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

  • Honeymoon Limited

    Honeymoon Limited

  • Texas Trail

    Texas Trail

  • Oklahoma Jim

    Oklahoma Jim

  • Southward Ho!

    Southward Ho!

  • El Paso

    El Paso

  • Mountain Music

    Mountain Music

  • City Limits

    City Limits

  • Wyoming

    Wyoming

  • Border Devils

    Border Devils

  • Galloping Romeo

    Galloping Romeo

  • Top Speed

    Top Speed

  • Rainbow Man

    Rainbow Man

  • Robin Hood of the Pecos

    Robin Hood of the Pecos

  • Dirigible

    Dirigible

  • Self Defense

    Self Defense

  • I Married a Doctor

    I Married a Doctor

  • In Old Oklahoma

    In Old Oklahoma

  • Wagon Tracks West

    Wagon Tracks West

  • In Old Santa Fe

    In Old Santa Fe

  • The Night Rider

    The Night Rider

  • Smiling Irish Eyes

    Smiling Irish Eyes

  • Klondike

    Klondike

  • Sons of the Pioneers

    Sons of the Pioneers

  • Claim Jumpers

    Claim Jumpers

  • Heldorado

    Heldorado

  • Borderland

    Borderland

  • Wall Street Cowboy

    Wall Street Cowboy

  • Song of Arizona

    Song of Arizona

  • Rustlers' Valley

    Rustlers' Valley

  • Hidden Valley

    Hidden Valley

  • Ladies Crave Excitement

    Ladies Crave Excitement

  • Mojave Firebrand

    Mojave Firebrand

  • Love Me Tonight

    Love Me Tonight

  • The Outlaw Tamer

    The Outlaw Tamer

  • In Old Mexico

    In Old Mexico

  • West of the Divide

    West of the Divide

  • Swifty

    Swifty

  • Crashing Broadway

    Crashing Broadway

  • Monte Carlo Nights

    Monte Carlo Nights

  • Rodeo Rocketeers

    Rodeo Rocketeers

  • Badman's Territory

    Badman's Territory

  • $1,000 a Minute

    $1,000 a Minute

  • Rainbow Valley

    Rainbow Valley

  • Albuquerque

    Albuquerque

  • Wagons Westward

    Wagons Westward

  • Nevada City

    Nevada City

  • Hop-a-long Cassidy

    Hop-a-long Cassidy

  • In Old Caliente

    In Old Caliente

  • Sally of the Subway

    Sally of the Subway

  • House of Mystery

    House of Mystery

  • In Old Cheyenne

    In Old Cheyenne

  • The Border Legion

    The Border Legion

  • Western von gestern

    Western von gestern

  • Randy Rides Alone

    Randy Rides Alone

  • Trail Dust

    Trail Dust

  • Colorado

    Colorado

  • Big Business Girl

    Big Business Girl

  • Playing Around

    Playing Around

  • Winner Take All

    Winner Take All

  • Play Girl

    Play Girl

  • Blue Steel

    Blue Steel

  • Rainbow Over Texas

    Rainbow Over Texas

  • Death Flies East

    Death Flies East

  • Renegade Trail

    Renegade Trail

  • Trailing North

    Trailing North

  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

  • The Plainsman

    The Plainsman

  • The Big Bonanza

    The Big Bonanza

  • Tall in the Saddle

    Tall in the Saddle

  • The Devil's Mate

    The Devil's Mate

  • The Shadow Gang

    The Shadow Gang

  • Riders of the Desert

    Riders of the Desert

  • South of Santa Fe

    South of Santa Fe

  • Riders of Destiny

    Riders of Destiny

  • Trail Street

    Trail Street

  • Bedlam of Beards

    Bedlam of Beards

  • Texas Buddies

    Texas Buddies

  • Dark Command

    Dark Command

  • Return of the Bad Men

    Return of the Bad Men

  • Heart of Arizona

    Heart of Arizona

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • Silver on the Sage

    Silver on the Sage

  • The Lost City

    The Lost City

  • The Stolen Jools

    The Stolen Jools

  • The Star Packer

    The Star Packer

  • Texas Terror

    Texas Terror

  • The Cariboo Trail

    The Cariboo Trail

  • The Lucky Texan

    The Lucky Texan

  • 'Neath the Arizona Skies

    'Neath the Arizona Skies

  • Don't Fence Me In

    Don't Fence Me In

  • Silver Spurs

    Silver Spurs

  • Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

  • Let Freedom Ring

    Let Freedom Ring

  • Young Buffalo Bill

    Young Buffalo Bill

  • Utah

    Utah

  • The Man from Utah

    The Man from Utah

  • Jesse James at Bay

    Jesse James at Bay

  • In Old Monterey

    In Old Monterey

  • The Frontiersmen

    The Frontiersmen

  • The Texas Rangers

    The Texas Rangers

  • Skyway

    Skyway

  • Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

  • My Pal Trigger

    My Pal Trigger

  • Roll on Texas Moon

    Roll on Texas Moon

  • Heart of the West

    Heart of the West

  • Wild Horse Mesa

    Wild Horse Mesa

  • Ridin' Down the Canyon

    Ridin' Down the Canyon

  • Song of the Trail

    Song of the Trail

