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George 'Gabby' Hayes (1885–1969)

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American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born May 7, 1885, the third of seven children, in the Hayes Hotel (owned by his father) in the tiny hamlet of Stannards, New York, on the outskirts of Wellsville, New York. Hayes was the son of hotelier and oil-production manager Clark Hayes... See full bio »

Born:

George Francis Hayes
in Stannards, New York, USA

Died:

(age 83) in Burbank, California, USA
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1950 The Cariboo Trail
Grizzly
 
1949 El Paso
Pesky (Pescaloosa) Tees
 
1948 The Untamed Breed
Windy Lucas
 
1948 Return of the Bad Men
John Pettit (as George 'Gabby' Hayes)
 
1948 Albuquerque
Juke
 
1947 Wyoming
Windy Gibson
 
1947 Trail Street
Deputy Billy Burns
 
1946 Heldorado
Gabby
 
1946 Home in Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
 
1946 Roll on Texas Moon
Gabby Whittaker
 
1946 Under Nevada Skies
Gabby Whittaker
 
1946 My Pal Trigger
Gabby Kendrick
 
1946 Rainbow Over Texas
Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
 
1946 Badman's Territory
Coyote
 
1946 Song of Arizona
Gabby Whittaker
 
1945 Don't Fence Me In
Gabby Whittaker, aka Wildcat Kelly
 
1945 Sunset in El Dorado
Gabby
 
1945/I Along the Navajo Trail
Gabby Whittaker
 
1945 Man from Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
 
1945 Bells of Rosarita
'Gabby' Whittaker
 
1945 Where Do We Go from Here?
Gabby Hayes (scenes deleted)
 
1945 Utah
Gabby Wittaker
 
1944 The Big Bonanza
Hap Selby
 
1944 Lights of Old Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
 
1944 Tall in the Saddle
Dave (as George 'Gabby' Hayes)
 
1944 Marshal of Reno
Gabby
 
1944 Tucson Raiders
'Gabby' Hopkins
 
1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws
Gabby Whittaker
 
1944 Mojave Firebrand
Gabby Hayes
 
1943 In Old Oklahoma
Despirit Dean
 
1943 Death Valley Manhunt
Gabby Hayes
 
1943 Overland Mail Robbery
Gabby
 
1943 Wagon Tracks West
Gabby
 
1943 Bordertown Gun Fighters
Gabby Hayes
 
1943 The Man from Thunder River
Gabby Whittaker
 
1943 Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Gabby Hayes
 
1942 Ridin' Down the Canyon
Gabby
 
1942 Heart of the Golden West
Gabby
 
1942 Sunset Serenade
Gabby
 
1942 Sons of the Pioneers
Gabby Whittaker
 
1942 Romance on the Range
Gabby
 
1942 Sunset on the Desert
Gabby Whittaker
 
1942 South of Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
 
1942 Man from Cheyenne
Gabby Whittaker
 
1941 Red River Valley
Gabby Whittaker
 
1941 Jesse James at Bay
Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
 
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood
Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
 
1941 Nevada City
'Gabby' Chapman
 
1941 Sheriff of Tombstone
Judge Gabby Whittaker
 
1941 In Old Cheyenne
Arapaho Brown
 
1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos
Gabriel 'Gabby' Hornaday
 
1940 The Border Legion
Honest John Whittaker
 
1940 Melody Ranch
Pop Laramie
 
1940 Young Bill Hickok
'Gabby' Whitaker
 
1940 Colorado
Gabby
 
1940 The Ranger and the Lady
Texas Ranger Sergeant Gabby Whittaker
 
1940 The Carson City Kid
Marshal Gabby Whitaker
 
1940 Wagons Westward
Hardtack (as George Hayes)
 
1940 Young Buffalo Bill
Gabby Whittaker
 
1940 Dark Command
Doc Grunch (as George Hayes)
 
1939 Days of Jesse James
Gabby Whittaker
 
1939 Saga of Death Valley
Gabby Whittaker
 
1939 The Arizona Kid
'Gabby' Whittaker
 
1939 In Old Monterey
Gabby Whittaker
 
1939 Wall Street Cowboy
Gabby Whittaker
 
1939 Renegade Trail
Marshal 'Windy' Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1939 In Old Caliente
Gabby
 
1939 Man of Conquest
Lannie Upchurch (as George Hayes)
 
1939 Silver on the Sage
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1939 Southward Ho
Gabby Whitaker
 
1939 Let Freedom Ring
'Pop' Wilkie (as George F. Hayes)
 
1939 Sunset Trail
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1939 Fighting Thoroughbreds
'Gramps' Montrose (as George Hayes)
 
1938 The Frontiersmen
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1938 In Old Mexico
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1938 Pride of the West
Windy (as George Hayes)
 
1938 Bar 20 Justice
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1938 Heart of Arizona
Windy (as George Hayes)
 
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
Enoch (as George Hayes)
 
1937 Texas Trail
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1937 Hopalong Rides Again
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1937 Rustlers' Valley
Windy (as George Hayes)
 
1937 North of the Rio Grande
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1937 Mountain Music
Granpappy Burnside (as George Hayes) (as George Hayes)
 
1937 Hills of Old Wyoming
Windy (as George Hayes)
 
1937 Borderland
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Trail Dust
Windy (as George Hayes)
 
1936 The Plainsman
Breezy (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Windy Halliday (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Bearded Man (as George F. Hayes)
 
1936 The Texas Rangers
Judge Snow (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Hearts in Bondage
Ezra (as George Hayes)
 
1936 I Married a Doctor
Train Station Agent (uncredited)
 
1936 Three on the Trail
Windy (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
 
1936 Song of the Trail
Dan Hobson (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Call of the Prairie
Charlie Shanghai McHenry (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Heart of the West
Windy Jenkins (as George Hayes)
 
1936 The Lawless Nineties
Major Carter (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Silver Spurs
Drag Harlan (as George Hayes)
 
1936 Valley of the Lawless
Grandpaw Jenkins (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Hitch Hike Lady
Miner (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Swifty
Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
 
1935 Bar 20 Rides Again
Windy (as George Hayes)
 
1935 The Eagle's Brood
Bartender Spike (as George Hayes)
 
1935 1,000 Dollars a Minute
New Deal Watson (as George Hayes)
 
1935 The Throwback
Ford Cruze (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Thunder Mountain
Foley (as George F. Hayes)
 
1935 Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Dr. Parker (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Welcome Home
Charles Rogers (uncredited)
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Lucas (uncredited)
 
1935 Hop-a-long Cassidy
Uncle Ben (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Honeymoon Limited
Jasper Pinkham (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Ladies Crave Excitement
Dan McCloskey (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Justice of the Range
John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson (as George F. Hayes)
 
1935 The Headline Woman
Police Desk Sgt. Duffy (as George Hayes)
 
1935 The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Pearson (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Tombstone Terror
Soupy Baxter (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Smokey Smith
Blaze Bart (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Rainbow Valley
George Hale (as George Hayes)
 
1935 The Outlaw Tamer
Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
 
1935/I The Lost City
Butterfield (as Geo. F. Hayes)
 
1935 Death Flies East
Wotkyns (as George Hayes)
 
1935 Texas Terror
Sheriff Ed Williams (as George Hayes)
 
1934 'Neath the Arizona Skies
Matt Downing (uncredited)
 
1934 The Lawless Frontier
Dusty (as George Hayes)
 
1934 In Old Santa Fe
Cactus (as George Hayes)
 
1934 The Brand of Hate
Bill Larkins (as George Hayes)
 
1934 The Man from Hell
Banker Colonel Campbell (as George Hayes)
 
1934 The Star Packer
Matt Matlock (as George Hayes)
 
1934 Randy Rides Alone
Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews aka Matt the Mute (as George Hayes)
 
1934/II The Lost Jungle
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1934 Monte Carlo Nights
Inspector Nick Gunby (as George Hayes)
 
1934 The Man from Utah
Marshal George Higgins (as George Hayes)
 
1934 Blue Steel
Sheriff Jake (as George Hayes)
 
1934 City Limits
Charlie Carter (as George Hayes)
 
1934 Bedlam of Beards (short)
 
1934 House of Mystery
David Fells (as George Hayes)
 
1934/I The Lost Jungle
Doctor - Dirigible Passenger [Ch. 1] (as George Hayes)
 
1934 Mystery Liner
Joe, the watchman (as George Hayes)
 
1934 Beggars in Ermine
Joe Wilson (as George Hayes)
 
1934 West of the Divide
'Dusty' (as George Hayes)
 
1934 The Lucky Texan
Jake Benson (as George Hayes)
 
1933 Riders of Destiny
Charlie Denton (as George Hayes)
 
1933 Ship of Wanted Men
Crewman (as George Hayes)
 
1933 The Devil's Mate
Collins (as George Hayes)
 
1933 Ranger's Code
Baxter (as George Hayes)
 
1933 Skyway
George Taylor (as George Hayes)
 
1933 Galloping Romeo
Grizzly (as George Hayes)
 
1933 The Fugitive
Judge Tyler (as George Hayes)
 
1933 The Fighting Texans
'Pop' Martin (as George Hayes)
 
1933 The Sphinx
Det. Casey (uncredited)
 
1933 The Gallant Fool
Dad Denton (as George Hayes)
 
1933 The Return of Casey Jones
Timothy Shine (as George F. Hayes)
 
1933 Trailing North
Flash Ryan (as George Hayes)
 
1933 The Phantom Broadcast
Police Lieutenant (as George Hayes)
 
1933 Breed of the Border
Chuck Wiggins (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Crashin' Broadway
J. Talbot Thorndyke and John Griswold (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Self Defense
Jury Foreman (as George Hayes)
 
1932 The Fighting Champ
Pete (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Wild Horse Mesa
Slack (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Texas Buddies
Si Haller (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Hidden Valley
Gavin Henchman (Dark Hat) (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Broadway to Cheyenne
Walrus (as George Hays)
 
