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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 18, 1910
Died
August 10, 1979
Place of Birth
Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- John Nicholas Foran
- Nick 'Dick' Foran
- Nick Foran
- Richard Foran
- Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy
- The Singing Cowboy Dick Foran
- John Nicholas "Dick" Foran
Dick Foran
0.7 Popularity
Biography
John 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.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.7
King Beaumont
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
7.0
Fred Haines
Adam-12
1968
5.5
The Prospector
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966
0.0
O.K. Crackerby
1965
5.2
Stark
Taggart
1965
6.9
Jeremiah
Daniel Boone
1964
Credits
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
5.7
Mayberry R.F.D.
as King Beaumont
1968
5.7
Adam-12
as Fred Haines
1968
7.0
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as The Prospector
1966
5.5
O.K. Crackerby
1965
0.0
Taggart
as Stark
1965
5.2
Daniel Boone
as Jeremiah
1964
6.9
Daniel Boone
as Simon Doggett
1964
6.9
The Great Adventure
as Colton
1963
0.0
Donovan's Reef
as Sean O'Brien
1963
6.2
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
Should I Marry Outside My Faith?
1962
2.4
The Virginian
as Duggan
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Mayor
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Frank Devereaux
1962
6.5
Dr. Kildare
as Paul Adams
1961
5.5
Studs Lonigan
as Patrick Lonigan
1960
5.0
The Big Night
as Ed Robello
1960
0.0
The Atomic Submarine
as Dan Wendover
1959
5.3
The Swamp Fox
as Gabriel Marion
1959
6.7
Rawhide
as Major Taggert
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Lawman
1958
5.6
Yancy Derringer
as Mr. Halligan
1958
5.6
The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis
1958
6.2
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff D. Wilkes
1958
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Frank Koster
1958
6.9
Violent Road
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
1958
6.0
Thundering Jets
as Col. Henry Spalding
1958
0.0
Maverick
as Sheriff Edwards
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Dr. David Craig
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Steve Benton
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Harlan Merrill
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
Chicago Confidential
as Artie Blaine
1957
5.0
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as David Steele
1957
6.2
Sierra Stranger
as Bert Gaines
1957
5.0
The O. Henry Playhouse
as Calliope
1957
0.0
State Trooper
1956
5.0
Please Murder Me
as Joe Leeds
1956
6.0
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Thomas Mara
1955
5.2
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Night of Execution
as Robert Maxwell
1955
5.0
Cheyenne
1955
5.8
Gunsmoke
as Sheriff
1955
6.6
Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Alan Doran
1955
3.5
The Millionaire
as Hugh Waring
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Robert Maxwell
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Luke Bradshaw
1954
3.3
Lassie
1954
6.1
Letter to Loretta
as Phil
1953
6.5
Death Valley Days
as Ferguson
1952
6.4
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Esau Hepburn
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Murdock
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Will Foster
1952
6.3
The Kill
as Jeff Clark
1952
8.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Frank Jennings
1951
5.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Bob
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Matt
1950
6.3
Deputy Marshal
as Joel Benton
1949
5.6
El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge
1949
5.7
Suspense
1949
4.9
Studio One
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Russ Adams
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Jeff Clark
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Larry
1948
5.0
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Quincannon
1948
7.0
Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Dale Whipple
1947
0.0
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1946
6.0
Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
1946
0.0
Guest Wife
as Christopher Price
1945
6.2
He's My Guy
as Van Moore
1943
6.0
Hi, Buddy
as Dave O'Connor
1943
7.0
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
1942
6.0
Behind the Eight Ball
as Bill Edwards
1942
4.7
The Mummy's Tomb
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
1942
5.6
Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice
1942
4.4
Butch Minds the Baby
as Dennis Devlin
1942
0.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
1942
5.8
Road Agent
as Duke Masters
1941
0.0
Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts
1941
5.9
Mob Town
as Frank Conroy
1941
0.0
The Kid from Kansas
as Kansas
1941
0.0
Unfinished Business
as Frank
1941
5.3
Riders of Death Valley
as Jim Benton
1941
6.5
In the Navy
as Dynamite Dugan
1941
6.3
Horror Island
as Bill Martin
1941
5.8
Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot
1941
6.2
Rangers of Fortune
as Johnny Cash
1940
5.0
The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning
1940
5.7
Winners of the West
as Jeff Ramsay
1940
0.0
The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule
1940
6.9
My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter
1940
6.4
The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn
1940
5.4
Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot
1939
5.3
Private Detective
as Jim Rickey
1939
6.0
Hero for a Day
as Brainy Thornton
1939
0.0
I Stole a Million
as Paul Carver
1939
6.0
Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore
1939
6.2
Inside Information
as Danny Blake
1939
0.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
5.0
Heart of the North
as Alan Baker
1938
3.7
Secrets of a Nurse
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
1938
3.0
The Sisters
as Tom Knivel
1938
6.1
Boy Meets Girl
as Larry Toms
1938
6.5
Four Daughters
as Ernest
1938
6.6
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Sam Thorne
1938
4.0
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Dick Foran
1938
6.6
Over the Wall
as Jerry Davis
1938
5.0
Love, Honor and Behave
as Pete Martin
1938
3.5
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1937
6.0
She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler
1937
6.0
The Perfect Specimen
as Jink Carter
1937
5.7
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Dick Foran
1937
3.8
Prairie Thunder
as Rod Farrell
1937
3.5
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Tal Holladay
1937
0.5
Empty Holsters
as Clay Brent
1937
0.0
Blazing Sixes
as Red Barton
1937
6.0
The Cherokee Strip
as Dick Hudson
1937
6.0
Land Beyond the Law
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
1937
7.0
Black Legion
as Ed Jackson
1937
6.6
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
1936
0.0
Guns of the Pecos
as Steve Ainslee
1936
6.2
California Mail
as Bill Harkins
1936
4.8
The Sunday Round-Up
as Parson Ted Burke
1936
10.0
Trailin' West
as Lieut. Red Colton
1936
0.0
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
1.0
Earthworm Tractors
as Emmet McManus
1936
5.0
Public Enemy's Wife
as Thomas Duncan McKay
1936
5.8
The Big Noise
as Don Andrews
1936
5.0
The Golden Arrow
as Tommy Blake
1936
6.1
Treachery Rides the Range
as Red Taylor
1936
1.0
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
1936
7.0
The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger
1936
7.1
Dangerous
as Teddy
1935
6.7
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Ace Andrews
1935
5.5
Shipmates Forever
as Gifford
1935
6.5
Accent on Youth
as Butch
1935
5.5
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Walt Lansing
1935
6.1
It's A Small World
as Motor Cop
1935
4.5
One More Spring
as Park Policeman
1935
5.8
The Lottery Lover
as Cadet
1935
3.0
Gentlemen Are Born
as Smudge Casey
1934
6.5
Student Tour
as Assistant Manager
1934
5.0
Change of Heart
as Nick
1934
6.2
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran
1934
4.9