Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936
As Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Born
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.
Filmography (197)
Tall in the Saddle1944
As Dave
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Plainsman1936
As Breezy
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dark Command1940
As Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Death Flies East1935
As Wotkyns
TMDb 7.0 / 10
In Old Oklahoma1943
As Despirit Dean
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Love Me Tonight1932
As Grocer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Man from Utah1934
As Marshal George Higgins
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Blue Steel1934
As Sheriff Jake Withers
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Gold Is Where You Find It1938
As Enoch
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Farmer Takes a Wife1935
As Lucas
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Sons of the Pioneers1942
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Return of the Bad Men1948
As John Pettit
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Trail Street1947
As Billy Jones
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dirigible1931
As Parade Official (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Cariboo Trail1950
As Grizzly
TMDb 6.4 / 10
'Neath the Arizona Skies1934
As Matt Downing
TMDb 4.8 / 10
El Paso1949
As Pesky Tees
TMDb 6.0 / 10
West of the Divide1934
As 'Dusty'
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Ranger and the Lady1940
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Lights of Old Santa Fe1944
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie1936
As Bearded Man
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Heart of the Golden West1942
As Gabby
TMDb 4.2 / 10
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration1987
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Riders of Destiny1933
As Charlie Denton
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Lawless Frontier1934
As Dusty
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Heart of the West1936
As Windy Jenkins
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Star Packer1934
As Matt Matlock
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Lucky Texan1934
As Jake 'Grandy' Benson
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Call of the Prairie1936
As Shanghai McHenry
TMDb 5.8 / 10
$1,000 a Minute1935
As New Deal Watson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Bad Man of Deadwood1941
As Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Saga of Death Valley1939
As Gabby
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Days of Jesse James1939
As Gabby
TMDb 5.1 / 10
South of Santa Fe1942
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Carson City Kid1940
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Stolen Jools1931
As Projectionist
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Lawless Nineties1936
As Major Carter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Don't Fence Me In1945
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Along the Navajo Trail1945
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Devil's Mate1933
As Collins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
I Married a Doctor1936
As Train Station Agent
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Hop-a-long Cassidy1935
As Uncle Ben
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Badman's Territory1946
As Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch1976
As (archive footage)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Randy Rides Alone1934
As - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Trailing North1933
As Flash Ryan
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Sunset on the Desert1942
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Big Business Girl1931
As Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Robin Hood of the Pecos1941
As Gabriel Gabby Hornaday
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Claim Jumpers1934
As Jake Benson
Albuquerque1948
As Juke
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Texas Rangers1936
As Judge Snow
TMDb 6.6 / 10
In Old Santa Fe1934
As Cactus
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Border Legion1940
As Honest John Whittaker
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Winner Take All1932
As Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Bar 20 Rides Again1935
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Calling Wild Bill Elliott1943
As Gabby Hayes
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Rainbow Valley1935
As George Hale
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Heldorado1946
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Western: A Lost TV Special1958
As Self
Rainbow Over Texas1946
As Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Jesse James at Bay1941
As Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Cavalier of the West1931
As Sheriff Bill Ryan
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Melody Ranch1940
As Pop Laramie
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Justice of the Range1935
As John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Man from Hell1934
As Banker Colonel Campbell
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Rodeo Rocketeers1934
As Marshall George
Silver on the Sage1939
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wall Street Cowboy1939
As Gabby
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sunset in El Dorado1945
As Gabby
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Eagle's Brood1935
As Spike
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Ridin' Down the Canyon1942
As Gabby
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Brand of Hate1934
As Bill Larkins
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Sphinx1933
As Detective Casey
TMDb 5.1 / 10
In Old Caliente1939
As Gabby
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Silverspurs1936
As Drag Harlan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
City Limits1934
As Charlie Carter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Untamed Breed1948
As Windy Lucas
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Song of Arizona1946
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Wild Horse Mesa1932
As Slack
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Romance on the Range1942
As Gabby
TMDb 6.5 / 10
North of the Rio Grande1937
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Texas Buddies1932
As Si Haller
TMDb 7.0 / 10
For the Defense1930
As Ben (the waiter)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Three on the Trail1936
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Young Buffalo Bill1940
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 4.6 / 10
In Old Monterey1939
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Song of the Trail1936
As Dan Hobson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
House of Mystery1934
As David Fells
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Pride of the West1938
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hills of Old Wyoming1937
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Texas Terror1935
As Sheriff Ed Williams
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Roll on Texas Moon1946
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Breed of the Border1933
As Chuck Wiggins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Riders of the Desert1932
As Hashknife Brooks
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Play Girl1932
As Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Honeymoon Limited1935
As Pinkham
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sally of the Subway1932
