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
Gabby Kendrick
My Pal Trigger
Charlie Denton
Riders of Destiny
- Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
Randy Rides Alone
Sheriff Ed Williams
Texas Terror
Jake 'Grandy' Benson
The Lucky Texan
Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
'Dusty'
West of the Divide
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Dark Command
Despirit Dean
In Old Oklahoma
Juke
Albuquerque
Dave
Tall in the Saddle
Matt Matlock
The Star Packer
Pearson (as George Hayes)
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Butterfield
The Lost City
Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
Bad Man of Deadwood
Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
Badman's Territory
Gabby Whittaker
The Carson City Kid
Gabby
Colorado
Dusty
The Lawless Frontier
Ford Cruze
The Throwback
Drag Harlan
Silver Spurs
Judge Snow
The Texas Rangers
Spike
The Eagle's Brood
Windy Halliday
Bar 20 Justice
Windy Halliday
The Frontiersmen
Windy Halliday
In Old Mexico
Windy Halliday
Pride of the West
Windy Halliday
Renegade Trail
Windy Halliday
Silver on the Sage
Windy Halliday
Sunset Trail
Windy Halliday
Three on the Trail
Windy Halliday
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Windy Halliday
Hopalong Rides Again
Windy Halliday
North of the Rio Grande
Uncle Ben
Hop-a-long Cassidy
Windy Jenkins
Heart of the West
Windy Halliday
Texas Trail
Windy Halliday
Borderland
Windy Halliday
Bar 20 Rides Again
Shanghai McHenry
Call of the Prairie
Windy Halliday
Rustlers' Valley
Windy Halliday
Hills of Old Wyoming
Windy Halliday
Heart of Arizona
Windy Halliday
Trail Dust
Gabby Whittaker
Home in Oklahoma
Gabby
Sunset Serenade
Gabby Whittaker
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Gabby
Sheriff of Tombstone
Gabby Whittake
Bells of Rosarita
Gabby Whittaker
Heldorado
Gabby Whittaker
Roll on Texas Moon
Gabby Whittaker
Under Nevada Skies
Honest John Whittaker
The Border Legion
'Gabby' Whitaker
Young Bill Hickok
Marshal George Higgins
The Man from Utah
George Hale
Rainbow Valley
Sheriff Jake Withers
Blue Steel
Bill
Rainbow Man
Billy Jones
Trail Street
Major Carter
The Lawless Nineties
Arapaho Brown
In Old Cheyenne
Gabby
Sunset in El Dorado
Gabby Whittaker
Young Buffalo Bill
Squint Sanders
Border Devils
Sheriff Jake Withers
Bandits of the Badlands
Matt Matlock
The Shadow Gang
'Dusty'
Next Of Kin
Gabby Whittaker
The Arizona Kid
Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
Rainbow Over Texas
Hap Selby
The Big Bonanza
Gabby Whittaker
Red River Valley
Gabby
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Gabby
Southward Ho!
Gabby
Heart of the Golden West
Gabby Whittaker
Man from Cheyenne
Gabby Whittaker
The Ranger and the Lady
Gabby Whittaker
South of Santa Fe
Gabby Whittaker
Sunset on the Desert
Tom Ross
Klondike
Altoonie
The Night Rider
George Duncan
The Boiling Point
Grizzly
Galloping Romeo
Timothy Shine
The Return of Casey Jones
Cactus
In Old Santa Fe
Inspector Nick Gunby
Monte Carlo Nights
Gabby Whittaker
Utah
John Pettit
Return of the Bad Men
Lannie Upchurch
Man of Conquest
Gabby
Marshal of Reno
Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
Jesse James at Bay
McCloskey
Ladies Crave Excitement
Gabby
Days of Jesse James
'Gabby' Hopkins
Tucson Raiders
Gabby Whittaker
Song of Arizona
Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Gabby
Romance on the Range
Dr. Parker
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Pop Wilkie
Let Freedom Ring
Cherokee Williams
The Nevada Buckaroo
Hashknife Brooks
Riders of the Desert
Pinkham
Honeymoon Limited
Gabby Whittaker
Sons of the Pioneers
Pesky Tees
El Paso
Deputy Smoot
A Slip at the Switch
Grizzly
The Cariboo Trail
Ben (the waiter)
For the Defense
Gabby
Saga of Death Valley
Private Detective
Dragnet Patrol
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Gabby Whittaker
In Old Monterey
Gabby Chapman
Nevada City
Shamrock Cassidy
The Man from Hell's Edges
Bill Larkins
The Brand of Hate
Enoch
Gold Is Where You Find It
John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
Justice of the Range
Miner
Hitch Hike Lady
Sheriff Bill Ryan
Cavalier of the West
Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Playing Around
Wotkyns
Death Flies East
George Taylor
Skyway
Breezy
The Plainsman
Hoffman
Big News
Western Union Clerk
Top Speed
Soupy Baxter
Tombstone Terror
Gabby Whittaker
Along the Navajo Trail
Gabby
Wall Street Cowboy
Blaze Bart
Smokey Smith
Charlie Carter
City Limits
Gabby Hayes
Death Valley Manhunt
Gabby Hayes
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Bearded Man
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Gabby Hayes
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Banker Colonel Campbell
The Man from Hell
Gabby
In Old Caliente
Police Lieutenant Paxton
Sally of the Subway
Parade Official (uncredited)
Dirigible
Baxter (as George Hayes)
Ranger's Code
Dad Denton
The Gallant Fool
Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
Swifty
Gabby Whittaker
Don't Fence Me In
Hardtack
Wagons Westward
Flash Ryan
Trailing North
Grandpaw Jenkins
Valley of the Lawless
Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
The Outlaw Tamer
Gabby Whittaker
Man from Oklahoma
Gabby
Wagon Tracks West
Foley
Thunder Mountain
Windy Lucas
The Untamed Breed
Pete
The Fighting Champ
New Deal Watson
$1,000 a Minute
Gabby Hayes
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Gramps Montrose
Fighting Thoroughbreds
Crewman
Ship of Wanted Men
Dan Hobson
Song of the Trail
Projectionist
The Stolen Jools
Jake Benson
Claim Jumpers
Train Station Agent
I Married a Doctor
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Big Business Girl
Pop Laramie
Melody Ranch
Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
Winner Take All
Joe, the Watchman
Mystery Liner
Gabby Whittaker
The Man from Thunder River
Detective Casey
The Sphinx
Poker Player
She Who Gets Slapped
Gabby
Overland Mail Robbery
Gabby Hayes
Mojave Firebrand
Slack
Wild Horse Mesa
Windy Gibson
Wyoming
Chuck Wiggins
Breed of the Border
Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
Play Girl
Si Haller
Texas Buddies
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Grocer (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
Bedlam of Beards
David Fells
House of Mystery
Matt Downing
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Granpappy Burnside
Mountain Music
Stingaree Kelly
God's Country and the Man
Duffy
The Headline Woman
Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
Hidden Valley
Crooked Gambler
Oklahoma Jim
Walrus
Broadway to Cheyenne
Jury Foreman
Self Defense
Police Lieutenant
The Phantom Broadcast
J. Talbot Thorndyke
Crashing Broadway
Pop Martin
Fighting Texans
Judge Tyler
The Fugitive
Collins
The Devil's Mate
Joe Wilson
Beggars in Ermine
Archibald Ponsonby
The House Without Children
Taxi Driver
Smiling Irish Eyes
Lucas
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
192
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-05-06
Place of Birth
Wellsville, New York, USA
Also Known As
George Francis Hayes