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Denver Pyle
Bekend van: ActerenFrom 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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The Dukes of Hazzard
als Jesse Duke
Bonnie and Clyde
Maverick
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Great Race
The Dukes
als Uncle Jesse (voice)
Escape to Witch Mountain
The Alamo
Geronimo
Run for Cover
als Harvey
Please Murder Me
5 Card Stud
Bandolero!
als Muncie Carter
Cahill: United States Marshal
The Rounders
als Bull
Ride Clear of Diablo
als Reverend Moorehead
Return from Witch Mountain
The Horse Soldiers
Mutiny
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Left Handed Gun
als Ollinger
Too Late for Tears
Rage at Dawn
To Hell and Back
als Thompson
Gunpoint
als Cap
The Man from Colorado
Winterhawk
als Arkansas
Jet Pilot
als Mr. Simpson
Shenandoah
als Pastor Bjoerling
Incident at Phantom Hill
als 1st Hunter
Welcome to Hard Times
als Alfie - Stage Driver
Mail Order Bride
als Preacher Pope
Something Big
als Junior Frisbee
Good Day for a Hanging
als Deputy Ed Moore
The Lonely Man
als Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
Welcome to L.A.
als Carl Barber
Cast a Long Shadow
als Preacher Harrison
The Lone Hand
als Regulator (uncredited)
7th Cavalry
als Dixon
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
als Uncle Jesse Duke
Drums in the Deep South
Snelheidsduivels
Column South
als Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
Hellfire
als Rex
De strijd in 't Rotsgebergte
als Hutch
Gun Duel in Durango
Tammy and the Millionaire
als Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
The Naked Hills
Rim of the Canyon
als Cash Collins (uncredited)
The Command
als Infantryman (uncredited)
Het Duivelsfort
als Collins
China Doll
als Col. Wiley
Singing Guns
als Richards Henchman
Man from the Black Hills
als Glenn Hartley
El Paso
als Vigilante (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
als Greasy (uncredited)
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
als Ben as an Adult
Captain China
als Steve
Het fort der wrake
als Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
als Jim Bailey
Father and Scout
als George Rosebrock
Black Like Me
als Man in pick-up truck
Legend of the Northwest
als Abner
Met stalen vuist
als Hank Spencer (uncredited)