George 'Gabby' Hayes
Known for Acting · 201 credits
- Born
- 1885-05-06
- Died
- 1969-02-09
- Place of birth
- Wellsville, New York, USA
- Also known as
- George Francis Hayes · George Hayes · George Francis "Gabby" Hayes
Biography
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. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (196)
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Dave
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Melody Ranch
1940
as Pop Laramie
Blue Steel
1934
as Sheriff Jake Withers
The Cariboo Trail
1950
as Grizzly
Dark Command
1940
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Skyway
1933
as George Taylor
Dirigible
1931
as Parade Official (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Despirit Dean
Trail Street
1947
as Billy Jones
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Pop Wilkie
Riders of Destiny
1933
as Charlie Denton
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Grocer (uncredited)
The Lawless Frontier
1934
as Dusty
The Plainsman
1936
as Breezy
The Man from Utah
1934
as Marshal George Higgins
Badman's Territory
1946
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
Cavalier of the West
1931
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Lucas
The Carson City Kid
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
Heart of the Golden West
1942
as Gabby
My Pal Trigger
1946
as Gabby Kendrick
Heldorado
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Return of the Bad Men
1948
as John Pettit
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
as Gramps Montrose
Wyoming
1947
as Windy Gibson
The Headline Woman
1935
as Duffy
West of the Divide
1934
as 'Dusty'
The Frontiersmen
1938
as Windy Halliday
El Paso
1949
as Pesky Tees
Utah
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
South of Santa Fe
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
House of Mystery
1934
as David Fells
Sunset Serenade
1942
as Gabby
Playing Around
1930
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Colorado
1940
as Gabby
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
In Old Monterey
1939
as Gabby Whittaker
Texas Terror
1935
as Sheriff Ed Williams
The Lawless Nineties
1936
as Major Carter
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Gabby
Southward Ho!
1939
as Gabby
Romance on the Range
1942
as Gabby
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
Monte Carlo Nights
1934
as Inspector Nick Gunby
The Border Legion
1940
as Honest John Whittaker
Borderland
1937
as Windy Halliday
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Matt Downing
Mystery Liner
1934
as Joe, the Watchman
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Projectionist
Texas Trail
1937
as Windy Halliday
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
The Brand of Hate
1934
as Bill Larkins
The Star Packer
1934
as Matt Matlock
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Enoch
Call of the Prairie
1936
as Shanghai McHenry
$1,000 a Minute
1935
as New Deal Watson
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
as Gabby
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
as Gabby
The Lucky Texan
1934
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
Bar 20 Justice
1938
as Windy Halliday
Heart of Arizona
1938
as Windy Halliday
Oklahoma Jim
1931
as Crooked Gambler
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
1943
as Gabby Hayes
Red River Valley
1941
as Gabby Whittaker
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Judge Snow
Border Devils
1932
as Squint Sanders
Sunset Trail
1939
as Windy Halliday
Overland Mail Robbery
1943
as Gabby
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Windy Halliday
The Devil's Mate
1933
as Collins
Randy Rides Alone
1934
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
Albuquerque
1948
as Juke
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
The Lost City
1935
as Butterfield
Renegade Trail
1939
as Windy Halliday
Top Speed
1930
as Western Union Clerk
Man from Oklahoma
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
Home in Oklahoma
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Claim Jumpers
1934
as Jake Benson
Saga of Death Valley
1939
as Gabby
Rainbow Valley
1935
as George Hale
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Hap Selby
In Old Caliente
1939
as Gabby
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
Song of Arizona
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
as Uncle Ben
The Phantom Broadcast
1933
as Police Lieutenant
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
as Gabby
Nevada City
1941
as Gabby Chapman
The Sphinx
1933
as Detective Casey
The Eagle's Brood
1935
as Spike
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Bearded Man
Winner Take All
1932
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
Ranger's Code
1933
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944
as Gabby Whittaker
Silver on the Sage
1939
as Windy Halliday
Tucson Raiders
1944
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
For the Defense
1930
as Ben (the waiter)
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
Riders of the Desert
1932
as Hashknife Brooks
Thunder Mountain
1935
as Foley
The Ranger and the Lady
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
Tombstone Terror
1935
as Soupy Baxter
The Fugitive
1933
as Judge Tyler
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
as Gabby Hayes
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Slack
Honeymoon Limited
1935
as Pinkham
The Gallant Fool
1933
as Dad Denton
Under Nevada Skies
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
Galloping Romeo
1933
as Grizzly
Big Business Girl
1931
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Windy Halliday
Man of Conquest
1939
as Lannie Upchurch
Big News
1929
as Hoffman
North of the Rio Grande
1937
as Windy Halliday
Pride of the West
1938
as Windy Halliday
Hopalong Rides Again
1937
as Windy Halliday
About George 'Gabby' Hayes
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. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hop… With 201 credits spanning from 1919 to 1978, George 'Gabby' Hayes has appeared in 196 films and 5 TV shows.
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- Tall in the Saddle (1944) — as Dave
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) — as Self (archive footage)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) — as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
- Melody Ranch (1940) — as Pop Laramie
- Blue Steel (1934) — as Sheriff Jake Withers
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