Denver Pyle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1920
- Died
- Dec 25, 1997 (aged 77)
- Place of birth
- Bethune, Colorado, USA
- Credits
- 223
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Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85.
Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the United States Merchant Marine.
In 1955, Pyle married Marilee Carpenter, a production assistant at 20th Century Fox. They had sons David and Tony. Marilee and Denver divorced in 1970. In 1983, Pyle married Tippie Johnston. That union lasted until his death.
Pyle died of lung cancer on Christmas 1997. Memorial services were held January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife's parents, J.T. Johnston and Erin Birch Johnston. CLR
Known for
Bonnie and Clyde
1967Movie
Frank Hamer
Maverick
1994Movie
Old Gambler on Riverboat
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Amos Carruthers
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Stu Tillman
Bonanza
1959TV
Price Buchanan, Claude Roman, Sheriff Ed, Marcus Caldwell, Theodore 'Ted' Hackett, Sheriff Tom Stedman, Warden
Johnny Guitar
1954Movie
Posseman (uncredited)
Filmography
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997Movie
Uncle Jesse Duke
What a Cartoon!
1995TV
Podunk Possum (voice)
Cybill
1995TV
Denver Pyle (uncredited)
Father and Scout
1994Movie
George Rosebrock
Maverick
1994Movie
Old Gambler on Riverboat
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992Movie
Self
Delta Fever
1987Movie
Walt
L.A. Law
1986TV
Harold Nordoff
Return to Mayberry
1986Movie
Briscoe Darling
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Eben Connors
The Dukes
1983TV
Uncle Jesse (voice)
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
1983Movie
Narrator
Legend of the Wild
1981Movie
Narrator (Voice)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979Movie
Self
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979TV
Jesse Duke
Once Upon a Starry Night
1978Movie
Mad Jack
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
1978Movie
Narrator
Dallas
1978TV
Blackie Callahan
Return from Witch Mountain
1978Movie
Uncle Bene
Legend of the Northwest
1978Movie
Abner
The Love Boat
1977TV
Eric Springer
Grizzly Adams
1977TV
Mad Jack
How the West Was Won
1977TV
Sgt. Tripp
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976Movie
Galen Clark
Welcome to L.A.
1976Movie
Carl Barber
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
1976Movie
Senator Austin
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976Movie
The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
Hawmps!
1976Movie
Col. Seymour Hawkins
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
1976Movie
Old mountain man
Winterhawk
1975Movie
Arkansas
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975Movie
Ben as an Adult
Death Among Friends
1975Movie
Morgan
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975Movie
Uncle Bene
Petrocelli
1974TV
Andrew Warburton
The Manhunter
1974TV
Sam Dickerson
Murder or Mercy
1974Movie
Amos Champion
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974Movie
Grandpappy John
Hog Wild
1974Movie
Dr. Larson
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973Movie
Denver
Hitched
1973Movie
Ben Barnstable
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Stayley Kircher
Kung Fu
1972TV
Dr. Joseph Colton
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Carl Armstrong
The Waltons
1972TV
Cousin Homer Lee Baldwin
Something Big
1971Movie
Junior Frisbee
Cannon
1971TV
Sheriff Hogsett
Mean Justice
1971Movie
Tom Rawling
The Doris Day Show
1968TV
Buck Webb
5 Card Stud
1968Movie
Sig Evers
Bandolero!
