George 'Gabby' Hayes

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...

Known For

Dark Command

as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

In Old Oklahoma

as Despirit Dean

Cast Credits

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

El Paso

as Pesky Tees

The Untamed Breed

as Windy Lucas

Return of the Bad Men

as John Pettit

Wyoming

as Windy Gibson

Trail Street

as Billy Jones

Heldorado

as Gabby Whittaker

Home in Oklahoma

as Gabby Whittaker

Roll on Texas Moon

as Gabby Whittaker

Under Nevada Skies

as Gabby Whittaker

My Pal Trigger

as Gabby Kendrick

Rainbow Over Texas

as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker

Badman's Territory

as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid

Song of Arizona

as Gabby Whittaker

Don't Fence Me In

as Gabby Whittaker

Along the Navajo Trail

as Gabby Whittaker

Man from Oklahoma

as Gabby Whittaker

Bells of Rosarita

as Gabby Whittake

Utah

as Gabby Whittaker

The Big Bonanza

as Hap Selby

Lights of Old Santa Fe

as Gabby Whittaker

Tucson Raiders

as 'Gabby' Hopkins

Hidden Valley Outlaws

as Gabby Hayes

Mojave Firebrand

as Gabby Hayes

In Old Oklahoma

as Despirit Dean