Denver Pyle
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
264
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-05-11
Day of death
1997-12-25 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Bethune, Colorado, USA
Denver Pyle
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85. Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1955, Pyle married Marilee Carpenter, a production assistant at 20th Century Fox. They had sons David and Tony. Marilee and Denver divorced in 1970. In 1983, Pyle married Tippie Johnston. That union lasted until his death. Pyle died of lung cancer on Christmas 1997. Memorial services were held January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife's parents, J.T. Johnston and Erin Birch Johnston. CLR
Known For
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Murder, She Wrote
Dallas
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show
Lassie
The Waltons
Wagon Train
Maverick
The Twilight Zone
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
The Rifleman
The Virginian
The Dukes of Hazzard
L.A. Law
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
Cannon
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Dr. Kildare
Rawhide
The High Chaparral
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Lawman
Ben Casey
Route 66
Barnaby Jones
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
State Trooper
Adventures of Superman
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
Cybill
Thriller
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Streets of San Francisco
The Great Adventure
Checkmate
How the West Was Won
The Guns of Will Sonnett
What a Cartoon!
Maverick
Mr. Novak
The Detectives
Bronco
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Fury
The Millionaire
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Return to Mayberry
The Doris Day Show
Petrocelli
China Doll
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Tall Man
The Lieutenant
Cain's Hundred
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
Return from Witch Mountain
The Deputy
The Manhunter
Johnny Guitar
Cimarron Strip
Law of the Plainsman
Shenandoah
Broken Arrow
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Cast a Long Shadow
Hondo
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
Riverboat
Red Canyon
El Paso
7th Cavalry
Winterhawk
Public Defender
Public Defender
Hellfire
The Command
The Great Race
Bonnie and Clyde
Bourbon Street Beat
Top Gun
Something Big
Drum Beat
Jet Pilot
Gunpoint
Rebel City
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Fort Vengeance
26 Men
Grizzly Adams
Geronimo
Channing
Singing Guns
Hopalong Cassidy
Cheyenne Autumn
Domino Kid
Tammy and the Millionaire
Hitched
Stagecoach West
The Roy Rogers Show
Vigilante Terror
Hog Wild
Bandolero!
Captain China
Desert Passage
Yaqui Drums
Legend of the Northwest
The Lone Wolf
Gunsmoke
The Maverick
Hawmps!
Oklahoma Annie
Dynamite Pass
The Horse Soldiers
Men Into Space
Million Dollar Pursuit
Cahill: United States Marshal
The Aquanauts
Frontier
Empire
Wichita Town
Behind Closed Doors
To Hell and Back
Topeka
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
The Alamo
National Velvet
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
Buffalo Bill Jr.
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Home from the Hill
Escape to Witch Mountain
Column South
Terrified
Rage at Dawn
Casey Jones
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Ride Clear of Diablo
My Friend Flicka
Ten Wanted Men
Run for Cover
Hills of Utah
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
The Left Handed Gun
Incident at Phantom Hill
The Lone Hand
Too Late for Tears
Please Murder Me
The Boy from Oklahoma
5 Card Stud
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Welcome to Hard Times
Guardian of the Wilderness
Delta Fever
Legend of the Wild
The Lonely Man
Gun Duel in Durango
The Man from Colorado
The Man from Colorado
The Yellow Mountain
King of the Wild Stallions
Train to Alcatraz
Good Day for a Hanging
Jefferson Drum
Flame of Youth
The Party Crashers
Streets of San Francisco
Black Like Me
Where the North Begins
Tammy
A Perilous Journey
Death Among Friends
I'm the Law
Marshal of Amarillo
Karen
The Big Wheel
Welcome to L.A.
Federal Agent at Large
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Mail Order Bride
The Flying Saucer
Man from the Black Hills
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Rounders
Goldtown Ghost Riders
The Dukes
Father and Scout
Fort Massacre
Once Upon a Starry Night
Mutiny
Kung Fu
The Old Frontier
Drums in the Deep South
The Naked Hills
Texas Bad Man
Rim of the Canyon
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Mean Justice
Fargo
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Murder or Mercy
Customs Agent
Mara of the Wilderness
Bitter Heritage
Rough Riders of Durango
Destination 60,000
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Devil Ship
Canyon Ambush
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
