
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Character:Uncle Jesse Duke
Release Date:25/04/1997

Father and Scout
Character:George Rosebrock
Release Date:15/10/1994

Maverick
Character:Old Gambler on Riverboat
Release Date:20/05/1994

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/1992

Delta Fever
Character:Walt
Release Date:01/10/1987

Return to Mayberry
Character:Briscoe Darling
Release Date:13/04/1986

Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1983

Legend of the Wild
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Release Date:01/11/1981

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1979

Once Upon a Starry Night
Character:Mad Jack
Release Date:19/12/1978

How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/11/1978

Return from Witch Mountain
Character:Uncle Bene
Release Date:10/03/1978

Legend of the Northwest
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1978

Guardian of the Wilderness
Character:Galen Clark
Release Date:07/12/1976

Welcome to L.A.
Character:Carl Barber
Release Date:12/11/1976

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Character:Senator Austin
Release Date:16/09/1976

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Character:The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
Release Date:24/06/1976

Hawmps!
Character:Col. Seymour Hawkins
Release Date:20/05/1976

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Character:Old mountain man
Release Date:14/01/1976

Winterhawk
Character:Arkansas
Release Date:05/11/1975

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Character:Ben as an Adult
Release Date:14/09/1975

Death Among Friends
Character:Morgan
Release Date:20/05/1975

Escape to Witch Mountain
Character:Uncle Bene
Release Date:21/03/1975

Murder or Mercy
Character:Amos Champion
Release Date:10/04/1974

The Legend of Hillbilly John
Character:Grandpappy John
Release Date:01/02/1974

Hog Wild
Character:Dr. Larson
Release Date:20/01/1974

Cahill: United States Marshal
Character:Denver
Release Date:11/07/1973

Hitched
Character:Ben Barnstable
Release Date:31/03/1973

Something Big
Character:Junior Frisbee
Release Date:19/11/1971

Mean Justice
Character:Tom Rawling
Release Date:08/02/1971

5 Card Stud
Character:Sig Evers
Release Date:28/07/1968

Bandolero!
Character:Muncie Carter
Release Date:01/06/1968

Bonnie and Clyde
Character:Frank Hamer
Release Date:13/08/1967

Tammy and the Millionaire
Character:Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
Release Date:01/05/1967

Welcome to Hard Times
Character:Alfie - Stage Driver
Release Date:30/04/1967

Incident at Phantom Hill
Character:1st Hunter
Release Date:01/07/1966

Gunpoint
Character:Cap
Release Date:25/04/1966

Mara of the Wilderness
Character:Kelly
Release Date:29/10/1965

The Great Race
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:01/07/1965

Shenandoah
Character:Pastor Bjoerling
Release Date:03/06/1965

The Rounders
Character:Bull
Release Date:08/01/1965

Cheyenne Autumn
Character:Sen. Henry (uncredited)
Release Date:15/10/1964

Black Like Me
Character:Man in pick-up truck
Release Date:20/05/1964

Mail Order Bride
Character:Preacher Pope
Release Date:10/03/1964

Terrified
Character:Sheriff Dixon
Release Date:01/05/1963

Geronimo
Character:Senator Conrad
Release Date:27/04/1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Character:Amos Carruthers
Release Date:13/04/1962

The Alamo
Character:Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Release Date:23/10/1960

Home from the Hill
Character:Mr. Bradley
Release Date:03/03/1960

Cast a Long Shadow
Character:Preacher Harrison
Release Date:24/08/1959

The Horse Soldiers
Character:Jackie Jo
Release Date:11/06/1959

King of the Wild Stallions
Character:MacGuire's Henchman
Release Date:17/05/1959

Good Day for a Hanging
Character:Deputy Ed Moore
Release Date:01/01/1959

The Party Crashers
Character:Mr. Bickford
Release Date:01/09/1958

Bitter Heritage
Character:Sam Wheeler
Release Date:07/08/1958

China Doll
Character:Col. Wiley
Release Date:06/06/1958

Fort Massacre
Character:Collins
Release Date:14/05/1958

The Left Handed Gun
Character:Ollinger
Release Date:30/04/1958

Jet Pilot
Character:Mr. Simpson
Release Date:11/10/1957

Domino Kid
Character:Bill Dragger
Release Date:01/10/1957

The Lonely Man
Character:Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
Release Date:21/06/1957

Destination 60,000
Character:Mickey Hill
Release Date:12/05/1957

Gun Duel in Durango
Character:Ranger Captain
Release Date:01/05/1957

7th Cavalry
Character:Dixon
Release Date:01/12/1956

Yaqui Drums
Character:Lefty Barr
Release Date:13/10/1956

The Naked Hills
Character:Bert Killian / Narrator
Release Date:17/06/1956

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
Character:Jim Bailey
Release Date:16/06/1956

