
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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Most Popular George 'Gabby' Hayes Movies
- 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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