Sheb Wooley
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.8 |
Birthday | 1921-04-10 |
Place of Birth | Erick, Oklahoma, USA |
Also Known As |
1952
High Noon
7.678/1379
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train....
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High Noon
1956
Giant
7.6/671
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She m...
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Giant
1986
Hoosiers
7.1/483
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a t...
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Hoosiers
1985
Silverado
6.963/693
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside...
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Silverado
1967
The War Wagon
6.885/182
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the...
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The War Wagon
1984
The Dollmaker
7.5/12
During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying...
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The Dollmaker
1957
Trooper Hook
6.6/16
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escape...
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Trooper Hook
1951
Little Big Horn
6.6/8
Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
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Little Big Horn
1952
Cattle Town
6.7/3
The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
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Cattle Town
1988
Purple People Eater
4.9/11
A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being...
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Purple People Eater
1963
Hootenanny Hoot
5/1
The marriage of television director Ted Glover and television producer A.G. Bannister has gone on the rocks because she has permitted her career to ta...
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Hootenanny Hoot
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
5.2/8
A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.
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The Boy from Oklahoma
1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales
7.438/1100
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him -...
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
1952
The Lusty Men
6.632/87
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of...
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The Lusty Men
1956
The Black Whip
0/0
A gang of renegade Civil War soldiers terrorize four women and the owners of an inn as they plot to kidnap the new governor of the state. If all goes...
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The Black Whip
1952
Hellgate
6.7/9
A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.
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Hellgate
1953
Texas Bad Man
0/0
Wayne Morris' B-western series was the last of its kind to be produced in Hollywood. Texas Bad Man casts Morris as a sheriff who happens to be the son...
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Texas Bad Man
1955
Man Without a Star
6.4/101
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
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Man Without a Star
1986
Uphill All the Way
4.8/6
Two unemployed good ol' boys are mistaken for a pair of notorious bank robbers.
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Uphill All the Way
1966
Country Boy
0/0
Singer Link Byrd, Jr. wants to join the Grand Ole Opry, and hooks up with a slippery-slick agent named "Fats" Jackson. Jackson makes him a star but ru...
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Country Boy
1950
Rocky Mountain
5.7/15
A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army...
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Rocky Mountain
1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
0/0
Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring...
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Toughest Man in Arizona
1957
Ride a Violent Mile
4/2
A cowboy stampedes a Rebel plot with a Union spy posing as a dance-hall girl.
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Ride a Violent Mile
1954
Arrow In The Dust
5.9/7
Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Lee Van Cleef and Jimmy Wakely.
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Arrow In The Dust
1951
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
6.4/8
A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1958
Terror in a Texas Town
6.7/41
Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be t...
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Terror in a Texas Town
1980
The Big Brawl
5.973/167
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
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The Big Brawl
1951
Distant Drums
6.3/65
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to re...
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Distant Drums
1960
Sergeant Rutledge
7.1/111
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior office...
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Sergeant Rutledge
1954
Rose Marie
4/7
Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mount...
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Rose Marie
1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
7.183/517
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7.85/9884
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval his...
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1969
The Wild Bunch
7.623/1144
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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