George 'Gabby' Hayes
194 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 6, 1885
- Died
- Feb 9, 1969 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Wellsville, New York, USA
- Also known as
- George Francis Hayes · George Hayes · George Francis "Gabby" Hayes
Biography
George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
George 'Gabby' Hayes: movies and TV shows
Acting (196)
- 1978
- 1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
- 1956
- 1950 The Cariboo Trail
as Grizzly
- 1949 El Paso
as Pesky Tees
- 1948 The Untamed Breed
as Windy Lucas
- 1948 Return of the Bad Men
as John Pettit
- 1948 Albuquerque
as Juke
- 1947 Wyoming
as Windy Gibson
- 1947 Trail Street
as Billy Jones
- 1946 Heldorado
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 Home in Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 Roll on Texas Moon
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 Under Nevada Skies
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 My Pal Trigger
as Gabby Kendrick
- 1946 Rainbow Over Texas
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
- 1946 Badman's Territory
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
- 1946 Song of Arizona
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 Don't Fence Me In
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 Sunset in El Dorado
as Gabby
- 1945 Along the Navajo Trail
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 Man from Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 Bells of Rosarita
as Gabby Whittake
- 1945 Utah
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1944 The Big Bonanza
as Hap Selby
- 1944 Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1944 Tall in the Saddle
as Dave
- 1944 Marshal of Reno
as Gabby
- 1944 Tucson Raiders
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
- 1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gabby Hayes
- 1944 Mojave Firebrand
as Gabby Hayes
- 1943 In Old Oklahoma
as Despirit Dean
- 1943 Death Valley Manhunt
as Gabby Hayes
- 1943 Overland Mail Robbery
as Gabby
- 1943 Wagon Tracks West
as Gabby
- 1943 Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Gabby Hayes
- 1943 The Man from Thunder River
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1943 Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Gabby Hayes
- 1942 Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gabby
- 1942 Heart of the Golden West
as Gabby
- 1942 Sunset Serenade
as Gabby
- 1942 The Sons of the Pioneers
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1942 Romance on the Range
as Gabby
- 1942 Sunset on the Desert
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1942 South of Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1942 Man from Cheyenne
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1941 Red River Valley
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1941 Jesse James at Bay
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
- 1941 Bad Man of Deadwood
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
- 1941 Nevada City
as Gabby Chapman
- 1941 Sheriff of Tombstone
as Gabby
- 1941 In Old Cheyenne
as Arapaho Brown
- 1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
- 1940 The Border Legion
as Honest John Whittaker
- 1940 Young Bill Hickok
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
- 1940 Colorado
as Gabby
- 1940 Melody Ranch
as Pop Laramie
- 1940 The Ranger and the Lady
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1940 The Carson City Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1940 Wagons Westward
as Hardtack
- 1940 Dark Command
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
- 1940 Young Buffalo Bill
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1939 Days of Jesse James
as Gabby
- 1939 Saga of Death Valley
as Gabby
- 1939 The Arizona Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1939 In Old Monterey
as Gabby Whittaker
- 1939 Wall Street Cowboy
as Gabby
- 1939 Renegade Trail
as Windy Halliday
- 1939 In Old Caliente
as Gabby
- 1939 Man of Conquest
as Lannie Upchurch
- 1939 Silver on the Sage
as Windy Halliday
- 1939 Southward Ho!
as Gabby
- 1939 Sunset Trail
as Windy Halliday
- 1939 Let Freedom Ring
as Pop Wilkie
- 1939 Fighting Thoroughbreds
as Gramps Montrose
- 1938 The Frontiersmen
as Windy Halliday
- 1938 In Old Mexico
as Windy Halliday
- 1938 Pride of the West
as Windy Halliday
- 1938 Bar 20 Justice
as Windy Halliday
- 1938 Heart of Arizona
as Windy Halliday
- 1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
as Enoch
- 1937 Texas Trail
as Windy Halliday
- 1937 Hopalong Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
- 1937 Rustlers' Valley
as Windy Halliday
- 1937 North of the Rio Grande
as Windy Halliday
- 1937 Mountain Music
as Granpappy Burnside
- 1937 Hills of Old Wyoming
as Windy Halliday
- 1937 Borderland
as Windy Halliday
- 1936 Trail Dust
as Windy Halliday
- 1936 The Plainsman
as Breezy
- 1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Windy Halliday
- 1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Bearded Man
