Denver Pyle
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
263
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
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Murder, She Wrote
Dallas
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Virginian
The Waltons
Lassie
Maverick
The Rifleman
Wagon Train
The Twilight Zone
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Rawhide
Dr. Kildare
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 Doris Day Show
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Route 66
Ben Casey
The High Chaparral
Cannon
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Barnaby Jones
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
Lawman
The Dukes of Hazzard
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
L.A. Law
Thriller
Cybill
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
The Streets of San Francisco
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
State Trooper
The Millionaire
The Detectives
What a Cartoon!
Bourbon Street Beat
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
Checkmate
The Deputy
Adventures of Superman
Bronco
Petrocelli
The Tall Man
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Riverboat
Mr. Novak
Public Defender
Public Defender
How the West Was Won
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
Broken Arrow
Cimarron Strip
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Great Adventure
Law of the Plainsman
Fury
Incident at Phantom Hill
Cain's Hundred
Hopalong Cassidy
26 Men
The Lone Wolf
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Maverick
The Lieutenant
Grizzly Adams
The Alamo
Train to Alcatraz
The Manhunter
Hondo
The Aquanauts
Gun Duel in Durango
Channing
Behind Closed Doors
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Great Race
National Velvet
The Horse Soldiers
Flame of Youth
Men Into Space
Buffalo Bill Jr.
The Command
Vigilante Terror
Wichita Town
The Roy Rogers Show
Man from the Black Hills
Frontier
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Gunpoint
Cahill: United States Marshal
Streets of San Francisco
Casey Jones
Marshal of Amarillo
Bonnie and Clyde
The Rounders
Fort Massacre
The Lonely Man
Mean Justice
My Friend Flicka
The Old Frontier
Johnny Guitar
Empire
Winterhawk
Topeka
A Perilous Journey
The Maverick
Rebel City
Rage at Dawn
Captain China
The Dukes
To Hell and Back
The Boy from Oklahoma
Karen
Stagecoach West
Escape to Witch Mountain
Red Canyon
The Left Handed Gun
Mutiny
Top Gun
Something Big
Drum Beat
The Lone Hand
Jefferson Drum
Hills of Utah
Jet Pilot
7th Cavalry
Hellfire
Goldtown Ghost Riders
Welcome to Hard Times
Black Like Me
Rough Riders of Durango
Singing Guns
Gunsmoke
Shenandoah
Where the North Begins
King of the Wild Stallions
The Party Crashers
Ten Wanted Men
Guardian of the Wilderness
Please Murder Me
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
Dynamite Pass
The Man from Colorado
The Man from Colorado
Fort Vengeance
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Tammy and the Millionaire
Good Day for a Hanging
Desert Passage
Too Late for Tears
Home from the Hill
The Flying Saucer
Hawmps!
I'm the Law
Geronimo
Bitter Heritage
Hitched
Hog Wild
Oklahoma Annie
Run for Cover
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Cheyenne Autumn
Once Upon a Starry Night
Million Dollar Pursuit
El Paso
Tammy
China Doll
Welcome to L.A.
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
Yaqui Drums
Return from Witch Mountain
Bandolero!
Fargo
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Federal Agent at Large
Legend of the Wild
The Big Wheel
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
5 Card Stud
Ride Clear of Diablo
Legend of the Northwest
Kung Fu
Domino Kid
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Column South
Return to Mayberry
Terrified
Mail Order Bride
Father and Scout
Cast a Long Shadow
The Yellow Mountain
The Naked Hills
Drums in the Deep South
Canyon Ambush
Mara of the Wilderness
Destination 60,000
Rim of the Canyon
Murder or Mercy
Delta Fever
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Customs Agent
Texas Bad Man
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Devil Ship
