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)
Studs Lonigan
as Patrick Lonigan
(1960)
The Big Night
as Ed Robello
(1959)
The Atomic Submarine
as Dan Wendover
(1958)
Violent Road
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
(1958)
The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis
(1958)
Thundering Jets
as Col. Henry Spalding
(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)
El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Joel Benton
(1948)
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Quincannon
(1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Dale Whipple
(1947)
Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
(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)
Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice
(1942)
Behind the Eight Ball
as Bill Edwards
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
Butch Minds the Baby
as Dennis Devlin
(1941)
Horror Island
as Bill Martin
(1941)
Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot
(1941)
Riders of Death Valley
as Jim Benton
(1941)
Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts
(1941)
In the Navy
as Dynamite Dugan
(1941)
Unfinished Business
as Frank
(1941)
Mob Town
as Frank Conroy
(1941)
The Kid from Kansas
as Kansas
(1941)
Road Agent
as Duke Masters
(1940)
The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn
(1940)
The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule
(1940)
Rangers of Fortune
as Johnny Cash
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Jeff Ramsay
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Paul Carver
(1939)
Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore
(1939)
Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot
(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)
Four Daughters
as Ernest
(1938)
Heart of the North
as Alan Baker
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Sam Thorne
(1938)
Love, Honor and Behave
as Pete Martin
(1938)
Boy Meets Girl
as Larry Toms
(1938)
The Sisters
as Tom Knivel
(1938)
Secrets of a Nurse
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
(1938)
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Dick Foran
(1937)
Black Legion
as Ed Jackson
(1937)
The Perfect Specimen
as Jink Carter
(1937)
She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler
(1937)
Blazing Sixes
as Red Barton
(1937)
Empty Holsters
as Clay Brent
(1937)
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Tal Holladay
(1937)
The Cherokee Strip
as Dick Hudson
(1937)
Land Beyond the Law
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
(1937)
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1937)
Prairie Thunder
as Rod Farrell
(1937)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Dick Foran
(1936)
The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger
(1936)
The Big Noise
as Don Andrews
(1936)
The Golden Arrow
as Tommy Blake
(1936)
Treachery Rides the Range
as Red Taylor
(1936)
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Thomas Duncan McKay
(1936)
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1936)
The Sunday Round-Up
as Parson Ted Burke
(1936)
California Mail
as Bill Harkins
(1936)
Earthworm Tractors
as Emmet McManus
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
(1936)
Trailin' West
as Lieut. Red Colton
(1936)
Guns of the Pecos
as Steve Ainslee
(1935)
Dangerous
as Teddy
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Walt Lansing
(1935)
One More Spring
as Park Policeman
(1935)
Accent on Youth
as Butch
(1935)
It's A Small World
as Motor Cop
(1935)
The Lottery Lover
as Cadet
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Gifford
(1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Ace Andrews
(1934)
Student Tour
as Assistant Manager
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Smudge Casey
(1934)
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Nick