1932 Klondike
Tom Ross (as George Hayes)
 
1932 The Night Rider
Altoonie (as George F. Hayes)
 
1932 Love Me Tonight
Grocer (uncredited)
 
1932 Winner Take All
Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
 
1932 The Boiling Point
George Duncan (as George Hays)
 
1932 Ghost Valley
Dave (uncredited)
 
1932 The Man from Hell's Edges
Shamrock Cassidy (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Riders of the Desert
Hashknife Brooks (as George Hayes)
 
1932 Border Devils
'Dude' Sanders (as George F. Hayes)
 
1932 Play-Girl
Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
 
1932 Sally of the Subway
Police Lieutenant Paxton (uncredited)
 
1932 Without Honor
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
 
1931 Dragnet Patrol
Private Detective (as George Hayes)
 
1931 Cavalier of the West
Sheriff Bill Ryan (as Geo. F. Hayes)
 
1931 Freighters of Destiny
Jim (uncredited)
 
1931 Oklahoma Jim
Crooked Gambler (uncredited)
 
1931 The Nevada Buckaroo
Cherokee (as George Hayes)
 
1931 Pleasure
Motorcycle Cop (as George Hayes)
 
1931 Big Business Girl
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
 
1931 God's Country and the Man
Stingaree Kelly (as George Hayes)
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Projectionist (as George Hayes)
 
1931 Dirigible
Parade Official (uncredited)
 
1930 Top Speed
Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
 
1930 For the Defense
Ben (the waiter) (as George Hayes)
 
1930 She Who Gets Slapped (short)
Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1930 Playing Around
Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
 
1929 Big News
Reporter Hoffman (as George Hayes)
 
1929 Smiling Irish Eyes
Taxi Driver (as George Hayes)
 
1929 Rainbow Man
Bill (as George Hayes)
 
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1944 Lights of Old Santa Fe (performer: "The Cowpoke Polka", "Lights of Old Santa Fe")
 
1942 Sunset Serenade (performer: "Mavourneen O'Shea")
 
1942 Sons of the Pioneers (performer: "He's Gone, He's Gone Up the Trail")
 
1942 Romance on the Range (performer: "O-o-oh, Wonderful World")
 
1942 Man from Cheyenne (performer: "Happy Cowboy" - uncredited)
 
1941 Sheriff of Tombstone (performer: "Sky Ball Paint", "Sons of the Western Soil")
 
1940 Young Bill Hickok (performer: "Up and Down the Prairie" - uncredited)
 
1940 Young Buffalo Bill (performer: "Rollin' Down to Santa Fe" - uncredited)
 
1939 In Old Monterey (performer: "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" 1843 - uncredited)
 
1939 In Old Caliente (performer: "We're Not Coming Out Tonight")
 
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It (performer: "I Gotta Get Back to My Gal" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1932 Love Me Tonight (performer: "That's the Song of Paree" 1932 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1958 Wide Wide World (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Western (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– World Championship Rodeo (1958) … Himself
 
1956 Howdy Doody (TV series)
Himself
– Untitled (1956) … Himself
 
1956 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Ambush Trail (1956) … Himself - Host
– Enemy of the Law (1956) … Himself - Host
– Fighting Vigilantes (1956) … Himself - Host
– Ghost Town Renegades (1956) … Himself - Host
– His Brother's Ghost (1956) … Himself - Host
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1954 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Guest / Himself - Contestant
– Episode dated 3 August 1954 (1954) … Himself - Celebrity Guest
– Untitled (1954) … Himself - Contestant (as Gabby Hayes)
 
1951 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 25 November 1951 (1951) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1950 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
Himself - Host (1950-54)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (documentary short)
Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #7: Meet Roy Rogers (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (18 titles)
2007 100 Years of John Wayne (TV documentary short)
 
2001 Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (TV documentary)
Windy Halliday (uncredited)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1987 It's Howdy Doody Time (TV special)
Himself
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(as Gabby Hayes)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1966 City of Lost Men
Butterfield (as George Hayes)
 
1962 'Neath Arizona Skies (short)
Uncle George (as 'Gabby' Hayes)
 
1952 Battle of the Buttes (short)
(as 'Gabby' Hayes)
 
1952 Law of the Trigger (short)
Windy
 
1951 Border Justice (short)
(as 'Gabby' Hayes)
 
1950 Bar 20 Rides Again (short)
 
1950 Heart of the West (short)
(as 'Gabby' Hayes)
 
1950 Three on a Trail (short)
(as 'Gabby' Hayes)
 
1940 City of Lost Men
Butterfield (as George Hayes)
 
1938 The Painted Trail
Galloping Romeo footage (uncredited)
 
1935 The Lost City
Butterfield (as George Hayes)
 
1935 The Lost City
Butterfield
 

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Alternate Names:

'Gabby' Hayes | Gabby Hayes | Geo. F. Hayes | Geo. S. Hayes | George F. Hayes | George Hayes | George Hays
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Personal Quote:

[on John Wayne] He's my boy. He's the best. Couldn't think more of him if he was my own son. See more »

Trivia:

Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 2000. See more »

Trademark:

Catchphrases "yer durn tootin" and "young whipper snapper" See more »

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