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member of the New Jersey Senate, as was Dick Foran's younger brother, Walter E. Foran. He attended Mercersburg Academy, where he competed on the track team under Scots-American athletics coach Jimmy Curran. After graduation he attended the

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, a college preparatory school in nearby

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, and then enrolled at

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, pursuing a degree in geology. He played on the football team while taking courses in the arts, where he developed an interest in the theater. Foran studied music at the Leibling Studio in New York before singing on radio. As Nick Foran, he went on to become a lead singer with a band and later formed his own orchestra.

Film

Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by

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as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He could also

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when called upon in films such as '' Change of Heart'' (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for

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. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in ''

Moonlight on the Prairie ''Moonlight on the Prairie'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman. It was the first of a Warner Bros. singing cowboy film series with Dick Foran and his Palomino Smoke. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress ...

'' (1935). His other singing-cowboy features included ''

Song of the Saddle '' Song of the Saddle '' is a 1936 American Western film starring Dick Foran, Alma Lloyd, Charles Middleton, and featuring an uncredited Sons of the Pioneers with Roy Rogers. Cast *Dick Foran - Frank Wilson Jr. as The Singing Kid * Alma Lloy ...

'' (1936), ''

Guns of the Pecos ''Guns of the Pecos'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Harold Buckley. The film stars Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Gordon Hart, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Acuff and Robert Middlemass. The film was released by War ...

'' (1937), ''

Empty Holsters ''Empty Holsters'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Dick Foran, Patricia Walthall, Emmett Vogan, Glenn Strange, Anderson Lawler and Wilfred Lucas. The film was released ...

'' (1937), and ''

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'' (1938).Phillips, Robert W. ''Singing Cowboy Stars''. Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1994. pp. 26–27. He appeared in dozens of movies of every type during his lengthy career, often with top stars leading the cast. Dick Foran in The Petrified Forest film trailer cropped

Dick Foran in The Petrified Forest film trailer cropped

In 1938, Foran moved to

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, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to

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with Abbott and Costello, such as '' Ride 'Em Cowboy'' (1942). Foran appeared in ''

The Petrified Forest ''The Petrified Forest'' is a 1936 American film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay was written ...

'' (1936) with

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and Humphrey Bogart, '' The Sisters'' (1938) with

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and

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, '' The Fighting 69th'' (1940) with James Cagney, ''

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'' (1940) with

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and

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, and '' Rangers of Fortune'' (1940) with Fred MacMurray, and played the top-billed hero in ''

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'' (1940) with

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as the Mummy. Foran reprised the same role in the sequel ''

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'' (1942), this time with

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as the Mummy, and had also appeared in another comedy with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello titled ''

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'' (1941) the previous year. In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice, a singing cowboy who joins the army in a 68-minute war-support film, ''

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'' with

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, the Andrews Sisters, and

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. One of his last film roles was a small one in '' Donovan's Reef'' (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne and

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. His final film appearance was as the

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"Old Timer" in the sentimental film '' Brighty of the Grand Canyon'' (1967) with

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,

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, and

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.

Stage

In 1943, Foran starred on

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in the

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musical comedy '' A Connecticut Yankee'', based on Mark Twain's ''

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''.

Television

In 1954, Foran guest-starred on

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's ''

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'', a

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starring

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and

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, on CBS's ''The Public Defender'' starring

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and

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, and on NBC's ''The Martha Raye Show'', a

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/

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. Foran appeared in at least four episodes of ''

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'' (1955). One of these, "The Miracle Hour", aired December 22, 1956. Foran appeared three times (1955–1956) as Father Brophy on the ABC

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'' Crossroads''. He guest-starred in the syndicated

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''

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'' starring

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. He also appeared as Burt, a carnival hustler, in 1957 on NBC's ''

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'' with Robert Young. Foran was prominently featured as a sheriff in the episode " The Third Rider" in the first season (1957) of the ABC/

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Western series ''

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'' starring Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, the brother of

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's character Bret Maverick. He also portrayed Tuck Degan in the 1957 episode "Final Payment" of another ABC/WB Western series, '' Colt .45'' starring

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. In the January 1959 episode "The Spurs", he portrayed Sheriff Wilkes on '' Wanted Dead or Alive'' starring Steve McQueen. He made another guest appearance in the December 1960 episode: "The Choice", portraying aging bounty hunter Frank Koster. Also in 1959, Foran portrayed defendant Dr. David Craig on

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's ''

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'' in the episode "The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor". Later that year, he played defendant Steve Benton in another ''Perry Mason'' episode, "The Case of the Garrulous Gambler". He was also featured as Perry Mason's client in the 1961 episode "The Case of the Renegade Refugee". In 1959, Foran was cast as David Steele in the episode "The Adjuster" of the NBC

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series ''

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'', starring

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.

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and DeForest Kelley also appeared in this episode. In 1962, Foran appeared with

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in the roles of Frank and Ann Jesse in the episode "The Wanted Man" of the ABC/WB Western series '' Lawman'', starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop. Foran later appeared as Gabriel Marion, brother of title character Francis Marion (

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), in the ''

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'' miniseries '' The Swamp Fox''. In 1965–1966, he had his only regular role on a TV series playing "Slim" on '' O.K. Crackerby!''. In 1968, Foran was cast in the role of "Fred Haines" in season one, episode 13, of the NBC television series '' Adam-12''.

Death

On August 10, 1979, Foran died aged 69 of respiratory ailments and pneumonia in Burbank, California. He was buried in the

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.

Recognition

Foran has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to television, at 1600 Vine Street. It was dedicated on February 8, 1960.

Selected filmography

* ''

Stand Up and Cheer! ''Stand Up and Cheer!'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The screenplay by Lew Brown and Ralph Spence was based upon a story idea by Will Rogers and Philip Klein. The film is about efforts undertaken dur ...

'' (1934) as Nick Foran * '' Change of Heart'' (1934) as Nick * '' Student Tour'' (1934) as Assistant Manager (uncredited) * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1934) as Smudge Casey * '' The Lottery Lover'' (1935) as Cadet * '' One More Spring'' (1935) as Park Policeman * ''It's a Small World'' (1935) as Cop * '' Farmer Takes a Wife'' (1935) as Walt Lansing (uncredited) * '' Accent of Youth'' (1935) as Butch * ''

Ladies Love Danger ''Ladies Love Danger'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Samson Raphaelson, Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Mona Barrie, Gilbert Roland, Donald Cook, Adrienne Ames, Hardie Albright a ...

'' (1935) as Sergeant Bender * ''

Shipmates Forever ''Shipmates Forever'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Delmer Daves. Set at the United States Naval Academy, the film stars Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, John Arledge, Eddie Ac ...

'' (1935) as Gifford * ''

Moonlight on the Prairie ''Moonlight on the Prairie'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman. It was the first of a Warner Bros. singing cowboy film series with Dick Foran and his Palomino Smoke. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress ...

'' (1935) as Ace Andrews * '' Dangerous'' (1935) as Teddy * ''

The Petrified Forest ''The Petrified Forest'' is a 1936 American film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay was written ...

'' (1936) as Boze Hertzlinger * ''

Song of the Saddle '' Song of the Saddle '' is a 1936 American Western film starring Dick Foran, Alma Lloyd, Charles Middleton, and featuring an uncredited Sons of the Pioneers with Roy Rogers. Cast *Dick Foran - Frank Wilson Jr. as The Singing Kid * Alma Lloy ...

'' (1936) as Frank Wilson Jr. aka The Singing Kid * '' Treachery Rides the Range'' (1936) as Captain Red Taylor * '' The Golden Arrow'' (1936) as Tommy Blake * '' The Big Noise'' (1936) as Don Andrews * '' Public Enemy's Wife'' (1936) as Thomas Duncan McKay * ''

Earthworm Tractors ''Earthworm Tractors'' is a 1936 American film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown and June Travis. The film is also known as ''A Natural Born Salesman'' in the United Kingdom. The film is based on characters created by William ...

'' (1936) as Emmet McManus * '' Trailin' West'' (1936) as Lieutenant Red Colton * ''

California Mail '' California Mail '' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley. The film stars Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Edmund Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower and James Farley. The film was rele ...

'' (1936) as Bill Harkins * ''

Guns of the Pecos ''Guns of the Pecos'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Harold Buckley. The film stars Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Gordon Hart, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Acuff and Robert Middlemass. The film was released by War ...

'' (1937) as Steve Ainslee * '' Black Legion'' (1937) as Ed Jackson * ''

Land Beyond the Law ''Land Beyond the Law'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Luci Ward and Joseph K. Watson. The film stars Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Wayne Morris, Harry Woods, Irene Franklin and Frank Orth. It was rele ...

'' (1937) as John 'Chip' Douglas Jr. * ''

The Cherokee Strip ''The Cherokee Strip'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Luci Ward and Joseph K. Watson. The film stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Robert Paige, Joan Valerie, Edmund Cobb and Joseph Crehan. The film was ...

'' (1937) as Dick Hudson * ''

Blazing Sixes ''Blazing Sixes'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Dick Foran, Joan Valerie, Mira McKinney, John Merton, Glenn Strange and Kenneth Harlan. It was the 9th of 12 B-western ...

'' (1937) as Red Barton * ''

Empty Holsters ''Empty Holsters'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Dick Foran, Patricia Walthall, Emmett Vogan, Glenn Strange, Anderson Lawler and Wilfred Lucas. The film was released ...

'' (1937) as Clay Brent * '' The Devil's Saddle Legion'' (1937) as Tal Holladay * '' Prairie Thunder'' (1937) as Rod Farrell * '' The Perfect Specimen'' (1937) as Jink Carter * '' She Loved a Fireman'' (1937) as James 'Red' Tyler * ''

Love, Honor and Behave ''Love, Honor and Behave'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. " Bei Mir Bist Du Sc ...

'' (1938) as Pete Martin * '' Over the Wall'' (1938) as Jerry Davis * ''

Cowboy from Brooklyn ''Cowboy from Brooklyn'' is a 1938 American Western musical romantic comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Earl Baldwin. It stars Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien and Priscilla Lane. The film was based on the 1937 Broadway play ''Howdy S ...

'' (1938) as Sam Thorne * ''

Four Daughters ''Four Daughters'' is a 1938 American romance film that tells the story of a happy musical family whose lives and loves are disrupted by the arrival of a charming young composer who interjects himself into the daughters' romantic lives. His cynic ...

'' (1938) as Ernest * '' Boy Meets Girl'' (1938) as Larry Toms * '' The Sisters'' (1938) as Tom Knivel * '' Secrets of a Nurse'' (1938) as Lee Burke * ''

Heart of the North ''Heart of the North'' is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Lee Katz and Vincent Sherman. The film stars Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson, Gale Page, Allen Jenkins, Patric Knowles, and Janet Chapman. The film was r ...

'' (1938) as Sergeant Alan Baker * ''

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'' (1939) as Danny Blake * ''

Daughters Courageous ''Daughters Courageous'' is a 1939 American drama film starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn and featuring the Lane Sisters: Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane. Based on the play ''Fly Away Home'' by Dorothy Bennett and I ...

'' (1939) as Eddie Moore * '' I Stole a Million'' (1939) as Paul Carver * '' Hero for a Day'' (1939) as Brainy Thornton * ''

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'' (1939) as Jim Rickey * ''

Four Wives ''Four Wives'' is a 1939 American drama film starring the Lane Sisters ( Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane) and Gale Page. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and is based on the story "Sister Act" by Fannie Hurst. The supporting ...

'' (1939) as Ernest Talbot * '' The Fighting 69th'' (1940) as Lt. 'Long John' Wynn * ''

My Little Chickadee ''My Little Chickadee'' is a 1940 American comedy-western film starring Mae West and W. C. Fields, featuring Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek, Willard Robertson, Dick Foran, William B. Davidson, and Addison Ri ...

'' (1940) as Wayne Carter * ''

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'' (1940) as Matthew Holgrave * '' Winners of the West'' (1940, Serial) as Jeff Ramsay * '' Rangers of Fortune'' (1940) as Johnny Cash * ''

The Mummy's Hand ''The Mummy's Hand'' is a 1940 American black-and-white horror film directed by Christy Cabanne and produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Studios. The film is about the ancient Egyptian mummy of Kharis (Tom Tyler), who is kept alive with a brew o ...

'' (1940) as Steve Banning * ''

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'' (1941) as Ernest Talbot * ''

Horror Island ''Horror Island'' is a 1941 American mystery and horror film directed by George Waggner. It was based on the short story "Terror of the South Seas" by Alex Gottlieb. It stars Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Leo Carrillo, Eddie Parker, Dale Van Sic ...

'' (1941) as Bill Martin * ''

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'' (1941) as Dynamite Dugan * '' Riders of Death Valley'' (1941) as Jim Benton * '' Unfinished Business'' (1941) as Frank * ''The Kid from Kansas'' (1941) as Kansas * '' Mob Town'' (1941) as Sgt. Frank Conroy * ''

Keep 'Em Flying ''Keep 'Em Flying'' is a 1941 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film was their third service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team had appeared in two previous service comedies in 1941, before the ...

'' (1941) as Jinx Roberts * '' Road Agent'' (1941) as Duke Masters * '' Ride 'Em Cowboy'' (1942) as Bronco Bob Mitchell * '' Butch Minds the Baby'' (1942) as Dennis Devlin * ''

Private Buckaroo ''Private Buckaroo'' is a 1942 American comedy-musical film directed by Edward F. Cline starring The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Harry James, Shemp Howard, Joe E. Lewis, and Jennifer Holt. The film tells the story of army recruits following b ...

'' (1942) as Lon Prentice * ''

The Mummy's Tomb ''The Mummy's Tomb'' is a 1942 American horror film directed by Harold Young and starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis the mummy. Taking place 30 years after the events of '' The Mummy's Hand'', where Andoheb (George Zucco) has survived and plans re ...

'' (1942) as Stephen Banning * '' Behind the Eight Ball'' (1942) as Bill Edwards * '' Hi, Buddy'' (1943) as Dave O'Connor * ''

He's My Guy "He's My Guy" is the twenty-third single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by RCA Records/ BMG. It appears on their 1991 album ''Sincerely Yours''. Song history Luv' experienced difficult career moves in the early 1990s. Its line-up had ...

'' (1943) as Van Moore * '' Guest Wife'' (1945) as Christopher Price * '' Easy Come, Easy Go'' (1947) as Dale Whipple * '' Fort Apache'' (1948) as Sgt. Quincannon * ''

El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...

'' (1949) as Sheriff La Farge * ''

Deputy Marshall ''Deputy Marshal'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by William Berke and starring Jon Hall, Frances Langford and Dick Foran. The film was a more expensive production that usual from Robert L. Lippert who originally hoped for Rod Camer ...

'' (1949) as Joel Benton / Jed Northey * '' Al Jennings of Oklahoma'' (1951) as Frank Jennings * ''

Treasure of Ruby Hills ''Treasure of Ruby Hills'' is a 1955 American black-and-white Western (genre), Western film directed by Frank McDonald (director), Frank McDonald and starring Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane, Dick Foran, and Lola Albright. The fil ...

'' (1955) as Alan Doran * '' Please Murder Me'' (1956) as Joe Leeds * ''

Sierra Stranger ''Sierra Stranger'' is a 1957 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Lee Sholem and starring Howard Duff.Pitts p.313 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Fegté. Plot A prospector becomes a small town outcast aft ...

'' (1957) as Bert Gaines * ''

Chicago Confidential ''Chicago Confidential'' is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Sidney Salkow, starring Brian Keith, Beverly Garland and Dick Foran. It is based on the 1950 book ''Chicago: Confidential!'' by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer. ''Chicago Confid ...

'' (1957) as Arthur 'Artie' Blane * ''

Violent Road ''Violent Road'', also known as ''Hell's Highway'', is a 1958 American film directed by Howard W. Koch, written by Richard H. Landau, and starring Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Merry Anders, Sean Garrison and Joanna Barnes. A ...

'' (aka ''Hell's Highway'') (1958) as Frank 'Sarge' Miller * ''

Thundering Jets ''Thundering Jets'' is a 1958 American drama film directed by Helmut Dantine, written by James Landis, and starring Rex Reason, Dick Foran, Audrey Dalton, Barry Coe, and Robert Dix. ''Thundering Jets'' was released in May 1958, by 20th Century ...

'' (1958) as Lt. Col. Henry Spalding * '' The Fearmakers'' (1958) as Jim McGinnis * ''

The Atomic Submarine ''The Atomic Submarine'' is a 1959 independently made, American black-and-white science-fiction film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Joi Lansing and Jean Moorhead, with John Hilliard as ...

'' (1959) as Cmdr. Dan Wendover * '' The Big Night'' (1960) as Ed * ''

Studs Lonigan ''Studs Lonigan'' is a novel trilogy by American author James T. Farrell: ''Young Lonigan'' (1932), '' The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan'' (1934), and ''Judgment Day'' (1935). In 1998, the Modern Library ranked the Studs Lonigan trilogy 29th on ...

'' (1960) as Patrick Lonigan * '' Lassie'' as the fire chief Ed Washburne (TV series, 7 episodes, 1961–64) * '' Donovan's Reef'' (1963) as Australian Navy Officer Sean O'Brien * ''

Taggart ''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries "Killer" from 6 until 20 Septembe ...

'' (1964) as Adam Stark * '' Brighty of the Grand Canyon'' (1966) as Old Timer, the Prospector

Selected Television

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