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3Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American actor, director, and oil speculator. He was best known for ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'', ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'', and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
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5In his later years Pyle had become wealthy through his investments in oil speculation, but continued to act because he enjoyed it. He was married twice—to Marilee Carpenter and Tippie Johnston—and had two children with Carpenter. He died of lung cancer on Christmas Day at the age of 77.
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7!!Works with Denver Pyle:
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9[[folder:Film]]
10* 1947 ''Film/TheGuiltOfJanetAmes'': Man in Opening Scene
11* 1947 ''Film/DevilShip'': Carl
12* 1948 ''Film/TrainToAlcatraz'': Hutch Hutchins
13* 1948 ''Film/MarshalOfAmarillo'': The Night Clerk
14* 1948 ''Film/TheManFromColorado'': Easy Jarrett
15* 1949 ''Film/ElPaso'': Vigilante
16* 1949 ''Film/RedCanyon'': Hutch
17* 1949 ''Film/StreetsOfSanFrancisco'': Ed Quinn
18* 1949 ''Film/{{Hellfire|1949}}'': Rex
19* 1949 ''Film/RimOfTheCanyon'': Cash Collins
20* 1949 ''Film/TooLateForTears'': Youth at Union Station
21* 1949 ''Film/FlameOfYouth'': Lytz
22* 1949 ''Film/TheBigWheel'': Doctor
23* 1950 ''Film/TheFlyingSaucer'': Turner
24* 1950 ''Film/CaptainChina'': Steve
25* 1950 ''Film/SingingGuns'': Miner
26* 1950 ''Film/FederalAgentAtLarge'': “Jumpy” Jordan
27* 1950 ''Film/DynamitePass'': Thurber Henchman
28* 1950 ''Film/CustomsAgent'': Al
29* 1950 ''Film/TheOldFrontier'': Henchman George
30* 1951 ''Film/RoughRidersOfDurango'': Lacey
31* 1951 ''Film/MillionDollarPursuit'': Nick Algren
32* 1951 ''Film/TheHillsOfUtah'': Bowie French
33* 1951 ''Film/DrumsInTheDeepSouth'': Union Soldier Breaking Window
34* 1952 ''Film/{{Mutiny}}'': Gunner / Mutineer
35* 1952 ''Film/OklahomaAnnie'': Skip
36* 1952 ''Film/ManFromTheBlackHills'': Glenn Hartley
37* 1952 ''Film/DesertPassage'': Allen
38* 1952 ''Film/{{Fargo|1952}}'': Carey
39* 1952 ''Film/CanyonAmbush'': Tom Carlton ([[TheOtherMarty Replaced]])
40* 1952 ''Film/TheMaverick'': Bud Karnes
41* 1953 ''Film/{{Gunsmoke|1953}}'': Greasy
42* 1953 ''Film/TheLoneHand'': Regulator
43* 1953 ''Film/FortVengeance'': Rider Warning About Wagon Train
44* 1953 ''Film/APerilousJourney'': Bartender
45* 1953 ''Film/RebelCity'': Greeley
46* 1953 ''Film/ColumnSouth'': Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform
47* 1953 ''Film/GoldtownGhostRiders'': Bernie Malloy
48* 1953 ''Film/{{Topeka}}'': Jonas Bailey
49* 1953 ''Film/VigilanteTerror'': Henchman Sperry
50* 1953 ''Film/TexasBadMan'': Tench
51* 1954 ''Film/TheCommand'': Infantryman
52* 1954 ''Film/RideClearOfDiablo'': Rev. Moorehead
53* 1954 ''Film/TheBoyFromOklahoma'': Bagley
54* 1954 ''Film/JohnnyGuitar'': Posseman
55* 1954 ''Film/DrumBeat'': Fairchild
56* 1954 ''Film/TheYellowMountain'': George Yost
57* 1955 ''Film/TenWantedMen'': Dave Weed
58* 1955 ''Film/RageAtDawn'': Clint Reno
59* 1955 ''Film/RunForCover'': Harvey
60* 1955 ''Film/ToHellAndBack'': Thompson
61* 1955 ''Film/{{Top Gun|1955}}'': Hank Spencer
62* 1956 ''Film/PleaseMurderMe'': Lieut. Bradley
63* 1956 ''Film/IKilledWildBillHickok'': Jim Bailey
64* 1956 ''Film/TheNakedHills'': Bert Killian / Narrator
