George 'Gabby' Hayes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

201

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-05-06

Day of death

1969-02-09 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Wellsville, New York, USA

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Biography

George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.

Known For

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Tumbling Tumbleweeds

    Tumbling Tumbleweeds

  • Let Freedom Ring

    Let Freedom Ring

  • In Old Mexico

    In Old Mexico

  • Blue Steel

    Blue Steel

  • Jesse James at Bay

    Jesse James at Bay

  • Sunset Trail

    Sunset Trail

  • For the Defense

    For the Defense

  • The Texas Rangers

    The Texas Rangers

  • Trail Street

    Trail Street

  • Western von gestern

    Western von gestern

  • Trail Dust

    Trail Dust

  • Thunder Mountain

    Thunder Mountain

  • She Who Gets Slapped

    She Who Gets Slapped

  • Dragnet Patrol

    Dragnet Patrol

  • Breed of the Border

    Breed of the Border

  • Song of the Trail

    Song of the Trail

  • Sheriff of Tombstone

    Sheriff of Tombstone

  • Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

    Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

  • Hopalong Cassidy Returns

    Hopalong Cassidy Returns

  • Overland Mail Robbery

    Overland Mail Robbery

  • Robin Hood of the Pecos

    Robin Hood of the Pecos

  • Wall Street Cowboy

    Wall Street Cowboy

  • The Boiling Point

    The Boiling Point

  • Sunset on the Desert

    Sunset on the Desert

  • In Old Monterey

    In Old Monterey

  • The Lucky Texan

    The Lucky Texan

  • City Limits

    City Limits

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • Pride of the West

    Pride of the West

  • Man of Conquest

    Man of Conquest

  • Home in Oklahoma

    Home in Oklahoma

  • Dirigible

    Dirigible

  • Rainbow Over Texas

    Rainbow Over Texas

  • Wyoming

    Wyoming

  • In Old Caliente

    In Old Caliente

  • The Brand of Hate

    The Brand of Hate

  • Renegade Trail

    Renegade Trail

  • The Arizona Kid

    The Arizona Kid

  • In Old Oklahoma

    In Old Oklahoma

  • Fighting Texans

    Fighting Texans

  • Texas Trail

    Texas Trail

  • Broadway to Cheyenne

    Broadway to Cheyenne

  • The Eagle's Brood

    The Eagle's Brood

  • Bandits of the Badlands

    Bandits of the Badlands

  • Rainbow Valley

    Rainbow Valley

  • Randy Rides Alone

    Randy Rides Alone

  • The Man from Thunder River

    The Man from Thunder River

  • Colorado

    Colorado

  • Riders of Destiny

    Riders of Destiny

  • Sunset in El Dorado

    Sunset in El Dorado

  • Days of Jesse James

    Days of Jesse James

  • Rustlers' Valley

    Rustlers' Valley

  • Beggars in Ermine

    Beggars in Ermine

  • Nevada City

    Nevada City

  • Wild Horse Mesa

    Wild Horse Mesa

  • Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

  • Man from Cheyenne

    Man from Cheyenne

  • The Night Rider

    The Night Rider

  • Three on the Trail

    Three on the Trail

  • Silver on the Sage

    Silver on the Sage

  • The Man from Hell

    The Man from Hell

  • Utah

    Utah

  • The Cariboo Trail

    The Cariboo Trail

  • Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

  • South of Santa Fe

    South of Santa Fe

  • West of the Divide

    West of the Divide

  • In Old Cheyenne

    In Old Cheyenne

  • The Frontiersmen

    The Frontiersmen

  • The Untamed Breed

    The Untamed Breed

  • The Lost City

    The Lost City

  • Hidden Valley

    Hidden Valley

  • Cavalier of the West

    Cavalier of the West

  • Red River Valley

    Red River Valley

  • Heart of the Golden West

    Heart of the Golden West

  • Lights of Old Santa Fe

    Lights of Old Santa Fe

  • Sons of the Pioneers

    Sons of the Pioneers

  • The Gallant Fool

    The Gallant Fool

  • Wagons Westward

    Wagons Westward

  • I Married a Doctor

    I Married a Doctor

  • Honeymoon Limited

    Honeymoon Limited

  • God's Country and the Man

    God's Country and the Man

  • Playing Around

    Playing Around

  • The Return of Casey Jones

    The Return of Casey Jones

  • Tucson Raiders

    Tucson Raiders

  • The Phantom Broadcast

    The Phantom Broadcast

  • Texas Terror

    Texas Terror

  • Mystery Liner

    Mystery Liner

  • Oklahoma Jim

    Oklahoma Jim

  • Man from Oklahoma

    Man from Oklahoma

  • Badman's Territory

    Badman's Territory

  • The Plainsman

    The Plainsman

  • Galloping Romeo

    Galloping Romeo

  • The Throwback

    The Throwback

  • Hills of Old Wyoming

    Hills of Old Wyoming

  • Ranger's Code

    Ranger's Code

