Denver Pyle
Known for: Acting
Born: May 11, 1920
Died: December 25, 1997
Place of birth: Bethune, Colorado, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85. Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1955, Pyle married Marilee Carpenter, a production assistant at 20th Century Fox. They had sons David and Tony. Marilee and Denver divorced in 1970. In 1983, Pyle married Tippie Johnston. That union lasted until his death. Pyle died of lung cancer on Christmas 1997. Memorial services were held January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife's parents, J.T. Johnston and Erin Birch Johnston. CLR
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Filmography
121 movies · 102 TV shows, newest first
5.4
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997
7.5
What a Cartoon!
1995
5.9
Cybill
1995
4.8
Father and Scout
1994
6.9
Maverick
19948.3
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
9.0
Delta Fever
1987
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
6.2
Return to Mayberry
1986
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
4.5
The Dukes
1983
NR
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
1983
6.0
Legend of the Wild
1981
NR
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
7.4
The Dukes of Hazzard
197910.0
Once Upon a Starry Night
1978
6.6
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
1978
6.9
Dallas
1978
5.9
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
7.0
Legend of the Northwest
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
7.0
Grizzly Adams
1977
7.0
How the West Was Won
1977
7.0
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
5.0
Welcome to L.A.
1976
NR
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
1976
5.5
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
5.8
Hawmps!
1976
10.0
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
1976
6.6
Winterhawk
1975
6.7
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975
4.9
Death Among Friends
1975
6.4
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
7.2
Petrocelli
1974
7.0
The Manhunter
1974
10.0
Murder or Mercy
1974
6.3
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974
8.0
Hog Wild
1974
6.1
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
7.3
Hitched
1973
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
7.7
Kung Fu
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.2
The Waltons
1972
5.4
Something Big
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
7.0
Mean Justice
1971
6.2
The Doris Day Show
1968
6.3
5 Card Stud
1968
6.6
Bandolero!
1968
6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
6.5
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.9
Hondo
1967
5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
7.5
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
6.5
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
5.3
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
6.1
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
6.2
Gunpoint
1966
5.0
Mara of the Wilderness
1965
8.0
Tammy
1965
7.1
The Great Race
1965
6.9
Shenandoah
1965
5.5
The Rounders
1965
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
7.1
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
6.2
Black Like Me
1964
7.0
Mail Order Bride
1964
10.0
The Great Adventure
1963
7.3
Mr. Novak
1963
6.0
Temple Houston
1963
7.5
Channing
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
3.8
Terrified
19637.0
Empire
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.5
Geronimo
1962
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
7.2
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
7.1
The Alamo
1960
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
8.6
National Velvet
1960
4.8
Checkmate
1960
6.0
The Aquanauts
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.9
The Tall Man
1960
6.9
Home from the Hill
1960
6.7
The Detectives
1959
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
7.4
Men Into Space
1959
4.9
Wichita Town
1959
6.5
Riverboat
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.6
Cast a Long Shadow
1959
6.9
The Horse Soldiers
1959
6.8
King of the Wild Stallions
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.4
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
8.0
Behind Closed Doors
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.0
The Texan
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
5.3
The Party Crashers
1958
8.0
Bitter Heritage
1958
6.9
China Doll
1958
6.2
Fort Massacre
1958
6.0
The Left Handed Gun
19585.3
Jefferson Drum
1958
6.8
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
6.9
Tombstone Territory
1957
5.0
26 Men
1957
5.5
Jet Pilot
1957
5.8
Casey Jones
1957
5.9
The Real McCoys
1957
5.8
Domino Kid
1957
4.4
The Restless Gun
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.1
The Lonely Man
195710.0
Destination 60,000
1957
5.6
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
6.1
7th Cavalry
1956
9.0
Yaqui Drums
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
19565.7
State Trooper
19566.5
Broken Arrow
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
4.6
The Naked Hills
1956
4.5
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
1956
5.9
Please Murder Me
1956
6.6
Top Gun
1955
6.5
Fury
1955
6.8
Crossroads
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.2
My Friend Flicka
1955
7.5
Frontier
1955
6.6
To Hell and Back
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
Run for Cover
1955
6.2
Rage at Dawn
1955
6.0
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
5.9
Ten Wanted Men
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
5.4
The Yellow Mountain
1954
6.1
Drum Beat
1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
6.3
Lassie
1954
7.4
Johnny Guitar
1954
8.0
The Lone Wolf
1954
6.3
Public Defender
1954
5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
6.4
The Command
1954
6.1
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
5.5
Annie Oakley
1954
8.0
Texas Bad Man
1953
5.0
Vigilante Terror
1953
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
6.0
Topeka
1953
6.5
Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953
6.2
Column South
1953
5.7
The Lone Hand
1953
6.0
Rebel City
1953
6.6
Gunsmoke
1953
4.5
A Perilous Journey
1953
6.4
Fort Vengeance
1953
6.0
I'm the Law
1953
6.0
You Are There
1953
9.0
The Maverick
1952
6.5
Canyon Ambush
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
5.3
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
6.6
Fargo
1952
5.0
Desert Passage
1952
9.0
Man from the Black Hills
1952
8.7
Oklahoma Annie
1952
5.2
Mutiny
1952
6.8
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
9.0
Hills of Utah
1951
5.3
Drums in the Deep South
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
6.5
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
7.0
Rough Riders of Durango
1951
6.2
The Cisco Kid
1950
4.7
The Gene Autry Show
1950
10.0
The Old Frontier
1950
10.0
Customs Agent
1950
6.1
Dynamite Pass
1950
5.8
Federal Agent at Large
1950
6.4
Singing Guns
1950
5.5
Captain China
1950
3.9
The Flying Saucer
1950
5.7
The Big Wheel
1949
10.0
Flame of Youth
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
6.8
Too Late for Tears
1949
5.2
Rim of the Canyon
1949
6.4
Hellfire
1949
5.8
Red Canyon
19499.0
Streets of San Francisco
1949
6.0
El Paso
1949
6.9
The Man from Colorado
1948
9.0
Marshal of Amarillo
19487.7
Train to Alcatraz
1948
7.5
Where the North Begins
1947
6.5
Devil Ship
1947
5.8
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947