George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.
Known For
| Birth Location | Wellsville, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1885-05-06 |
| Died | 1969-02-09 |
Movies
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Cariboo Trail
as Grizzly
1950
El Paso
as Pesky Tees
1949
The Untamed Breed
as Windy Lucas
1948
Return of the Bad Men
as John Pettit
1948
Albuquerque
as Juke
1948
Wyoming
as Windy Gibson
1947
Trail Street
as Billy Jones
1947
Heldorado
as Gabby Whittaker
1946
Home in Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
1946
Roll on Texas Moon
as Gabby Whittaker
1946
Under Nevada Skies
as Gabby Whittaker
1946
My Pal Trigger
as Gabby Kendrick
1946
Rainbow Over Texas
as Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
1946
Badman's Territory
as Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
1946
Song of Arizona
as Gabby Whittaker
1946
Don't Fence Me In
as Gabby Whittaker
1945
Sunset in El Dorado
as Gabby
1945
Along the Navajo Trail
as Gabby Whittaker
1945
Man from Oklahoma
as Gabby Whittaker
1945
Bells of Rosarita
as Gabby Whittake
1945
Utah
as Gabby Whittaker
1945
The Big Bonanza
as Hap Selby
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
1944
Tall in the Saddle
as Dave
1944
Marshal of Reno
as Gabby
1944
Tucson Raiders
as 'Gabby' Hopkins
1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Gabby Hayes
1944
Mojave Firebrand
as Gabby Hayes
1944
In Old Oklahoma
as Despirit Dean
1943
Death Valley Manhunt
as Gabby Hayes
1943
Overland Mail Robbery
as Gabby
1943
Wagon Tracks West
as Gabby
1943
Bordertown Gun Fighters
as Gabby Hayes
1943
The Man from Thunder River
as Gabby Whittaker
1943
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Gabby Hayes
1943
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gabby
1942
Heart of the Golden West
as Gabby
1942
Sunset Serenade
as Gabby
1942
Sons of the Pioneers
as Gabby Whittaker
1942
Romance on the Range
as Gabby
1942
Sunset on the Desert
as Gabby Whittaker
1942
South of Santa Fe
as Gabby Whittaker
1942
Man from Cheyenne
as Gabby Whittaker
1942
Red River Valley
as Gabby Whittaker
1941
Jesse James at Bay
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
1941
Nevada City
as Gabby Chapman
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Gabby
1941
In Old Cheyenne
as Arapaho Brown
1941
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
1941
The Border Legion
as Honest John Whittaker
1940
Young Bill Hickok
as 'Gabby' Whitaker
1940
Melody Ranch
as Pop Laramie
1940
Colorado
as Gabby
1940
The Ranger and the Lady
as Gabby Whittaker
1940
The Carson City Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
1940
Wagons Westward
as Hardtack
1940
Dark Command
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
1940
Young Buffalo Bill
as Gabby Whittaker
1940
Days of Jesse James
as Gabby
1939
Saga of Death Valley
as Gabby
1939
The Arizona Kid
as Gabby Whittaker
1939
In Old Monterey
as Gabby Whittaker
1939
Wall Street Cowboy
as Gabby
1939
Renegade Trail
as Windy Halliday
1939
In Old Caliente
as Gabby
1939
Man of Conquest
as Lannie Upchurch
1939
Silver on the Sage
as Windy Halliday
1939
Southward Ho!
