perry Mason (TV series)
Dr. David Craig / Harlan Merrill / Steve Benton
The Case of the Renegade Refugee (1961) … Harlan Merrill
The Case of the Garrulous Gambler (1959) … Steve Benton
The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor (1959) … Dr. David Craig
 
1961 Dante (TV series)
Vance Mitchell
Aces and Eights (1961) … Vance Mitchell
 
1961 The Deputy (TV series)
Clint Hammer
The Dream (1961) … Clint Hammer
 
1961 Five's a Family (TV series)
Bill Hewitt
 
1961 Westinghouse Preview Theatre (TV series)
Bill Hewitt
Five's a Family (1961) … Bill Hewitt
 
1959-1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Frank Koster / Sheriff D. Wilkes
The Choice (1960) … Frank Koster
The Spurs (1959) … Sheriff D. Wilkes
 
1960 Studs Lonigan
Patrick Lonigan
 
1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Jerry Dockstone
The Frank Nitti Story (1960) … Jerry Dockstone
 
1960 The Big Night
Ed
 
1959 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV series)
David Steele
The Adjuster (1959) … David Steele
 
1959 The Atomic Submarine
Cmdr. Dan Wendover
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Brady
The Sounds of Eden (1959) … Brady
 
1959 The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series)
Major
Moon Man (1959) … Major
 
1957-1959 State Trooper (TV series)
Gabe Beiler / George Larkin
While Jerome Burned (1959) … Gabe Beiler
Fury on Fremont Street (1957) … George Larkin
 
1959 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Mr. Halligan
Two of a Kind (1959) … Mr. Halligan
 
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Roy Calvert
Young Gun (1958) … Roy Calvert
 
1958 The Fearmakers
Jim McGinnis
 
1956-1958 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
The Awful Truth (1956)
 
1958 Thundering Jets
Lt. Col. Henry Spalding
 
1957-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
The Gardenia Bush (1958)
Green Shores (1957)
Molly Morgan (1957)
 
1958 Violent Road
Frank 'Sarge' Miller
 
1958 Maverick (TV series)
Sheriff Edwards
The Third Rider (1958) … Sheriff Edwards
 
1957 Circus Boy (TV series)
Buffalo Bill Cody
 
1957 The Millionaire (TV series)
Hugh Waring
The Hugh Waring Story (1957) … Hugh Waring
 
1957 Colt .45 (TV series)
Tuck Degan
Final Payment (1957) … Tuck Degan
 
1957 Chicago Confidential
Arthur 'Artie' Blaine
 
1956-1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Father James Lorgan / Father Joseph F. Brophy / Reverend John Evans
Coney Island Wedding (1957) … Father Joseph F. Brophy
Boom Town Padre (1957) … Father James Lorgan
The Singing Preacher (1956) … Reverend John Evans
 
1957 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV series)
Newcombe
A Case of Sudden Death (1957) … Newcombe
 
1957 Sierra Stranger
Bert Gaines
 
1955-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Bob / Glenn B. Cochrane / Scoop Donnelly / …
Broken Barrier (1957) … Bob
Sweet Charlie (1957) … Scoop Donnelly
The Lady in His Life (1956) … Glenn B. Cochrane
Cardboard Casanova (1955) … William 'Bill' Trent
 
1957 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Burt
Carnival (1957) … Burt
 
1957 The O. Henry Playhouse (TV series)
 
1957 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
Buck
The Kidnapper (1957) … Buck
 
1956 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Don Stewart / Dr. Samuel Willard / Dr. Vincent Milhurst / …
The Miracle Hour (1956) … Jim Wells
Death at My Fingertips (1956) … Dr. Don Stewart
The Missing Waveband (1956) … Dr. Vincent Milhurst
The Long Sleep (1956) … Dr. Samuel Willard
 
1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
A Bed of Roses (1956)
 
1956 Please Murder Me
Joe Leeds
 
1955-1956 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Ace
The Pigeon Gets Plucked (1956) … Ace
Small Town Caper (1955)
 
