Denver Pyle
Denver Dell Pyle (11. Mai 1920 – 25. Dezember 1997) war ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Fernsehschauspieler. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Rolle als Briscoe Darling Jr. in mehreren Folgen der „Andy Griffith Show“ und als Jesse Duke in der Sitcom „Ein Duke kommt selten allein“ (1979–1985).
Pyle wurde am 11. Mai 1920 in Bethune, Colorado, als Sohn des Landwirts Ben H. Pyle und seiner Frau Maude geboren. Sein Bruder Willis war Animator und arbeitete unter anderem für die Walt Disney Animation Studios und UPA. Nach seinem Highschool-Abschluss besuchte Pyle kurz die Colorado State University, brach das Studium jedoch ab, um ins Showgeschäft einzusteigen. 1940 zog er nach Los Angeles. Dort arbeitete er als Schlagzeuger und Bandmitglied, bis die Vereinigten Staaten in den Zweiten Weltkrieg eintraten und er sich zur US-Marine meldete. Pyle wurde in der Schlacht um Guadalcanal verwundet und 1942 aus medizinischen Gründen aus dem Militärdienst entlassen. Gegen Ende des Krieges diente er in der US-Handelsmarine.
1955 heiratete Pyle Marilee Carpenter, eine Produktionsassistentin bei 20th Century Fox. Sie hatten die Söhne David und Tony. Marilee und Denver ließen sich 1970 scheiden. 1983 heiratete Pyle Tippie Johnston. Diese Ehe hielt bis zu seinem Tod.
Pyle starb an Weihnachten 1997 an Lungenkrebs. Die Trauerfeier fand am 6. Januar 1998 in der First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas, statt. Er ist auf dem Friedhof von Forreston, Texas, in einem anonymen Grab beigesetzt. Seine sterblichen Überreste ruhen neben denen der Eltern seiner zweiten Ehefrau, J.T. Johnston und Erin Birch Johnston.
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Filme (121)
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997 · Uncle Jesse Duke
Father and Scout
1994 · George Rosebrock
Maverick
1994 · Old Gambler on Riverboat
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Self
Delta Fever
1987 · Walt
Return to Mayberry
1986 · Briscoe Darling
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
1983 · Narrator
Legend of the Wild
1981 · Narrator (Voice)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979 · Self
Once Upon a Starry Night
1978 · Mad Jack
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
1978 · Narrator
Return from Witch Mountain
1978 · Uncle Bene
Legend of the Northwest
1978 · Abner
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976 · Galen Clark
Welcome to L.A.
1976 · Carl Barber
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
1976 · Senator Austin
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976 · The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
Hawmps!
1976 · Col. Seymour Hawkins
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
1976 · Old mountain man
Winterhawk
1975 · Arkansas
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975 · Ben as an Adult
Death Among Friends
1975 · Morgan
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · Uncle Bene
Murder or Mercy
1974 · Amos Champion
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974 · Grandpappy John
Hog Wild
1974 · Dr. Larson
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · Denver
Hitched
1973 · Ben Barnstable
Something Big
1971 · Junior Frisbee
Mean Justice
1971 · Tom Rawling
5 Card Stud
1968 · Sig Evers
Bandolero!
