Acting credits
54
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Sheb Wooley
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 40Series: 14Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 4080
IMDb ID: nm0941125
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1921
Died: September 16, 2003
Age: 82
Place of birth: Erick, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2005
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q1349284
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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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sheb Wooley.
7.1
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
2005 Movie
6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
2002 Movie
7.0
A Goofy Movie
as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
1995 Movie
4.8
Purple People Eater
as Harvey Skitters
1988 Movie
7.0
Hoosiers
as Cletus
1986 Movie
4.3
Uphill All the Way
as Anson Sudro
1986 Movie
7.0
Silverado
as Cavalry Sergeant
1985 Movie
7.6
The Dollmaker
as Mr. Kendrick
1984 Movie
6.8
History of the World: Part I
as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
1981 Movie
5.9
The Big Brawl
as Screaming Thug
1980 Movie
7.4
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Travis Cobb
1976 Movie
6.8
The War Wagon
as Snyder
1967 Movie
5.0
Hootenanny Hoot
as Self
1963 Movie
6.0
PT 109
as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
1963 Movie
7.0
Sergeant Rutledge
as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
1960 Movie
6.7
Terror in a Texas Town
as Baxter
1958 Movie
4.0
Ride a Violent Mile
as Jonathan Long
1957 Movie
6.8
Trooper Hook
as Townsman
1957 Movie
Without Incident
1957 Movie
The Black Whip
as Bill Lassater
1956 Movie
7.6
Giant
as Gabe Target
1956 Movie
6.4
Man Without a Star
as Latigo
1955 Movie
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1954 Movie
7.4
Johnny Guitar
as Posseman (uncredited)
1954 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sheb Wooley.
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Billy Ray Parker • 1 eps
1984 Series
4.5
The Young Rebels
1 eps
1970 Series
6.2
The Mod Squad
1 eps
1968 Series
7.2
Rawhide
as Pete Nolan • 114 eps
1959 Series
6.4
Trackdown
1 eps
1957 Series
6.9
Maverick
as Sheriff • 1 eps
1957 Series
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Pete Martin • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Brock • 1 eps
1956 Series
5.7
My Friend Flicka
1 eps
1955 Series
6.0
Cheyenne
1 eps
1955 Series
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1 eps
1955 Series
5.3
The Adventures of Kit Carson
7 eps
1951 Series
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Don Wyman • 1 eps
1949 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series