65* 1956 ''Film/YaquiDrums'': Lefty Barr
66* 1956 ''Film/SeventhCavalry'': Dixon
67* 1957 ''Film/GunDuelInDurango'': Ranger Captain
68* 1957 ''Film/Destination60000'': Mickey Hill
69* 1957 ''Film/TheLonelyMan'': Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
70* 1957 ''Film/JetPilot'': Mr. Simpson
71* 1957 ''Film/DominoKid'': Bill Dragger
72* 1958 ''Film/TheLeftHandedGun'': Ollinger
73* 1958 ''Film/FortMassacre'': Collins
74* 1958 ''Film/ChinaDoll'': Col. Wiley
75* 1958 ''Film/ThePartyCrashers'': Ted Bickford
76* 1959 ''Film/GoodDayForAHanging'': Deputy Ed Moore
77* 1959 ''Film/KingOfTheWildStallions'': Doc Webber
78* 1959 ''Film/TheHorseSoldiers'': Jackie Jo
79* 1959 ''Film/CastALongShadow'': Preacher Harrison
80* 1960 ''Film/HomeFromTheHill'': Mr. Bradley
81* 1960 ''Film/{{The Alamo|1960}}'': Thimblerig (The Gambler)
82* 1962 ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'': Amos Carruthers
83* 1962 ''Film/{{Geronimo}}'': Senator Conrad
84* 1962 ''Film/{{Terrified}}'': Sheriff Dixon
85* 1964 ''Film/MailOrderBride'': Preacher Pope
86* 1964 ''Film/BlackLikeMe'': Man in Pickup Truck
87* 1964 ''Film/CheyenneAutumn'': Sen. Henry
88* 1965 ''Film/TheRounders'': Bull
89* 1965 ''Film/MaraOfTheWilderness'': Mara
90* 1965 ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}'': Pastor Bjoerling
91* 1965 ''Film/TheGreatRace'': Sheriff of Boracho
92* 1966 ''Film/IncidentAtPhantomHill'': 1st Hunter
93* 1966 ''Film/{{Gunpoint|1966}}'': Cap
94* 1967 ''Film/WelcomeToHardTimes'': Alfie – Stage Driver
95* 1967 ''Film/TammyAndTheMillionaire'': Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
96* 1967 ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'': Frank Hamer
97* 1968 ''Film/{{Bandolero}}'': Muncie Carter
98* 1968 ''Film/FiveCardStud'': Sig Evers
99* 1971 ''Film/{{Hitched}}'': Ben Barnstable (MadeForTVMovie)
100* 1971 ''Film/SomethingBig'': Junior Frisbee
101* 1972 ''Film/TheLegendOfHillbillyJohn'': Grandpappy John
102* 1973 ''Film/CahillUSMarshall'': Denver
103* 1974 ''Film/HogWild'': Dr. Larson
104* 1974 ''Film/{{Sidekicks}}'': Drunk
105* 1974 ''Film/MurderOrMercy'': Amos Champion (TV Movie)
106* 1975 ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'': Uncle Bene
107** Reprised role in ''Film/ReturnFromWitchMountain'' (1978)
108* 1975 ''Film/DeathAmongFriends'': Morgan (TV Movie)
109* 1975 ''Film/TheBoyWhoTalkedToBadgers'': Ben as an Adult (TV Movie)
110* 1975 ''Film/TheAdventuresOfFrontierFremont'': Old Mountain Man
111* 1975 ''Film/{{Winterhawk}}'': Arkansas
112* 1976 ''Film/{{Hawmps}}'': Col. Seymour Hawkins
113* 1976 ''Film/BuffaloBillAndTheIndiansOrSittingBullsHistoryLesson'': [=McLaughlin=]
114* 1976 ''Film/TheLastOfMrsLincoln'': Senator Austin (TV Movie)
115* 1976 ''Film/WelcomeToLA'': Carl Barber
116* 1976 ''Film/GuardianOfTheWilderness'': Galen Clark
117* 1978 ''WesternAnimation/HowBugsBunnyWonTheWest'': Narrator (TV Movie)
118* 1978 ''Film/OnceUponAStarryNight'': Mad Jack (TV Movie)
119* 1978 ''Film/LegendOfTheNorthwest'': Abner
120* 1981 ''Film/LegendOfTheWild'': Narrator
121* 1987 ''Film/DeltaFever'': Walt
122* 1994 ''Film/{{Maverick}}'': Old Gambler on Riverboat
123* 1994 ''Film/FatherAndScout'': George Rosebrock (TV Movie)
124[[/folder]]
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126[[folder:Short Films]]
127* 1947 ''Film/WhereTheNorthBegins'': Jim “Rocky” Rockwell
