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Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) [1] [2] was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, as Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, as Mad Jack in the NBC television series The Life and ...
James Best was born Jewel Franklin Guy on July 26, 1926, in Powderly, Kentucky, to Lark and Lena (née Everly) Guy. [1] Lena Guy's brother was Ike Everly, the father of the pop duo the Everly Brothers. [2]
Denver Pyle as Mad Jack; Don Shanks as Nakoma; John Bishop as Robbie Cartman; Bozo (a grizzly bear) as Ben (named after Benjamin Franklin) In addition to Ben, there were many other named animals in the TV series, the most prominent being Number 7, Mad Jack's ornery mule.
The good-natured, but trouble-making Appalachian clan, led by patriarch Briscoe Darling (Denver Pyle) usually came into town when they had some sort of problem that Sheriff Andy Taylor had to resolve. Briscoe was the widowed father of five grown children (four sons and one daughter) who all lived together, and each had a different musical talent.
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, released in the UK as Spirit of the Wild, is a 1976 American Western adventure film directed by Richard Friedenberg, starring Dan Haggerty and Denver Pyle. The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, a family based movie, tells the story of Jacob "Frontier" Fremont. Fremont, originally from St. Louis, gives up his ...
When filming began, Denver Pyle had lost a significant amount of weight, had short hair and (save for a moustache) was clean shaven. He was given a "fat suit" to wear, similar to what Booke had worn when playing Boss Hogg. A scruffy white wig was placed under Pyle's trademark red cap, and a false white beard was applied to his face using spirit ...
In 1959, Martin played Polk, with Denver Pyle as Houston, in the episode "No Place to Stop" of the CBS Western series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley. [5]: 408 In another 1959 Western series, Martin was cast as Deputy Jess in the episode "Johnny Yuma" of ABC's The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. He played land surveyor Meeker in ...
Denver Pyle as Alfie, the stagecoach driver; Michael Shea as Jimmy Fee; Arlene Golonka as Mae, one of Zar's girls; Lon Chaney Jr. as Avery, the saloonkeeper; Royal Dano as John Bear; Alan Baxter as Jack Millay; Paul Birch as Mr. Fee, Jimmy's father; Dan Ferrone as Bert Albany, Blossom's man; Paul Fix as Major Munn C.S.A. Elisha Cook Jr. as ...