Denver Pyle

🎂 Data nașterii: 1920-05-11 (Bethune, Colorado, USA)

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 from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1955, Pyle married Marilee Carpenter, a production assistant at 20th Century Fox. They had sons David and Tony. Marilee and Denver divorced in 1970. In 1983, Pyle married Tippie Johnston. That union lasted until his death. Pyle died of lung cancer on Christmas 1997. Memorial services were held January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife's parents, J.T. Johnston and Erin Birch Johnston. CLR

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Denver Pyle

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Bonnie și Clyde

Mutiny

Shenandoah

5 Card Stud

Alamo

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Bărbatul care l-a împușcat pe Liberty Valance

Hawmps!

The Rounders

Jucătorul Maverick

Toamna Cheyennilor

Flame of Youth

The Left Handed Gun

7th Cavalry

The Lonely Man

Good Day for a Hanging

The Man from Colorado

Geronimo

Million Dollar Pursuit

To Hell and Back

Once Upon a Starry Night

Please Murder Me

The Horse Soldiers

Return from Witch Mountain

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Rim of the Canyon

Drums in the Deep South

Fort Massacre

Welcome to L.A.

Fort Vengeance

Hog Wild

Legend of the Wild

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

Train to Alcatraz

Streets of San Francisco

Winterhawk

The Naked Hills

Federal Agent at Large

Customs Agent

Terrified

Incident at Phantom Hill

Red Canyon

Gun Duel in Durango

Welcome to Hard Times

Hills of Utah

Marshal of Amarillo

The Legend of Hillbilly John

The Party Crashers

Mara of the Wilderness

Gunpoint

Mail Order Bride

Cast a Long Shadow

Hitched

Home from the Hill

Dynamite Pass

Oklahoma Annie

Bandolero!

Ten Wanted Men

King of the Wild Stallions

Cahill: United States Marshal

Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

Domino Kid

Top Gun

Desert Passage

The Lone Hand

The Command

Column South

Gunsmoke

Devil Ship

Drum Beat

Too Late for Tears

Goldtown Ghost Riders

The Guilt of Janet Ames

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

Murder or Mercy

Escape to Witch Mountain

Captain China