128* 1980 ''Film/ThoseWereTheDays'': Creator/BuffaloBill
129[[/folder]]
130
131[[folder:Television]]
132* 1951-52 ''Series/TheCiscoKid'': Professor Jerry Roark/Bank Robber
133* 1951-54 ''Series/TheGeneAutryShow'': First Henchman, Rawhide Vest/Frank Blake/Curt Wayne/Professor Sharp/Burr Ramsey/Dodge Hartman/Sheriff/Cleanshaven Deputy-Henchman/Jim, the Sheriff/Edward Hadley (10 episodes)
134* 1951-56 ''Series/TheLoneRanger'': Grayson/Deputy Allen/Deputy French/Stack/Colby/Arley [=McQueen=]/Vance Kiley (7 episodes)
135* 1952 ''Series/AdventuresOfWildBillHickok'': Henchman (1 episode)
136* 1952 ''Series/CowboyGMen'': Henchman Gus (1 episode)
137* 1952-53 ''Series/TheRoyRogersShow'': Henchman Nash/Bad Boy Wiley/Zeke Miller/Tom Larrabee (4 episodes)
138* 1952-54 ''Series/HopalongCassidy'': Poynter-Henchman/Henchman (2 episodes)
139* 1952-54 ''Series/TheAdventuresOfKitCarson'': Edmund Denning/Flip Kilson/Hackett (8 episodes)
140* 1953-56 ''Series/YouAreThere'': Cotta/Capt. Canfield/Chairman Savage/William Bayard Hale/William Newell/Col. Tench * Tilghman/Dan [=DeQuille=] (9 episodes)
141* 1953-67 ''Series/DeathValleyDays'': Art Crowley/Lucius Barkey/Doctor/Ortho Williams/Fenimore Bleek/Zeke/Deadwood Dick/Milligan (8 episodes)
142* 1954 ''Series/CrownTheatreWithGloriaSwanson'': Frank Lord (1 episode)
143* 1954 ''Series/AdventuresOfTheFalcon'': Bill Jackson (1 episode)
144* 1954-55 ''Series/PublicDefender'': George Hensen/Tom Gayley (2 episodes)
145* 1954-55 ''Series/{{Medic}}'': Dr. Carthage/Ted Ramsey (2 episodes)
146* 1955 ''Series/TheManBehindTheBadge'': Detective Lashley (1 episode)
147* 1955 ''Series/BuffaloBillJr'': Landers – Henchman/Delafield (2 episodes)
148* 1955 ''Series/CommandoCodySkyMarshalOfTheUniverse'': Krug (2 episodes)
149* 1955 ''Series/SteveDonovanWesternMarshal'': Vic Hoyt (1 episode)
150* 1955-56 ''Series/MyFriendFlicka'': Alec/Clint Taylor (2 episodes)
151* 1955-56 ''Series/{{Crossroads|1955}}'': Ockschmitt/Lou “Dial” Harrington/Cort/Ezra (4 episodes)
152* 1955-58 ''Series/{{Fury|1955}}'': Carter/Mal (4 episodes)
153* 1955-60 ''Series/TheLifeAndLegendOfWyattEarp'': Ben Thompson/Rev. Oliver Tittle/Dobie Jenner/Hoss Mackey (10 episodes)
154* 1956 ''Series/TheMillionaire'': Arthur Darner (1 episode)
155* 1956 ''Series/{{Frontier|1956}}'': Eben/Frank (2 episodes)
156* 1956 ''Series/TheLorettaYoungShow'': Henry (1 episode)
157* 1956 ''Series/SheriffsOfTheUSA'': Davis (1 episode)
158* 1956-57 ''Series/TheAdventuresOfJimBowie'': Sam Houston (3 episodes)
159* 1956-57 ''Series/The20thCenturyFoxHour'': Charley/Lester (2 episodes)
160* 1956-61 ''Series/ZaneGreyTheatre'': John Baker/Marshall Quimby/Sheriff/Sheriff Tom/Seth Robson/Marshal Joe Sully/Nat Sledge (7 episodes)
161* 1956-73 ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'': Willie Calhoun/Hank Shinn/Mike Blocker/Gus/Haggen/Aaron/Pa/Caleb/Claudius/Clab Chummer/Caleb Nash/Dr. Henry S. Rand/Judge Blent/Cyrus Himes (14 episodes)
162* 1957 ''Series/StateTrooper'': Mark Schmedler (1 episode)
163* 1957 ''Series/Code3'': Sgt. Vic Murchsion (2 episodes)
164* 1957 ''Series/TheOHenryPlayhouse'': Sam Plunkett/Oliver Redruth (2 episodes)
165* 1957 ''Series/TheCourtOfLastResort'': Wesley Ferguson (1 episode)
166* 1957 ''Series/{{Climax|1954}}'': The Killer (1 episode)
167* 1957 ''Series/TheCalifornians'': Slater (1 episode)
168* 1957 ''Series/CaseyJones'': Frank Reeder (1 episode)
