Sheb Wooley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 10, 1921
- Died
- September 16, 2003 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Erick, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Martians vs Mexicans
Movie · as Screaming Man
Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure
Movie · as Toto's Scream
Resident Evil: Extinction
Movie · as Screaming Tortured Person
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Movie · as Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie · as Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Golden Dreams
Movie · as Screaming Native American
A Goofy Movie
Movie · as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Purple People Eater
Movie · as Harvey Skitters
Hoosiers
Movie · as Cletus Summers
Uphill All the Way
Movie · as Anson Sudro
Silverado
Movie · as Cavalry Sergeant
The Dollmaker
Movie · as Mr. Kendrick
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Billy Ray Parker · 1 ep
History of the World: Part I
Movie · as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Big Brawl
Movie · as Screaming Thug
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Movie · as Travis Cobb
The Young Rebels
TV · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
The War Wagon
Movie · as Snyder
Country Boy
Movie
Hootenanny Hoot!
Movie · as Self
PT 109
Movie · as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie · as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Rawhide
TV · as Pete Nolan · 114 eps
Terror in a Texas Town
Movie · as Baxter (uncredited)
Trooper Hook
Movie · as Townsman
Ride a Violent Mile
Movie · as Jonathan Long
Without Incident
Movie
Maverick
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
Trackdown
TV · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Pete Martin · 1 ep
Giant
Movie · as Gabe Target
The Black Whip
Movie · as Bill Lassater
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Brock · 1 ep
Man Without a Star
Movie · as Latigo
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · as Luke McGuire (uncredited) · 1 ep
My Friend Flicka
TV · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · as Chev Jones · 1 ep
Arrow In The Dust
Movie · as Trooper (uncredited)
The Boy from Oklahoma
Movie · as Pete Martin
Rose Marie
Movie · as Corporal
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie · as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
Movie · as Posseman (uncredited)
Texas Bad Man
Movie · as Mack
The Charge at Feather River
Movie · as Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
High Noon
Movie · as Ben Miller
Toughest Man in Arizona
Movie
Cattle Town
Movie · as Miller
The Lusty Men
Movie · as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
Hellgate
Movie · as Neill Price
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Movie
Little Big Horn
Movie · as Quince
Distant Drums
Movie · as Pvt. Jessup
Fort Worth
Movie · as Outrider (uncredited)
Apache Drums
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV · 7 eps
Rocky Mountain
Movie · as Kay Rawlins
The Lone Ranger
TV · as Don Wyman, Hatton, Tex · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep