George 'Gabby' Hayes
Acting
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 scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
Known for
Acting202
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987
Self (archive footage)
tvWestern von gestern
1978
Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)
movieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
(archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Gabby Hayes Show
1956
Narrator
tvThe Gabby Hayes Show
1950
Himself
movieThe Cariboo Trail
1950
Grizzly
movieEl Paso
1949
Pesky Tees
movieThe Untamed Breed
1948
Windy Lucas
movieReturn of the Bad Men
1948
John Pettit
movieWyoming
1947
Windy Gibson
movieTrail Street
1947
Billy Jones
movieHeldorado
1946
Gabby Whittaker
movieHome in Oklahoma
1946
Gabby Whittaker
movieRoll on Texas Moon
1946
Gabby Whittaker
movieUnder Nevada Skies
1946
Gabby Whittaker
movieMy Pal Trigger
1946
Gabby Kendrick
movieRainbow Over Texas
1946
Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
movieBadman's Territory
1946
Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
movieSong of Arizona
1946
Gabby Whittaker
movieDon't Fence Me In
1945
Gabby Whittaker
movieAlong the Navajo Trail
1945
Gabby Whittaker
movieMan from Oklahoma
1945
Gabby Whittaker
movieBells of Rosarita
1945
Gabby Whittake
movieUtah
1945
Gabby Whittaker
movieThe Big Bonanza
1944
Hap Selby
movieLights of Old Santa Fe
1944
Gabby Whittaker
movieTucson Raiders
1944
'Gabby' Hopkins
movieHidden Valley Outlaws
1944
Gabby Hayes
movieMojave Firebrand
1944
Gabby Hayes
movieIn Old Oklahoma
1943
Despirit Dean
movieDeath Valley Manhunt
1943
Gabby Hayes
movieBordertown Gun Fighters
1943
Gabby Hayes
movieThe Man from Thunder River
1943
Gabby Whittaker
movieCalling Wild Bill Elliott
1943
Gabby Hayes
movieThe Sons of the Pioneers
1942
Gabby Whittaker
movieSunset on the Desert
1942
Gabby Whittaker
movieSouth of Santa Fe
1942
Gabby Whittaker
movieMan from Cheyenne
1942
Gabby Whittaker
movieRed River Valley
1941
Gabby Whittaker
movieJesse James at Bay
1941
Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
movieBad Man of Deadwood
1941
Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
movieNevada City
1941
Gabby Chapman
movieIn Old Cheyenne
1941
Arapaho Brown
movieRobin Hood of the Pecos
1941
Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
movieThe Border Legion
1940
Honest John Whittaker
movieYoung Bill Hickok
1940
'Gabby' Whitaker
movieColorado
1940
Gabby
movieMelody Ranch
1940
Pop Laramie
movieThe Ranger and the Lady
1940
Gabby Whittaker
movieThe Carson City Kid
1940
Gabby Whittaker
movieWagons Westward
1940
Hardtack
movieDark Command
1940
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
movieYoung Buffalo Bill
1940
Gabby Whittaker
movieThe Arizona Kid
1939
Gabby Whittaker
movieIn Old Monterey
1939
Gabby Whittaker
movieRenegade Trail
1939
Windy Halliday
movieMan of Conquest
1939
Lannie Upchurch
movieSilver on the Sage
1939
Windy Halliday
movieSunset Trail
1939
Windy Halliday
movieLet Freedom Ring
1939
Pop Wilkie
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
Gramps Montrose
movieThe Frontiersmen
1938
Windy Halliday
movieIn Old Mexico
1938
Windy Halliday
moviePride of the West
1938
Windy Halliday
movieBar 20 Justice
1938
Windy Halliday
movieHeart of Arizona
1938
Windy Halliday
movieTexas Trail
1937
Windy Halliday
movieHopalong Rides Again
1937
Windy Halliday
movieRustlers' Valley
1937
Windy Halliday
movieNorth of the Rio Grande
1937
Windy Halliday
movieMountain Music
1937
Granpappy Burnside
movieHills of Old Wyoming
1937
Windy Halliday
movieBorderland
1937
Windy Halliday
movieTrail Dust
1936
Windy Halliday
movieThe Plainsman
1936
Breezy
movieHopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
Windy Halliday
movieValiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
Bearded Man
movieThe Texas Rangers
1936
Judge Snow
movieI Married a Doctor
1936
Train Station Agent
movieThree on the Trail
1936
Windy Halliday
movieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
movieSong of the Trail