169* 1957 ''Series/TheGrayGhost'': Duff (1 episode)
170* 1957-59 ''Series/TheRestlessGun'': Sheriff Jay/Jeb (2 episodes)
171* 1957-59 ''Series/TalesOfWellsFargo'': Jack Powers/Wilt Rawlins (2 episodes)
172* 1957-60 ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'': Clay Sommers/Pete Hollister/Sid Morgan/[=McKay=]/Col. Celine/Advent/Gen. George “Pawnee” Croft (7 episodes)
173* 1957-65 ''Series/WagonTrain'': Bragg/Old Man Clanton (2 episodes)
174* 1958 ''Series/{{Broken Arrow|1956}}'': Fred Graf (1 episode)
175* 1958 ''Series/MikeHammer'': Braddock (1 episode)
176* 1958 ''Series/Playhouse90'': Sam Wheeler (1 episode)
177* 1958 ''Series/BehindClosedDorrs'': Roger Woodson (1 episode)
178* 1958 ''Series/TalesOfTheTexasRangers'': Noah Reed (1 episode)
179* 1958 ''Series/JeffersonDrum'': Bart Resdake (1 episode)
180* 1958-59 ''Series/TwentySixMen'': Ranger Haskins/Clovis (2 episodes)
181* 1958-66 ''Series/PerryMason'': Robert Crane/Tom Quincy/Tilden Stuart/Emery Fillmore/Frank Horner/Jackson Sidemark (8 episodes)
182* 1959 ''Series/BourbonStreetBeat'': Big Red (1 episode)
183* 1959 ''Series/MenIntoSpace'': Dr. Peter Riber (1 episode)
184* 1959-60 ''Series/TheTexan'': Houston Blackston/Joe Lufton/Chip Andrews/Sheriff (4 episodes)
185* 1959-61 ''Series/BatMasterson'': Dan Morgan/Walsh (2 episodes)
186* 1959-61 ''Series/TheDeputy'': Akins/Frank Barton (2 episodes)
187* 1959-61 ''Series/TheRifleman'': Henry Trumble/Seth Mitchell/Harold Tenner/George Tanner/Frank Hazlitt (5 episodes)
188* 1959-62 ''Series/{{Lawman}}'': Glen Folsom/Sam Brackett (2 episodes)
189* 1959-63 ''Series/{{Laramie}}'': Sheriff Hailey/Sheriff/Bailey/Bates/Al Morgan (5 episodes)
190* 1960 ''Series/LawOfThePlainsman'': Burke Carlew (1 episode)
191* 1960 ''Series/WichitaTown'': Aaron Faber (1 episode)
192* 1960 ''Series/{{Pony Express|1959}}'': Hank Watson (1 episode)
193* 1960 ''Series/HotelDeParee'': Fred Taylor (1 episode)
194* 1960 ''Series/OverlandTrail'': Sheriff/Jonathan Kale (2 episodes)
195* 1960 ''Series/TheManFromBlackhawk'': Arthur White (1 episode)
196* 1960 ''Series/TombstoneTerritory'': Will Gunther (1 episode)
197* 1960 ''Series/{{The Tall Man|1960}}'': Marshal Dave Leggert (1 episode)
198* 1960 ''Series/TheAquanauts'': Captian Leo Stohl (1 episode)
199* 1960 ''Series/TheRealMcCoys'': Captain Miller (1 episode)
200* 1960 ''Series/{{Riverboat}}'': Jim Bledsoe (1 episode)
201* 1960 ''Series/StagecoachWest'': Hewitt (1 episode)
202* 1960 ''Series/ShotgunSlade'': Marshal Berry (1 episode)
203* 1961 ''Series/{{Maverick}}'': Jerry O’Brien (1 episode)
204* 1961 ''Series/{{Checkmate|1960}}'': Terry Adams (1 episode)
205* 1961 ''Series/TwoFacesWest'': Sam (1 episode)
206* 1961 ''Series/NationalVelvet'': Jed Corrigan (1 episode)
207* 1961 ''Series/{{Bronco}}'': Norton Gillespie/Nelson/Petrie Munger/William Mason (4 episodes)
208* 1961 ''Series/{{The Detectives|1959}}'': Bill Darien (1 episode)
209* 1961-62 ''Series/Route66'': Father Prior/Joe Wylie (2 episodes)
210* 1961-62 ''Series/{{Cheyenne}}'': Nate Weyland/Cyrus Burton/John Hanson (3 episodes)
211* 1961-63 ''Series/{{Ripcord}}'': Charles Guest/Aaron Sparks (2 episodes)
212* 1961-72 ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'': Theodore “Ted” Hackett/Sheriff Tom Stedman/Sheriff Ed/Marcus Caldwell/Claude Roman/Price Buchanan/Warden (8 episodes)
213* 1962 ''Series/{{Thriller}}'': Ortho Wheeler (1 episode)
