Dick Foran

Actor Jun 18 (died age 69) Flemington, New Jersey, USA 1934–2008 (74 year career)

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Biography

John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, m…

Known For

Film

Fort Apache

Sgt. Quincannon

Film

The Petrified Forest

Boze Hertzlinger

Film

Donovan's Reef

Sean O'Brien

Film

Black Legion

Ed Jackson

Film

The Mummy's Hand

Steve Banning

Film

Dangerous

Teddy

Film

The Mummy's Tomb

Prof. Stephen A. Banning

Film

The House of the Seven Gables

Matthew Maule

Filmography

Acting (141)

Movies (105)

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

2008

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

as The Prospector

Taggart

as Stark

Donovan's Reef

as Sean O'Brien

Should I Marry Outside My Faith?

Studs Lonigan

as Patrick Lonigan

The Big Night

as Ed Robello

The Atomic Submarine

1959

as Dan Wendover

5.2

Violent Road

1958

as Frank 'Sarge' Miller

The Fearmakers

as Jim McGinnis

Thundering Jets

as Col. Henry Spalding

Chicago Confidential

as Artie Blaine

Sierra Stranger

as Bert Gaines

Please Murder Me

as Joe Leeds

Night of Execution

as Robert Maxwell

Treasure of Ruby Hills

1955

as Alan Doran

4.0

The Miracle on 34th Street

as Thomas Mara

The Kill

as Jeff Clark

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

as Frank Jennings

El Paso

as Sheriff La Farge

Deputy Marshal

as Joel Benton

Fort Apache

as Sgt. Quincannon

Hollywood Wonderland

as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)

6.7

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

as Dale Whipple

Blow-Ups of 1946

as Self

Movieland Magic

as (archive footage)

Guest Wife

as Christopher Price

Hi, Buddy

as Dave O'Connor

He's My Guy

as Van Moore

Butch Minds the Baby

as Dennis Devlin

The Mummy's Tomb

1942

as Prof. Stephen A. Banning

Private Buckaroo

as Lon Prentice

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

Behind the Eight Ball

1942

as Bill Edwards

4.7

The Kid from Kansas

1941

as Kansas

Keep 'Em Flying

as Jinx Roberts

Horror Island

as Bill Martin

In the Navy

as Dynamite Dugan

Four Mothers

as Ernest Talbot

Road Agent

as Duke Masters

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1941

as Bronco Bob Mitchell

Unfinished Business

as Frank

Mob Town

as Frank Conroy

Riders of Death Valley

as Jim Benton

My Little Chickadee

as Wayne Carter

Rangers of Fortune

as Johnny Cash

The House of the Seven Gables

as Matthew Maule

The Fighting 69th

as Long John Wynn

The Mummy's Hand

as Steve Banning

Winners of the West

as Jeff Ramsay

Daughters Courageous

as Eddie Moore

Four Wives

as Ernest Talbot

Private Detective

as Jim Rickey

I Stole a Million

as Paul Carver

Inside Information

as Danny Blake

Hero for a Day

1939

as Brainy Thornton

Four Daughters

as Ernest

Over the Wall

as Jerry Davis

Breakdowns of 1938

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Sam Thorne

The Sisters

as Tom Knivel

Boy Meets Girl

as Larry Toms

Heart of the North

as Alan Baker

Love, Honor and Behave

1938

as Pete Martin

3.0

Secrets of a Nurse

1938

as 'Killer' Lee Burke

4.0

Out Where the Stars Begin

as Dick Foran

She Loved a Fireman

as James "Red" Tyler

Black Legion

as Ed Jackson

Prairie Thunder

as Rod Farrell

Empty Holsters

as Clay Brent

Breakdowns of 1937

as Self

The Cherokee Strip

as Dick Hudson

The Devil's Saddle Legion

1937

as Tal Holladay

0.5

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

as Dick Foran

Blazing Sixes

as Red Barton

The Perfect Specimen

as Jink Carter

Land Beyond the Law

as Charles "Chip" Douglas

7.0

Public Enemy's Wife

1936

as Thomas Duncan McKay

5.8

The Big Noise

1936

as Don Andrews

5.0

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Earthworm Tractors

as Emmet McManus

The Petrified Forest

as Boze Hertzlinger

Guns of the Pecos

as Steve Ainslee

California Mail

as Bill Harkins

Treachery Rides the Range

as Red Taylor

The Golden Arrow

as Tommy Blake

The Sunday Round-Up

as Parson Ted Burke

Breakdowns of 1936

as Self

Song of the Saddle

1936

as Frank Wilson, Jr.

7.0

Trailin' West

1936

as Lieut. Red Colton

It's A Small World

as Motor Cop

Dangerous

as Teddy

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Walt Lansing

The Lottery Lover

as Cadet

One More Spring

as Park Policeman

Shipmates Forever

as Gifford

Accent on Youth

as Butch

Moonlight on the Prairie

as Ace Andrews

Gentlemen Are Born

as Smudge Casey

Stand Up and Cheer!

as Nick Foran

Student Tour

as Assistant Manager

Change of Heart

as Nick

Television (36)

Adam-12

as Fred Haines

Mayberry R.F.D.

as King Beaumont

O.K. Crackerby

Daniel Boone

as Jeremiah

The Dakotas

The Great Adventure

as Colton

The Virginian

as Duggan

Dr. Kildare

as Paul Adams

Rawhide

as Major Taggert

The Swamp Fox

as Gabriel Marion

77 Sunset Strip

Lawman

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Sheriff D. Wilkes

Yancy Derringer

as Mr. Halligan

Perry Mason

as Dr. David Craig

Maverick

as Sheriff Edwards

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.3

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

as David Steele

6.2

The O. Henry Playhouse

1957

as Calliope

State Trooper

as George Larkin

Cheyenne

Matinee Theater

The Millionaire

as Hugh Waring

Gunsmoke

as Sheriff

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Thomas Mara

Lassie

Climax!

as Robert Maxwell

Letter to Loretta

as Phil

Four Star Playhouse

as Esau Hepburn

Cavalcade of America

Death Valley Days

as Ferguson

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Lux Video Theatre

as Bob

Suspense

Studio One

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

7.5