1955-1956 Climax! (TV series)
Luke Bradshaw / Robert Maxwell
The Secret of River Lane (1956) … Luke Bradshaw
Night of Execution (1955) … Robert Maxwell
 
1956 The Forest Ranger (TV movie)
Will Roberts
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
John Turner
When the Wise Men Appeared (1955) … John Turner
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Thomas Mara
 
1955 My Favorite Husband (TV series)
The Tea Room (1955)
 
1954-1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Brit Murdock / Esau Hepburn / Will Foster
The Face of Danger (1955) … Will Foster
A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln (1955) … Brit Murdock
Detective's Holiday (1954) … Esau Hepburn
 
1955 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Matt Clements
Old Cowboys Never Die (1955) … Matt Clements
 
1955 Stage 7 (TV series)
Archie Peters / Bill Cole
The Hayfield (1955) … Bill Cole
Billy and the Bride (1955) … Archie Peters
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Harvey Howell
All-Star Line-Up (1955)
Burlesque (1955) … Harvey Howell
 
1955 The Public Defender (TV series)
Ed McGrath
Operation Cleat (1955) … Ed McGrath
Condemned (1955) … Ed McGrath
 
1955 Treasure of Ruby Hills
Alan Doran
 
1955 Waterfront (TV series)
Bill Borden
The Rivals (1955) … Bill Borden
 
1954 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
George Kittredge
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
Murder at Red Oaks (1954)
 
1951-1954 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Kidnapped (1954)
The Fair Haired Boy (1951)
Irish Eyes (1951)
 
1950-1954 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Jeff Clark / Larry / Russ Adams
The Magic Monday (1954) … Larry
The Kill (1952) … Jeff Clark
Tremolo (1951)
Screwball (1951) … Russ Adams
The Old Foolishness (1951)
 
1953 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Phil
Thanksgiving in Beaver Run (1953) … Phil
 
1951 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Bob / Matt
The Twinkle in Her Eye (1951) … Matt
The Treasure Trove (1951) … Bob
 
1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Over the Fence (1951)
 
1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Frank Jennings
 
1950 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
The Great Emptiness (1950)
Hart to Heart (1950)
 
