Denver Pyle

ActorDirector May 11 (died age 77) Bethune, Colorado, USA 1947–1997 (50 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85. Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating…

Known For

Film

Bonnie and Clyde

Frank Hamer

Film

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Amos Carruthers

Film

Maverick

Old Gambler on Riverboat

Film

Johnny Guitar

Posseman (uncredited)

Film

The Dukes of Hazzard

Jesse Duke

Film

The Alamo

Thimblerig (the Gambler)

Film

The Great Race

Sheriff

Film

The Horse Soldiers

Jackie Jo

Filmography

Acting (214)

Movies (122)

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

1997

as Uncle Jesse Duke

5.2

Podunk Possum in One Step Beyond

1996

as Podunk Possum (voice)

Maverick

1994

as Old Gambler on Riverboat

6.9

Father and Scout

1994

as George Rosebrock

4.4

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992

as Self

6.0

Delta Fever

1987

as Walt

Return to Mayberry

1986

as Briscoe Darling

6.2

Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead

1983

as Narrator

Legend of the Wild

1981

as Narrator (Voice)

5.0

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

as Self

Legend of the Northwest

1978

6.0

Return from Witch Mountain

1978

as Uncle Bene

5.9

Once Upon a Starry Night

1978

as Mad Jack

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

1978

as Narrator

6.0

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976

as The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)

5.4

Guardian of the Wilderness

1976

as Galen Clark

5.7

Hawmps!

1976

as Col. Seymour Hawkins

4.3

Welcome to L.A.

1976

as Carl Barber

4.8

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

1976

as Senator Austin

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

1976

as Old mountain man

Escape to Witch Mountain

as Uncle Bene

Winterhawk

as Arkansas

Death Among Friends

as Morgan

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

1975

as Ben as an Adult

6.2

Hog Wild

1974

as Dr. Larson

Murder or Mercy

1974

as Amos Champion

The Legend of Hillbilly John

as Grandpappy John

Hitched

as Ben Barnstable

Cahill: United States Marshal

as Denver

Something Big

as Junior Frisbee

Mean Justice

as Tom Rawling

Bandolero!

as Muncie Carter

5 Card Stud

as Sig Evers

Bonnie and Clyde

as Frank Hamer

Welcome to Hard Times

1967

as Alfie - Stage Driver

5.1

Tammy and the Millionaire

1967

as Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton

6.3

Gunpoint

1966

as Cap

6.0

Incident at Phantom Hill

as 1st Hunter

The Great Race

as Sheriff

Shenandoah

as Pastor Bjoerling

The Rounders

as Bull

Mara of the Wilderness

1965

as Kelly

2.0

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

as Sen. Henry (uncredited)

Mail Order Bride

as Preacher Pope

Black Like Me

as Man in pick-up truck

5.9

Terrified

1963

as Sheriff Dixon

3.0

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Amos Carruthers

Geronimo

as Senator Conrad

Home from the Hill

as Mr. Bradley

The Alamo

as Thimblerig (the Gambler)

7.1

The Horse Soldiers

1959

as Jackie Jo

7.0

Good Day for a Hanging

as Deputy Ed Moore

Cast a Long Shadow

as Preacher Harrison

King of the Wild Stallions

1959

as MacGuire's Henchman

The Party Crashers

as Mr. Bickford

The Left Handed Gun

as Ollinger

Fort Massacre

as Collins

China Doll

as Col. Wiley

Bitter Heritage

as Sam Wheeler

The Lonely Man

1957

as Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff

Jet Pilot

as Mr. Simpson

Domino Kid

as Bill Dragger

Gun Duel in Durango

as Ranger Captain

Destination 60,000

as Mickey Hill

Please Murder Me

as Det. Lt. Bradley

7th Cavalry

as Dixon

Yaqui Drums

as Lefty Barr

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

1956

as Jim Bailey

4.3

The Naked Hills

1956

as Bert Killian / Narrator

Rage at Dawn

as Clint Reno

Run for Cover

as Harvey (uncredited)

6.7

Top Gun

1955

as Hank Spencer (uncredited)

To Hell and Back

as Thompson

Ten Wanted Men

Johnny Guitar

as Posseman (uncredited)

7.4

The Command

1954

as Infantryman (uncredited)

6.2

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954

as Reverend Moorehead

5.9

Drum Beat

1954

as Fairchild (uncredited)

6.0

The Yellow Mountain

1954

as (uncredited)

5.2

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954

as Bagley

5.2

Goldtown Ghost Riders

1953

as Bernie Malloy (uncredited)

Vigilante Terror

as Henchman Sperry

Fort Vengeance

as Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)