  • Klondike

    Klondike

  • Smokey Smith

    Smokey Smith

  • Mountain Music

    Mountain Music

  • Song of Arizona

    Song of Arizona

  • Smiling Irish Eyes

    Smiling Irish Eyes

  • The Drifter

    The Drifter

  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

  • The Ranger and the Lady

    The Ranger and the Lady

  • The Stolen Jools

    The Stolen Jools

  • Borderland

    Borderland

  • Wagon Tracks West

    Wagon Tracks West

  • Albuquerque

    Albuquerque

  • Riders of the Desert

    Riders of the Desert

  • Romance on the Range

    Romance on the Range

  • Sunset Serenade

    Sunset Serenade

  • Mojave Firebrand

    Mojave Firebrand

  • Call of the Prairie

    Call of the Prairie

  • The Man from Utah

    The Man from Utah

  • The Outlaw Tamer

    The Outlaw Tamer

  • Self Defense

    Self Defense

  • Swifty

    Swifty

  • Rainbow Man

    Rainbow Man

  • Southward Ho!

    Southward Ho!

  • Tall in the Saddle

    Tall in the Saddle

  • The Lawless Nineties

    The Lawless Nineties

  • 'Neath the Arizona Skies

    'Neath the Arizona Skies

  • El Paso

    El Paso

  • Roll on Texas Moon

    Roll on Texas Moon

  • The Man from Hell's Edges

    The Man from Hell's Edges

  • North of the Rio Grande

    North of the Rio Grande

  • Monte Carlo Nights

    Monte Carlo Nights

  • Top Speed

    Top Speed

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Sphinx

    The Sphinx

  • Return of the Bad Men

    Return of the Bad Men

  • Claim Jumpers

    Claim Jumpers

  • Love Me Tonight

    Love Me Tonight

  • Calling Wild Bill Elliott

    Calling Wild Bill Elliott

  • Fighting Thoroughbreds

    Fighting Thoroughbreds

  • Hidden Valley Outlaws

    Hidden Valley Outlaws

  • Hopalong Rides Again

    Hopalong Rides Again

  • Young Buffalo Bill

    Young Buffalo Bill

  • Heldorado

    Heldorado

  • Ladies Crave Excitement

    Ladies Crave Excitement

  • Bedlam of Beards

    Bedlam of Beards

  • The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

  • Border Devils

    Border Devils

  • Play Girl

    Play Girl

  • Gold Is Where You Find It

    Gold Is Where You Find It

  • Don't Fence Me In

    Don't Fence Me In

  • Sally of the Subway

    Sally of the Subway

  • Bar 20 Justice

    Bar 20 Justice

  • Young Bill Hickok

    Young Bill Hickok

  • In Old Santa Fe

    In Old Santa Fe

  • $1,000 a Minute

    $1,000 a Minute

  • Hitch Hike Lady

    Hitch Hike Lady

  • The Headline Woman

    The Headline Woman

  • Hop-a-long Cassidy

    Hop-a-long Cassidy

  • The Hoosier Schoolmaster

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster

  • Big News

    Big News

  • The Lawless Frontier

    The Lawless Frontier

  • Bar 20 Rides Again

    Bar 20 Rides Again

  • The Big Bonanza

    The Big Bonanza

  • Along the Navajo Trail

    Along the Navajo Trail

  • The Gabby Hayes Show

    The Gabby Hayes Show

  • Ridin' Down the Canyon

    Ridin' Down the Canyon

  • The Star Packer

    The Star Packer

  • The Carson City Kid

    The Carson City Kid

  • House of Mystery

    House of Mystery

  • The Border Legion

    The Border Legion

  • Bordertown Gun Fighters

    Bordertown Gun Fighters

  • Heart of the West

    Heart of the West

  • The Gabby Hayes Show

    The Gabby Hayes Show

  • Death Valley Manhunt

    Death Valley Manhunt

  • Death Flies East

    Death Flies East

  • Dark Command

    Dark Command

  • Big Business Girl

    Big Business Girl

  • My Pal Trigger

    My Pal Trigger

  • Justice of the Range

    Justice of the Range

  • Heart of Arizona

    Heart of Arizona

  • The Western: A Lost TV Special

    The Western: A Lost TV Special

  • Saga of Death Valley

    Saga of Death Valley

  • Rodeo Rocketeers

    Rodeo Rocketeers

  • Bad Man of Deadwood

    Bad Man of Deadwood

  • Winner Take All

    Winner Take All

  • The House Without Children

    The House Without Children

  • Next Of Kin

    Next Of Kin

  • Ship of Wanted Men

    Ship of Wanted Men

  • A Slip at the Switch

    A Slip at the Switch

  • Under Nevada Skies

    Under Nevada Skies

  • The Fighting Champ

    The Fighting Champ

  • The Devil's Mate

    The Devil's Mate

  • The Nevada Buckaroo

    The Nevada Buckaroo

  • Valley of the Lawless

    Valley of the Lawless

  • Crashing Broadway

    Crashing Broadway

  • Texas Buddies

    Texas Buddies

  • Skyway

    Skyway

  • The Shadow Gang

    The Shadow Gang

  • Marshal of Reno

    Marshal of Reno

  • Trailing North

    Trailing North

  • Tombstone Terror

    Tombstone Terror

  • Bells of Rosarita

    Bells of Rosarita

  • Vengence is Mine

    Vengence is Mine

  • Silver Spurs

    Silver Spurs