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)
(1958)
(1950)
The Cariboo Trail
as Grizzly
(1949)
El Paso
as Pesky Tees
(1948)
The Untamed Breed
as Windy Lucas
(1948)
Albuquerque
as Juke
(1948)
Return of the Bad Men
as John Pettit
(1947)
Trail Street
as Billy Jones
(1947)
Wyoming
as Windy Gibson
(1946)
Rainbow Over Texas
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
(1946)
Home in Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
(1946)
Roll on Texas Moon
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Song of Arizona
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
My Pal Trigger
as Gabby Kendrick
(1946)
Heldorado
as Gabby Whittaker
(1946)
Under Nevada Skies
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Sunset in El Dorado
as Gabby
(1945)
Utah
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Bells of Rosarita
as Gabby Whittake
(1945)
Man from Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Don't Fence Me In
as Gabby Whittaker
(1945)
Along the Navajo Trail
as Gabby Whittaker
(1944)
Tucson Raiders
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
(1944)
Mojave Firebrand
as Gabby Hayes
(1944)
Tall in the Saddle
as Dave
(1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gabby Hayes
(1944)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
(1944)
The Big Bonanza
as Hap Selby
(1944)
Marshal of Reno
as Gabby
(1943)
Overland Mail Robbery
as Gabby
(1943)
The Man from Thunder River
as Gabby Whittaker
(1943)
In Old Oklahoma
as Despirit Dean
(1943)
Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Gabby Hayes
(1943)
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Gabby Hayes
(1943)
Wagon Tracks West
as Gabby
(1943)
Death Valley Manhunt
as Gabby Hayes
(1942)
Heart of the Golden West
as Gabby
(1942)
Sunset on the Desert
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
Sons of the Pioneers
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
South of Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
Sunset Serenade
as Gabby
(1942)
Romance on the Range
as Gabby
(1942)
Man from Cheyenne
as Gabby Whittaker
(1942)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gabby
(1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Gabby
(1941)
Jesse James at Bay
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
(1941)
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
(1941)
In Old Cheyenne
as Arapaho Brown
(1941)
Red River Valley
as Gabby Whittaker
(1941)
Nevada City
as Gabby Chapman
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Pop Laramie
(1940)
Colorado
as Gabby
(1940)
The Border Legion
as Honest John Whittaker
(1940)
Dark Command
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
(1940)
The Ranger and the Lady
as Gabby Whittaker
(1940)
Wagons Westward
as Hardtack
(1940)
Young Bill Hickok
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
(1940)
Young Buffalo Bill
as Gabby Whittaker
(1940)
The Carson City Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
(1939)
Saga of Death Valley
as Gabby
(1939)
Sunset Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1939)
Man of Conquest
as Lannie Upchurch
(1939)
Let Freedom Ring
as Pop Wilkie
(1939)
In Old Caliente
as Gabby
(1939)
The Arizona Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
(1939)
Silver on the Sage
as Windy Halliday
(1939)
In Old Monterey
as Gabby Whittaker
(1939)
Renegade Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1939)
Days of Jesse James
as Gabby
(1939)
Wall Street Cowboy
as Gabby
(1939)
Fighting Thoroughbreds
as Gramps Montrose
(1939)
Patrola na hranicích Mexika
as Gabby
(1938)
In Old Mexico
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
Pride of the West
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
Bar 20 Justice
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Enoch
(1938)
The Frontiersmen
as Windy Halliday
(1938)
Heart of Arizona
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Rustlers' Valley
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Texas Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Borderland
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
North of the Rio Grande
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Hopalong Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Windy Halliday
(1937)
Mountain Music
as Granpappy Burnside
(1936)
The Texas Rangers
as Judge Snow
(1936)
Trail Dust
as Windy Halliday
(1936)
Song of the Trail
as Dan Hobson
(1936)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Windy Halliday
(1936)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Bearded Man
(1936)
I Married a Doctor
as Train Station Agent
(1936)
Call of the Prairie
as Shanghai McHenry
(1936)
Three on the Trail
as Windy Halliday
