Sheb Wooley
Acting · Born 1921-04-10 · age 82 at death · Erick, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Titles
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
A Goofy Movie
High Noon
The Outlaw Josey Wales
History of the World: Part I
Silverado
Giant
Hoosiers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Johnny Guitar
Murder, She Wrote
The War Wagon
The Big Brawl
Sergeant Rutledge
Man Without a Star
The Lusty Men
Distant Drums
Rawhide
Terror in a Texas Town
Maverick
The Lone Ranger
PT 109
Apache Drums
The Mod Squad
Cheyenne
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Trooper Hook
Rocky Mountain
Purple People Eater
The Dollmaker
Little Big Horn
Arrow In The Dust
Hellgate
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
The Boy from Oklahoma
Uphill All the Way
Fort Worth
Rose Marie
Trackdown
The Charge at Feather River
Sugarfoot
Cattle Town
The Adventures of Kit Carson
My Friend Flicka
Ride a Violent Mile
Golden Dreams
The Young Rebels
Toughest Man in Arizona
Texas Bad Man
The Black Whip
Country Boy
Without Incident