- 1936 The Texas Rangers
as Judge Snow
- 1936 I Married a Doctor
as Train Station Agent
- 1936 Three on the Trail
as Windy Halliday
- 1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
- 1936 Song of the Trail
as Dan Hobson
- 1936 Call of the Prairie
as Shanghai McHenry
- 1936 Heart of the West
as Windy Jenkins
- 1936 The Lawless Nineties
as Major Carter
- 1936 Silverspurs
as Drag Harlan
- 1936 Valley of the Lawless
as Grandpaw Jenkins
- 1935 Hitch Hike Lady
as Miner
- 1935 Swifty
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
- 1935 Bar 20 Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
- 1935 The Eagle's Brood
as Spike
- 1935 $1,000 a Minute
as New Deal Watson
- 1935 Texas Terror
as Sheriff Ed Williams
- 1935 The Throwback
as Ford Cruze
- 1935 Thunder Mountain
as Foley
- 1935 Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Dr. Parker
- 1935 Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Uncle Ben
- 1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Lucas
- 1935 Honeymoon Limited
as Pinkham
- 1935 Ladies Crave Excitement
as McCloskey
- 1935 Justice of the Range
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
- 1935 The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
- 1935 The Headline Woman
as Duffy
- 1935 Tombstone Terror
as Soupy Baxter
- 1935 Smokey Smith
as Blaze Bart
- 1935 Rainbow Valley
as George Hale
- 1935 The Outlaw Tamer
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
- 1935 The Lost City
as Butterfield
- 1935 Death Flies East
as Wotkyns
- 1934 'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Matt Downing
- 1934 The Lawless Frontier
as Dusty
- 1934 Vengence is Mine
as Dusty
- 1934 In Old Santa Fe
as Cactus
- 1934 The Brand of Hate
as Bill Larkins
- 1934 The Man from Hell
as Banker Colonel Campbell
- 1934 The Star Packer
as Matt Matlock
- 1934 The Drifter
as Marvin Black
- 1934 Randy Rides Alone
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
- 1934 Bandits of the Badlands
as Sheriff Jake Withers
- 1934 The Shadow Gang
as Matt Matlock
- 1934 Next Of Kin
as 'Dusty'
- 1934 Monte Carlo Nights
as Inspector Nick Gunby
- 1934 The Man from Utah
as Marshal George Higgins
- 1934 Rodeo Rocketeers
as Marshall George
- 1934 Blue Steel
as Sheriff Jake Withers
- 1934 City Limits
as Charlie Carter
- 1934
- 1934 House of Mystery
as David Fells
- 1934 Mystery Liner
as Joe, the Watchman
- 1934 Beggars in Ermine
as Joe Wilson
- 1934 West of the Divide
as 'Dusty'
- 1934 The Lucky Texan
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
- 1934 Claim Jumpers
as Jake Benson
- 1933 Riders of Destiny
as Charlie Denton
- 1933 Ship of Wanted Men
as Crewman
- 1933 Skyway
as George Taylor
- 1933 The Devil's Mate
as Collins
- 1933 Ranger's Code
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
- 1933 Galloping Romeo
as Grizzly
- 1933 The Fugitive
as Judge Tyler
- 1933 Fighting Texans
as Pop Martin
- 1933 The Sphinx
as Detective Casey
- 1933 Crashing Broadway
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
- 1933 The Gallant Fool
as Dad Denton
- 1933 The Return of Casey Jones
as Timothy Shine
- 1933 Trailing North
as Flash Ryan
- 1933 The Phantom Broadcast
as Police Lieutenant
- 1933 Breed of the Border
as Chuck Wiggins
- 1932 The Fighting Champ
as Pete
- 1932 Self Defense
as Jury Foreman
- 1932 Wild Horse Mesa
as Slack
- 1932 Texas Buddies
as Si Haller
- 1932 Hidden Valley
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
- 1932 Broadway to Cheyenne
as Walrus
- 1932 Klondike
as Tom Ross
- 1932 The Night Rider
as Altoonie
- 1932 Love Me Tonight
as Grocer (uncredited)
- 1932 A Slip at the Switch
as Deputy Smoot
- 1932 Winner Take All
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
- 1932 The Boiling Point
as George Duncan
- 1932 The Man from Hell's Edges
as Shamrock Cassidy
- 1932 Riders of the Desert
as Hashknife Brooks
- 1932 Border Devils
as Squint Sanders
- 1932 Play Girl
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
- 1932 Sally of the Subway
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
- 1931 Dragnet Patrol
as Private Detective
- 1931 Cavalier of the West
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
- 1931 Oklahoma Jim
as Crooked Gambler
- 1931 The Nevada Buckaroo
as Cherokee Williams
- 1931 Big Business Girl
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1931 God's Country and the Man
as Stingaree Kelly
- 1931 The Stolen Jools
as Projectionist
- 1931 Dirigible
as Parade Official (uncredited)
- 1930 Top Speed
as Western Union Clerk
- 1930 For the Defense
as Ben (the waiter)
- 1930 She Who Gets Slapped
as Poker Player
- 1930 Playing Around
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
- 1929 Big News
as Hoffman
- 1929 Smiling Irish Eyes
as Taxi Driver
- 1929 Rainbow Man
as Bill
- 1919 The House Without Children
as Archibald Ponsonby
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 1987
- 1975
- 1958
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1 episode
- 1950 The Gabby Hayes Show
2 episodes
- 1950 What's My Line?
1 episode