Sheb Wooley
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1921
Died: September 16, 2003
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.
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Filmography
42 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
7.1
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
6.7
Golden Dreams
2001
7.0
A Goofy Movie
1995
5.1
Purple People Eater
1988
7.0
Hoosiers
1986
5.6
Uphill All the Way
1986
6.9
Silverado
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.7
The Dollmaker
1984
6.7
History of the World: Part I
1981
5.9
The Big Brawl
1980
7.5
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
5.7
The Young Rebels
1970
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
6.8
The War Wagon
19679.0
Country Boy
1966
6.0
Hootenanny Hoot!
1963
6.1
PT 109
1963
7.0
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.7
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
5.3
Ride a Violent Mile
1957
6.9
Trackdown
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
6.7
Trooper Hook
1957
NR
Without Incident
1957
10.0
The Black Whip
1956
7.6
Giant
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.2
My Friend Flicka
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.4
Man Without a Star
1955
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
7.4
Johnny Guitar
1954
6.3
Arrow In The Dust
1954
4.5
Rose Marie
1954
5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
8.0
Texas Bad Man
1953
5.9
The Charge at Feather River
1953
6.7
The Lusty Men
1952
7.0
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
7.6
Cattle Town
1952
6.7
Hellgate
1952
7.7
High Noon
1952
6.3
Distant Drums
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
7.1
Fort Worth
1951
6.1
Little Big Horn
1951
6.6
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
6.3
Apache Drums
1951
5.8
Rocky Mountain
1950
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948