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