Please Murder Me
Character:Det. Lt. Bradley
Release Date:01/03/1956

Top Gun
Character:Hank Spencer (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1955

To Hell and Back
Character:Thompson
Release Date:22/09/1955

Run for Cover
Character:Harvey (uncredited)
Release Date:29/04/1955

Rage at Dawn
Character:Clint Reno
Release Date:26/03/1955

Ten Wanted Men
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1955

The Yellow Mountain
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:16/11/1954

Drum Beat
Character:Fairchild (uncredited)
Release Date:10/11/1954

Johnny Guitar
Character:Posseman (uncredited)
Release Date:26/05/1954

The Boy from Oklahoma
Character:Bagley
Release Date:27/02/1954

The Command
Character:Infantryman (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/1954

Ride Clear of Diablo
Character:Reverend Moorehead
Release Date:10/02/1954

Texas Bad Man
Character:Tench
Release Date:20/12/1953

Vigilante Terror
Character:Henchman Sperry
Release Date:15/11/1953

Topeka
Character:Jonas Bailey
Release Date:09/08/1953

Goldtown Ghost Riders
Character:Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
Release Date:20/05/1953

Column South
Character:Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
Release Date:20/05/1953

The Lone Hand
Character:Regulator (uncredited)
Release Date:20/05/1953

Rebel City
Character:Greeley
Release Date:10/05/1953

Gunsmoke
Character:Greasy (uncredited)
Release Date:04/05/1953

A Perilous Journey
Character:Bartender
Release Date:05/04/1953

Fort Vengeance
Character:Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
Release Date:28/03/1953

The Maverick
Character:Bud Karnes
Release Date:14/12/1952

Canyon Ambush
Character:Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
Release Date:12/10/1952

Fargo
Character:Carey
Release Date:07/09/1952

Desert Passage
Character:Allen
Release Date:29/05/1952

Man from the Black Hills
Character:Glenn Hartley
Release Date:30/03/1952

Oklahoma Annie
Character:Skip
Release Date:24/03/1952

Mutiny
Character:Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
Release Date:05/03/1952

Hills of Utah
Character:Bowie French
Release Date:30/09/1951

Drums in the Deep South
Character:Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1951

Million Dollar Pursuit
Character:Nick Algren
Release Date:30/05/1951

Rough Riders of Durango
Character:Henchman Lacey
Release Date:30/01/1951

The Old Frontier
Character:Henchman George
Release Date:20/07/1950

Customs Agent
Character:Al
Release Date:18/05/1950

Dynamite Pass
Character:Henchman
Release Date:23/03/1950

Federal Agent at Large
Character:'Jumpy' Jordan
Release Date:12/03/1950

Singing Guns
Character:Richards Henchman
Release Date:28/02/1950

Captain China
Character:Steve
Release Date:02/02/1950

The Flying Saucer
Character:Turner
Release Date:04/01/1950

The Big Wheel
Character:Track Intern
Release Date:04/11/1949

Flame of Youth
Character:Lytz
Release Date:22/09/1949

Too Late for Tears
Character:Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
Release Date:17/07/1949

Rim of the Canyon
Character:Cash Collins (uncredited)
Release Date:01/07/1949

Hellfire
Character:Rex
Release Date:29/05/1949

Red Canyon
Character:Hutch
Release Date:27/04/1949

Streets of San Francisco
Character:Ed Quinn
Release Date:15/04/1949

El Paso
Character:Vigilante (uncredited)
Release Date:22/03/1949

The Man from Colorado
Character:Easy Jarrett
Release Date:07/08/1948

The Man from Colorado
Character:Easy Jarrett (uncredited)
Release Date:07/08/1948

Marshal of Amarillo
Character:The Night Clerk
Release Date:15/07/1948

Train to Alcatraz
Character:Hutch Hutchins
Release Date:28/06/1948

Where the North Begins
Character:Jim Rockwell
Release Date:14/12/1947

Devil Ship
Character:Carl
Release Date:11/12/1947

The Guilt of Janet Ames
Character:Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)
Release Date:06/03/1947

What a Cartoon!
Character:Podunk Possum (voice)

Cybill
Character:

L.A. Law
Character:Harold Nordoff

Murder, She Wrote
Character:Eben Connors

The Dukes
Character:Uncle Jesse (voice)

The Dukes of Hazzard
Character:Jesse Duke

Dallas
Character:Blackie Callahan

The Love Boat
Character:Eric Springer

Grizzly Adams
Character:Mad Jack

How the West Was Won
Character:Sgt. Tripp

Karen
Character:

Petrocelli
Character:

The Manhunter
Character:

Barnaby Jones
Character:Stayley Kircher

Kung Fu
Character:Dr. Joseph Colton

The Streets of San Francisco
Character:

