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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Character:Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
Release Date:15/09/2005
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Character:Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/05/2002
Lethal Weapon 4
Character:Screaming Terrorist (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:10/07/1998
A Goofy Movie
Character:Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:07/04/1995
Purple People Eater
Character:Harvey Skitters
Release Date:01/12/1988
Hoosiers
Character:Cletus
Release Date:14/11/1986
Uphill All the Way
Character:Anson Sudro
Release Date:01/01/1986
Silverado
Character:Cavalry Sergeant
Release Date:10/07/1985
The Dollmaker
Character:Mr. Kendrick
Release Date:13/05/1984
The Big Brawl
Character:Screaming Thug
Release Date:18/08/1980
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Character:Travis Cobb
Release Date:30/06/1976
The War Wagon
Character:Snyder
Release Date:26/05/1967
Country Boy
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1966
Hootenanny Hoot
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/1963
PT 109
Character:Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/06/1963
Sergeant Rutledge
Character:Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/05/1960
Terror in a Texas Town
Character:Baxter
Release Date:01/09/1958
Ride a Violent Mile
Character:Jonathan Long
Release Date:24/11/1957
Trooper Hook
Character:Townsman
Release Date:12/07/1957
Without Incident
Character:
Release Date:06/06/1957
The Black Whip
Character:Bill Lassater
Release Date:01/12/1956
Giant
Character:Gabe Target
Release Date:08/11/1956
Man Without a Star
Character:Latigo
Release Date:24/03/1955
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Character:Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Release Date:22/07/1954
Johnny Guitar
Character:Posseman (uncredited)
Release Date:26/05/1954
Arrow In The Dust
Character:Trooper (uncredited)
Release Date:25/04/1954
Rose Marie
Character:Corporal
Release Date:03/03/1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Character:Pete Martin
Release Date:27/02/1954
Texas Bad Man
Character:Mack
Release Date:20/12/1953
The Charge at Feather River
Character:Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/07/1953
The Lusty Men
Character:Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
Release Date:24/10/1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1952
Cattle Town
Character:Miller
Release Date:06/09/1952
Hellgate
Character:Neill Price
Release Date:04/09/1952
High Noon
Character:Ben Miller
Release Date:09/06/1952
Distant Drums
Character:Pvt. Jessup
Release Date:25/12/1951
Fort Worth
Character:Outrider (uncredited)
Release Date:14/07/1951
Little Big Horn
Character:Quince
Release Date:15/06/1951
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Character:
Release Date:18/05/1951
Apache Drums
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1951
Rocky Mountain
Character:Kay Rawlins
Release Date:11/11/1950
Television Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Billy Ray Parker
The Young Rebels
Character:
The Mod Squad
Character:
Rawhide
Character:Pete Nolan
Trackdown
Character:
Maverick
Character:Sheriff
Sugarfoot
Character:Pete Martin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Brock
My Friend Flicka
Character:
Cheyenne
Character:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Luke McGuire (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Character:
The Lone Ranger
Character:Don Wyman
The Lone Ranger
Character:Hatton
The Lone Ranger
Character:Tex
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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