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
(1936)
The Plainsman
as Breezy
(1936)
The Lawless Nineties
as Major Carter
(1936)
Heart of the West
as Windy Jenkins
(1936)
Valley of the Lawless
as Grandpaw Jenkins
(1936)
Silver Spurs
as Drag Harlan
(1935)
Tombstone Terror
as Soupy Baxter
(1935)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Dr. Parker
(1935)
Thunder Mountain
as Foley
(1935)
The Lost City
as Butterfield
(1935)
Death Flies East
as Wotkyns
(1935)
Smokey Smith
as Blaze Bart
(1935)
Honeymoon Limited
as Pinkham
(1935)
The Eagle's Brood
as Spike
(1935)
Rainbow Valley
as George Hale
(1935)
Ladies Crave Excitement
as McCloskey
(1935)
Texas Terror
as Sheriff Ed Williams
(1935)
Swifty
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
(1935)
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
(1935)
The Headline Woman
as Duffy
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Lucas
(1935)
$1,000 a Minute
as New Deal Watson
(1935)
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
(1935)
The Throwback
as Ford Cruze
(1935)
The Outlaw Tamer
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
(1935)
Justice of the Range
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
(1935)
Hitch Hike Lady
as Miner
(1935)
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Uncle Ben
(1934)
Bandits of the Badlands
as Sheriff Jake Withers
(1934)
Blue Steel
as Sheriff Jake Withers
(1934)
Beggars in Ermine
as Joe Wilson
(1934)
The Brand of Hate
as Bill Larkins
(1934)
The Lucky Texan
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
(1934)
West of the Divide
as 'Dusty'
(1934)
The Man from Hell
as Banker Colonel Campbell
(1934)
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Matt Downing
(1934)
City Limits
as Charlie Carter
(1934)
In Old Santa Fe
as Cactus
(1934)
The Man from Utah
as Marshal George Higgins
(1934)
Mystery Liner
as Joe, the Watchman
(1934)
(1934)
Claim Jumpers
as Jake Benson
(1934)
Randy Rides Alone
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
(1934)
Monte Carlo Nights
as Inspector Nick Gunby
(1934)
The Star Packer
as Matt Matlock
(1934)
The Drifter
as Marvin Black
(1934)
The Lawless Frontier
as Dusty
(1934)
House of Mystery
as David Fells
(1934)
Rodeo Rocketeers
as Marshall George
(1934)
The Shadow Gang
as Matt Matlock
(1934)
Next Of Kin
as 'Dusty'
(1934)
Vengence is Mine
as Dusty
(1933)
Breed of the Border
as Chuck Wiggins
(1933)
The Gallant Fool
as Dad Denton
(1933)
The Return of Casey Jones
as Timothy Shine
(1933)
Fighting Texans
as Pop Martin
(1933)
Riders of Destiny
as Charlie Denton
(1933)
Ranger's Code
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
(1933)
The Fugitive
as Judge Tyler
(1933)
The Sphinx
as Detective Casey
(1933)
Galloping Romeo
as Grizzly
(1933)
The Phantom Broadcast
as Police Lieutenant
(1933)
The Devil's Mate
as Collins
(1933)
Crashing Broadway
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
(1933)
Skyway
as George Taylor
(1933)
Ship of Wanted Men
as Crewman
(1933)
Trailing North
as Flash Ryan
(1932)
The Boiling Point
as George Duncan
(1932)
Broadway to Cheyenne
as Walrus
(1932)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Slack
(1932)
Klondike
as Tom Ross
(1932)
The Night Rider
as Altoonie
(1932)
Play Girl
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
(1932)
Hidden Valley
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
(1932)
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Shamrock Cassidy
(1932)
Love Me Tonight
as Grocer (uncredited)
(1932)
Self Defense
as Jury Foreman
(1932)
Border Devils
as Squint Sanders
(1932)
Sally of the Subway
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
(1932)
The Fighting Champ
as Pete
(1932)
Winner Take All
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
(1932)
A Slip at the Switch
as Deputy Smoot
(1932)
Riders of the Desert
as Hashknife Brooks
(1932)
Texas Buddies
as Si Haller
(1931)
Dragnet Patrol
as Private Detective
(1931)
The Stolen Jools
as Projectionist
(1931)
Cavalier of the West
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
(1931)
Oklahoma Jim
as Crooked Gambler
(1931)
God's Country and the Man
as Stingaree Kelly
(1931)
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Cherokee Williams
(1931)
Dirigible
as Parade Official (uncredited)
(1931)
Big Business Girl
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1930)
For the Defense
as Ben (the waiter)
(1930)
She Who Gets Slapped
as Poker Player
(1930)
Top Speed
as Western Union Clerk
(1930)
Playing Around
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
(1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes
as Taxi Driver
(1929)
Rainbow Man
as Bill
(1929)
Big News
as Hoffman
(1919)
The House Without Children
as Archibald Ponsonby