Sheb Wooley
Acting
1921-04-10 · Erick, Oklahoma, USA
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.
Filmography
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · Movie
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Movie
Golden Dreams
2001 · Movie
A Goofy Movie
1995 · Movie
Purple People Eater
1988 · Movie
Hoosiers
1986 · Movie
Uphill All the Way
1986 · Movie
Silverado
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
The Dollmaker
1984 · Movie
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Movie
The Big Brawl
1980 · Movie
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · Movie
The Young Rebels
1970 · Series
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
The War Wagon
1967 · Movie
Country Boy
1966 · Movie
Hootenanny Hoot!
1963 · Movie
PT 109
1963 · Movie
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Terror in a Texas Town
1958 · Movie
Ride a Violent Mile
1957 · Movie
Trackdown
1957 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Trooper Hook
1957 · Movie
Without Incident
1957 · Movie
The Black Whip
1956 · Movie
Giant
1956 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
My Friend Flicka
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
Man Without a Star
1955 · Movie
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Movie
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Movie
Arrow In The Dust
1954 · Movie
Rose Marie
1954 · Movie
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 · Movie
Texas Bad Man
1953 · Movie
The Charge at Feather River
1953 · Movie
The Lusty Men
1952 · Movie
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Movie
Cattle Town
1952 · Movie
Hellgate
1952 · Movie
High Noon
1952 · Movie
Distant Drums
1951 · Movie
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · Series
Fort Worth
1951 · Movie
Little Big Horn
1951 · Movie
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · Movie
Apache Drums
1951 · Movie
Rocky Mountain
1950 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series