1936
Dan Hobson
movieCall of the Prairie
1936
Shanghai McHenry
movieHeart of the West
1936
Windy Jenkins
movieThe Lawless Nineties
1936
Major Carter
movieSilverspurs
1936
Drag Harlan
movieValley of the Lawless
1936
Grandpaw Jenkins
movieSwifty
1935
Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
movieBar 20 Rides Again
1935
Windy Halliday
movie$1,000 a Minute
1935
New Deal Watson
movieTexas Terror
1935
Sheriff Ed Williams
movieThe Throwback
1935
Ford Cruze
movieTumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
Dr. Parker
movieHop-a-long Cassidy
1935
Uncle Ben
movieHoneymoon Limited
1935
Pinkham
movieLadies Crave Excitement
1935
McCloskey
movieJustice of the Range
1935
John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
movieThe Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935
Pearson (as George Hayes)
movieTombstone Terror
1935
Soupy Baxter
movieSmokey Smith
1935
Blaze Bart
movieRainbow Valley
1935
George Hale
movieThe Outlaw Tamer
1935
Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
movieThe Lost City
1935
Butterfield
movieDeath Flies East
1935
Wotkyns
movie'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
Matt Downing
movieIn Old Santa Fe
1934
Cactus
movieThe Brand of Hate
1934
Bill Larkins
movieThe Man from Hell
1934
Banker Colonel Campbell
movieThe Star Packer
1934
Matt Matlock
movieThe Drifter
1934
Marvin Black
movieRandy Rides Alone
1934
- Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
movieBandits of the Badlands
1934
Sheriff Jake Withers
movieThe Shadow Gang
1934
Matt Matlock
movieNext Of Kin
1934
'Dusty'
movieMonte Carlo Nights
1934
Inspector Nick Gunby
movieThe Man from Utah
1934
Marshal George Higgins
movieRodeo Rocketeers
1934
Marshall George
movieBlue Steel
1934
Sheriff Jake Withers
movieCity Limits
1934
Charlie Carter
movieHouse of Mystery
1934
David Fells
movieMystery Liner
1934
Joe, the Watchman
movieBeggars in Ermine
1934
Joe Wilson
movieWest of the Divide
1934
'Dusty'
movieThe Lucky Texan
1934
Jake 'Grandy' Benson
movieClaim Jumpers
1934
Jake Benson
movieRiders of Destiny
1933
Charlie Denton
movieShip of Wanted Men
1933
Crewman
movieSkyway
1933
George Taylor
movieThe Devil's Mate
1933
Collins
movieRanger's Code
1933
Baxter (as George Hayes)
movieGalloping Romeo
1933
Grizzly
movieThe Fugitive
1933
Judge Tyler
movieFighting Texans
1933
Pop Martin
movieThe Sphinx
1933
Detective Casey
movieCrashing Broadway
1933
J. Talbot Thorndyke
movieThe Gallant Fool
1933
Dad Denton
movieThe Return of Casey Jones
1933
Timothy Shine
movieTrailing North
1933
Flash Ryan
movieThe Phantom Broadcast
1933
Police Lieutenant
movieBreed of the Border
1933
Chuck Wiggins
movieSelf Defense
1932
Jury Foreman
movieTexas Buddies
1932
Si Haller
movieHidden Valley
1932
Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
movieKlondike
1932
Tom Ross
movieThe Night Rider
1932
Altoonie
movieLove Me Tonight
1932
Grocer (uncredited)
movieWinner Take All
1932
Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
movieThe Boiling Point
1932
George Duncan
movieThe Man from Hell's Edges
1932
Shamrock Cassidy
movieRiders of the Desert
1932
Hashknife Brooks
movieBorder Devils
1932
Squint Sanders
moviePlay Girl
1932
Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
movieSally of the Subway
1932
Police Lieutenant Paxton
movieDragnet Patrol
1931
Private Detective
movieCavalier of the West
1931
Sheriff Bill Ryan
movieOklahoma Jim
1931
Crooked Gambler
movieThe Nevada Buckaroo
1931
Cherokee Williams
movieBig Business Girl
1931
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
movieGod's Country and the Man
1931
Stingaree Kelly
movieThe Stolen Jools
1931
Projectionist
movieDirigible
1931
Parade Official (uncredited)
movieTop Speed
1930
Western Union Clerk
movieFor the Defense
1930
Ben (the waiter)
movieShe Who Gets Slapped
1930
Poker Player
moviePlaying Around
1930
Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
movieBig News
1929
Hoffman
movieSmiling Irish Eyes
1929
Taxi Driver
movieThe House Without Children
1919
Archibald Ponsonby