Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Sheb Wooley
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 41Series: 14Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 4080
IMDb ID: nm0941125
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1921
Died: September 16, 2003
Age: 82
Place of birth: Erick, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2005
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q1349284
Other jobs
Story (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sheb Wooley.
as Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 • Movie
as Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 • Movie
as Screaming Native American
Golden Dreams
2001 • Movie
as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
A Goofy Movie
1995 • Movie
as Harvey Skitters
Purple People Eater
1988 • Movie
as Cletus Summers
Hoosiers
1986 • Movie
as Anson Sudro
Uphill All the Way
1986 • Movie
as Cavalry Sergeant
Silverado
1985 • Movie
as Mr. Kendrick
The Dollmaker
1984 • Movie
as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
History of the World: Part I
1981 • Movie
as Screaming Thug
The Big Brawl
1980 • Movie
as Travis Cobb
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 • Movie
as Snyder
The War Wagon
1967 • Movie
as Self
Hootenanny Hoot!
1963 • Movie
as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
PT 109
1963 • Movie
as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 • Movie
as Baxter
Terror in a Texas Town
1958 • Movie
as Jonathan Long
Ride a Violent Mile
1957 • Movie
as Townsman
Trooper Hook
1957 • Movie
Without Incident
1957 • Movie
as Bill Lassater
The Black Whip
1956 • Movie
as Gabe Target
Giant
1956 • Movie
as Latigo
Man Without a Star
1955 • Movie
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sheb Wooley.
as Billy Ray Parker • 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984 • Series
1 eps
The Young Rebels
1970 • Series
1 eps
The Mod Squad
1968 • Series
as Pete Nolan • 114 eps
Rawhide
1959 • Series
1 eps
Trackdown
1957 • Series
as Sheriff • 1 eps
Maverick
1957 • Series
as Pete Martin • 1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957 • Series
as Brock • 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 • Series
1 eps
My Friend Flicka
1955 • Series
1 eps
Cheyenne
1955 • Series
1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 • Series
7 eps
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 • Series
as Don Wyman • 1 eps
The Lone Ranger
1949 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 • Series