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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 10, 1921
Died
September 16, 2003
Place of Birth
Erick, Oklahoma, USA
Sheb Wooley
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
A Goofy Movie
1995
7.8
Screaming Soldiers (archive sound) (uncredited)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
4.8
Harvey Skitters
Purple People Eater
1988
7.0
Cletus
Hoosiers
1986
4.3
Anson Sudro
Uphill All the Way
1986
7.0
Cavalry Sergeant
Silverado
1985
7.5
Billy Ray Parker
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Mr. Kendrick
The Dollmaker
1984
5.9
Screaming Thug
The Big Brawl
1980
7.4
Travis Cobb
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
Credits
A Goofy Movie
as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
1995
7.0
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Screaming Soldiers (archive sound) (uncredited)
1989
7.8
Purple People Eater
as Harvey Skitters
1988
4.8
Hoosiers
as Cletus
1986
7.0
Uphill All the Way
as Anson Sudro
1986
4.3
Silverado
as Cavalry Sergeant
1985
7.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Billy Ray Parker
1984
7.5
The Dollmaker
as Mr. Kendrick
1984
7.5
The Big Brawl
as Screaming Thug
1980
5.9
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Travis Cobb
1976
7.4
The Young Rebels
1970
4.5
The Mod Squad
1968
6.3
The War Wagon
as Snyder
1967
6.8
🎬
Country Boy
1966
0.0
Hootenanny Hoot
as Self
1963
5.0
PT 109
as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
1963
5.9
Sergeant Rutledge
as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
1960
7.1
Rawhide
as Pete Nolan
1959
7.2
Terror in a Texas Town
as Baxter
1958
6.7
Ride a Violent Mile
as Jonathan Long
1957
4.0
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Maverick
as Sheriff
1957
6.8
Sugarfoot
as Pete Martin
1957
4.8
Trooper Hook
as Townsman
1957
6.6
The Black Whip
as Bill Lassater
1956
0.0
Giant
as Gabe Target
1956
7.6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Brock
1956
5.5
My Friend Flicka
1955
5.7
Cheyenne
1955
5.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Luke McGuire (uncredited)
1955
6.6
Man Without a Star
as Latigo
1955
6.5
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1954
7.2
Johnny Guitar
as Posseman (uncredited)
1954
7.4
Arrow In The Dust
as Trooper (uncredited)
1954
5.8
Rose Marie
as Corporal
1954
4.0
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Pete Martin
1954
5.2
Texas Bad Man
as Mack
1953
0.0
The Charge at Feather River
as Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
1953
5.6
The Lusty Men
as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
1952
6.6
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
0.0
Cattle Town
as Miller
1952
6.7
Hellgate
as Neill Price
1952
6.7
High Noon
as Ben Miller
1952
7.7
Distant Drums
as Pvt. Jessup
1951
6.2
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
Fort Worth
as Outrider (uncredited)
1951
6.7
Little Big Horn
as Quince
1951
6.2
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
6.4
Rocky Mountain
as Kay Rawlins
1950
5.7
The Lone Ranger
as Don Wyman
1949
6.7
The Lone Ranger
as Hatton
1949
6.7
The Lone Ranger
as Tex
1949
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8