George 'Gabby' Hayes
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.
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Movies (197)
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958 · Self
The Cariboo Trail
1950 · Grizzly
El Paso
1949 · Pesky Tees
The Untamed Breed
1948 · Windy Lucas
Return of the Bad Men
1948 · John Pettit
Albuquerque
1948 · Juke
Wyoming
1947 · Windy Gibson
Trail Street
1947 · Billy Jones
Heldorado
1946 · Gabby Whittaker
Home in Oklahoma
1946 · Gabby Whittaker
Roll on Texas Moon
1946 · Gabby Whittaker
Under Nevada Skies
1946 · Gabby Whittaker
My Pal Trigger
1946 · Gabby Kendrick
Rainbow Over Texas
1946 · Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
Badman's Territory
1946 · Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
Song of Arizona
1946 · Gabby Whittaker
Don't Fence Me In
1945 · Gabby Whittaker
Sunset in El Dorado
1945 · Gabby
Along the Navajo Trail
1945 · Gabby Whittaker
Man from Oklahoma
1945 · Gabby Whittaker
Bells of Rosarita
1945 · Gabby Whittake
Utah
1945 · Gabby Whittaker
The Big Bonanza
1944 · Hap Selby
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944 · Gabby Whittaker
Tall in the Saddle
1944 · Dave
Marshal of Reno
1944 · Gabby
Tucson Raiders
1944 · 'Gabby' Hopkins
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944 · Gabby Hayes
Mojave Firebrand
1944 · Gabby Hayes
In Old Oklahoma
1943 · Despirit Dean
Death Valley Manhunt
1943 · Gabby Hayes
Overland Mail Robbery
1943 · Gabby
Wagon Tracks West
1943 · Gabby
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943 · Gabby Hayes
The Man from Thunder River
1943 · Gabby Whittaker
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943 · Gabby Hayes
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942 · Gabby
Heart of the Golden West
1942 · Gabby
Sunset Serenade
1942 · Gabby
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942 · Gabby Whittaker
Romance on the Range
1942 · Gabby
Sunset on the Desert
1942 · Gabby Whittaker
South of Santa Fe
1942 · Gabby Whittaker
Man from Cheyenne
1942 · Gabby Whittaker
Red River Valley
1941 · Gabby Whittaker
Jesse James at Bay
1941 · Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 · Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
Nevada City
1941 · Gabby Chapman
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 · Gabby
In Old Cheyenne
1941 · Arapaho Brown
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941 · Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
The Border Legion
1940 · Honest John Whittaker
Young Bill Hickok
1940 · 'Gabby' Whitaker
Colorado
1940 · Gabby
Melody Ranch
1940 · Pop Laramie
The Ranger and the Lady
1940 · Gabby Whittaker
The Carson City Kid
1940 · Gabby Whittaker
Wagons Westward
1940 · Hardtack
Dark Command
1940 · Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Young Buffalo Bill
1940 · Gabby Whittaker
Days of Jesse James
1939 · Gabby
Saga of Death Valley
1939 · Gabby
The Arizona Kid
1939 · Gabby Whittaker
In Old Monterey
1939 · Gabby Whittaker
Wall Street Cowboy
1939 · Gabby
Renegade Trail
1939 · Windy Halliday
In Old Caliente
1939 · Gabby
Man of Conquest
1939 · Lannie Upchurch
Silver on the Sage
1939 · Windy Halliday
Southward Ho!
1939 · Gabby
Sunset Trail
1939 · Windy Halliday
Let Freedom Ring
1939 · Pop Wilkie
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939 · Gramps Montrose
The Frontiersmen
1938 · Windy Halliday
In Old Mexico
1938 · Windy Halliday
Pride of the West
1938 · Windy Halliday
Bar 20 Justice
1938 · Windy Halliday
Heart of Arizona
1938 · Windy Halliday
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Enoch
Texas Trail
1937 · Windy Halliday
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 · Windy Halliday
Rustlers' Valley
1937 · Windy Halliday
North of the Rio Grande
1937 · Windy Halliday
Mountain Music
1937 · Granpappy Burnside
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937 · Windy Halliday
Borderland
1937 · Windy Halliday
Trail Dust
1936 · Windy Halliday
The Plainsman
1936 · Breezy
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 · Windy Halliday
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Bearded Man
The Texas Rangers
1936 · Judge Snow
I Married a Doctor
1936 · Train Station Agent
Three on the Trail
1936 · Windy Halliday
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Song of the Trail
1936 · Dan Hobson
Call of the Prairie
1936 · Shanghai McHenry
Heart of the West
1936 · Windy Jenkins
The Lawless Nineties
1936 · Major Carter
Silverspurs
1936 · Drag Harlan
Valley of the Lawless
1936 · Grandpaw Jenkins
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 · Miner
Swifty
1935 · Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935 · Windy Halliday
The Eagle's Brood
1935 · Spike
$1,000 a Minute
1935 · New Deal Watson
Texas Terror
1935 · Sheriff Ed Williams
The Throwback
1935 · Ford Cruze
Thunder Mountain
1935 · Foley
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935 · Dr. Parker
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935 · Uncle Ben
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Lucas
Honeymoon Limited
1935 · Pinkham
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935 · McCloskey
Justice of the Range
1935 · John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935 · Pearson (as George Hayes)
The Headline Woman
1935 · Duffy
Tombstone Terror
1935 · Soupy Baxter
Smokey Smith
1935 · Blaze Bart
Rainbow Valley
1935 · George Hale
The Outlaw Tamer
1935 · Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
The Lost City
1935 · Butterfield
Death Flies East
1935 · Wotkyns
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934 · Matt Downing
The Lawless Frontier
1934 · Dusty
Vengence is Mine
1934 · Dusty
In Old Santa Fe
1934 · Cactus
The Brand of Hate
1934 · Bill Larkins
The Man from Hell
1934 · Banker Colonel Campbell
The Star Packer
1934 · Matt Matlock
The Drifter
1934 · Marvin Black
Randy Rides Alone
1934 · - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
Bandits of the Badlands
1934 · Sheriff Jake Withers
The Shadow Gang
1934 · Matt Matlock
Next Of Kin
1934 · 'Dusty'
Monte Carlo Nights
1934 · Inspector Nick Gunby
The Man from Utah
1934 · Marshal George Higgins
Rodeo Rocketeers
1934 · Marshall George
Blue Steel
1934 · Sheriff Jake Withers
City Limits
1934 · Charlie Carter
Bedlam of Beards
1934
House of Mystery
1934 · David Fells
Mystery Liner
1934 · Joe, the Watchman
Beggars in Ermine
1934 · Joe Wilson
West of the Divide
1934 · 'Dusty'
The Lucky Texan
1934 · Jake 'Grandy' Benson
Claim Jumpers
1934 · Jake Benson
Riders of Destiny
1933 · Charlie Denton
Ship of Wanted Men
1933 · Crewman
Skyway
1933 · George Taylor
The Devil's Mate
1933 · Collins
Ranger's Code
1933 · Baxter (as George Hayes)
Galloping Romeo
1933 · Grizzly
The Fugitive
1933 · Judge Tyler
Fighting Texans
1933 · Pop Martin
The Sphinx
1933 · Detective Casey
Crashing Broadway
1933 · J. Talbot Thorndyke
The Gallant Fool
1933 · Dad Denton
The Return of Casey Jones
1933 · Timothy Shine
Trailing North
1933 · Flash Ryan
The Phantom Broadcast
1933 · Police Lieutenant
Breed of the Border
1933 · Chuck Wiggins
The Fighting Champ
1932 · Pete
Self Defense
1932 · Jury Foreman
Wild Horse Mesa
1932 · Slack
Texas Buddies
1932 · Si Haller
Hidden Valley
1932 · Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932 · Walrus
Klondike
1932 · Tom Ross
The Night Rider
1932 · Altoonie
Love Me Tonight
1932 · Grocer (uncredited)
A Slip at the Switch
1932 · Deputy Smoot
Winner Take All
1932 · Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
1932 · George Duncan
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932 · Shamrock Cassidy
Riders of the Desert
1932 · Hashknife Brooks
Border Devils
1932 · Squint Sanders
Play Girl
1932 · Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
Sally of the Subway
1932 · Police Lieutenant Paxton
Dragnet Patrol
1931 · Private Detective
Cavalier of the West
1931 · Sheriff Bill Ryan
Oklahoma Jim
1931 · Crooked Gambler
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931 · Cherokee Williams
Big Business Girl
1931 · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
God's Country and the Man
1931 · Stingaree Kelly
The Stolen Jools
1931 · Projectionist
Dirigible
1931 · Parade Official (uncredited)
Top Speed
1930 · Western Union Clerk
For the Defense
1930 · Ben (the waiter)
She Who Gets Slapped
1930 · Poker Player
Playing Around
1930 · Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Big News
1929 · Hoffman
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 · Taxi Driver
Rainbow Man
1929 · Bill
The House Without Children
1919 · Archibald Ponsonby
