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Dick Foran
Known for: ActingJohn Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Fort Apache
as Sgt. Quincannon 
Please Murder Me
as Joe Leeds 
Taggart
as Stark 
Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore 
Donovan's Reef
as Sean O'Brien 
The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning 
Dangerous
as Teddy 
The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger 
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Bronco Bob Mitchell 
The Mummy's Tomb
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning 
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran 
Black Legion
as Ed Jackson 
The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule 
The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn 
The Atomic Submarine
as Dan Wendover 
Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts 
Chicago Confidential
as Artie Blaine 
Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot 
Four Daughters
as Ernest 
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Thomas Mara 
The Sisters
as Tom Knivel 
El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge 
Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Alan Doran 
She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler 
My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter 
Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot 
Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice 
The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis 
Horror Island
as Bill Martin 
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage) 
Sierra Stranger
as Bert Gaines