214* 1962 ''Series/CainsHundred'': Chief Amos Trask (1 episode)
215* 1962 ''Series/BenCasey'': Dallas Hopewell (1 episode)
216* 1962 ''Series/KraftMysteryTheatre'': Captain Lister (1 episode)
217* 1962 ''Series/{{Lassie}}'': Mr. Madden (1 episode)
218* 1962-62 ''Series/{{Empire|1962}}'': Tom Rawling (2 episodes)
219* 1963 ''Series/TheVirginian'': Pico Brown (1 episode)
220* 1963 ''Series/{{Channing}}'': Sam Riddle (1 episode)
221* 1963 ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'': Uncle George (1 episode)
222* 1963 ''Series/{{Rawhide}}'': John Wesley “Daddy” Quade (1 episode)
223* 1963 ''Series/ArrestAndTrial'': Jack Felton (1 episode)
224* 1963-66 ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'': Briscoe Darling (6 episodes)
225** Reprised role in TV movie ''Film/ReturnToMayberry'' (1986)
226* 1964 ''Series/DrKildare'': R. E. Lenger (1 episode)
227* 1964 ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Stu Tillman (1 episode)
228* 1964 ''Series/TempleHouston'': Phineas Fallon (1 episode)
229* 1964 ''Series/TheGreatAdventure'': Gen. Mills (1 episode)
230* 1964 ''Series/TheLieutenant'': Maj. Matthew Morrissey (1 episode)
231* 1964 ''Series/MrNovak'': Brill (1 episode)
232* 1965 ''Series/SlatterysPeople''': George Ward (1 episode)
233* 1965-66 ''Series/{{Tammy|1965}}'': Grandpa Tarleton
234* 1967 ''Series/TheHighChaparral'': General Warren (1 episode)
235* 1967 ''Series/{{Hondo}}'': Judge Amos Blunt (1 episode)
236* 1967 ''Series/CimarronStrip'': Charley Austin (1 episode)
237* 1968 ''Series/GomerPyleUSMC'': Titus Purcell (1 episode)
238* 1968 ''Series/TheGunsOfWillSonnett'': Sam Cochran (1 episode)
239* 1968-70 ''Series/TheDorisDayShow'': Buck Webb (53 episodes)
240* 1970 ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'': Duncan Bolt (1 episode)
241* 1972 ''Series/TheWaltons'': Cousin Homer Lee Baldwin (1 episode)
242* 1973 ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'': Carl Armstrong (1 episode)
243* 1973-74 ''Series/KungFu1972'': Mayor Howard Simms/Dr. Joseph Colton (2 episodes)
244* 1974 ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': Sheriff (1 episode)
245* 1974 ''Series/TheNewPerryMason'': Grady Cobb (1 episode)
246* 1974 ''Series/DirtySally'': Parker (1 episode)
247* 1974 ''Series/TheManhunter'': Sam Dickerson (1 episode)
248* 1975 ''Series/{{Karen|1975}}'': Dale Busch (1 episode)
249* 1975 ''Series/TheFamilyHolvak'': Zed Gifford (1 episode)
250* 1976 ''Series/{{Petrocelli}}'': Andrew Warburton (1 episode)
251* 1976 ''Series/BarnabyJones'': Stayley Kircher (1 episode)
252* 1977-78 ''Series/TheLifeAndTimesOfGrizzlyAdams'': Mad Jack
253* 1979 ''Series/HowTheWestWasWon'': Sgt. Tripp (1 episode)
254* 1979-85 ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': Uncle Jesse Duke/Jeremiah Duke
255** Reprised Uncle Jesse in ''Series/{{Enos}}'' (1980), ''WesternAnimation/TheDukes'' (1983), and ''Film/TheDukesOfHazzardReunion'' (1997)
256* 1986 ''Series/TheLoveBoat'': Eric Springer (1 episode)
257* 1988 ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': Eben Connors (1 episode)
258* 1990 ''Series/{{Dallas}}'': Blackie Callahan (2 episodes)
259* 1994 ''Series/LALaw'': Harold Nordoff (1 episode)
260* 1996 ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoon'': Podunk Possum (1 episode)
261* 1996 ''Series/{{Cybill}}'': [[AsHimself Denver Pyle]] (1 episode)

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