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George Francis " Gabby " Hayes (7 May 1885 – 9 February 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B- Western film series as the bewhiskered, cantankerous, but ever-loyal and brave comic sidekick of the cowboy stars Roy Rogers and John Wayne. [1]
Learn about the life and career of George 'Gabby' Hayes, a famous American character actor and Western sidekick. Find out his birth name, nickname, roles, trivia, quotes, and more on IMDb.
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- February 9, 1969
- May 7, 1885
George 'Gabby' Hayes. American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born May 7, 1885, the third of seven children, in the Hayes Hotel (owned by his father) in the tiny hamlet of Stannards, New York, on the outskirts of Wellsville, New York.
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- Stannards, New York, USA
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- Burbank, California, USA
Learn about the life and career of George Hayes, who played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, and was famous as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday. Find out his biography, filmography, and trivia on The Movie Database (TMDB).
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Jun 10, 2021 · The life and death of classic sidekick and character actor George "Gabby" Hayes, from his birth in his father's hotel to his time as a Shakespearian great, to his beloved roles as sidekick to...
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Learn about the long and hilarious partnership of John Wayne and George Hayes, who played sidekick Gabby in 15 western films from 1933 to 1944. See the list of movies, the roles, the jokes and the stunts they performed together.