George 'Gabby' Hayes
George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
Known For
Credits
- 1978 · Western von gestern as Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)
- 1976 · Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · The Gabby Hayes Show as Narrator
- 1950 · The Gabby Hayes Show as Himself
- 1950 · The Cariboo Trail as Grizzly
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · El Paso as Pesky Tees
- 1948 · The Untamed Breed as Windy Lucas
- 1948 · Return of the Bad Men as John Pettit
- 1948 · Albuquerque as Juke
- 1947 · Wyoming as Windy Gibson
- 1947 · Trail Street as Billy Jones
- 1946 · Heldorado as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 · Home in Oklahoma as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 · Roll on Texas Moon as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 · Under Nevada Skies as Gabby Whittaker
- 1946 · My Pal Trigger as Gabby Kendrick
- 1946 · Rainbow Over Texas as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
- 1946 · Badman's Territory as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
- 1946 · Song of Arizona as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 · Don't Fence Me In as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 · Sunset in El Dorado as Gabby
- 1945 · Along the Navajo Trail as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 · Man from Oklahoma as Gabby Whittaker
- 1945 · Bells of Rosarita as Gabby Whittake
- 1945 · Utah as Gabby Whittaker
- 1944 · The Big Bonanza as Hap Selby
- 1944 · Lights of Old Santa Fe as Gabby Whittaker
- 1944 · Tall in the Saddle as Dave
- 1944 · Marshal of Reno as Gabby
- 1944 · Tucson Raiders as 'Gabby' Hopkins
- 1944 · Hidden Valley Outlaws as Gabby Hayes
- 1944 · Mojave Firebrand as Gabby Hayes
- 1943 · In Old Oklahoma as Despirit Dean
- 1943 · Death Valley Manhunt as Gabby Hayes
- 1943 · Overland Mail Robbery as Gabby
- 1943 · Wagon Tracks West as Gabby
- 1943 · Bordertown Gun Fighters as Gabby Hayes
- 1943 · The Man from Thunder River as Gabby Whittaker
- 1943 · Calling Wild Bill Elliott as Gabby Hayes
- 1942 · Ridin' Down the Canyon as Gabby
- 1942 · Heart of the Golden West as Gabby
- 1942 · Sunset Serenade as Gabby
- 1942 · Sons of the Pioneers as Gabby Whittaker
- 1942 · Romance on the Range as Gabby
- 1942 · Sunset on the Desert as Gabby Whittaker
- 1942 · South of Santa Fe as Gabby Whittaker
- 1942 · Man from Cheyenne as Gabby Whittaker
- 1941 · Red River Valley as Gabby Whittaker
- 1941 · Jesse James at Bay as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
- 1941 · Bad Man of Deadwood as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
- 1941 · Nevada City as Gabby Chapman
- 1941 · Sheriff of Tombstone as Gabby
- 1941 · In Old Cheyenne as Arapaho Brown
- 1941 · Robin Hood of the Pecos as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
- 1940 · The Border Legion as Honest John Whittaker
- 1940 · Young Bill Hickok as 'Gabby' Whitaker
- 1940 · Melody Ranch as Pop Laramie
- 1940 · Colorado as Gabby
- 1940 · The Ranger and the Lady as Gabby Whittaker
- 1940 · The Carson City Kid as Gabby Whittaker
- 1940 · Wagons Westward as Hardtack
- 1940 · Dark Command as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
- 1940 · Young Buffalo Bill as Gabby Whittaker
- 1939 · Days of Jesse James as Gabby
- 1939 · Saga of Death Valley as Gabby
- 1939 · The Arizona Kid as Gabby Whittaker
- 1939 · In Old Monterey as Gabby Whittaker
- 1939 · Wall Street Cowboy as Gabby
- 1939 · Renegade Trail as Windy Halliday
- 1939 · In Old Caliente as Gabby
- 1939 · Man of Conquest as Lannie Upchurch
- 1939 · Silver on the Sage as Windy Halliday
- 1939 · Southward Ho! as Gabby
- 1939 · Let Freedom Ring as Pop Wilkie
- 1939 · Sunset Trail as Windy Halliday
- 1939 · Fighting Thoroughbreds as Gramps Montrose
- 1938 · The Frontiersmen as Windy Halliday
- 1938 · In Old Mexico as Windy Halliday
- 1938 · Pride of the West as Windy Halliday
- 1938 · Bar 20 Justice as Windy Halliday
- 1938 · Heart of Arizona as Windy Halliday
- 1938 · Gold Is Where You Find It as Enoch
- 1937 · Texas Trail as Windy Halliday
- 1937 · Hopalong Rides Again as Windy Halliday
- 1937 · Rustlers' Valley as Windy Halliday
- 1937 · North of the Rio Grande as Windy Halliday
- 1937 · Mountain Music as Granpappy Burnside
- 1937 · Hills of Old Wyoming as Windy Halliday
- 1937 · Borderland as Windy Halliday
- 1936 · Trail Dust as Windy Halliday
- 1936 · The Plainsman as Breezy
- 1936 · Hopalong Cassidy Returns as Windy Halliday
- 1936 · Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Bearded Man
- 1936 · The Texas Rangers as Judge Snow
