Sheb Wooley
Born: 1921-04-10 in Erick, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 2003-09-16
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2005
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
2002
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
1995
- A Goofy Movie as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
1988
- Purple People Eater as Harvey Skitters
1986
- Hoosiers as Cletus
- Uphill All the Way as Anson Sudro
1985
- Silverado as Cavalry Sergeant
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Billy Ray Parker
- The Dollmaker as Mr. Kendrick
1981
- History of the World: Part I as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
1980
- The Big Brawl as Screaming Thug
1976
- The Outlaw Josey Wales as Travis Cobb
1970
1968
1967
- The War Wagon as Snyder
1966
1963
- PT 109 as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Hootenanny Hoot as Self
1960
- Sergeant Rutledge as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
1959
- Rawhide as Pete Nolan
1958
- Terror in a Texas Town as Baxter
1957
- Maverick as Sheriff
- Sugarfoot as Pete Martin
- Trackdown
- Trooper Hook as Townsman
- Ride a Violent Mile as Jonathan Long
- Without Incident
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Brock
- Giant as Gabe Target
- The Black Whip as Bill Lassater
1954
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Johnny Guitar as Posseman (uncredited)
- Rose Marie as Corporal
- The Boy from Oklahoma as Pete Martin
- Arrow In The Dust as Trooper (uncredited)
1953
- The Charge at Feather River as Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Texas Bad Man as Mack
1952
- High Noon as Ben Miller
- The Lusty Men as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
- Hellgate as Neill Price
- Toughest Man in Arizona
- Cattle Town as Miller
1951
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Distant Drums as Pvt. Jessup
- Apache Drums as Townsman (uncredited)
- Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
- Little Big Horn as Quince
- Fort Worth as Outrider (uncredited)
1950
- Rocky Mountain as Kay Rawlins
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Don Wyman
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self