The Waltons
Character:

Cannon
Character:

The Doris Day Show
Character:Buck Webb

The High Chaparral
Character:General Warren

The Guns of Will Sonnett
Character:

Hondo
Character:Judge Amos Blunt

Cimarron Strip
Character:

Tammy
Character:Mordecai Tarleton

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Character:Titus Purcell

The Great Adventure
Character:Gen. Mills

Mr. Novak
Character:Brill

Channing
Character:Sam Riddle

The Lieutenant
Character:

Empire
Character:Tom Rawling

The Virginian
Character:Pico Brown

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Character:Uncle George

Ben Casey
Character:

Dr. Kildare
Character:R. E. Lenger

Cain's Hundred
Character:Chief Amos Trask

Route 66
Character:

Stagecoach West
Character:

The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Briscoe Darling

National Velvet
Character:

Checkmate
Character:Terry Adams (

The Aquanauts
Character:Captain Leo Stohl

Thriller
Character:Ortho Wheeler

The Tall Man
Character:Marshal Dave Leggert

The Detectives
Character:

Bourbon Street Beat
Character:

The Twilight Zone
Character:Stu Tillman

Law of the Plainsman
Character:Burke Carew

Men Into Space
Character:

Wichita Town
Character:

Riverboat
Character:Jim Bledsoe

The Deputy
Character:Akins

Bonanza
Character:Price Buchanan

Bonanza
Character:Claude Roman

Bonanza
Character:Sheriff Ed

Bonanza
Character:Marcus Caldwell

Rawhide
Character:John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade

Bat Masterson
Character:Dan Morgan

Bat Masterson
Character:Walsh (uncredited)

Lawman
Character:

Behind Closed Doors
Character:Roger Woodson

The Rifleman
Character:

The Texan
Character:

The Texan
Character:Sheriff

The Texan
Character:Chip Andrews

The Texan
Character:Houston Blackston

Bronco
Character:

Jefferson Drum
Character:Bart Resdake

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Character:Braddock

26 Men
Character:

Casey Jones
Character:Frank Reeder

Maverick
Character:

Perry Mason
Character:Robert Crane

Perry Mason
Character:Jackson Sidemark

Perry Mason
Character:Tom Quincy

Perry Mason
Character:Tilden Stuart

Perry Mason
Character:Emery Fillmore

Perry Mason
Character:Frank Honer

Wagon Train
Character:Bragg

Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:

Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Pete Hollister

Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Clay Sommers

Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:McKay

Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Advent

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:John Baker

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Marshal Quimby

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sheriff

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sheriff Tom

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Seth Robson

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Marshal Joe Sully

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Nat Sledge

State Trooper
Character:Mark Schmedler

Broken Arrow
Character:Fred Graf

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Character:

Fury
Character:Carter

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Lester

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Charley

My Friend Flicka
Character:Alec

Frontier
Character:

Cheyenne
Character:

Cheyenne
Character:Cyrus Burton

Cheyenne
Character:John Hanson

Gunsmoke
Character:Willie Calhoun

Gunsmoke
Character:Hank Shinn

Gunsmoke
Character:Mike Blocker

Gunsmoke
Character:Gus

Gunsmoke
Character:Haggen

Gunsmoke
Character:Aaron

Gunsmoke
Character:Pa

Gunsmoke
Character:Caleb

Gunsmoke
Character:Claudius

Gunsmoke
Character:Clab Chummer

Gunsmoke
Character:Caleb Nash

Gunsmoke
Character:Dr. Henry S. Rand

Gunsmoke
Character:Judge Blent

Gunsmoke
Character:Cyrus Himes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Ben Thompson

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Hoss Mackey

Buffalo Bill Jr.
Character:

The Millionaire
Character:Arthur Darner

The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Mr. Royal (uncredited)

The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Dr. Larson

The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Amos Briggs (uncredited)

The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Ben as an Adult (voice)

Lassie
Character:

The Lone Wolf
Character:Kargar

Public Defender
Character:Tom Gayley

Public Defender
Character:George Hansen

Annie Oakley
Character:Dr. Barnes

Annie Oakley
Character:Tom Malloy

I'm the Law
Character:

Adventures of Superman
Character:Emile Hatch

Hopalong Cassidy
Character:

The Roy Rogers Show
Character:

The Adventures of Kit Carson
Character:

The Gene Autry Show
Character:

The Gene Autry Show
Character:Frank Blake

The Gene Autry Show
Character:Burr Ramsey

The Gene Autry Show
Character:Dodge Hartman

The Lone Ranger
Character:Deputy French

The Lone Ranger
Character:Colby

The Lone Ranger
Character:Deputy Allen

The Lone Ranger
Character:Stack