Dick Foran
Acting • Born 1910-06-18 – Died 1979-08-10
Biography
John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
155 credits
The Mummy's Hand
Movie • 1940
Steve Banning
Private Buckaroo
Movie • 1942
Lon Prentice
In the Navy
Movie • 1941
Dynamite Dugan
The Fearmakers
Movie • 1958
Jim McGinnis
The House of the Seven Gables
Movie • 1940
Matthew Maule
The Mummy's Tomb
Movie • 1942
Prof. Stephen A. Banning
My Little Chickadee
Movie • 1940
Wayne Carter
Black Legion
Movie • 1937
Ed Jackson
Fort Apache
Movie • 1948
Sgt. Quincannon
The Atomic Submarine
Movie • 1959
Dan Wendover
Donovan's Reef
Movie • 1963
Sean O'Brien
Earthworm Tractors
Movie • 1936
Emmet McManus
I Stole a Million
Movie • 1939
Paul Carver
Chicago Confidential
Movie • 1957
Artie Blaine
Please Murder Me
Movie • 1956
Joe Leeds
The Petrified Forest
Movie • 1936
Boze Hertzlinger
Four Daughters
Movie • 1938
Ernest
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Movie • 1937
Dick Foran
California Mail
Movie • 1936
Bill Harkins
Mob Town
Movie • 1941
Frank Conroy
One More Spring
Movie • 1935
Park Policeman
The Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1955
Thomas Mara
Violent Road
Movie • 1958
Frank 'Sarge' Miller
Horror Island
Movie • 1941
Bill Martin
Inside Information
Movie • 1939
Danny Blake
Treachery Rides the Range
Movie • 1936
Red Taylor
The Cherokee Strip
Movie • 1937
Dick Hudson
The Perfect Specimen
Movie • 1937
Jink Carter
Daughters Courageous
Movie • 1939
Eddie Moore
Guest Wife
Movie • 1945
Christopher Price
Four Mothers
Movie • 1941
Ernest Talbot
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Movie • 1951
Frank Jennings
Over the Wall
Movie • 1938
Jerry Davis
Taggart
Movie • 1965
Stark
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Movie • 1938
Sam Thorne
Song of the Saddle
Movie • 1936
Frank Wilson, Jr.
Private Detective
Movie • 1939
Jim Rickey
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemy's Wife
Movie • 1936
Thomas Duncan McKay
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Treasure of Ruby Hills
Movie • 1955
Alan Doran
Studs Lonigan
Movie • 1960
Patrick Lonigan
Heart of the North
Movie • 1938
Alan Baker
Shipmates Forever
Movie • 1935
Gifford
Moonlight on the Prairie
Movie • 1935
Ace Andrews
El Paso
Movie • 1949
Sheriff La Farge
Secrets of a Nurse
Movie • 1938
'Killer' Lee Burke
Guns of the Pecos
Movie • 1936
Steve Ainslee
Land Beyond the Law
Movie • 1937
Charles "Chip" Douglas
Winners of the West
Movie • 1940
Jeff Ramsay
Deputy Marshal
Movie • 1949
Joel Benton
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie • 1938
Pete Martin
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1947
Dale Whipple
Change of Heart
Movie • 1934
Nick
Sierra Stranger
Movie • 1957
Bert Gaines
She Loved a Fireman
Movie • 1937
James "Red" Tyler
It's A Small World
Movie • 1935
Motor Cop
The Big Night
Movie • 1960
Ed Robello
Boy Meets Girl
Movie • 1938
Larry Toms
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Long John Wynn
Out Where the Stars Begin
Movie • 1938
Dick Foran
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Bronco Bob Mitchell
Gentlemen Are Born
Movie • 1934
Smudge Casey
The Big Noise
Movie • 1936
Don Andrews
Four Wives
Movie • 1939
Ernest Talbot
Road Agent
Movie • 1941
Duke Masters
Rangers of Fortune
Movie • 1940
Johnny Cash
Prairie Thunder
Movie • 1937
Rod Farrell
Blazing Sixes
Movie • 1937
Red Barton
Empty Holsters
Movie • 1937
Clay Brent
The Devil's Saddle Legion
Movie • 1937
Tal Holladay
The Golden Arrow
Movie • 1936
Tommy Blake
The Sisters
Movie • 1938
Tom Knivel
Trailin' West
Movie • 1936
Lieut. Red Colton
Butch Minds the Baby
Movie • 1942
Dennis Devlin
Dangerous
Movie • 1935
Teddy
Riders of Death Valley
Movie • 1941
Jim Benton
Keep 'Em Flying
Movie • 1941
Jinx Roberts
The Kid from Kansas
Movie • 1941
Kansas
Hi, Buddy
Movie • 1943
Dave O'Connor
Behind the Eight Ball
Movie • 1942
Bill Edwards
He's My Guy
Movie • 1943
Van Moore
Should I Marry Outside My Faith?
Movie • 1962
Breakdowns of 1936
Movie • 1936
Self
Student Tour
Movie • 1934
Assistant Manager
Night of Execution
Movie • 1955
Robert Maxwell
The Lottery Lover
Movie • 1935
Cadet
The Sunday Round-Up
Movie • 1936
Parson Ted Burke
Accent on Youth
Movie • 1935
Butch
Hollywood Wonderland
Movie • 1947
Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Movie • 1966
The Prospector
Movieland Magic
Movie • 1946
(archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1937
Movie • 1937
Self
Blow-Ups of 1946
Movie • 1946
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Unfinished Business
Movie • 1941
Frank
The Kill
Movie • 1952
Jeff Clark
Stand Up and Cheer!
Movie • 1934
Nick Foran
Thundering Jets
Movie • 1958
Col. Henry Spalding
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Movie • 1936
Hero for a Day
Movie • 1939
Brainy Thornton
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie • 1942
Self
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Movie • 1935
Walt Lansing
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Colton
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Dr. David Craig
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Sheriff
Studio One
TV • 1948
Lassie
TV • 1954
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Fred Haines
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Major Taggert
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Jeremiah
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Hugh Waring
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Duggan
Yancy Derringer
TV • 1958
Mr. Halligan
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Bob
Climax!
TV • 1954
Robert Maxwell
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
David Steele
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Sheriff D. Wilkes
The Dakotas
TV • 1963
Lawman
TV • 1958
Suspense
TV • 1949
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
The Swamp Fox
TV • 1959
Gabriel Marion
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Paul Adams
State Trooper
TV • 1956
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Phil
O.K. Crackerby
TV • 1965
The O. Henry Playhouse
TV • 1957
Calliope
Maverick
TV • 1957
Sheriff Edwards
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Mayor
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Frank Devereaux
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Matt
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
King Beaumont
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Esau Hepburn
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Mr. Murdock
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Will Foster
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Simon Doggett
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Frank Koster
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Steve Benton
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Harlan Merrill
Studio One
TV • 1948
Russ Adams
Studio One
TV • 1948
Jeff Clark
Studio One
TV • 1948
Larry
Climax!
TV • 1954
Luke Bradshaw
Death Valley Days
TV • 1952
Ferguson
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Thomas Mara
State Trooper
TV • 1956
George Larkin