Acting · Wellsville, New York, USA · Born May 6, 1885
George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
MovieIt's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987
as Self (archive footage)
TVWestern von gestern
1978
as Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)
MovieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TVThe Gabby Hayes Show
1956
as Narrator
TVThe Gabby Hayes Show
1950
as Himself
MovieThe Cariboo Trail
1950
as Grizzly
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieEl Paso
1949
as Pesky Tees
MovieThe Untamed Breed
1948
as Windy Lucas
MovieReturn of the Bad Men
1948
as John Pettit
MovieAlbuquerque
1948
as Juke
MovieWyoming
1947
as Windy Gibson
MovieTrail Street
1947
as Billy Jones
MovieHeldorado
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieHome in Oklahoma
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieRoll on Texas Moon
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieUnder Nevada Skies
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieMy Pal Trigger
1946
as Gabby Kendrick
MovieRainbow Over Texas
1946
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
MovieBadman's Territory
1946
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
MovieSong of Arizona
1946
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieDon't Fence Me In
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieSunset in El Dorado
1945
as Gabby
MovieAlong the Navajo Trail
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieMan from Oklahoma
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieBells of Rosarita
1945
as Gabby Whittake
MovieUtah
1945
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieThe Big Bonanza
1944
as Hap Selby
MovieLights of Old Santa Fe
1944
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieTall in the Saddle
1944
as Dave
MovieMarshal of Reno
1944
as Gabby
MovieTucson Raiders
1944
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
MovieHidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Gabby Hayes
MovieMojave Firebrand
1944
as Gabby Hayes
MovieIn Old Oklahoma
1943
as Despirit Dean
MovieDeath Valley Manhunt
1943
as Gabby Hayes
MovieOverland Mail Robbery
1943
as Gabby
MovieWagon Tracks West
1943
as Gabby
MovieBordertown Gun Fighters
1943
as Gabby Hayes
MovieThe Man from Thunder River
1943
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieCalling Wild Bill Elliott
1943
as Gabby Hayes
MovieRidin' Down the Canyon
1942
as Gabby
MovieHeart of the Golden West
1942
as Gabby
MovieSunset Serenade
1942
as Gabby
MovieThe Sons of the Pioneers
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieRomance on the Range
1942
as Gabby
MovieSunset on the Desert
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieSouth of Santa Fe
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieMan from Cheyenne
1942
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieRed River Valley
1941
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieJesse James at Bay
1941
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
MovieBad Man of Deadwood
1941
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
MovieNevada City
1941
as Gabby Chapman
MovieSheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Gabby
MovieIn Old Cheyenne
1941
as Arapaho Brown
MovieRobin Hood of the Pecos
1941
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
MovieThe Border Legion
1940
as Honest John Whittaker
MovieYoung Bill Hickok
1940
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
MovieColorado
1940
as Gabby
MovieMelody Ranch
1940
as Pop Laramie
MovieThe Ranger and the Lady
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieThe Carson City Kid
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieWagons Westward
1940
as Hardtack
MovieDark Command
1940
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
MovieYoung Buffalo Bill
1940
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieDays of Jesse James
1939
as Gabby
MovieSaga of Death Valley
1939
as Gabby
MovieThe Arizona Kid
1939
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieIn Old Monterey
1939
as Gabby Whittaker
MovieWall Street Cowboy
1939
as Gabby
MovieRenegade Trail
1939
as Windy Halliday
MovieIn Old Caliente
1939
as Gabby
MovieMan of Conquest
1939
as Lannie Upchurch
MovieSilver on the Sage
1939
as Windy Halliday
MovieSouthward Ho!
