Dennis Fimple

ActorCrew Nov 11 (died age 61) Taft, California, U.S. 1963–2003 (40 year career)

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Biography

He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides, Petticoat Junction, Matt Houston, M*A*S*H, Centennial, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Sledge Hammer!, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap and ER. He also had roles in films such as Truck Stop Women (1974), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Goin' South (1978), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982) and Maverick (1994), and shared the lead in…

Known For

Film

Maverick

Stuttering

Film

House of 1000 Corpses

Grandpa Hugo Firefly

Film

King Kong

Sunfish

Film

Down Periscope

Fisherman

Film

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Rudy Hooks

Film

Goin' South

Hangman

Film

Stay Hungry

Bubba

Film

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

Wounded Man in Bar

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (42)

House of 1000 Corpses

2003

as Grandpa Hugo Firefly

Fangs

Down Periscope

as Fisherman

Maverick

as Stuttering

Death Falls

as Griff

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

1991

as Straw Hat

6.1

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990

as Henderson (Townsman)

6.0

Once Upon a Texas Train

as Telegrapher

Hawken's Breed

as Crowley

Body Slam

as Elmo

A Summer to Remember

as Smitty

Swing Shift

as Rupert George

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch

as Lamont

Of Mice and Men

as Whit

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

1980

as Aiken

The Sky Trap

1979

as Wilks

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

as Blackface / Charlie Bright

The Evictors

as Mr. Bumford

Goin' South

as Hangman

B.J. and the Bear

as Second Deputy

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

1978

as Lem

4.1

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws

1978

as The Salt Flat Kid

The Shadow of Chikara

as Posey

King Kong

as Sunfish

Creature from Black Lake

as Pahoo

Stay Hungry

as Bubba

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

1976

as McGirk

4.8

Young Pioneers

1976

as Man in Land Office

7.1

The Apple Dumpling Gang

as Rudy Hooks

Mackintosh and T.J.

as Schuster

Winterhawk

as Scoby

You and Me

White House Madness

as Bob Haldeman

Truck Stop Women

as Curly

Bootleggers

as Dewey Crenshaw

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

1974

as Farron

3.0

Honky Tonk

1974

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972

as Wounded Man in Bar

Gidget Gets Married

as Policeman

Cactus in the Snow

as Mr. Murray

Summertree

1971

as Shelly

5.7

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971

as Hotel clerk

8.0

Television (37)

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

as Daryl (segment "They Towed My Car")

7.2

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Farmer

as Dante

Party of Five

as Mechanic

Weird Science

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Homeless Man

6.9

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as Gully Barton

Harts of the West

as Garral

Quantum Leap

as Red Norton

I Know My First Name Is Steven

as Fred

Sledge Hammer!

as Informant

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")

Highway to Heaven

as Joey Small

The A-Team

as Cates

Automan

as Taxi Driver

Matt Houston

as Bo

The Fall Guy

as Renfro

The Greatest American Hero

as Deputy Kyle Kane

Simon & Simon

B. J. and the Bear

Roots: The Next Generations

as Sheriff Duffy

Battlestar Galactica

as Duggy

The Incredible Hulk

as Sergeant

Charlie's Angels

as George Bartlett

Starsky & Hutch

as Virgil

S.W.A.T.

Get Christie Love!

Lincoln

as Yarrow

M*A*S*H

as Sergeant 'Sparky' Pryor

7.9

Kung Fu

1972

as Riley

7.7

Alias Smith and Jones

McCloud

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1969

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Doris Day Show

as Herman Simpson

Green Acres

as Man

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as Virgil

Petticoat Junction

as Elwood

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

House of 1000 Corpses

2003

In Memory Of

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