1968 · Muncie Carter
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Frank Hamer
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967 · Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Alfie - Stage Driver
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966 · 1st Hunter
Gunpoint
1966 · Cap
Mara of the Wilderness
1965 · Kelly
The Great Race
1965 · Sheriff
Shenandoah
1965 · Pastor Bjoerling
The Rounders
1965 · Bull
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Sen. Henry (uncredited)
Black Like Me
1964 · Man in pick-up truck
Mail Order Bride
1964 · Preacher Pope
Terrified
1963 · Sheriff Dixon
Geronimo
1962 · Senator Conrad
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Amos Carruthers
The Alamo
1960 · Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Home from the Hill
1960 · Mr. Bradley
Cast a Long Shadow
1959 · Preacher Harrison
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · Jackie Jo
King of the Wild Stallions
1959 · MacGuire's Henchman
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Deputy Ed Moore
The Party Crashers
1958 · Mr. Bickford
Bitter Heritage
1958 · Sam Wheeler
China Doll
1958 · Col. Wiley
Fort Massacre
1958 · Collins
The Left Handed Gun
1958 · Ollinger
Jet Pilot
1957 · Mr. Simpson
Domino Kid
1957 · Bill Dragger
The Lonely Man
1957 · Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
Destination 60,000
1957 · Mickey Hill
Gun Duel in Durango
1957 · Ranger Captain
7th Cavalry
1956 · Dixon
Yaqui Drums
1956 · Lefty Barr
The Naked Hills
1956 · Bert Killian / Narrator
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
1956 · Jim Bailey
Please Murder Me
1956 · Det. Lt. Bradley
Top Gun
1955 · Hank Spencer (uncredited)
To Hell and Back
1955 · Thompson
Run for Cover
1955 · Harvey
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Clint Reno
Ten Wanted Men
1955
The Yellow Mountain
1954 · (uncredited)
Drum Beat
1954 · Fairchild (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Posseman (uncredited)
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 · Bagley
The Command
1954 · Infantryman (uncredited)
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 · Reverend Moorehead
Texas Bad Man
1953 · Tench
Vigilante Terror
1953 · Henchman Sperry
Topeka
1953 · Jonas Bailey
Column South
1953 · Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953 · Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
The Lone Hand
1953 · Regulator (uncredited)
Rebel City
1953 · Greeley
Gunsmoke
1953 · Greasy (uncredited)
A Perilous Journey
1953 · Bartender
Fort Vengeance
1953 · Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
The Maverick
1952 · Bud Karnes
Canyon Ambush
1952 · Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
Fargo
1952 · Carey
Desert Passage
1952 · Allen
Man from the Black Hills
1952 · Glenn Hartley
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · Skip
Mutiny
1952 · Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
Hills of Utah
1951 · Bowie French
Drums in the Deep South
1951 · Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951 · Nick Algren
Rough Riders of Durango
1951 · Henchman Lacey
The Old Frontier
1950 · Henchman George
Customs Agent
1950 · Al
Dynamite Pass
1950 · Henchman
Federal Agent at Large
1950 · 'Jumpy' Jordan
Singing Guns
1950 · Richards Henchman
Captain China
1950 · Steve
The Flying Saucer
1950 · Turner
The Big Wheel
1949 · Track Intern
Flame of Youth
1949 · Lytz
Too Late for Tears
1949 · Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
Rim of the Canyon
1949 · Cash Collins (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949 · Rex
Red Canyon
1949 · Hutch
Streets of San Francisco
1949 · Ed Quinn
El Paso
1949 · Vigilante (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
1948 · Easy Jarrett, Easy Jarrett (uncredited)
Marshal of Amarillo
1948 · The Night Clerk
Train to Alcatraz
1948 · Hutch Hutchins
Where the North Begins
1947 · Jim Rockwell
Devil Ship
1947 · Carl
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 · Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)
Serien (102)
What a Cartoon!
1995 · Podunk Possum (voice)
Cybill
1995 · Denver Pyle (uncredited)
L.A. Law
1986 · Harold Nordoff
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Eben Connors
The Dukes
1983 · Uncle Jesse (voice)
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979 · Jesse Duke
Dallas
1978 · Blackie Callahan
Love Boat
1977 · Eric Springer
Grizzly Adams
1977 · Mad Jack
How the West Was Won
1977 · Sgt. Tripp
Petrocelli
1974 · Andrew Warburton
The Manhunter
1974 · Sam Dickerson
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Stayley Kircher
Kung Fu
1972 · Dr. Joseph Colton
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Carl Armstrong
The Waltons