1968Movie
Muncie Carter
The High Chaparral
1967TV
General Warren
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
Sam Cochran
Hondo
1967TV
Judge Amos Blunt
Cimarron Strip
1967TV
Charley Austin
Bonnie and Clyde
1967Movie
Frank Hamer
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967Movie
Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
Welcome to Hard Times
1967Movie
Alfie - Stage Driver
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966Movie
1st Hunter
Gunpoint
1966Movie
Cap
Mara of the Wilderness
1965Movie
Kelly
Tammy
1965TV
Mordecai Tarleton
The Great Race
1965Movie
Sheriff
Shenandoah
1965Movie
Pastor Bjoerling
The Rounders
1965Movie
Bull
Cheyenne Autumn
1964Movie
Sen. Henry (uncredited)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964TV
Titus Purcell
Black Like Me
1964Movie
Man in pick-up truck
Mail Order Bride
1964Movie
Preacher Pope
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Gen. Mills
Mr. Novak
1963TV
Brill
Temple Houston
1963TV
Phineas Fallon
Channing
1963TV
Sam Riddle
Arrest and Trial
1963TV
Jack Felton
The Lieutenant
1963TV
Maj. Matthew Morrissey
Terrified
1963Movie
Sheriff Dixon
Empire
1962TV
Tom Rawling
The Virginian
1962TV
Pico Brown
Geronimo
1962Movie
Senator Conrad
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Amos Carruthers
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961TV
Uncle George
Ben Casey
1961TV
Dallas Hopewell
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
R. E. Lenger
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Chief Amos Trask
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961TV
Captain Lister
The Alamo
1960Movie
Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Route 66
1960TV
Father Prior, Joe Wylie
Stagecoach West
1960TV
Hewitt
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
Briscoe Darling
National Velvet
1960TV
Jed Corrigan
Checkmate
1960TV
Terry Adams
The Aquanauts
1960TV
Captain Leo Stohl
Thriller
1960TV
Ortho Wheeler
The Tall Man
1960TV
Marshal Dave Leggert
Home from the Hill
1960Movie
Mr. Bradley
The Detectives
1959TV
Bill Darien
Bourbon Street Beat
1959TV
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Stu Tillman
Law of the Plainsman
1959TV
Burke Carew
Men Into Space
1959TV
Wichita Town
1959TV
Riverboat
1959TV
Jim Bledsoe
The Deputy
1959TV
Akins, Frank Barton
Bonanza
1959TV
Price Buchanan, Claude Roman, Sheriff Ed, Marcus Caldwell, Theodore 'Ted' Hackett, Sheriff Tom Stedman, Warden
Cast a Long Shadow
1959Movie
Preacher Harrison
The Horse Soldiers
1959Movie
Jackie Jo
King of the Wild Stallions
1959Movie
MacGuire's Henchman
Rawhide
1959TV
John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade
Good Day for a Hanging
1959Movie
Deputy Ed Moore
Bat Masterson
1958TV
Dan Morgan, Walsh (uncredited)
Lawman
1958TV
Glen Folsom, Sam Brackett
Behind Closed Doors
1958TV
Roger Woodson
The Rifleman
1958TV
The Texan
1958TV
Sheriff, Chip Andrews, Houston Blackston, Joe Lufton
Bronco
1958TV
Norton Gillespie, Nelson, Petrie Munger
The Party Crashers
1958Movie
Mr. Bickford
Bitter Heritage
1958Movie
Sam Wheeler
China Doll
1958Movie
Col. Wiley
Fort Massacre
1958Movie
Collins
The Left Handed Gun
1958Movie
Ollinger
Jefferson Drum
1958TV
Bart Resdake
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958TV
Braddock
Tombstone Territory
1957TV
26 Men
1957TV
Jet Pilot
1957Movie
Mr. Simpson
Casey Jones
1957TV
Frank Reeder
The Real McCoys
1957TV
Domino Kid
1957Movie
Bill Dragger
The Restless Gun
1957TV
Sheriff Jay
Maverick
1957TV
Jerry O'Brien
Perry Mason
1957TV
Robert Crane, Jackson Sidemark, Tom Quincy, Tilden Stuart, Emery Fillmore, Frank Honer
Wagon Train
1957TV
Bragg
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Pete Hollister, Clay Sommers, McKay, Advent
The Lonely Man
1957Movie
Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
Destination 60,000
1957Movie
Mickey Hill
Gun Duel in Durango
1957Movie
Ranger Captain
7th Cavalry
1956Movie
Dixon
Yaqui Drums
1956Movie
Lefty Barr
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
John Baker, Marshal Quimby, Sheriff, Sheriff Tom, Seth Robson, Joe Sully, Nat Sledge
State Trooper
1956TV
Mark Schmedler
Broken Arrow
1956TV
Fred Graf
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
The Naked Hills
1956Movie
Bert Killian / Narrator
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
1956Movie
Jim Bailey
Please Murder Me
1956Movie
Det. Lt. Bradley
Top Gun
