George 'Gabby' Hayes
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-05-06
Day of Death
1969-02-09 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Wellsville, New York, USA
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1976)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1950)
The Cariboo Trail
as Grizzly
(1949)
El Paso
as Pesky Tees
(1948)
Return of the Bad Men
as John Pettit
(1948)
Albuquerque
as Juke
(1948)
The Untamed Breed
as Windy Lucas
(1947)
Wyoming
as Windy Gibson
(1947)
Trail Street
as Billy Jones
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
(1946)
Under Nevada Skies
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Home in Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Song of Arizona
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Heldorado
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Roll on Texas Moon
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Rainbow Over Texas
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
(1946)
My Pal Trigger
as Gabby Kendrick
(1945)
Utah
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Don't Fence Me In
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Man from Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Along the Navajo Trail
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Sunset in El Dorado
as Gabby
(1945)
Bells of Rosarita
as Gabby Whittake
(1944)
Tall in the Saddle
as Dave
(1944)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
(1944)
Tucson Raiders
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
(1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gabby Hayes
(1944)
The Big Bonanza
as Hap Selby
(1944)
Mojave Firebrand
as Gabby Hayes
(1944)
Marshal of Reno
as Gabby
(1943)
In Old Oklahoma
as Despirit Dean
(1943)
Wagon Tracks West
as Gabby
(1943)
Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Gabby Hayes
(1943)
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Gabby Hayes
(1943)
The Man from Thunder River
as Gabby Whittaker
(1943)
Overland Mail Robbery
as Gabby
(1943)
Death Valley Manhunt
as Gabby Hayes
(1942)
South of Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gabby
(1942)
Sunset on the Desert
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
Sons of the Pioneers
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
Romance on the Range
as Gabby
(1942)
Heart of the Golden West
as Gabby
(1942)
Man from Cheyenne
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
Sunset Serenade
as Gabby
(1941)
Red River Valley
as Gabby Whittaker
(1941)
Jesse James at Bay
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
(1941)
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
(1941)
In Old Cheyenne
as Arapaho Brown
(1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Gabby
(1941)
Nevada City
as Gabby Chapman
(1940)
Dark Command
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
(1940)
The Carson City Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Pop Laramie
(1940)
Colorado
as Gabby
(1940)
The Ranger and the Lady
as Gabby Whittaker
(1940)
Young Bill Hickok
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
(1940)
Young Buffalo Bill
as Gabby Whittaker
(1940)
The Border Legion
as Honest John Whittaker
(1940)
Wagons Westward
as Hardtack
(1939)
Let Freedom Ring
as Pop Wilkie
(1939)
Saga of Death Valley
as Gabby
(1939)
Man of Conquest
as Lannie Upchurch
(1939)
In Old Monterey
as Gabby Whittaker
(1939)
Days of Jesse James
as Gabby
(1939)
Southward Ho!
as Gabby
(1939)
The Arizona Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
(1939)
Wall Street Cowboy
as Gabby
(1939)
Fighting Thoroughbreds
as Gramps Montrose
(1939)
Silver on the Sage
as Windy Halliday
(1939)
Sunset Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1939)
Renegade Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1939)
In Old Caliente
as Gabby
(1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Enoch
(1938)
Heart of Arizona
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
Pride of the West
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
Bar 20 Justice
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
The Frontiersmen
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
In Old Mexico
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Borderland
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
North of the Rio Grande
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Mountain Music
as Granpappy Burnside
(1937)
Hopalong Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Texas Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Rustlers' Valley
as Windy Halliday
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
(1936)
The Plainsman
as Breezy
(1936)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Bearded Man
(1936)
Silver Spurs
as Drag Harlan
(1936)
I Married a Doctor