1972 · Cousin Homer Lee Baldwin
Cannon
1971 · Sheriff Hogsett
The Doris Day Show
1968 · Buck Webb, Director
The High Chaparral
1967 · General Warren
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · Sam Cochran
Hondo
1967 · Judge Amos Blunt
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Charley Austin
Tammy
1965 · Mordecai Tarleton
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · Titus Purcell
The Great Adventure
1963 · Gen. Mills
Mr. Novak
1963 · Brill
Temple Houston
1963 · Phineas Fallon
Channing
1963 · Sam Riddle
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Jack Felton
The Lieutenant
1963 · Maj. Matthew Morrissey
Empire
1962 · Tom Rawling
The Virginian
1962 · Pico Brown
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Uncle George
Ben Casey
1961 · Dallas Hopewell
Dr. Kildare
1961 · R. E. Lenger
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Chief Amos Trask
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961 · Captain Lister
Route 66
1960 · Father Prior, Joe Wylie
Stagecoach West
1960 · Hewitt
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Briscoe Darling
National Velvet
1960 · Jed Corrigan
Checkmate
1960 · Terry Adams
The Aquanauts
1960 · Captain Leo Stohl
Thriller
1960 · Ortho Wheeler
The Tall Man
1960 · Marshal Dave Leggert
The Detectives
1959 · Bill Darien
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Stu Tillman
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Burke Carew
Men Into Space
1959
Wichita Town
1959
Riverboat
1959 · Jim Bledsoe
The Deputy
1959 · Akins, Frank Barton
Bonanza
1959 · Price Buchanan, Claude Roman, Sheriff Ed, Marcus Caldwell, Theodore 'Ted' Hackett, Sheriff Tom Stedman, Warden
Rawhide
1959 · John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade
Bat Masterson
1958 · Dan Morgan, Walsh (uncredited)
Lawman
1958 · Glen Folsom, Sam Brackett
Behind Closed Doors
1958 · Roger Woodson
The Rifleman
1958
The Texan
1958 · Sheriff, Chip Andrews, Houston Blackston, Joe Lufton
Bronco
1958 · Norton Gillespie, Nelson, Petrie Munger
Jefferson Drum
1958 · Bart Resdake
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958 · Braddock
Tombstone Territory
1957
26 Men
1957
Casey Jones
1957 · Frank Reeder
The Real McCoys
1957
The Restless Gun
1957 · Sheriff Jay
Maverick
1957 · Jerry O'Brien
Perry Mason
1957 · Robert Crane, Jackson Sidemark, Tom Quincy, Tilden Stuart, Emery Fillmore, Frank Honer
Wagon Train
1957 · Bragg
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Pete Hollister, Clay Sommers, McKay, Advent
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · John Baker, Marshal Quimby, Sheriff, Sheriff Tom, Seth Robson, Joe Sully, Nat Sledge
State Trooper
1956 · Mark Schmedler
Broken Arrow
1956 · Fred Graf
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Fury
1955 · Carter
Crossroads
1955 · Ockschmitt, Lou 'Dial' Harrington
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Lester, Charley
My Friend Flicka
1955 · Alec
Frontier
1955 · Eben, Frank
Cheyenne
1955 · Cyrus Burton, John Hanson, Nate Weyland
Gunsmoke
1955 · Willie Calhoun, Hank Shinn, Mike Blocker, Gus, Haggen, Aaron, Pa, Caleb, Claudius, Clab Chummer, Caleb Nash, Henry Rand, Judge Blent, Cyrus Himes
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Ben Thompson, Hoss Mackey, Oliver Tittle, Dobie Jenner
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
The Millionaire
1955 · Arthur Darner
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Mr. Royal (uncredited), Dr. Larson, Amos Briggs (uncredited), Ben as an Adult (voice), Uncle Bene, Clay Tanner
Lassie
1954 · Mr. Madden
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Kargar
Public Defender
1954 · Tom Gayley, George Hansen
Annie Oakley
1954 · Dr. Barnes, Tom Malloy
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Henry
I'm the Law
1953
You Are There
1953 · Chairman Savage, Cotta, Capt. Canfield, William Bayard Hale, William Newell, Col. Tench Tilghman, Dan DeQuille
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Emile Hatch
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Roy Rogers Show
1951 · Henchman Nash, Bad Boy Wiley, Zeke Miller, Tom Larrabee
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · Edmund Denning, Flip Kilson, Hackett
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Henchman (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
1950 · Professor Jerry Roark, Bank Robber
The Gene Autry Show
1950 · Frank Blake, Burr Ramsey, Dodge Hartman, First Henchman, Rawhide Vest, Curt Wayne, Professor Sharp, Sheriff, Cleanshaven Deputy-Henchman, Jim, the Sheriff, Edward Hadley
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Deputy French, Colby, Stack, Deputy Allen, Grayson, Arley McQueen, Vance Kiley