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Denver Pyle. Actor, Director. Born May 11, 1920 in Bethune, Colorado, USA. A rather wanderlust fellow before he latched onto acting, Denver Pyle--who made a career of playing drawling, somewhat slow Southern types--was actually born in Colorado in 1920, to a farming family. He attended a university for a time but dropped out to become a drummer.
The good-natured, but trouble-making Appalachian clan, led by patriarch Briscoe Darling (Denver Pyle) usually came into town when they had some sort of problem that Sheriff Andy Taylor had to resolve. Briscoe was the widowed father of five grown children (four sons and one daughter) who all lived together, and each had a different musical talent.
Dec 27, 1997 · Denver Pyle, a character actor best known as Uncle Jesse on television's "The Dukes of Hazzard," has died of lung cancer. He was 77. Pyle died Thursday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, hospital officials said Friday.Less than two weeks ago, Pyle mustered the strength to attend the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Aug 31, 2021 · Denver Dell Pyle, a World War II veteran (United States Marines), began his acting career in the early '50s on such television series as The Lone Ranger and The Adventures of Superman. Yet it's ...
Dec 28, 1997 · Pyle played the grizzled, good ol’ boy Uncle Jesse on “The Dukes of Hazzard” after years of tackling character roles in films and spaghetti westerns. He died Thursday at Providence St ...
This is Deputy Fife! I'm armed and if you don't go home, I might just take a shot at you. [another rock come flying through the window] Barney Fife : Stop that! [Another rock hits the window] Briscoe Darling : Sheriff, tell your deputy to be quiet before he gets us all stoned to death!
Denver Pyle use to always ask me the following questions on Dukes: “You meet somebody?” “Yes sir.” “Does she make you laugh?”... Today I wish you laughter. Denver Pyle use to always ask me the following questions on Dukes: “You meet somebody?” “Yes sir.” “Does she make you laugh?”