- 1936 · I Married a Doctor as Train Station Agent
- 1936 · Three on the Trail as Windy Halliday
- 1936 · Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
- 1936 · Song of the Trail as Dan Hobson
- 1936 · Call of the Prairie as Shanghai McHenry
- 1936 · Heart of the West as Windy Jenkins
- 1936 · The Lawless Nineties as Major Carter
- 1936 · Silver Spurs as Drag Harlan
- 1936 · Valley of the Lawless as Grandpaw Jenkins
- 1935 · Hitch Hike Lady as Miner
- 1935 · Swifty as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
- 1935 · Bar 20 Rides Again as Windy Halliday
- 1935 · The Eagle's Brood as Spike
- 1935 · $1,000 a Minute as New Deal Watson
- 1935 · Texas Terror as Sheriff Ed Williams
- 1935 · The Throwback as Ford Cruze
- 1935 · Thunder Mountain as Foley
- 1935 · Tumbling Tumbleweeds as Dr. Parker
- 1935 · Hop-a-long Cassidy as Uncle Ben
- 1935 · Honeymoon Limited as Pinkham
- 1935 · Ladies Crave Excitement as McCloskey
- 1935 · Justice of the Range as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
- 1935 · The Headline Woman as Duffy
- 1935 · The Hoosier Schoolmaster as Pearson (as George Hayes)
- 1935 · Tombstone Terror as Soupy Baxter
- 1935 · Smokey Smith as Blaze Bart
- 1935 · Rainbow Valley as George Hale
- 1935 · The Outlaw Tamer as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
- 1935 · The Lost City as Butterfield
- 1935 · Death Flies East as Wotkyns
- 1934 · 'Neath the Arizona Skies as Matt Downing
- 1934 · The Lawless Frontier as Dusty
- 1934 · In Old Santa Fe as Cactus
- 1934 · The Brand of Hate as Bill Larkins
- 1934 · The Man from Hell as Banker Colonel Campbell
- 1934 · The Star Packer as Matt Matlock
- 1934 · Randy Rides Alone as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
- 1934 · Next Of Kin as 'Dusty'
- 1934 · The Shadow Gang as Matt Matlock
- 1934 · Bandits of the Badlands as Sheriff Jake Withers
- 1934 · Monte Carlo Nights as Inspector Nick Gunby
- 1934 · The Man from Utah as Marshal George Higgins
- 1934 · Blue Steel as Sheriff Jake Withers
- 1934 · City Limits as Charlie Carter
- 1934 · Bedlam of Beards as
- 1934 · House of Mystery as David Fells
- 1934 · Mystery Liner as Joe, the Watchman
- 1934 · Beggars in Ermine as Joe Wilson
- 1934 · West of the Divide as 'Dusty'
- 1934 · The Lucky Texan as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
- 1934 · Claim Jumpers as Jake Benson
- 1933 · Riders of Destiny as Charlie Denton
- 1933 · Ship of Wanted Men as Crewman
- 1933 · Skyway as George Taylor
- 1933 · The Devil's Mate as Collins
- 1933 · Ranger's Code as Baxter (as George Hayes)
- 1933 · Galloping Romeo as Grizzly
- 1933 · The Fugitive as Judge Tyler
- 1933 · Fighting Texans as Pop Martin
- 1933 · The Sphinx as Detective Casey
- 1933 · Crashing Broadway as J. Talbot Thorndyke
- 1933 · The Gallant Fool as Dad Denton
- 1933 · The Return of Casey Jones as Timothy Shine
- 1933 · Trailing North as Flash Ryan
- 1933 · The Phantom Broadcast as Police Lieutenant
- 1933 · Breed of the Border as Chuck Wiggins
- 1932 · The Fighting Champ as Pete
- 1932 · Self Defense as Jury Foreman
- 1932 · Wild Horse Mesa as Slack
- 1932 · Texas Buddies as Si Haller
- 1932 · Hidden Valley as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
- 1932 · Broadway to Cheyenne as Walrus
- 1932 · Klondike as Tom Ross
- 1932 · The Night Rider as Altoonie
- 1932 · Love Me Tonight as Grocer (uncredited)
- 1932 · A Slip at the Switch as Deputy Smoot
- 1932 · Winner Take All as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Boiling Point as George Duncan
- 1932 · The Man from Hell's Edges as Shamrock Cassidy
- 1932 · Riders of the Desert as Hashknife Brooks
- 1932 · Border Devils as Squint Sanders
- 1932 · Play Girl as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
- 1932 · Sally of the Subway as Police Lieutenant Paxton
- 1931 · Dragnet Patrol as Private Detective
- 1931 · Cavalier of the West as Sheriff Bill Ryan
- 1931 · Oklahoma Jim as Crooked Gambler
- 1931 · The Nevada Buckaroo as Cherokee Williams
- 1931 · Big Business Girl as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1931 · God's Country and the Man as Stingaree Kelly
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Projectionist
- 1931 · Dirigible as Parade Official (uncredited)
- 1930 · Top Speed as Western Union Clerk
- 1930 · For the Defense as Ben (the waiter)
- 1930 · She Who Gets Slapped as Poker Player
- 1930 · Playing Around as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
- 1929 · Big News as Hoffman
- 1929 · Smiling Irish Eyes as Taxi Driver
- 1929 · Rainbow Man as Bill
- 1919 · The House Without Children as Archibald Ponsonby