As Police Lieutenant Paxton
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Rustlers' Valley1937
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Crashing Broadway1933
As J. Talbot Thorndyke
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Utah1945
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Bandits of the Badlands1934
As Sheriff Jake Withers
Southward Ho!1939
As Gabby
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Heart of Arizona1938
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 5.5 / 10
A Slip at the Switch
A Slip at the Switch1932
As Deputy Smoot
Ship of Wanted Men1933
As Crewman
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Sunset Serenade1942
As Gabby
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Lost City1935
As Butterfield
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Bells of Rosarita1945
As Gabby Whittake
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Frontiersmen1938
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Man from Hell's Edges1932
As Shamrock Cassidy
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Arizona Kid1939
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Valley of the Lawless1936
As Grandpaw Jenkins
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Hitch Hike Lady1935
As Miner
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Colorado1940
As Gabby
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Mystery Liner1934
As Joe, the Watchman
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Tumbling Tumbleweeds1935
As Dr. Parker
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Sunset Trail1939
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ladies Crave Excitement1935
As McCloskey
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Bordertown Gun Fighters1943
As Gabby Hayes
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Throwback1935
As Ford Cruze
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mountain Music1937
As Granpappy Burnside
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Nevada City1941
As Gabby Chapman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wagon Tracks West1943
As Gabby
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Monte Carlo Nights1934
As Inspector Nick Gunby
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Big News1929
As Hoffman
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Sheriff of Tombstone1941
As Gabby
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Renegade Trail1939
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Man from Thunder River1943
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Trail Dust1936
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Man of Conquest1939
As Lannie Upchurch
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Death Valley Manhunt1943
As Gabby Hayes
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Return of Casey Jones1933
As Timothy Shine
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Under Nevada Skies1946
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Home in Oklahoma1946
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.6 / 10
God's Country and the Man1931
As Stingaree Kelly
TMDb 8.0 / 10
In Old Cheyenne1941
As Arapaho Brown
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Hoosier Schoolmaster1935
As Pearson (as George Hayes)
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Hidden Valley Outlaws1944
As Gabby Hayes
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Let Freedom Ring1939
As Pop Wilkie
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Beggars in Ermine1934
As Joe Wilson
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Thunder Mountain1935
As Foley
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Phantom Broadcast1933
As Police Lieutenant
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Next Of Kin1934
As 'Dusty'
The Shadow Gang1934
As Matt Matlock
Playing Around1930
As Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Headline Woman1935
As Duffy
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Tucson Raiders1944
As 'Gabby' Hopkins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hopalong Rides Again1937
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Big Bonanza1944
As Hap Selby
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Rainbow Man1929
As Bill
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Red River Valley1941
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Self Defense1932
As Jury Foreman
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Skyway1933
As George Taylor
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Broadway to Cheyenne1932
As Walrus
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Man from Oklahoma1945
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hopalong Cassidy Returns1936
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Borderland1937
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Bar 20 Justice1938
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Wyoming1947
As Windy Gibson
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Fighting Texans1933
As Pop Martin
TMDb 9.0 / 10
My Pal Trigger1946
As Gabby Kendrick
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Mojave Firebrand1944
As Gabby Hayes
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Marshal of Reno1944
As Gabby
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Drifter1934
As Marvin Black
Tombstone Terror1935
As Soupy Baxter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Man from Cheyenne1942
As Gabby Whittaker
TMDb 8.0 / 10
In Old Mexico1938
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Fugitive1933
As Judge Tyler
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Overland Mail Robbery1943
As Gabby
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Texas Trail1937
As Windy Halliday
TMDb 6.3 / 10
She Who Gets Slapped1930
As Poker Player
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Klondike1932
As Tom Ross
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Nevada Buckaroo1931
As Cherokee Williams
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Young Bill Hickok1940
As 'Gabby' Whitaker
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Ranger's Code1933
As Baxter (as George Hayes)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Fighting Thoroughbreds1939
As Gramps Montrose
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Gallant Fool1933
As Dad Denton
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Fighting Champ1932
As Pete
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Outlaw Tamer1935
As Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Oklahoma Jim1931
As Crooked Gambler
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Border Devils1932
As Squint Sanders
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The House Without Children1919
As Archibald Ponsonby
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hidden Valley1932
As Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Wagons Westward1940
As Hardtack
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Galloping Romeo1933
As Grizzly
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Smokey Smith1935
As Blaze Bart
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Boiling Point1932
As George Duncan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Top Speed1930
As Western Union Clerk
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Night Rider1932
As Altoonie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Swifty1935
As Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Smiling Irish Eyes1929
As Taxi Driver
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Vengence is Mine1934
As Dusty
Dragnet Patrol1931
As Private Detective
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Bedlam of Beards1934
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb