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George 'Gabby' Hayes

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

Born

May 06, 1885

Wellsville, New York, USA

Died

Feb 09, 1969

Known For

Acting

Movies

197 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.7

Known For

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 • as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Tall in the Saddle
Tall in the Saddle
1944 • as Dave
★ 6.6
In Old Oklahoma
In Old Oklahoma
1943 • as Despirit Dean
★ 6.2
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935 • as Uncle Ben
★ 6.5
Love Me Tonight
Love Me Tonight
1932 • as Grocer (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Heart of the West
Heart of the West
1936 • as Windy Jenkins
★ 5.2
Trailing North
Trailing North
1933 • as Flash Ryan
★ 7.5
Ladies Crave Excitement
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935 • as McCloskey
★ 5.7
Gold Is Where You Find It
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 • as Enoch
★ 7.0
The Sons of the Pioneers
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 9.0
Dark Command
Dark Command
1940 • as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
★ 6.4
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 • as Lucas
★ 6.1
Big Business Girl
Big Business Girl
1931 • as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
★ 6.8
El Paso
El Paso
1949 • as Pesky Tees
★ 6.0
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.6
Dirigible
Dirigible
1931 • as Parade Official (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Song of Arizona
Song of Arizona
1946 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 4.6
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942 • as Gabby
★ 7.5
West of the Divide
West of the Divide
1934 • as 'Dusty'
★ 5.2
Claim Jumpers
Claim Jumpers
1934 • as Jake Benson
House of Mystery
House of Mystery
1934 • as David Fells
★ 5.1
Return of the Bad Men
Return of the Bad Men
1948 • as John Pettit
★ 6.3
Silverspurs
Silverspurs
1936 • as Drag Harlan
★ 10.0
Justice of the Range
Justice of the Range
1935 • as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
★ 9.0
The Big Bonanza
The Big Bonanza
1944 • as Hap Selby
★ 6.3
Valley of the Lawless
Valley of the Lawless
1936 • as Grandpaw Jenkins
★ 7.5
Bar 20 Rides Again
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.7
Along the Navajo Trail
Along the Navajo Trail
1945 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
'Neath the Arizona Skies
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934 • as Matt Downing
★ 4.8
Riders of the Desert
Riders of the Desert
1932 • as Hashknife Brooks
★ 6.0
The Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers
1936 • as Judge Snow
★ 6.6
The Devil's Mate
The Devil's Mate
1933 • as Collins
★ 8.0
Randy Rides Alone
Randy Rides Alone
1934 • as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
★ 5.1
Call of the Prairie
Call of the Prairie
1936 • as Shanghai McHenry
★ 5.8
The House Without Children
The House Without Children
1919 • as Archibald Ponsonby
★ 10.0
The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid
1940 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.2
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Blue Steel
Blue Steel
1934 • as Sheriff Jake Withers
★ 4.8
Monte Carlo Nights
Monte Carlo Nights
1934 • as Inspector Nick Gunby
★ 5.9
The Lucky Texan
The Lucky Texan
1934 • as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
★ 5.0
The Man from Utah
The Man from Utah
1934 • as Marshal George Higgins
★ 4.8
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941 • as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
★ 6.0
$1,000 a Minute
$1,000 a Minute
1935 • as New Deal Watson
★ 5.8
Roll on Texas Moon
Roll on Texas Moon
1946 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.2
Death Flies East
Death Flies East
1935 • as Wotkyns
★ 7.0
The Shadow Gang
The Shadow Gang
1934 • as Matt Matlock
Song of the Trail
Song of the Trail
1936 • as Dan Hobson
★ 5.8
Heart of Arizona
Heart of Arizona
1938 • as Windy Halliday
★ 5.5
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
The Cariboo Trail
The Cariboo Trail
1950 • as Grizzly
★ 6.4
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 • as Breezy
★ 6.5
Trail Street
Trail Street
1947 • as Billy Jones
★ 6.5
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943 • as Gabby Hayes
★ 9.0
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
1931 • as Projectionist
★ 5.6
The Ranger and the Lady
The Ranger and the Lady
1940 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.3
Texas Terror
Texas Terror
1935 • as Sheriff Ed Williams
★ 4.8
Cavalier of the West
Cavalier of the West
1931 • as Sheriff Bill Ryan
★ 5.1
Heart of the Golden West
Heart of the Golden West
1942 • as Gabby
★ 4.2
Sunset in El Dorado
Sunset in El Dorado
1945 • as Gabby
★ 5.7
I Married a Doctor
I Married a Doctor
1936 • as Train Station Agent
★ 5.2
Don't Fence Me In
Don't Fence Me In
1945 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.8
Rainbow Valley
Rainbow Valley
1935 • as George Hale
★ 4.9
Jesse James at Bay
Jesse James at Bay
1941 • as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
★ 4.8
In Old Santa Fe
In Old Santa Fe
1934 • as Cactus
★ 5.8
The Lawless Frontier
The Lawless Frontier
1934 • as Dusty
★ 4.8
Winner Take All
Winner Take All
1932 • as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
★ 5.4
Heldorado
Heldorado
1946 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.2
Saga of Death Valley
Saga of Death Valley
1939 • as Gabby
★ 6.7
Badman's Territory
Badman's Territory
1946 • as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
★ 6.3
Romance on the Range
Romance on the Range
1942 • as Gabby
★ 6.5
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A Slip at the Switch
1932 • as Deputy Smoot
Bad Man of Deadwood
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 • as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
★ 5.3
Sally of the Subway
Sally of the Subway
1932 • as Police Lieutenant Paxton
★ 8.0
Mountain Music
Mountain Music
1937 • as Granpappy Burnside
★ 6.0
The Star Packer
The Star Packer
1934 • as Matt Matlock
★ 4.5
The Night Rider
The Night Rider
1932 • as Altoonie
★ 8.0
Silver on the Sage
Silver on the Sage
1939 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.5
Wall Street Cowboy
Wall Street Cowboy
1939 • as Gabby
★ 5.8
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
1939 • as Pop Wilkie
★ 6.8
Bells of Rosarita
Bells of Rosarita
1945 • as Gabby Whittake
★ 6.2
Three on the Trail
Three on the Trail
1936 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.0
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
1948 • as Juke
★ 6.5
Wyoming
Wyoming
1947 • as Windy Gibson
★ 6.4
The Man from Hell
The Man from Hell
1934 • as Banker Colonel Campbell
★ 5.7
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch
1940 • as Pop Laramie
★ 6.2
The Brand of Hate
The Brand of Hate
1934 • as Bill Larkins
★ 5.6
My Pal Trigger
My Pal Trigger
1946 • as Gabby Kendrick
★ 5.5
Home in Oklahoma
Home in Oklahoma
1946 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.6
The Eagle's Brood
The Eagle's Brood
1935 • as Spike
★ 5.8
For the Defense
For the Defense
1930 • as Ben (the waiter)
★ 5.7
The Sphinx
The Sphinx
1933 • as Detective Casey
★ 5.1
Rodeo Rocketeers
Rodeo Rocketeers
1934 • as Marshall George
Hills of Old Wyoming
Hills of Old Wyoming
1937 • as Windy Halliday
★ 5.0
The Man from Hell's Edges
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932 • as Shamrock Cassidy
★ 6.5
The Nevada Buckaroo
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931 • as Cherokee Williams
★ 8.0
Hitch Hike Lady
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 • as Miner
★ 7.8
The Arizona Kid
The Arizona Kid
1939 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.1
North of the Rio Grande
North of the Rio Grande
1937 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.8
Sheriff of Tombstone
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 • as Gabby
★ 7.2
Borderland
Borderland
1937 • as Windy Halliday
★ 7.5
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943 • as Gabby Hayes
★ 6.3
The Return of Casey Jones
The Return of Casey Jones
1933 • as Timothy Shine
★ 7.5
Wagon Tracks West
Wagon Tracks West
1943 • as Gabby
★ 9.0
Riders of Destiny
Riders of Destiny
1933 • as Charlie Denton
★ 5.3
Next Of Kin
Next Of Kin
1934 • as 'Dusty'
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 • as Bearded Man
★ 6.7
Breed of the Border
Breed of the Border
1933 • as Chuck Wiggins
★ 7.0
Days of Jesse James
Days of Jesse James
1939 • as Gabby
★ 5.1
Sunset on the Desert
Sunset on the Desert
1942 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.0
The Phantom Broadcast
The Phantom Broadcast
1933 • as Police Lieutenant
★ 5.1
The Border Legion
The Border Legion
1940 • as Honest John Whittaker
★ 5.0
Sunset Trail
Sunset Trail
1939 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.3
In Old Monterey
In Old Monterey
1939 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.2
The Outlaw Tamer
The Outlaw Tamer
1935 • as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
★ 9.0
The Lawless Nineties
The Lawless Nineties
1936 • as Major Carter
★ 5.5
Texas Buddies
Texas Buddies
1932 • as Si Haller
★ 7.0
Honeymoon Limited
Honeymoon Limited
1935 • as Pinkham
★ 5.8
Man of Conquest
Man of Conquest
1939 • as Lannie Upchurch
★ 5.6
Play Girl
Play Girl
1932 • as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
★ 5.0
Nevada City
Nevada City
1941 • as Gabby Chapman
★ 7.0
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.8
In Old Caliente
In Old Caliente
1939 • as Gabby
★ 6.0
Ship of Wanted Men
Ship of Wanted Men
1933 • as Crewman
★ 3.8
The Frontiersmen
The Frontiersmen
1938 • as Windy Halliday
★ 5.8
The Man from Thunder River
The Man from Thunder River
1943 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
Skyway
Skyway
1933 • as George Taylor
★ 5.8
The Headline Woman
The Headline Woman
1935 • as Duffy
★ 4.6
God's Country and the Man
God's Country and the Man
1931 • as Stingaree Kelly
★ 8.0
Red River Valley
Red River Valley
1941 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
Tombstone Terror
Tombstone Terror
1935 • as Soupy Baxter
★ 5.5
The Gallant Fool
The Gallant Fool
1933 • as Dad Denton
★ 9.0
Mystery Liner
Mystery Liner
1934 • as Joe, the Watchman
★ 4.7
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944 • as Gabby Hayes
★ 8.0
In Old Cheyenne
In Old Cheyenne
1941 • as Arapaho Brown
★ 4.6
Utah
Utah
1945 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.5
Wagons Westward
Wagons Westward
1940 • as Hardtack
★ 6.5
Man from Oklahoma
Man from Oklahoma
1945 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 6.3
Klondike
Klondike
1932 • as Tom Ross
★ 5.2
The Lost City
The Lost City
1935 • as Butterfield
★ 5.8
Pride of the West
Pride of the West
1938 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.5
South of Santa Fe
South of Santa Fe
1942 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 5.0
Bandits of the Badlands
Bandits of the Badlands
1934 • as Sheriff Jake Withers
Top Speed
Top Speed
1930 • as Western Union Clerk
★ 6.0
Young Bill Hickok
Young Bill Hickok
1940 • as 'Gabby' Whitaker
★ 5.4
Southward Ho!
Southward Ho!
1939 • as Gabby
★ 5.5
Rainbow Over Texas
Rainbow Over Texas
1946 • as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
★ 7.3
The Untamed Breed
The Untamed Breed
1948 • as Windy Lucas
★ 5.0
Sunset Serenade
Sunset Serenade
1942 • as Gabby
★ 6.2
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935 • as Dr. Parker
★ 7.5
Swifty
Swifty
1935 • as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
★ 8.0
Marshal of Reno
Marshal of Reno
1944 • as Gabby
★ 8.0
Under Nevada Skies
Under Nevada Skies
1946 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 7.5
Young Buffalo Bill
Young Buffalo Bill
1940 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 4.6
Wild Horse Mesa
Wild Horse Mesa
1932 • as Slack
★ 10.0
Renegade Trail
Renegade Trail
1939 • as Windy Halliday
★ 5.0
Broadway to Cheyenne
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932 • as Walrus
★ 5.0
Colorado
Colorado
1940 • as Gabby
★ 6.5
Texas Trail
Texas Trail
1937 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.2
City Limits
City Limits
1934 • as Charlie Carter
★ 5.5
Death Valley Manhunt
Death Valley Manhunt
1943 • as Gabby Hayes
★ 7.5
Oklahoma Jim
Oklahoma Jim
1931 • as Crooked Gambler
★ 9.0
Man from Cheyenne
Man from Cheyenne
1942 • as Gabby Whittaker
★ 8.0
Ranger's Code
Ranger's Code
1933 • as Baxter (as George Hayes)
★ 10.0
Smokey Smith
Smokey Smith
1935 • as Blaze Bart
★ 6.0
Rustlers' Valley
Rustlers' Valley
1937 • as Windy Halliday
★ 5.8
Mojave Firebrand
Mojave Firebrand
1944 • as Gabby Hayes
★ 4.7
The Boiling Point
The Boiling Point
1932 • as George Duncan
★ 7.0
The Drifter
The Drifter
1934 • as Marvin Black
Hidden Valley
Hidden Valley
1932 • as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
★ 7.5
Hopalong Rides Again
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.3
Beggars in Ermine
Beggars in Ermine
1934 • as Joe Wilson
★ 7.2
Self Defense
Self Defense
1932 • as Jury Foreman
★ 10.0
Playing Around
Playing Around
1930 • as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
★ 5.0
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935 • as Pearson (as George Hayes)
★ 4.3
Bar 20 Justice
Bar 20 Justice
1938 • as Windy Halliday
★ 5.4
Trail Dust
Trail Dust
1936 • as Windy Halliday
★ 5.3
Big News
Big News
1929 • as Hoffman
★ 4.5
Dragnet Patrol
Dragnet Patrol
1931 • as Private Detective
★ 6.2
The Fighting Champ
The Fighting Champ
1932 • as Pete
★ 6.7
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain
1935 • as Foley
★ 10.0
She Who Gets Slapped
She Who Gets Slapped
1930 • as Poker Player
★ 8.0
Fighting Thoroughbreds
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939 • as Gramps Montrose
★ 7.0
Fighting Texans
Fighting Texans
1933 • as Pop Martin
★ 9.0
Smiling Irish Eyes
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 • as Taxi Driver
★ 9.0
Rainbow Man
Rainbow Man
1929 • as Bill
★ 10.0
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1933 • as Judge Tyler
★ 8.0
Tucson Raiders
Tucson Raiders
1944 • as 'Gabby' Hopkins
★ 8.0
The Throwback
The Throwback
1935 • as Ford Cruze
★ 7.0
Galloping Romeo
Galloping Romeo
1933 • as Grizzly
★ 8.0
Overland Mail Robbery
Overland Mail Robbery
1943 • as Gabby
★ 9.0
Crashing Broadway
Crashing Broadway
1933 • as J. Talbot Thorndyke
★ 5.5
Border Devils
Border Devils
1932 • as Squint Sanders
★ 6.0
In Old Mexico
In Old Mexico
1938 • as Windy Halliday
★ 6.7
Vengence is Mine
Vengence is Mine
1934 • as Dusty
Bedlam of Beards
★ 3.3