
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Known for Acting · 201 credits
- Born
- 1885-05-06
- Died
- 1969-02-09
- Place of birth
- Wellsville, New York, USA
- Also known as
- George Francis Hayes · George Hayes · George Francis "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
TV Shows (5)
Movies (196)

Melody Ranch
1940
as Pop Laramie

The Plainsman
1936
as Breezy

Borderland
1937
as Windy Halliday

Trail Street
1947
as Billy Jones

Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Dave

Skyway
1933
as George Taylor

Heldorado
1946
as Gabby Whittaker

In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Despirit Dean

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

Nevada City
1941
as Gabby Chapman

Dirigible
1931
as Parade Official (uncredited)

Tucson Raiders
1944
as 'Gabby' Hopkins

Oklahoma Jim
1931
as Crooked Gambler

Texas Trail
1937
as Windy Halliday

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)

Tombstone Terror
1935
as Soupy Baxter

Silverspurs
1936
as Drag Harlan

Blue Steel
1934
as Sheriff Jake Withers

Big News
1929
as Hoffman

The Fugitive
1933
as Judge Tyler

Utah
1945
as Gabby Whittaker

The Sphinx
1933
as Detective Casey

The Lawless Nineties
1936
as Major Carter

Dark Command
1940
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

El Paso
1949
as Pesky Tees

Song of Arizona
1946
as Gabby Whittaker

Wall Street Cowboy
1939
as Gabby

The Cariboo Trail
1950
as Grizzly

Along the Navajo Trail
1945
as Gabby Whittaker

Texas Terror
1935
as Sheriff Ed Williams

Rustlers' Valley
1937
as Windy Halliday

The Frontiersmen
1938
as Windy Halliday

Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Pop Wilkie

Colorado
1940
as Gabby

Hidden Valley
1932
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat

Badman's Territory
1946
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid

Top Speed
1930
as Western Union Clerk

Southward Ho!
1939
as Gabby

Heart of Arizona
1938
as Windy Halliday

Play Girl
1932
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)

Bar 20 Justice
1938
as Windy Halliday

Call of the Prairie
1936
as Shanghai McHenry

Love Me Tonight
1932
as Grocer (uncredited)

The Lawless Frontier
1934
as Dusty

Swifty
1935
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)

Return of the Bad Men
1948
as John Pettit

The Gallant Fool
1933
as Dad Denton

Playing Around
1930
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)

Cavalier of the West
1931
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
as Gramps Montrose

Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Enoch

Sunset Serenade
1942
as Gabby

Border Devils
1932
as Squint Sanders

Honeymoon Limited
1935
as Pinkham

'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Matt Downing

Wyoming
1947
as Windy Gibson

Crashing Broadway
1933
as J. Talbot Thorndyke

Riders of Destiny
1933
as Charlie Denton

West of the Divide
1934
as 'Dusty'

South of Santa Fe
1942
as Gabby Whittaker

Mystery Liner
1934
as Joe, the Watchman

Rainbow Valley
1935
as George Hale

Heart of the Golden West
1942
as Gabby

House of Mystery
1934
as David Fells

My Pal Trigger
1946
as Gabby Kendrick

Self Defense
1932
as Jury Foreman

Monte Carlo Nights
1934
as Inspector Nick Gunby

The Texas Rangers
1936
as Judge Snow

The Star Packer
1934
as Matt Matlock

Klondike
1932
as Tom Ross

The Devil's Mate
1933
as Collins

The Border Legion
1940
as Honest John Whittaker

The Carson City Kid
1940
as Gabby Whittaker

Days of Jesse James
1939
as Gabby

The Stolen Jools
1931
as Projectionist

Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Gabby Whittake

The Brand of Hate
1934
as Bill Larkins

The Headline Woman
1935
as Duffy

Albuquerque
1948
as Juke

Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
as Uncle Ben

Sunset Trail
1939
as Windy Halliday

Randy Rides Alone
1934
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute

Claim Jumpers
1934
as Jake Benson

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Lucas

Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
as Gabby

Pride of the West
1938
as Windy Halliday

Next Of Kin
1934
as 'Dusty'

Sunset in El Dorado
1945
as Gabby

Romance on the Range
1942
as Gabby

The Man from Hell
1934
as Banker Colonel Campbell

Young Bill Hickok
1940
as 'Gabby' Whitaker

Trailing North
1933
as Flash Ryan

$1,000 a Minute
1935
as New Deal Watson

In Old Caliente
1939
as Gabby

The Lucky Texan
1934
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Bearded Man

Justice of the Range
1935
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson

Texas Buddies
1932
as Si Haller

Sunset on the Desert
1942
as Gabby Whittaker

The Man from Utah
1934
as Marshal George Higgins

Winner Take All
1932
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)

Silver on the Sage
1939
as Windy Halliday

Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
as Gabby Hayes

The Eagle's Brood
1935
as Spike

Trail Dust
1936
as Windy Halliday

The Man from Thunder River
1943
as Gabby Whittaker

The Ranger and the Lady
1940
as Gabby Whittaker

Man of Conquest
1939
as Lannie Upchurch

Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone

The Untamed Breed
1948
as Windy Lucas

Red River Valley
1941
as Gabby Whittaker

For the Defense
1930
as Ben (the waiter)

The Nevada Buckaroo
1931
as Cherokee Williams

Big Business Girl
1931
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Gabby Hayes

Overland Mail Robbery
1943
as Gabby

Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Windy Halliday

Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Slack

I Married a Doctor
1936
as Train Station Agent
About George 'Gabby' Hayes
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 Hop… With 201 credits spanning from 1919 to 1978, George 'Gabby' Hayes has appeared in 196 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular George 'Gabby' Hayes Movies
- Melody Ranch (1940) — as Pop Laramie
- The Plainsman (1936) — as Breezy
- Borderland (1937) — as Windy Halliday
- Trail Street (1947) — as Billy Jones
- Tall in the Saddle (1944) — as Dave
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