Denver Pyle

Acting · 1.9 popularity

Age

106

Movies

121

101

Born: May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997
From: Bethune, Colorado, USA

Biography

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

Works

121 films

Bonnie and Clyde

19677.5

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

19627.8

Maverick

19946.9

The Alamo

19607.1

Mail Order Bride

19647.0

Bandolero!

19686.6

5 Card Stud

19686.3

The Great Race

19657.1

The Horse Soldiers

19596.9

Escape to Witch Mountain

19756.4

Cheyenne Autumn

19646.7

Johnny Guitar

19547.4

Return from Witch Mountain

19785.9

Home from the Hill

19606.9

Shenandoah

19656.9

The Rounders

19655.5

Drum Beat

19546.1

Drums in the Deep South

19515.3

Geronimo

19625.5

Cahill: United States Marshal

19736.1

The Left Handed Gun

19586.0

Something Big

19715.3

To Hell and Back

19556.6

Ten Wanted Men

19555.9

Jet Pilot

19575.5

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

Father and Scout

19944.8

Ride Clear of Diablo

19546.1

The Lonely Man

19576.1

Hog Wild

19748.0

The Man from Colorado

19486.8

Run for Cover

19556.8

The Party Crashers

19585.3

Good Day for a Hanging

19596.4

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

19765.5

Gunpoint

19666.2

7th Cavalry

19566.1

Incident at Phantom Hill

19666.1

Fort Massacre

19586.2

Too Late for Tears

19496.8

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

19975.4

Welcome to Hard Times

19675.3

El Paso

19496.0

Delta Fever

19879.0

King of the Wild Stallions

19596.8

The Yellow Mountain

19545.4

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

19756.7

Devil Ship

19476.5

Please Murder Me

19565.9

China Doll

19586.9

The Boy from Oklahoma

19545.7

Singing Guns

19506.4

Gunsmoke

19536.6

The Command

19546.4

Rage at Dawn

19556.2

Man from the Black Hills

19529.0

Welcome to L.A.

19765.0

Red Canyon

19495.8

The Big Wheel

19495.7

Mutiny

19525.2

Terrified

19633.8

Gun Duel in Durango

19575.6

The Naked Hills

19564.6

Winterhawk

19756.6

Mara of the Wilderness

19655.0

The Lone Hand

19535.7

Column South

19536.2

Death Among Friends

19754.9

Cast a Long Shadow

19596.6

Black Like Me

19646.2

The Legend of Hillbilly John

19746.3

Captain China

19505.5

The Flying Saucer

19503.9

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

197610.0

Top Gun

19556.6

Where the North Begins

19477.5

Tammy and the Millionaire

19676.5

Fort Vengeance

19536.4

Domino Kid

19575.8

Customs Agent

195010.0

The Old Frontier

195010.0

Oklahoma Annie

19528.7

The Guilt of Janet Ames

19475.8

Return to Mayberry

19866.2

Fargo

19526.6

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

19928.3

Once Upon a Starry Night

197810.0

Hills of Utah

19519.0

Guardian of the Wilderness

19767.0

A Perilous Journey

19534.5

Streets of San Francisco

19499.0

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

19786.6

Yaqui Drums

19569.0

Hawmps!

19765.8

The Maverick

19529.0

Murder or Mercy

197410.0

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

1976

Topeka

19536.0

Canyon Ambush

19526.5

Train to Alcatraz

19487.7

Hellfire

19496.4

Texas Bad Man

19538.0

Rough Riders of Durango

19517.0

Destination 60,000

195710.0

Rebel City

19536.0

Desert Passage

19525.0

Dynamite Pass

19506.1

Bitter Heritage

19588.0

Marshal of Amarillo

19489.0

Hitched

19737.3

Vigilante Terror

19535.0

Goldtown Ghost Riders

19536.5

Million Dollar Pursuit

19516.5

Mean Justice

19717.0

Rim of the Canyon

19495.2

Federal Agent at Large

19505.8

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

19564.5

Legend of the Northwest

19787.0

Flame of Youth

194910.0

Legend of the Wild

19816.0

Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead

1983