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)
The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis
(1958)
Thundering Jets
as Col. Henry Spalding
(1958)
Violent Road
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
(1957)
Chicago Confidential
as Artie Blaine
(1957)
Sierra Stranger
as Bert Gaines
(1956)
Please Murder Me
as Joe Leeds
(1955)
Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Alan Doran
(1955)
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Thomas Mara
(1955)
Night of Execution
as Robert Maxwell
(1952)
The Kill
as Jeff Clark
(1951)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Frank Jennings
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Joel Benton
(1949)
El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge
(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)
He's My Guy
as Van Moore
(1943)
Hi, Buddy
as Dave O'Connor
(1942)
Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice
(1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
(1942)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
Butch Minds the Baby
as Dennis Devlin
(1942)
Behind the Eight Ball
as Bill Edwards
(1941)
Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot
(1941)
Riders of Death Valley
as Jim Benton
(1941)
In the Navy
as Dynamite Dugan
(1941)
Horror Island
as Bill Martin
(1941)
Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts
(1941)
Mob Town
as Frank Conroy
(1941)
Unfinished Business
as Frank
(1941)
The Kid from Kansas
as Kansas
(1941)
Road Agent
as Duke Masters
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Jeff Ramsay
(1940)
The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn
(1940)
The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter
(1940)
Rangers of Fortune
as Johnny Cash
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Paul Carver
(1939)
Private Detective
as Jim Rickey
(1939)
Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot
(1939)
Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore
(1939)
Hero for a Day
as Brainy Thornton
(1939)
Inside Information
as Danny Blake
(1938)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Sam Thorne
(1938)
Four Daughters
as Ernest
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Heart of the North
as Alan Baker
(1938)
Over the Wall
as Jerry Davis
(1938)
The Sisters
as Tom Knivel
(1938)
Secrets of a Nurse
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
(1938)
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Dick Foran
(1938)
Love, Honor and Behave
as Pete Martin
(1938)
Boy Meets Girl
as Larry Toms
(1937)
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Tal Holladay
(1937)
The Perfect Specimen
as Jink Carter
(1937)
Black Legion
as Ed Jackson
(1937)
Prairie Thunder
as Rod Farrell
(1937)
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1937)
The Cherokee Strip
as Dick Hudson
(1937)
She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler
(1937)
Land Beyond the Law
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
(1937)
Empty Holsters
as Clay Brent
(1937)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Dick Foran
(1937)
Blazing Sixes
as Red Barton
(1936)
The Big Noise
as Don Andrews
(1936)
The Golden Arrow
as Tommy Blake
(1936)
Trailin' West
as Lieut. Red Colton
(1936)
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1936)
Earthworm Tractors
as Emmet McManus
(1936)
The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Thomas Duncan McKay
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
(1936)
California Mail
as Bill Harkins
(1936)
(1936)
Guns of the Pecos
as Steve Ainslee
(1936)
Treachery Rides the Range
as Red Taylor
(1936)
The Sunday Round-Up
as Parson Ted Burke
(1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Ace Andrews
(1935)
Dangerous
as Teddy
(1935)
It's A Small World
as Motor Cop
(1935)
One More Spring
as Park Policeman
(1935)
Accent on Youth
as Butch
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Walt Lansing
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Gifford
(1935)
The Lottery Lover
as Cadet
(1934)
Student Tour
as Assistant Manager
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Nick
(1934)
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Smudge Casey