Dick Foran
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-06-18
Day of Death
1979-08-10 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Dick Foran
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
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Known For
Acting
(2008)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as The Prospector
(1965)
Taggart
as Stark
(1963)
Donovan's Reef
as Sean O'Brien
(1962)
(1960)
The Big Night
as Ed Robello
(1960)
Studs Lonigan
as Patrick Lonigan
(1959)
The Atomic Submarine
as Dan Wendover
(1958)
Violent Road
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
(1958)
Thundering Jets
as Col. Henry Spalding
(1958)
The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis
(1957)
Sierra Stranger
as Bert Gaines
(1957)
Chicago Confidential
as Artie Blaine
(1956)
Please Murder Me
as Joe Leeds
(1955)
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Thomas Mara
(1955)
Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Alan Doran
(1955)
Night of Execution
as Robert Maxwell
(1952)
The Kill
as Jeff Clark
(1951)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Frank Jennings
(1949)
El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Joel Benton
(1948)
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Quincannon
(1947)
Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
(1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Dale Whipple
(1946)
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1946)
Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
(1945)
Guest Wife
as Christopher Price
(1943)
Hi, Buddy
as Dave O'Connor
(1943)
He's My Guy
as Van Moore
(1942)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
(1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
Butch Minds the Baby
as Dennis Devlin
(1942)
Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice
(1942)
Behind the Eight Ball
as Bill Edwards
(1941)
Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot
(1941)
Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts
(1941)
Unfinished Business
as Frank
(1941)
Riders of Death Valley
as Jim Benton
(1941)
In the Navy
as Dynamite Dugan
(1941)
Horror Island
as Bill Martin
(1941)
Mob Town
as Frank Conroy
(1941)
Road Agent
as Duke Masters
(1941)
The Kid from Kansas
as Kansas
(1940)
The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn
(1940)
The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Jeff Ramsay
(1940)
Rangers of Fortune
as Johnny Cash
(1939)
Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Paul Carver
(1939)
Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore
(1939)
Private Detective
as Jim Rickey
(1939)
Hero for a Day
as Brainy Thornton
(1939)
Inside Information
as Danny Blake
(1938)
Over the Wall
as Jerry Davis
(1938)
The Sisters
as Tom Knivel
(1938)
Four Daughters
as Ernest
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Boy Meets Girl
as Larry Toms
(1938)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Sam Thorne
(1938)
Secrets of a Nurse
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
(1938)
Love, Honor and Behave
as Pete Martin
(1938)
Heart of the North
as Alan Baker
(1938)
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Dick Foran
(1937)
Black Legion
as Ed Jackson
(1937)
Empty Holsters
as Clay Brent
(1937)
The Cherokee Strip
as Dick Hudson
(1937)
Blazing Sixes
as Red Barton
(1937)
The Perfect Specimen
as Jink Carter
(1937)
She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler
(1937)
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Tal Holladay
(1937)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Dick Foran
(1937)
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1937)
Prairie Thunder
as Rod Farrell
(1937)
Land Beyond the Law
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
(1936)
The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger
(1936)
Earthworm Tractors
as Emmet McManus
(1936)
Trailin' West
as Lieut. Red Colton
(1936)
Treachery Rides the Range
as Red Taylor
(1936)
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1936)
The Golden Arrow
as Tommy Blake
(1936)
(1936)
California Mail
as Bill Harkins
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
(1936)
Guns of the Pecos
as Steve Ainslee
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Thomas Duncan McKay
(1936)
The Big Noise
as Don Andrews
(1936)
The Sunday Round-Up
as Parson Ted Burke
(1935)
Dangerous
as Teddy
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Walt Lansing
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Gifford
(1935)
It's A Small World
as Motor Cop
(1935)
One More Spring
as Park Policeman
(1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Ace Andrews
(1935)
The Lottery Lover
as Cadet
(1935)
Accent on Youth
as Butch
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Nick
(1934)
Student Tour
as Assistant Manager
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Smudge Casey
(1934)
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran