Dennis Fimple
Acting • Born 1940-11-11 – Died 2002-08-23
Biography
He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides, Petticoat Junction, Matt Houston, M*A*S*H, Centennial, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Sledge Hammer!, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap and ER. He also had roles in films such as Truck Stop Women (1974), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Goin' South (1978), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982) and Maverick (1994), and shared the lead in Bootleggers (1974) and Creature from Black Lake (1976). His most popular role was that of the lovable but none-too-bright Devil's Hole Gang member, Kyle Murtry, on the ABC comedy/western series, Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Fimple appeared in seven episodes and remains a favorite of fans of the series. In 1993-1994, he appeared as Garral in seven episodes of the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series Harts of the West on CBS. His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film, House of 1000 Corpses, as the foul-mouthed Grandpa Hugo. Fimple was born in Taft, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple.[1] He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958.[2] He died in Frazier Park, California in August 2002 from a car accident.
Filmography
82 credits
House of 1000 Corpses
Movie • 2003
Grandpa Hugo Firefly
Of Mice and Men
Movie • 1981
Whit
Stay Hungry
Movie • 1976
Bubba
Maverick
Movie • 1994
Stuttering
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
Movie • 1974
Farron
Creature from Black Lake
Movie • 1976
Pahoo
The Shadow of Chikara
Movie • 1977
Posey
Cactus in the Snow
Movie • 1971
Mr. Murray
Truck Stop Women
Movie • 1974
Curly
A Summer to Remember
Movie • 1985
Smitty
Gidget Gets Married
Movie • 1972
Policeman
The Evictors
Movie • 1979
Mr. Bumford
Winterhawk
Movie • 1975
Scoby
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Movie • 1978
Lem
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Movie • 1976
McGirk
Bootleggers
Movie • 1974
Dewey Crenshaw
Fangs
Movie • 2002
Goin' South
Movie • 1978
Hangman
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Movie • 1980
Aiken
B.J. and the Bear
Movie • 1978
Second Deputy
King Kong
Movie • 1976
Sunfish
Once Upon a Texas Train
Movie • 1988
Telegrapher
White House Madness
Movie • 1975
Bob Haldeman
Death Falls
Movie • 1991
Griff
Down Periscope
Movie • 1996
Fisherman
You and Me
Movie • 1975
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Movie • 1972
Wounded Man in Bar
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Movie • 1975
Rudy Hooks
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Movie • 1979
Blackface / Charlie Bright
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Movie • 1978
The Salt Flat Kid
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Movie • 1982
Lamont
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Movie • 1971
Hotel clerk
Hawken's Breed
Movie • 1987
Crowley
Mackintosh and T.J.
Movie • 1975
Schuster
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Movie • 1990
Henderson (Townsman)
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Movie • 1991
Straw Hat
Swing Shift
Movie • 1984
Rupert George
Honky Tonk
Movie • 1974
Summertree
Movie • 1971
Shelly
Body Slam
Movie • 1986
Elmo
Young Pioneers
Movie • 1976
Man in Land Office
The Sky Trap
Movie • 1979
Wilks
A Family for Joe
Movie • 1990
Man at Mission Door
Sledge Hammer!
TV • 1986
Shy Eddie
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Sergeant 'Sparky' Pryor
B. J. and the Bear
TV • 1979
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV • 1993
Gully Barton
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Riley
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Cates
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Virgil
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Virgil
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Elwood
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
George Bartlett
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Red Norton
Weird Science
TV • 1994
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Mechanic
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Renfro
ER
TV • 1994
Dante
S.W.A.T.
TV • 1975
McCloud
TV • 1970
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Bo
Get Christie Love!
TV • 1974
Harts of the West
TV • 1993
Garral
I Know My First Name Is Steven
TV • 1989
Fred
Automan
TV • 1983
Taxi Driver
Sledge Hammer!
TV • 1986
Informant
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Farmer
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Sergeant
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV • 1969
Party Guest (uncredited)
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Joey Small
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Homeless Man
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV • 1997
Daryl (segment "They Towed My Car")
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Duggy
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Deputy Kyle Kane
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Man
The Doris Day Show
TV • 1968
Herman Simpson
Lincoln
TV • 1974
Yarrow
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Sheriff Duffy
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Kyle