Sheb Wooley
Acting • Born 1921-04-10 – Died 2003-09-16
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.
Filmography
58 credits
High Noon
Movie • 1952
Ben Miller
Giant
Movie • 1956
Gabe Target
Hoosiers
Movie • 1986
Cletus
Silverado
Movie • 1985
Cavalry Sergeant
The War Wagon
Movie • 1967
Snyder
The Dollmaker
Movie • 1984
Mr. Kendrick
Toughest Man in Arizona
Movie • 1952
Arrow In The Dust
Movie • 1954
Trooper (uncredited)
Trooper Hook
Movie • 1957
Townsman
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Movie • 1951
Little Big Horn
Movie • 1951
Quince
Terror in a Texas Town
Movie • 1958
Baxter
Cattle Town
Movie • 1952
Miller
The Big Brawl
Movie • 1980
Screaming Thug
Distant Drums
Movie • 1951
Pvt. Jessup
Ride a Violent Mile
Movie • 1957
Jonathan Long
Purple People Eater
Movie • 1988
Harvey Skitters
Hootenanny Hoot
Movie • 1963
Self
The Boy from Oklahoma
Movie • 1954
Pete Martin
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Movie • 1976
Travis Cobb
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie • 1960
Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Rose Marie
Movie • 1954
Corporal
Texas Bad Man
Movie • 1953
Mack
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie • 1954
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
Movie • 1952
Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
The Black Whip
Movie • 1956
Bill Lassater
Hellgate
Movie • 1952
Neill Price
Man Without a Star
Movie • 1955
Latigo
Uphill All the Way
Movie • 1986
Anson Sudro
Country Boy
Movie • 1966
Rocky Mountain
Movie • 1950
Kay Rawlins
Fort Worth
Movie • 1951
Outrider (uncredited)
The Charge at Feather River
Movie • 1953
Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
Movie • 1954
Posseman (uncredited)
PT 109
Movie • 1963
Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
A Goofy Movie
Movie • 1995
Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Apache Drums
Movie • 1951
Townsman (uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie • 2002
Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Movie • 2005
Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
Without Incident
Movie • 1957
History of the World: Part I
Movie • 1981
Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Maverick
TV • 1957
Sheriff
Trackdown
TV • 1957
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Pete Nolan
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
The Young Rebels
TV • 1970
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Pete Martin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Brock
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
My Friend Flicka
TV • 1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Don Wyman
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Hatton
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Billy Ray Parker
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Tex
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Luke McGuire (uncredited)