Cast & creator
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Best known for What's My Line?, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, Western von gestern
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.
Also known as: George Francis Hayes, George Hayes, George Francis "Gabby" Hayes
197
film credits
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television credits
202
1919–1987 · acting roles
6.5
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (202)
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What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Western von gestern
Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)
1978
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
1936
Tall in the Saddle
Dave
1944
In Old Oklahoma
Despirit Dean
1943
The Plainsman
Breezy
1936
Love Me Tonight
Grocer (uncredited)
1932
Dark Command
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
1940
Return of the Bad Men
John Pettit
1948
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Man from Utah
Marshal George Higgins
1934
West of the Divide
'Dusty'
1934
Texas Buddies
Si Haller
1932
Trail Street
Billy Jones
1947
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Matt Downing
1934
Dirigible
Parade Official (uncredited)
1931
The Sons of the Pioneers
Gabby Whittaker
1942
Randy Rides Alone
- Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
1934
Romance on the Range
Gabby
1942
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Lucas
1935
Trailing North
Flash Ryan
1933
Gold Is Where You Find It
Enoch
1938
Heart of the West
Windy Jenkins
1936
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
1944
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
1958
Along the Navajo Trail
Gabby Whittaker
1945
Saga of Death Valley
Gabby
1939
The Devil's Mate
Collins
1933
Heart of the Golden West
Gabby
1942
$1,000 a Minute
New Deal Watson
1935
Badman's Territory
Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
1946
Blue Steel
Sheriff Jake Withers
1934
I Married a Doctor
Train Station Agent
1936
The Texas Rangers
Judge Snow
1936
Bar 20 Rides Again
Windy Halliday
1935
The Carson City Kid
Gabby Whittaker
1940
Valley of the Lawless
Grandpaw Jenkins
1936
El Paso
Pesky Tees
1949
South of Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
1942
The Lucky Texan
Jake 'Grandy' Benson
1934
Don't Fence Me In
Gabby Whittaker
1945
Rodeo Rocketeers
Marshall George
1934
Sally of the Subway
Police Lieutenant Paxton
1932
Roll on Texas Moon
Gabby Whittaker
1946
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Gabby
1942
Silverspurs
Drag Harlan
1936
The Cariboo Trail
Grizzly
1950A Slip at the Switch
Deputy Smoot
1932
Riders of Destiny
Charlie Denton
1933
Bad Man of Deadwood
Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
1941
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
Self (archive footage)
1987
The Man from Hell's Edges
Shamrock Cassidy
1932
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Uncle Ben
1935
Riders of the Desert
Hashknife Brooks
1932
Justice of the Range
John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
1935
Days of Jesse James
Gabby
1939
The Lawless Frontier
Dusty
1934
Cavalier of the West
Sheriff Bill Ryan
1931
The Gabby Hayes Show
Narrator
1956
Wall Street Cowboy
Gabby
1939
Ladies Crave Excitement
McCloskey
1935
North of the Rio Grande
Windy Halliday
1937
Jesse James at Bay
Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
1941
The Big Bonanza
Hap Selby
1944
The Stolen Jools
Projectionist
1931
Sunset on the Desert
Gabby Whittaker
1942
Call of the Prairie
Shanghai McHenry
1936
The Ranger and the Lady
Gabby Whittaker
1940
Wagon Tracks West
Gabby
1943
Claim Jumpers
Jake Benson
1934
The Man from Hell
Banker Colonel Campbell
1934
Albuquerque
Juke
1948
Sunset in El Dorado
Gabby
1945
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
1941
Three on the Trail
Windy Halliday
1936
Winner Take All
Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
1932
The Return of Casey Jones
Timothy Shine
1933
The Eagle's Brood
Spike
1935
Big Business Girl
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1931
In Old Santa Fe
Cactus
1934
Next Of Kin
'Dusty'
1934
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Gabby Hayes
1943
Pride of the West
Windy Halliday
1938
Hills of Old Wyoming
Windy Halliday
1937
Heldorado
Gabby Whittaker
1946
The Brand of Hate
Bill Larkins
1934
Man from Cheyenne
Gabby Whittaker
1942
Man of Conquest
Lannie Upchurch
1939
Song of the Trail
Dan Hobson
1936
The Man from Thunder River
Gabby Whittaker
1943Bandits of the Badlands
Sheriff Jake Withers
1934
Nevada City
Gabby Chapman
1941
God's Country and the Man
Stingaree Kelly
1931
Breed of the Border
Chuck Wiggins
1933
The Star Packer
Matt Matlock
1934
The Border Legion
Honest John Whittaker
1940
The Sphinx
Detective Casey
1933
Song of Arizona
Gabby Whittaker
1946
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Bearded Man
1936
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1976
The Headline Woman
Duffy
1935The Shadow Gang
Matt Matlock
1934
The House Without Children
Archibald Ponsonby
1919
Sheriff of Tombstone
Gabby
1941
House of Mystery
David Fells
1934
Melody Ranch
Pop Laramie
1940
Let Freedom Ring
Pop Wilkie
1939
The Gabby Hayes Show
Himself
1950
Colorado
Gabby
1940
She Who Gets Slapped
Poker Player
1930
The Lawless Nineties
Major Carter
1936
Wyoming
Windy Gibson
1947
Home in Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
1946
Ship of Wanted Men
Crewman
1933
The Nevada Buckaroo
Cherokee Williams
1931
Honeymoon Limited
Pinkham
1935
Man from Oklahoma
Gabby Whittaker
1945
For the Defense
Ben (the waiter)
1930
City Limits
Charlie Carter
1934
Heart of Arizona
Windy Halliday
1938
The Lost City
Butterfield
1935
Silver on the Sage
Windy Halliday
1939
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Gabby Hayes
1944
Death Valley Manhunt
Gabby Hayes
1943
Marshal of Reno
Gabby
1944
Rainbow Over Texas
Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
1946
Rainbow Valley
George Hale
1935
In Old Monterey
Gabby Whittaker
1939
Mystery Liner
Joe, the Watchman
1934
Hitch Hike Lady
Miner
1935
In Old Cheyenne
Arapaho Brown
1941
Sunset Trail
Windy Halliday
1939
Monte Carlo Nights
Inspector Nick Gunby
1934
Bar 20 Justice
Windy Halliday
1938
Death Flies East
Wotkyns
1935
The Untamed Breed
Windy Lucas
1948
Skyway
George Taylor
1933
The Frontiersmen
Windy Halliday
1938
Red River Valley
Gabby Whittaker
1941
Wild Horse Mesa
Slack
1932
Young Buffalo Bill
Gabby Whittaker
1940
Southward Ho!
Gabby
1939
In Old Mexico
Windy Halliday
1938
My Pal Trigger
Gabby Kendrick
1946
Tucson Raiders
'Gabby' Hopkins
1944
Wagons Westward
Hardtack
1940
Broadway to Cheyenne
Walrus
1932
Beggars in Ermine
Joe Wilson
1934
The Night Rider
Altoonie
1932
Sunset Serenade
Gabby
1942
Hopalong Rides Again
Windy Halliday
1937
The Boiling Point
George Duncan
1932
Young Bill Hickok
'Gabby' Whitaker
1940
Big News
Hoffman
1929
Texas Terror
Sheriff Ed Williams
1935
The Outlaw Tamer
Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
1935
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Gabby Hayes
1943
Playing Around
Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
1930Vengence is Mine
Dusty
1934
Mountain Music
Granpappy Burnside
1937
Bells of Rosarita
Gabby Whittake
1945
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Windy Halliday
1936
Borderland
Windy Halliday
1937The Drifter
Marvin Black
1934
The Throwback
Ford Cruze
1935
The Phantom Broadcast
Police Lieutenant
1933
Smiling Irish Eyes
Taxi Driver
1929
Top Speed
Western Union Clerk
1930
Under Nevada Skies
Gabby Whittaker
1946
Utah
Gabby Whittaker
1945
Mojave Firebrand
Gabby Hayes
1944
Overland Mail Robbery
Gabby
1943
The Gallant Fool
Dad Denton
1933
The Arizona Kid
Gabby Whittaker
1939
The Fighting Champ
Pete
1932
Oklahoma Jim
Crooked Gambler
1931
In Old Caliente
Gabby
1939
Renegade Trail
Windy Halliday
1939
Rustlers' Valley
Windy Halliday
1937
The Fugitive
Judge Tyler
1933
Self Defense
Jury Foreman
1932
Ranger's Code
Baxter (as George Hayes)
1933
Play Girl
Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
1932
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Pearson (as George Hayes)
1935
Texas Trail
Windy Halliday
1937
Tombstone Terror
Soupy Baxter
1935
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Dr. Parker
1935
Rainbow Man
Bill
1929
Fighting Texans
Pop Martin
1933
Border Devils
Squint Sanders
1932
Swifty
Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
1935
Smokey Smith
Blaze Bart
1935
Dragnet Patrol
Private Detective
1931
Galloping Romeo
Grizzly
1933
Trail Dust
Windy Halliday
1936
Klondike
Tom Ross
1932
Crashing Broadway
J. Talbot Thorndyke
1933
Fighting Thoroughbreds
Gramps Montrose
1939
Thunder Mountain
Foley
1935
Bedlam of Beards
1934
Hidden Valley
Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
1932