Dennis Fimple
Born: 1940-11-11 in Taft, California, U.S.
Died: 2002-08-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides, Petticoat Junction, Matt Houston, M*A*S*H, Centennial, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Sledge Hammer!, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap and ER. He also had roles in films such as Truck Stop Women (1974), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Goin' South (1978), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982) and Maverick (1994), and shared the lead in Bootleggers (1974) and Creature from Black Lake (1976). His most popular role was that of the lovable but none-too-bright Devil's Hole Gang member, Kyle Murtry, on the ABC comedy/western series, Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Fimple appeared in seven episodes and remains a favorite of fans of the series. In 1993-1994, he appeared as Garral in seven episodes of the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series Harts of the West on CBS. His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film, House of 1000 Corpses, as the foul-mouthed Grandpa Hugo. Fimple was born in Taft, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple.[1] He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958.[2] He died in Frazier Park, California in August 2002 from a car accident.
Filmography
2003
- House of 1000 Corpses as Grandpa Hugo Firefly
2002
1997
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Daryl (segment "They Towed My Car")
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Farmer
- Down Periscope as Fisherman
1994
- ER as Dante
- Party of Five as Mechanic
- Maverick as Stuttering
- Weird Science
1993
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Homeless Man
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Gully Barton
- Harts of the West as Garral
1991
- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys as Straw Hat
- Death Falls as Griff
1990
- The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Henderson (Townsman)
1989
- Quantum Leap as Red Norton
- I Know My First Name Is Steven as Fred
1988
- Once Upon a Texas Train as Telegrapher
1987
- Hawken's Breed as Crowley
1986
- Sledge Hammer! as Shy Eddie
- Body Slam as Elmo
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
- A Summer to Remember as Smitty
1984
- Highway to Heaven as Joey Small
- Swing Shift as Rupert George
1983
- The A-Team as Cates
- Automan as Taxi Driver
1982
- Matt Houston as Bo
- The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch as Lamont
1981
- The Fall Guy as Renfro
- Simon & Simon
- The Greatest American Hero as Deputy Kyle Kane
- Of Mice and Men as Whit
1980
- The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Aiken
1979
- Roots: The Next Generations as Sheriff Duffy
- B. J. and the Bear
- The Sky Trap as Wilks
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Blackface / Charlie Bright
- The Evictors as Mr. Bumford
1978
- Battlestar Galactica as Duggy
- Goin' South as Hangman
- They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way as Lem
- Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws as The Salt Flat Kid
- B.J. and the Bear as Second Deputy
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as Sergeant
- The Shadow of Chikara as Posey
1976
- Charlie's Angels as George Bartlett
- Stay Hungry as Bubba
- King Kong as Sunfish
- Creature from Black Lake as Pahoo
- The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West as McGirk
- Young Pioneers as Man in Land Office
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Virgil
- Winterhawk as Scoby
- S.W.A.T.
- The Apple Dumpling Gang as Rudy Hooks
- White House Madness as Bob Haldeman
- You and Me
- Mackintosh and T.J. as Schuster
1974
- Bootleggers as Dewey Crenshaw
- Truck Stop Women as Curly
- Get Christie Love!
- Lincoln as Yarrow
- Honky Tonk
- The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe as Farron
1972
- M*A*S*H as Sergeant 'Sparky' Pryor
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. as Wounded Man in Bar
- Gidget Gets Married as Policeman
- Kung Fu as Riley
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Summertree as Shelly
- Cactus in the Snow as Mr. Murray
- Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Hotel clerk
1970
1969
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Party Guest (uncredited)
1968
- The Doris Day Show as Herman Simpson
1965
- Green Acres as Man
1964
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Virgil
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Elwood