as Gabby
1939
Let Freedom Ring
as Pop Wilkie
1939
Sunset Trail
as Windy Halliday
1939
Fighting Thoroughbreds
as Gramps Montrose
1939
The Frontiersmen
as Windy Halliday
1938
In Old Mexico
as Windy Halliday
1938
Pride of the West
as Windy Halliday
1938
Bar 20 Justice
as Windy Halliday
1938
Heart of Arizona
as Windy Halliday
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Enoch
1938
Texas Trail
as Windy Halliday
1937
Hopalong Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
1937
Rustlers' Valley
as Windy Halliday
1937
North of the Rio Grande
as Windy Halliday
1937
Mountain Music
as Granpappy Burnside
1937
Hills of Old Wyoming
as Windy Halliday
1937
Borderland
as Windy Halliday
1937
Trail Dust
as Windy Halliday
1936
The Plainsman
as Breezy
1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Windy Halliday
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Bearded Man
1936
The Texas Rangers
as Judge Snow
1936
I Married a Doctor
as Train Station Agent
1936
Three on the Trail
as Windy Halliday
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
1936
Song of the Trail
as Dan Hobson
1936
Call of the Prairie
as Shanghai McHenry
1936
Heart of the West
as Windy Jenkins
1936
The Lawless Nineties
as Major Carter
1936
Silver Spurs
as Drag Harlan
1936
Valley of the Lawless
as Grandpaw Jenkins
1936
Hitch Hike Lady
as Miner
1935
Swifty
as Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
1935
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Windy Halliday
1935
The Eagle's Brood
as Spike
1935
$1,000 a Minute
as New Deal Watson
1935
Texas Terror
as Sheriff Ed Williams
1935
The Throwback
as Ford Cruze
1935
Thunder Mountain
as Foley
1935
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Dr. Parker
1935
Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Uncle Ben
1935
Honeymoon Limited
as Pinkham
1935
Ladies Crave Excitement
as McCloskey
1935
Justice of the Range
as John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
1935
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Pearson (as George Hayes)
1935
The Headline Woman
as Duffy
1935
Tombstone Terror
as Soupy Baxter
1935
Smokey Smith
as Blaze Bart
1935
The Outlaw Tamer
as Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
1935
Rainbow Valley
as George Hale
1935
The Lost City
as Butterfield
1935
Death Flies East
as Wotkyns
1935
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Matt Downing
1934
The Lawless Frontier
as Dusty
1934
In Old Santa Fe
as Cactus
1934
The Brand of Hate
as Bill Larkins
1934
The Man from Hell
as Banker Colonel Campbell
1934
The Star Packer
as Matt Matlock
1934
Randy Rides Alone
as - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
1934
Next Of Kin
as 'Dusty'
1934
The Shadow Gang
as Matt Matlock
1934
Bandits of the Badlands
as Sheriff Jake Withers
1934
Monte Carlo Nights
as Inspector Nick Gunby
1934
The Man from Utah
as Marshal George Higgins
1934
Blue Steel
as Sheriff Jake Withers
1934
City Limits
as Charlie Carter
1934
1934
House of Mystery
as David Fells
1934
Mystery Liner
as Joe, the Watchman
1934
Beggars in Ermine
as Joe Wilson
1934
West of the Divide
as 'Dusty'
1934
The Lucky Texan
as Jake 'Grandy' Benson
1934
Riders of Destiny
as Charlie Denton
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
as Crewman
1933
Skyway
as George Taylor
1933
The Devil's Mate
as Collins
1933
Ranger's Code
as Baxter (as George Hayes)
1933
Galloping Romeo
as Grizzly
1933
The Fugitive
as Judge Tyler
1933
Fighting Texans
as Pop Martin
1933
Crashing Broadway
as J. Talbot Thorndyke
1933
The Sphinx
as Detective Casey
1933
The Gallant Fool
as Dad Denton
1933
The Return of Casey Jones
as Timothy Shine
1933
Trailing North
as Flash Ryan
1933
The Phantom Broadcast
as Police Lieutenant
1933
Breed of the Border
as Chuck Wiggins
1933
Self Defense
as Jury Foreman
1932
The Fighting Champ
as Pete
1932
Wild Horse Mesa
as Slack
1932
Texas Buddies
as Si Haller
1932
Hidden Valley
as Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
1932
Broadway to Cheyenne
as Walrus
1932
Klondike
as Tom Ross
1932
The Night Rider
as Altoonie
1932
Love Me Tonight
as Grocer (uncredited)
1932
A Slip at the Switch
as Deputy Smoot
1932
Winner Take All
as Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
1932
The Boiling Point
as George Duncan
1932
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Shamrock Cassidy
1932
Riders of the Desert
as Hashknife Brooks
1932
Border Devils
as Squint Sanders
1932
Play Girl
as Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
1932
Sally of the Subway
as Police Lieutenant Paxton
1932
Dragnet Patrol
as Private Detective
1931
Cavalier of the West
as Sheriff Bill Ryan
1931
Oklahoma Jim
as Crooked Gambler
1931
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Cherokee Williams
1931
Big Business Girl
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1931
God's Country and the Man
as Stingaree Kelly
1931
The Stolen Jools
as Projectionist
1931
Dirigible
as Parade Official (uncredited)
1931
Top Speed
as Western Union Clerk
1930
For the Defense
as Ben (the waiter)
1930
She Who Gets Slapped
as Poker Player
1930
Playing Around
as Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
1930
Big News
as Hoffman
1929
Rainbow Man
as Bill
1929
George 'Gabby' Hayes hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