1950 Suspense (TV series)
The Ledge (1950)
 
1949 Deputy Marshal
Joel Benton/Jed Northey
 
1949 El Paso
Sheriff La Farge
 
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
Dale Whipple
 
1945 Guest Wife
Christopher Price (as Richard Foran)
 
1943 He's My Guy
Van Moore
 
1943 Hi, Buddy
Dave O'Connor
 
1942 Behind the Eight Ball
Bill Edwards
 
1942 Keeping Fit (short)
Dick
 
1942 The Mummy's Tomb
Stephen Banning (also archive footage)
 
1942 Private Buckaroo
Lon Prentice
 
1942 Butch Minds the Baby
Dennis Devlin
 
1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy
Bronco Bob Mitchell
 
1941 Road Agent
Duke Masters
 
1941 Keep 'Em Flying
Jinx Roberts
 
1941 Mob Town
Sgt. Frank Conroy
 
1941 The Kid from Kansas
Kansas
 
1941 Unfinished Business
Frank
 
1941 Riders of Death Valley
Jim Benton
 
1941 In the Navy
Dynamite Dugan
 
1940 Winners of the West
Jeff Ramsay
 
1940 The House of the Seven Gables
Matthew Holgrave
 
1940 My Little Chickadee
Wayne Carter
 
1940 The Fighting 69th
Lt. 'Long John' Wynn
 
1939 Private Detective
Jim Rickey
 
1939 Hero for a Day
Brainy Thornton
 
1939 I Stole a Million
Atty. Paul Carver
 
1939 Daughters Courageous
Eddie Moore
 
1939 Inside Information
Danny Blake
 
1938 Heart of the North
Sergeant Alan Baker
 
1938 Secrets of a Nurse
Killer Lee Burke
 
1938 The Sisters
Tom Knivel
 
1938 Boy Meets Girl
Larry Toms
 
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
Sam Thorne
 
1938 Over the Wall
Jerry Davis
 
1938 Love, Honor and Behave
Pete Martin
 
1937 She Loved a Fireman
James 'Red' Tyler
 
1937 The Perfect Specimen
Jink Carter
 
1937 Prairie Thunder
Rod Farrell (as Dick Foran {the Singing Cowboy})
 
1937 The Devil's Saddle Legion
Tal Holladay (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy)
 
1937 Empty Holsters
Clay Brent (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy)
 
1937 Blazing Sixes
Red Barton
 
1937 The Cherokee Strip
Dick Hudson
 
1937 Land Beyond the Law
Charles Chip Douglas (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy)
 
1937 Black Legion
Ed Jackson
 
1937 Guns of the Pecos
Steve Ainslee
 
1936 California Mail
Bill Harkins (as Dick Foran {the Singing Cowboy})
 
1936 The Sunday Round-Up (short)
Parson Ted Burke
 
1936 Trailin' West
Lieut. Red Colton
 
1936 Earthworm Tractors
Emmet McManus
 
1936 Public Enemy's Wife
Thomas Duncan McKay
 
1936/I The Big Noise
Don Andrews
 
1936 The Golden Arrow
Tommy Blake
 
1936 Treachery Rides the Range
Capt. Red Taylor
 
1936 Song of the Saddle
Frank Wilson, Jr., aka The Singing Kid
 
1935 Dangerous
Teddy
 
1935 Moonlight on the Prairie
Ace Andrews (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy)
 
1935 Shipmates Forever
Gifford
 
1935 Ladies Love Danger
Sergeant Bender (as Nick Foran)
 
1935 Accent on Youth
Butch (as Nick Foran)
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Walt Lansing (uncredited)
 
1935 It's a Small World
Cop
 
1935 One More Spring
Park Policeman (as Nick Foran)
 
1935 The Lottery Lover
Cadet (as Nick Foran)
 
1934 Gentlemen Are Born
Smudge Casey (as Nick Foran)
 
1934 Student Tour
Assistant Manager (uncredited)
 
1934 Change of Heart
Nick (as Nick Foran)
 
1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
Nick Foran (as Nick Foran)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (32 titles)
1949 Western Melodies (short) (performer: "Give Me My Saddle", "I'll Remember April", "Trigger Trail")
 
1948 Fort Apache (performer: "Sweet Genevieve" - uncredited)
 
1947 Let's Sing a Song of the West (short) (performer: "My Little Buckaroo" - uncredited)
 
1947 Hollywood Wonderland (short) (performer: "The Open Road" - uncredited)
 
1944 Songs of the Range (short) (performer: "Song of the Circle Bar" - uncredited, "Song of the Plains" - uncredited)
 
1943 He's My Guy (performer: "He's My Guy", "On the Old Assembly Line")
 
1942 Private Buckaroo (performer: "Private Buckaroo" - uncredited, "We're in the Army Now" - uncredited, "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" - uncredited, "We've Got a Job to Do" - uncredited)
 
1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy (performer: "Give Me My Saddle" - uncredited, "I'll Remember April" - uncredited, "Ride 'em Cowboy" - uncredited)
 
1941 In the Navy (performer: "A Sailor's Life for Me" 1941)
 
1941 Keep 'Em Flying (performer: "Let's Keep 'Em Flying" 1941)
 
1941 Road Agent (performer: "Cielito Lindo", "Ridin' Home")
 
1941 The Kid from Kansas (performer: "Red River Valley" - uncredited, "La Golondrina" - uncredited)
 
1941 Riders of Death Valley (performer: "Ride Along")
 
1938 Over the Wall (performer: "Have You Met My Lulu?" 1938 - uncredited, "Little White House on the Hill" 1938 - uncredited, "Ave Maria" 1859 - uncredited, "One More Tomorrow" 1938 - uncredited / "Have You Met My Lulu?" 1938 - uncredited, "One More Tomorrow" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Heart of the North (performer: "Song of the Mounted Police" - uncredited)
 