  • Red River Valley

    Red River Valley

  • The Carson City Kid

    The Carson City Kid

  • Romance on the Range

    Romance on the Range

  • Gold Is Where You Find It

    Gold Is Where You Find It

  • Home in Oklahoma

    Home in Oklahoma

  • Hopalong Cassidy Returns

    Hopalong Cassidy Returns

  • Three on the Trail

    Three on the Trail

  • The Sphinx

    The Sphinx

  • Sunset Serenade

    Sunset Serenade

  • Mystery Liner

    Mystery Liner

  • The Phantom Broadcast

    The Phantom Broadcast

  • Under Nevada Skies

    Under Nevada Skies

  • The Lawless Frontier

    The Lawless Frontier

  • Sunset Trail

    Sunset Trail

  • Tucson Raiders

    Tucson Raiders

  • The Ranger and the Lady

    The Ranger and the Lady

  • Sunset on the Desert

    Sunset on the Desert

  • The Eagle's Brood

    The Eagle's Brood

  • Man of Conquest

    Man of Conquest

  • The Gabby Hayes Show

    The Gabby Hayes Show

  • Dragnet Patrol

    Dragnet Patrol

  • Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

    Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

  • Saga of Death Valley

    Saga of Death Valley

  • Bar 20 Rides Again

    Bar 20 Rides Again

  • Ship of Wanted Men

    Ship of Wanted Men

  • The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

  • The Gallant Fool

    The Gallant Fool

  • Marshal of Reno

    Marshal of Reno

  • The Untamed Breed

    The Untamed Breed

  • The Western: A Lost TV Special

    The Western: A Lost TV Special

  • Along the Navajo Trail

    Along the Navajo Trail

  • Breed of the Border

    Breed of the Border

  • The Return of Casey Jones

    The Return of Casey Jones

  • The Fighting Champ

    The Fighting Champ

  • Calling Wild Bill Elliott

    Calling Wild Bill Elliott

  • Pride of the West

    Pride of the West

  • Heart of the Golden West

    Heart of the Golden West

  • Bad Man of Deadwood

    Bad Man of Deadwood

  • Hitch Hike Lady

    Hitch Hike Lady

  • The Gabby Hayes Show

    The Gabby Hayes Show

  • North of the Rio Grande

    North of the Rio Grande

  • Days of Jesse James

    Days of Jesse James

  • The Arizona Kid

    The Arizona Kid

  • The House Without Children

    The House Without Children

  • Man from Oklahoma

    Man from Oklahoma

  • Fighting Thoroughbreds

    Fighting Thoroughbreds

  • The Lawless Nineties

    The Lawless Nineties

  • Sunset in El Dorado

    Sunset in El Dorado

  • Tumbling Tumbleweeds

    Tumbling Tumbleweeds

  • Tombstone Terror

    Tombstone Terror

  • Big News

    Big News

  • Man from Cheyenne

    Man from Cheyenne

  • Valley of the Lawless

    Valley of the Lawless

  • Hopalong Rides Again

    Hopalong Rides Again

  • The Nevada Buckaroo

    The Nevada Buckaroo

  • Overland Mail Robbery

    Overland Mail Robbery

  • Beggars in Ermine

    Beggars in Ermine

  • Ranger's Code

    Ranger's Code

  • Young Bill Hickok

    Young Bill Hickok

  • Sheriff of Tombstone

    Sheriff of Tombstone

  • The Man from Hell

    The Man from Hell

  • For the Defense

    For the Defense

  • Death Valley Manhunt

    Death Valley Manhunt

  • Bells of Rosarita

    Bells of Rosarita

  • Lights of Old Santa Fe

    Lights of Old Santa Fe

  • The Man from Thunder River

    The Man from Thunder River

  • Justice of the Range

    Justice of the Range

  • Bar 20 Justice

    Bar 20 Justice

  • A Slip at the Switch

    A Slip at the Switch

  • Hills of Old Wyoming

    Hills of Old Wyoming

  • Bordertown Gun Fighters

    Bordertown Gun Fighters

  • Hidden Valley Outlaws

    Hidden Valley Outlaws

  • Call of the Prairie

    Call of the Prairie

  • The Hoosier Schoolmaster

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster

  • The Throwback

    The Throwback

  • She Who Gets Slapped

    She Who Gets Slapped

  • The Headline Woman

    The Headline Woman

  • Smokey Smith

    Smokey Smith

  • Next Of Kin

    Next Of Kin

  • The Brand of Hate

    The Brand of Hate

  • The Man from Hell's Edges

    The Man from Hell's Edges

  • Cavalier of the West

    Cavalier of the West

  • Thunder Mountain

    Thunder Mountain

  • Broadway to Cheyenne

    Broadway to Cheyenne

  • Bandits of the Badlands

    Bandits of the Badlands

  • Vengence is Mine

    Vengence is Mine

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Fighting Texans

    Fighting Texans

  • God's Country and the Man

    God's Country and the Man

  • The Drifter

    The Drifter

  • The Boiling Point

    The Boiling Point