Denver Pyle
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
266
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
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Maverick
The Twilight Zone
The Love Boat
The Andy Griffith Show
Dallas
Lassie
Dr. Kildare
L.A. Law
The Virginian
The Waltons
The Rifleman
Wagon Train
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
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
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Rawhide
Cannon
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Ben Casey
Lawman
Barnaby Jones
Route 66
Maverick
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
Thriller
The High Chaparral
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
Adventures of Superman
Winterhawk
What a Cartoon!
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Cybill
The Streets of San Francisco
El Paso
Hog Wild
The Detectives
Cain's Hundred
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Petrocelli
The Millionaire
The Deputy
Law of the Plainsman
Rebel City
The Lieutenant
Grizzly Adams
Please Murder Me
State Trooper
Hitched
The Great Adventure
Gunsmoke
Fury
Public Defender
Public Defender
The Lone Hand
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
The Yellow Mountain
Red Canyon
The Guns of Will Sonnett
How the West Was Won
Bronco
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Doris Day Show
Cimarron Strip
Checkmate
Riverboat
The Tall Man
Mr. Novak
Jet Pilot
Broken Arrow
Singing Guns
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Black Like Me
The Manhunter
Bandolero!
Bourbon Street Beat
Ten Wanted Men
Fort Vengeance
Hondo
The Flying Saucer
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
To Hell and Back
Frontier
The Aquanauts
Hellfire
Stagecoach West
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Home from the Hill
Behind Closed Doors
King of the Wild Stallions
Wichita Town
Geronimo
Empire
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
Hawmps!
The Lone Wolf
Bonnie and Clyde
5 Card Stud
The Big Wheel
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Topeka
The Roy Rogers Show
Death Among Friends
Men Into Space
Hopalong Cassidy
Jefferson Drum
Tammy
Channing
Something Big
26 Men
Gunpoint
Mail Order Bride
The Dukes
Delta Fever
Father and Scout
The Alamo
Drums in the Deep South
The Horse Soldiers
National Velvet
Terrified
The Great Race
Top Gun
Buffalo Bill Jr.
My Friend Flicka
Cahill: United States Marshal
Cheyenne Autumn
Johnny Guitar
Marshal of Amarillo
Return from Witch Mountain
Shenandoah
The Maverick
Once Upon a Starry Night
I'm the Law
Escape to Witch Mountain
Run for Cover
Karen
The Left Handed Gun
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Man from Colorado
The Man from Colorado
Casey Jones
Murder or Mercy
Too Late for Tears
Fort Massacre
Kung Fu
Rage at Dawn
The Rounders
Mutiny
Where the North Begins
Ride Clear of Diablo
Good Day for a Hanging
The Command
The Naked Hills
Captain China
Cast a Long Shadow
Oklahoma Annie
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Welcome to Hard Times
Incident at Phantom Hill
Drum Beat
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
The Lonely Man
7th Cavalry
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Fargo
Welcome to L.A.
Column South
Train to Alcatraz
Vigilante Terror
Gun Duel in Durango
Tammy and the Millionaire
Hills of Utah
China Doll
Mean Justice
The Boy from Oklahoma
Return to Mayberry
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Domino Kid
Dynamite Pass
Yaqui Drums
Million Dollar Pursuit
Guardian of the Wilderness
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
Mara of the Wilderness
Legend of the Northwest
The Old Frontier
Desert Passage
Rim of the Canyon
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Man from the Black Hills
Flame of Youth
The Party Crashers
Goldtown Ghost Riders
Devil Ship
A Perilous Journey
Streets of San Francisco
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Customs Agent
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Bitter Heritage
Texas Bad Man
Canyon Ambush
Federal Agent at Large
Legend of the Wild
Rough Riders of Durango
Destination 60,000
Podunk Possum in One Step Beyond
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
