Sheb Wooley1921 - 2003

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Actor

Popularity

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Famous

Biography

Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.

Credits

A Goofy Movie
A Goofy Movie

1995

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Romance

as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)

7
3.4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989

Action • Adventure

as Screaming Soldiers (archive sound) (uncredited)

7.8
10.5
Purple People Eater
Purple People Eater

1988

Comedy • Family • Science Fiction

as Harvey Skitters

4.8
0.7
Hoosiers
Hoosiers

1986

Drama • Family

as Cletus

7
2.2
Uphill All the Way
Uphill All the Way

1986

Comedy

as Anson Sudro

4.3
0.7
Silverado
Silverado

1985

Action • Western

as Cavalry Sergeant

7
2.1
The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker

1984

Drama • TV Movie

as Mr. Kendrick

7.5
0.9
The Big Brawl
The Big Brawl

1980

Action • Comedy

as Screaming Thug

5.9
1.6
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976

Western

as Travis Cobb

7.4
3.5
The War Wagon
The War Wagon

1967

Action • Crime • Western

as Snyder

6.8
3
Hootenanny Hoot
Hootenanny Hoot

1963

Music

as Self

5
0.6
PT 109
PT 109

1963

Drama • War

as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)

5.9
1.3
Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge

1960

Western

as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)

7.1
1
Terror in a Texas Town
Terror in a Texas Town

1958

Western

as Baxter

6.7
0.7
Ride a Violent Mile
Ride a Violent Mile

1957

Adventure • War • Western

as Jonathan Long

4
0.3
Trooper Hook
Trooper Hook

1957

Western

as Townsman

6.6
0.6
The Black Whip
The Black Whip

1956

Western

as Bill Lassater

0.6
Giant
Giant

1956

Drama • Western

as Gabe Target

7.6
2.4
Man Without a Star
Man Without a Star

1955

Western

as Latigo

6.5
1.2
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

Comedy • Drama • Western

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

7.2
1.4
Johnny Guitar
Johnny Guitar

1954

Drama • Romance • Western

as Posseman (uncredited)

7.4
1.4
Arrow In The Dust
Arrow In The Dust

1954

Western

as Trooper (uncredited)

5.8
0.6
Rose Marie
Rose Marie

1954

Comedy • Music

as Corporal

4
0.6
The Boy from Oklahoma
The Boy from Oklahoma

1954

Western

as Pete Martin

5.2
0.5
Texas Bad Man
Texas Bad Man

1953

Western

as Mack

0.3
The Charge at Feather River
The Charge at Feather River

1953

Western

as Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)

5.6
0.6
The Lusty Men
The Lusty Men

1952

Drama • Western

as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)

6.6
1.2
Cattle Town
Cattle Town

1952

Western

as Miller

6.7
0.5
Hellgate
Hellgate

1952

Western

as Neill Price

6.7
0.7
High Noon
High Noon

1952

Drama • Western

as Ben Miller

7.7
3.2
Distant Drums
Distant Drums

1951

Adventure • War • Western

as Pvt. Jessup

6.2
0.8
Fort Worth
Fort Worth

1951

Western

as Outrider (uncredited)

6.7
0.7
Little Big Horn
Little Big Horn

1951

Western

as Quince

6.2
0.5
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
6.4
0.6
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain

1950

Adventure • Western

as Kay Rawlins

5.7
0.9

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