Topeka

as Jonas Bailey

Rebel City

as Greeley

A Perilous Journey

as Bartender

The Lone Hand

as Regulator (uncredited)

5.6

Column South

1953

as Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)

6.0

Gunsmoke

1953

as Greasy (uncredited)

6.4

Texas Bad Man

1953

as Tench

Man from the Black Hills

1952

as Glenn Hartley

Oklahoma Annie

1952

as Skip

8.0

The Maverick

1952

as Bud Karnes

Mutiny

1952

as Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)

Fargo

as Carey

Canyon Ambush

as Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)

5.0

Desert Passage

1952

as Allen

4.2

Rough Riders of Durango

1951

as Henchman Lacey

Drums in the Deep South

1951

as Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)

5.0

Hills of Utah

1951

as Bowie French

Million Dollar Pursuit

1951

as Nick Algren

5.8

The Old Frontier

1950

as Henchman George

Singing Guns

as Richards Henchman

The Flying Saucer

as Turner

Captain China

as Steve

Dynamite Pass

as Henchman

Customs Agent

as Al

Federal Agent at Large

1950

as 'Jumpy' Jordan

4.8

Flame of Youth

1949

as Lytz

Too Late for Tears

1949

as Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)

6.8

Streets of San Francisco

1949

as Ed Quinn

Red Canyon

1949

as Hutch

5.0

El Paso

1949

as Vigilante (uncredited)

Hellfire

as Rex

The Big Wheel

as Track Intern

Rim of the Canyon

as Cash Collins (uncredited)

Train to Alcatraz

as Hutch Hutchins

Marshal of Amarillo

as The Night Clerk

The Man from Colorado

1948

as Easy Jarrett

6.7

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947

as Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)

5.7

Where the North Begins

as Jim Rockwell

Devil Ship

as Carl

Television (92)

What a Cartoon!

1995

as Podunk Possum (voice)

Cybill

L.A. Law

as Harold Nordoff

Murder, She Wrote

as Eben Connors

The Dukes

as Uncle Jesse (voice)

The Dukes of Hazzard

as Jesse Duke

Dallas

as Blackie Callahan

The Love Boat

as Eric Springer

How the West Was Won

as Sgt. Tripp

Grizzly Adams

as Mad Jack

Karen

The Manhunter

Petrocelli

Barnaby Jones

as Stayley Kircher

The Waltons

The Streets of San Francisco

Kung Fu

as Dr. Joseph Colton

Cannon

The Doris Day Show

as Buck Webb

The High Chaparral

as General Warren

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Cimarron Strip

Hondo

as Judge Amos Blunt

Tammy

as Mordecai Tarleton

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as Titus Purcell

The Great Adventure

as Gen. Mills

Mr. Novak

as Brill

The Lieutenant

Channing

as Sam Riddle

The Virginian

as Pico Brown

Empire

as Tom Rawling

Dr. Kildare

as R. E. Lenger

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Uncle George

Ben Casey

Cain's Hundred

as Chief Amos Trask

The Andy Griffith Show

as Briscoe Darling

Route 66

Thriller

as Ortho Wheeler

Checkmate

as Terry Adams (

The Tall Man

as Marshal Dave Leggert

Stagecoach West

The Aquanauts

as Captain Leo Stohl

National Velvet

Bonanza

as Sheriff Ed

The Twilight Zone

as Stu Tillman

Rawhide

as John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade

The Detectives

Bourbon Street Beat

The Deputy

as Akins

Riverboat

as Jim Bledsoe

Law of the Plainsman

as Burke Carew

Men Into Space

Wichita Town

The Rifleman

Bat Masterson

as Dan Morgan

Lawman

Bronco

The Texan

as Houston Blackston

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1958

as Braddock

6.6

Behind Closed Doors

1958

as Roger Woodson

Jefferson Drum

as Bart Resdake

Perry Mason

as Robert Crane

Maverick

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Clay Sommers

Wagon Train

as Bragg

Casey Jones

as Frank Reeder

26 Men

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as John Baker

State Trooper

as Mark Schmedler

Broken Arrow

as Fred Graf

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Cheyenne

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Ben Thompson

The Millionaire

as Arthur Darner

Gunsmoke

as Willie Calhoun

Frontier

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Charley

Fury

as Carter

My Friend Flicka

as Alec

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Lassie

Annie Oakley

as Dr. Barnes

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Mr. Royal (uncredited)

Public Defender

as George Hansen

The Lone Wolf

as Kargar

I'm the Law

Adventures of Superman

as Emile Hatch

Hopalong Cassidy

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Roy Rogers Show

The Gene Autry Show

The Lone Ranger

as Deputy Allen

Crew (1)

Television (1)

The Doris Day Show

1968

Director

5.8