Dick Foran
The "Cowboy from Brooklyn" was actually from New Jersey in real life... but close enough. Dick Foran began his career crooning his way through musical Westerns like "Cowboy from Brooklyn," the story of a singer who has to pretend he's a cowboy in order to secure a job, and "Song of the Saddle," in which he plays a son who grows up to avenge his father's death. Warner Bros. was grooming Foran to compete with the already famous singing cowboy Gene Autry. In the early 1940s, Foran took a break from serenading the savannah and moseyed on over to Universal Studios. There he dipped his toes into the horror genre, playing Steve Banning in "The Mummy's Hand" (in which he and a fellow archaeologist accidentally unearth the undead) and its sequel, "The Mummy's Tomb." Foran's flirtation with embalmed corpses was brief, however; he returned to the Old West in "Fort Apache," a John Wayne/Henry Fonda vehicle. "Fort Apache" was a solemn, authentic look at the Old West, in stark contrast to the nostalgic and hagiographic depictions of cowboys seen in Foran's earlier work. The era of the singing cowboy was over, but Dick Foran demonstrated he could adapt with grace to the changing times.
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Dick Foran
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Old Timer (Character) | - | 1967 |
60% | No Score Yet | Studs Lonigan | Patrick Lonigan (Character) | - | 1960 |
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The Big Night | Ed (Character) | - | 1960 |
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The Atomic Submarine | Cmdr. Dan Wendover (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Violent Road | Frank 'Sarge' Miller (Character) | - | 1958 |
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The Fearmakers | Jim McGinnis (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thundering Jets | Lt. Col. Henry Spalding (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Chicago Confidential | Arthur "Artie" Blaine (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sierra Stranger | Bert Gaines (Character) | - | 1957 |
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The Miracle on 34th Street | Thomas Mara (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treasure of Ruby Hills | Alan Doran (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Please Murder Me | Joe Leeds (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Frank Jennings (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deputy Marshal |
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- | 1949 |
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El Paso | Sheriff La Farge (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Easy Come, Easy Go | Dale Whipple (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He's My Guy | Van Moore (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hi, Buddy | Dave O'Connor (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Ride 'em Cowboy | Bronco Bob Mitchell (Character) | - | 1942 |
29% |
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The Mummy's Tomb | Stephen Banning (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Private Buckaroo | Lon Prentice (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Butch Minds the Baby | Dennis Devlin (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind the Eight Ball | Unknown (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Four Mothers | Ernest Talbot (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Horror Island | Bill Martin (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Road Agent | Duke Masters (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Keep 'Em Flying | Jinx Roberts (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mob Town | Sgt. Frank Conroy (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unfinished Business | Frank (Character) | - | 1941 |
80% |
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The House of the Seven Gables | Matthew Maule (Character) | - | 1940 |
71% |
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The Fighting 69th | Lt. "Long John" Wynn (Character) | - | 1940 |
93% |
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My Little Chickadee | Wayne Carter (editor, 'Greasewood Gazette') (Character) | - | 1940 |
60% |
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The Mummy's Hand | Steve Banning (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winners of the West | Jeff Ramsay (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hero for a Day | Brainy Thornton (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Four Wives | Ernest Talbot (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Stole a Million | Atty. Paul Carver (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside Information | Danny Blake (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Private Detective | Jim Rickey (Character) | - | 1939 |
78% |
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Boy Meets Girl | Larry Toms (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cowboy From Brooklyn | Sam Thorne (Character) | - | 1938 |
100% |
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Four Daughters | Ernest (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love, Honor and Behave | Pete Martin (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heart of the North | Sgt. Alan Baker (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over the Wall | Jerry Davis (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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The Sisters | Tom Knivel (Character) | - | 1938 |
100% |
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Black Legion | Ed Jackson (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prairie Thunder | Rod Farrell (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guns of the Pecos | Steve Ainslee (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Devil's Saddle Legion | Tal Holladay (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cherokee Strip | Dick Hudson (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Land Beyond the Law | Charles Chip Douglas (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Loved a Fireman | James "Red" Tyler (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Perfect Specimen | Jink Carter (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empty Holsters | Clay Brent (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blazing Sixes | Red Barton (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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Earthworm Tractors | Emmet McManus (Character) | - | 1936 |
100% |
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The Petrified Forest | Boze Hertzlinger (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | California Mail | Bill Harkins (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trailin' West | Lieut. Red Colton (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moonlight on the Prairie | Ace Andrews (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Public Enemy's Wife | Thomas Duncan McKay (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treachery Rides the Range | Captain Red Taylor (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Song of the Saddle | Frank Wilson, Jr., aka The Singing Kid (Character) | - | 1936 |
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The Golden Arrow | Tommy Blake (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Noise | Don Andrews (Character) | - | 1936 |
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Shipmates Forever | Gifford (Character) | - | 1935 |
86% |
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Dangerous | Teddy (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Stand Up and Cheer! | Self | - | 1934 |
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Change of Heart | Nick (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentlemen Are Born | Smudge Casey (Character) | - | 1934 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Duggan (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Fire Chief Ed Washburne (Guest Star) | 1961-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dakotas | Matt Kendrick (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Milt Lane (Guest Star) | 1960-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Lt. Ellison (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Dr. David Craig (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dante | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lawman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circus Boy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showcase 39 | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Knows Best | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Skelton Show | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955-1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stage 7 | Archie Peters (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Jeff Clark (Character) | 1950 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1950 |