Sheb Wooley

Sheb Wooley

Date of Birth:

Apr 10, 1921

Place of Birth:

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.

filmography:

Toughest Man in Arizona Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

Ride a Violent Mile Ride a Violent Mile

1957

Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain

1950

Country Boy Country Boy

1966

Man Without a Star Man Without a Star

1955

Uphill All the Way Uphill All the Way

1986

Arrow In The Dust Arrow In The Dust

1954

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

1951

Rose Marie Rose Marie

1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

Sergeant Rutledge Sergeant Rutledge

1960

Distant Drums Distant Drums

1951

Terror in a Texas Town Terror in a Texas Town

1958

The Big Brawl The Big Brawl

1980

Texas Bad Man Texas Bad Man

1953

Hellgate Hellgate

1952

The Dollmaker The Dollmaker

1984

Trooper Hook Trooper Hook

1957

The War Wagon The War Wagon

1967

Silverado Silverado

1985

Giant Giant

1956

Hoosiers Hoosiers

1986

Little Big Horn Little Big Horn

1951

Cattle Town Cattle Town

1952

The Lusty Men The Lusty Men

1952

The Black Whip The Black Whip

1956

The Outlaw Josey Wales The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976

The Boy from Oklahoma The Boy from Oklahoma

1954

Purple People Eater Purple People Eater

1988

Hootenanny Hoot Hootenanny Hoot

1963

High Noon High Noon

1952

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