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn (performer: "Home on the Range")
 
1937 Blazing Sixes (performer: "The Prairie Is My Home" 1937 - uncredited, "Ridin' on to Monterey" 1937 - uncredited, "In a Little Prairie Town" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Prairie Thunder (performer: "Over the Trail Again" 1937 - uncredited, "Give Me a Song" 1937 - uncredited, "Sunset on the Rainbow Trail" 1937 - uncredited, "The Prairie Is My Home" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 She Loved a Fireman (performer: "He Wants to Be a Fireman" - uncredited)
 
1937 The Devil's Saddle Legion (performer: "My Texas Home" - uncredited, "When Moonlight Is Riding the Range" - uncredited, "God's Country" - uncredited / "When Moonlight Is Riding the Range" - uncredited)
 
1937 Empty Holsters (performer: "I Gotta Get Back to My Gal" - uncredited, "Old Corral" - uncredited, "The Prairie Is My Home" - uncredited)
 
1937 The Cherokee Strip (performer: "Down the Cottonwood Trail" - uncredited, "My Little Buckaroo" - uncredited, "Along the Old Frontier" - uncredited)
 
1937 Land Beyond the Law (performer: "The Prairie Is My Home" - uncredited, "Whisper While You're Waltzing" - uncredited / "The Prairie Is My Home" - uncredited)
 
1937 Guns of the Pecos (performer: "When a Cowboy Takes a Wife" - uncredited, "The Prairie Is My Home" - uncredited)
 
1936 California Mail (performer: "Ridin' the Mail" 1936 - uncredited, "Love Begins at Evening" 1936 - uncredited / "Love Begins at Evening" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Song of the Saddle (performer: "Underneath a Western Sky" 1936 - uncredited, "Vengeance" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Trailin' West (performer: "Drums of Glory" 1936 - uncredited, "Moonlight Valley" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Treachery Rides the Range (performer: "Leather and Steel" 1936 - uncredited, "Ridin' Home" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 The Sunday Round-Up (short) (performer: "The Open Road" - uncredited)
 
1935 Moonlight on the Prairie (performer: "Moonlight on the Prairie", "Covered Wagon Days" - uncredited)
 
1934 Change of Heart (performer: "So What?" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Stand Up and Cheer! (performer: "I'm Laughin'" 1934 - uncredited, "She's 'Way Up Thar" 1934 - uncredited, "We're Out of the Red" 1934 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1954 The Martha Raye Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1954) … Himself
 
1951 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
Episode #3.16 (1951) … Himself - Actor
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Out Where the Stars Begin (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 A Vitaphone Pictorial Revue, Series 2, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Himself (Empty Holsters outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero (short)
Himself
 
1936 Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2008 Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short)
Stephen Banning
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1949 Western Melodies (short)
Vocalist
 
1947 Let's Sing a Song of the West (short)
Singer of 'My Little Buckaroo', clip from 'Cherokee Strip' (uncredited)
 
1947 Hollywood Wonderland (short)
Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup" (1936)) (uncredited)
 
1946 Movieland Magic (short)
 
1946 The Scarlet Horseman
Death Valley Stock Rider (uncredited)
 
1944 Songs of the Range (short)
From Cherokee Strip, 1937
 
1943 Wagon Wheels West (short)
Frank Wilson Jr. (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1961) Unsold pilot: He co-starred with Joe E. Brown in a pilot for a comedy series called "Five's a Family" in which Brown played a retired detective who is forced to move in his daughter and family and can't stop solving crimes. See more »

Alternate Names:

Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy | Dick Foran {the Singing Cowboy} | Nick 'Dick' Foran | Nick Foran | Richard Foran | the Singing Cowboy Dick Foran | The Singing Cowboy Dick Foran

Height:

6' 2¼" (1.89 m)
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Trivia:

His father was the President of the New Jersey State Senate. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini