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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 .
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.
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.
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.
Jan 27, 2024 · Gabby Hayes, the king of sidekicks, passed away on February 9, 1969, at the age of 84, leaving a lasting legacy in the world of Western entertainment.
Actor George 'Gabby' Hayes, born on May 7, 1885 and died on Feb 9, 1969 starred in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, In Old Oklahoma, Dirigible, Riders of Destiny, Dark Command, South of Santa Fe, Sheriff of Tombstone, 'Neath the Arizona Skies, Bad Man of Deadwood, Young Bill Hickok.
Actor Born May 7, 1885 in Wellsville, NY. Died Feb. 9, 1969 in Burbank, Calif. G eorge "Gabby" Hayes was a veteran of dozens of western movies. His whiskers and characterizations of a grizzled,...
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...
George 'Gabby' Hayes was a famous character actor in movies during the 1930's and 1940's and later on television. He made his name in Western movies playing the sidekick to stars like Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry.
Virtually the prototype of all grizzled old-codger western sidekicks, George "Gabby" Hayes professed in real life to hate westerns, complaining that they all looked and sounded alike. For his first few decades in show business, he appeared in everything but westerns, including travelling stock companies, vaudeville, and musical comedy.
