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