as Train Station Agent
(1936)
The Lawless Nineties
as Major Carter
(1936)
The Texas Rangers
as Judge Snow
(1936)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Windy Halliday
(1936)
Call of the Prairie
as Shanghai McHenry
(1936)
Valley of the Lawless
as Grandpaw Jenkins
(1936)
Three on the Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1936)
Trail Dust
as Windy Halliday
(1936)
Song of the Trail
as Dan Hobson
(1936)
Heart of the West
as Windy Jenkins
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Lucas
(1935)
Rainbow Valley
as George Hale
(1935)
Texas Terror
as Sheriff Ed Williams
(1935)
Ladies Crave Excitement
as McCloskey
(1935)
The Headline Woman
as Duffy
(1935)
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Uncle Ben
(1935)
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
(1935)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Dr. Parker
(1935)
Hitch Hike Lady
as Miner
(1935)
The Eagle's Brood
as Spike
(1935)
Death Flies East
as Wotkyns
(1935)
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
(1935)
Tombstone Terror
as Soupy Baxter
(1935)
The Throwback
as Ford Cruze
(1935)
$1,000 a Minute
as New Deal Watson
(1935)
The Lost City
as Butterfield
(1935)
Honeymoon Limited
as Pinkham
(1935)
Justice of the Range
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
(1935)
Swifty
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
(1935)
Smokey Smith
as Blaze Bart
(1935)
Thunder Mountain
as Foley
(1935)
The Outlaw Tamer
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
(1934)
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Matt Downing
(1934)
The Lucky Texan
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
(1934)
The Man from Utah
as Marshal George Higgins
(1934)
Randy Rides Alone
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
(1934)
The Star Packer
as Matt Matlock
(1934)
Blue Steel
as Sheriff Jake Withers
(1934)
The Lawless Frontier
as Dusty
(1934)
West of the Divide
as 'Dusty'
(1934)
Beggars in Ermine
as Joe Wilson
(1934)
In Old Santa Fe
as Cactus
(1934)
Mystery Liner
as Joe, the Watchman
(1934)
The Man from Hell
as Banker Colonel Campbell
(1934)
House of Mystery
as David Fells
(1934)
Next Of Kin
as 'Dusty'
(1934)
The Brand of Hate
as Bill Larkins
(1934)
Monte Carlo Nights
as Inspector Nick Gunby
(1934)
Claim Jumpers
as Jake Benson
(1934)
City Limits
as Charlie Carter
(1934)
The Shadow Gang
as Matt Matlock
(1934)
Bandits of the Badlands
as Sheriff Jake Withers
(1934)
(1933)
Riders of Destiny
as Charlie Denton
(1933)
The Sphinx
as Detective Casey
(1933)
Ranger's Code
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
(1933)
Breed of the Border
as Chuck Wiggins
(1933)
Trailing North
as Flash Ryan
(1933)
The Gallant Fool
as Dad Denton
(1933)
The Return of Casey Jones
as Timothy Shine
(1933)
Skyway
as George Taylor
(1933)
The Fugitive
as Judge Tyler
(1933)
Crashing Broadway
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
(1933)
The Devil's Mate
as Collins
(1933)
Ship of Wanted Men
as Crewman
(1933)
The Phantom Broadcast
as Police Lieutenant
(1933)
Fighting Texans
as Pop Martin
(1933)
Galloping Romeo
as Grizzly
(1932)
Love Me Tonight
as Grocer (uncredited)
(1932)
Winner Take All
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
(1932)
The Boiling Point
as George Duncan
(1932)
Broadway to Cheyenne
as Walrus
(1932)
Klondike
as Tom Ross
(1932)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Slack
(1932)
Play Girl
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
(1932)
The Night Rider
as Altoonie
(1932)
A Slip at the Switch
as Deputy Smoot
(1932)
Border Devils
as Squint Sanders
(1932)
Sally of the Subway
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
(1932)
Self Defense
as Jury Foreman
(1932)
Riders of the Desert
as Hashknife Brooks
(1932)
Hidden Valley
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
(1932)
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Shamrock Cassidy
(1932)
The Fighting Champ
as Pete
(1932)
Texas Buddies
as Si Haller
(1931)
The Stolen Jools
as Projectionist
(1931)
Dirigible
as Parade Official (uncredited)
(1931)
Big Business Girl
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1931)
God's Country and the Man
as Stingaree Kelly
(1931)
Cavalier of the West
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
(1931)
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Cherokee Williams
(1931)
Dragnet Patrol
as Private Detective
(1931)
Oklahoma Jim
as Crooked Gambler
(1930)
Top Speed
as Western Union Clerk
(1930)
For the Defense
as Ben (the waiter)
(1930)
Playing Around
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
(1930)
She Who Gets Slapped
as Poker Player
(1929)
Big News
as Hoffman
(1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes
as Taxi Driver
(1929)
Rainbow Man
as Bill
(1919)
The House Without Children
as Archibald Ponsonby