1939
as Gabby
MovieSunset Trail
1939
as Windy Halliday
MovieLet Freedom Ring
1939
as Pop Wilkie
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
as Gramps Montrose
MovieThe Frontiersmen
1938
as Windy Halliday
MovieIn Old Mexico
1938
as Windy Halliday
MoviePride of the West
1938
as Windy Halliday
MovieBar 20 Justice
1938
as Windy Halliday
MovieHeart of Arizona
1938
as Windy Halliday
MovieGold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Enoch
MovieTexas Trail
1937
as Windy Halliday
MovieHopalong Rides Again
1937
as Windy Halliday
MovieRustlers' Valley
1937
as Windy Halliday
MovieNorth of the Rio Grande
1937
as Windy Halliday
MovieMountain Music
1937
as Granpappy Burnside
MovieHills of Old Wyoming
1937
as Windy Halliday
MovieBorderland
1937
as Windy Halliday
MovieTrail Dust
1936
as Windy Halliday
MovieThe Plainsman
1936
as Breezy
MovieHopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Windy Halliday
MovieValiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Bearded Man
MovieThe Texas Rangers
1936
as Judge Snow
MovieI Married a Doctor
1936
as Train Station Agent
MovieThree on the Trail
1936
as Windy Halliday
MovieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
MovieSong of the Trail
1936
as Dan Hobson
MovieCall of the Prairie
1936
as Shanghai McHenry
MovieHeart of the West
1936
as Windy Jenkins
MovieThe Lawless Nineties
1936
as Major Carter
MovieSilverspurs
1936
as Drag Harlan
MovieValley of the Lawless
1936
as Grandpaw Jenkins
MovieHitch Hike Lady
1935
as Miner
MovieSwifty
1935
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
MovieBar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Windy Halliday
MovieThe Eagle's Brood
1935
as Spike
Movie$1,000 a Minute
1935
as New Deal Watson
MovieTexas Terror
1935
as Sheriff Ed Williams
MovieThe Throwback
1935
as Ford Cruze
MovieThunder Mountain
1935
as Foley
MovieTumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
as Dr. Parker
MovieHop-a-long Cassidy
1935
as Uncle Ben
MovieThe Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Lucas
MovieHoneymoon Limited
1935
as Pinkham
MovieLadies Crave Excitement
1935
as McCloskey
MovieJustice of the Range
1935
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
MovieThe Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
MovieThe Headline Woman
1935
as Duffy
MovieTombstone Terror
1935
as Soupy Baxter
MovieSmokey Smith
1935
as Blaze Bart
MovieRainbow Valley
1935
as George Hale
MovieThe Outlaw Tamer
1935
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
MovieThe Lost City
1935
as Butterfield
MovieDeath Flies East
1935
as Wotkyns
Movie'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Matt Downing
MovieThe Lawless Frontier
1934
as Dusty
MovieVengence is Mine
1934
as Dusty
MovieIn Old Santa Fe
1934
as Cactus
MovieThe Brand of Hate
1934
as Bill Larkins
MovieThe Man from Hell
1934
as Banker Colonel Campbell
MovieThe Star Packer
1934
as Matt Matlock
MovieThe Drifter
1934
as Marvin Black
MovieRandy Rides Alone
1934
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
MovieBandits of the Badlands
1934
as Sheriff Jake Withers
MovieThe Shadow Gang
1934
as Matt Matlock
MovieNext Of Kin
1934
as 'Dusty'
MovieMonte Carlo Nights
1934
as Inspector Nick Gunby
MovieThe Man from Utah
1934
as Marshal George Higgins
MovieRodeo Rocketeers
1934
as Marshall George
MovieBlue Steel
1934
as Sheriff Jake Withers
MovieCity Limits
1934
as Charlie Carter
MovieBedlam of Beards
1934
MovieHouse of Mystery
1934
as David Fells
MovieMystery Liner
1934
as Joe, the Watchman
MovieBeggars in Ermine
1934
as Joe Wilson
MovieWest of the Divide
1934
as 'Dusty'
MovieThe Lucky Texan
1934
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
MovieClaim Jumpers
1934
as Jake Benson
MovieRiders of Destiny
1933
as Charlie Denton
MovieShip of Wanted Men
1933
as Crewman
MovieSkyway
1933
as George Taylor
MovieThe Devil's Mate
1933
as Collins
MovieRanger's Code
1933
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
MovieGalloping Romeo
1933
as Grizzly
MovieThe Fugitive
1933
as Judge Tyler
MovieFighting Texans
1933
as Pop Martin
MovieThe Sphinx
1933
as Detective Casey
MovieCrashing Broadway
1933
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
MovieThe Gallant Fool
1933
as Dad Denton
MovieThe Return of Casey Jones
1933
as Timothy Shine
MovieTrailing North
1933
as Flash Ryan
MovieThe Phantom Broadcast
1933
as Police Lieutenant
MovieBreed of the Border
1933
as Chuck Wiggins
MovieThe Fighting Champ
1932
as Pete
MovieSelf Defense
1932
as Jury Foreman
MovieWild Horse Mesa
1932
as Slack
MovieTexas Buddies
1932
as Si Haller
MovieHidden Valley
1932
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
MovieBroadway to Cheyenne
1932
as Walrus
MovieKlondike
1932
as Tom Ross
MovieThe Night Rider
1932
as Altoonie
MovieLove Me Tonight
1932
as Grocer (uncredited)
A Slip at the Switch
1932
as Deputy Smoot
MovieWinner Take All
1932
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
MovieThe Boiling Point
1932
as George Duncan
MovieThe Man from Hell's Edges
1932
as Shamrock Cassidy
MovieRiders of the Desert
1932
as Hashknife Brooks
MovieBorder Devils
1932
as Squint Sanders
MoviePlay Girl
1932
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
MovieSally of the Subway
1932
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
MovieDragnet Patrol
1931
as Private Detective
MovieCavalier of the West
1931
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
MovieOklahoma Jim
1931
as Crooked Gambler
MovieThe Nevada Buckaroo
1931
as Cherokee Williams
MovieBig Business Girl
1931
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
MovieGod's Country and the Man
1931
as Stingaree Kelly
MovieThe Stolen Jools
1931
as Projectionist
MovieDirigible
1931
as Parade Official (uncredited)
MovieTop Speed
1930
as Western Union Clerk
MovieFor the Defense
1930
as Ben (the waiter)
MovieShe Who Gets Slapped
1930
as Poker Player
MoviePlaying Around
1930
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
MovieBig News
1929
as Hoffman
MovieSmiling Irish Eyes
1929
as Taxi Driver
MovieRainbow Man
1929
as Bill
MovieThe House Without Children
1919
as Archibald Ponsonby