1955Movie
Hank Spencer (uncredited)
Fury
1955TV
Carter
Crossroads
1955TV
Ockschmitt, Lou 'Dial' Harrington
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Lester, Charley
My Friend Flicka
1955TV
Alec
Frontier
1955TV
Eben, Frank
To Hell and Back
1955Movie
Thompson
Cheyenne
1955TV
Cyrus Burton, John Hanson, Nate Weyland
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Willie Calhoun, Hank Shinn, Mike Blocker, Gus, Haggen, Aaron, Pa, Caleb, Claudius, Clab Chummer, Caleb Nash, Henry Rand, Judge Blent, Cyrus Himes
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955TV
Ben Thompson, Hoss Mackey, Oliver Tittle, Dobie Jenner
Run for Cover
1955Movie
Harvey
Rage at Dawn
1955Movie
Clint Reno
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955TV
Ten Wanted Men
1955Movie
The Millionaire
1955TV
Arthur Darner
The Yellow Mountain
1954Movie
(uncredited)
Drum Beat
1954Movie
Fairchild (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Mr. Royal (uncredited), Dr. Larson, Amos Briggs (uncredited), Ben as an Adult (voice), Uncle Bene, Clay Tanner
Lassie
1954TV
Mr. Madden
Johnny Guitar
1954Movie
Posseman (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf
1954TV
Kargar
Public Defender
1954TV
Tom Gayley, George Hansen
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954Movie
Bagley
The Command
1954Movie
Infantryman (uncredited)
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954Movie
Reverend Moorehead
Annie Oakley
1954TV
Dr. Barnes, Tom Malloy
Texas Bad Man
1953Movie
Tench
Vigilante Terror
1953Movie
Henchman Sperry
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Henry
Topeka
1953Movie
Jonas Bailey
Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953Movie
Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
Column South
1953Movie
Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
The Lone Hand
1953Movie
Regulator (uncredited)
Rebel City
1953Movie
Greeley
Gunsmoke
1953Movie
Greasy (uncredited)
A Perilous Journey
1953Movie
Bartender
Fort Vengeance
1953Movie
Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
I'm the Law
1953TV
You Are There
1953TV
Chairman Savage, Cotta, Capt. Canfield, William Bayard Hale, William Newell, Col. Tench Tilghman, Dan DeQuille
The Maverick
1952Movie
Bud Karnes
Canyon Ambush
1952Movie
Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
Adventures of Superman
1952TV
Emile Hatch
Hopalong Cassidy
1952TV
Fargo
1952Movie
Carey
Desert Passage
1952Movie
Allen
Man from the Black Hills
1952Movie
Glenn Hartley
Oklahoma Annie
1952Movie
Skip
Mutiny
1952Movie
Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
The Roy Rogers Show
1951TV
Henchman Nash, Bad Boy Wiley, Zeke Miller, Tom Larrabee
Hills of Utah
1951Movie
Bowie French
Drums in the Deep South
1951Movie
Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951TV
Edmund Denning, Flip Kilson, Hackett
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951Movie
Nick Algren
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951TV
Henchman (uncredited)
Rough Riders of Durango
1951Movie
Henchman Lacey
The Cisco Kid
1950TV
Professor Jerry Roark, Bank Robber
The Gene Autry Show
1950TV
Frank Blake, Burr Ramsey, Dodge Hartman, First Henchman, Rawhide Vest, Curt Wayne, Professor Sharp, Sheriff, Cleanshaven Deputy-Henchman, Jim, the Sheriff, Edward Hadley
The Old Frontier
1950Movie
Henchman George
Customs Agent
1950Movie
Al
Dynamite Pass
1950Movie
Henchman
Federal Agent at Large
1950Movie
'Jumpy' Jordan
Singing Guns
1950Movie
Richards Henchman
Captain China
1950Movie
Steve
The Flying Saucer
1950Movie
Turner
The Big Wheel
1949Movie
Track Intern
Flame of Youth
1949Movie
Lytz
The Lone Ranger
1949TV
Deputy French, Colby, Deputy Allen, Stack, Grayson, Arley McQueen, Vance Kiley
Too Late for Tears
1949Movie
Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
Rim of the Canyon
1949Movie
Cash Collins (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949Movie
Rex
Red Canyon
1949Movie
Hutch
Streets of San Francisco
1949Movie
Ed Quinn
El Paso
1949Movie
Vigilante (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
1948Movie
Easy Jarrett, Easy Jarrett (uncredited)
Marshal of Amarillo
1948Movie
The Night Clerk
Train to Alcatraz
1948Movie
Hutch Hutchins
Where the North Begins
1947Movie
Jim Rockwell
Devil Ship
1947Movie
Carl
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947Movie
Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)