Biography
Donnell Clyde "Spade" Cooley (December 17, 1910 β November 23, 1969) was an American convicted murderer and Western swing musician, big band leader, actor and television personality. In 1961 he was tried and convicted for the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans.
Filmography
all 41
Movies 41
self 7
Spade
The Big Tip Off (1955)
Movie
Spade Cooley
Border Outlaws (1950)
Movie
Spade
Everybody's Dancin' (1950)
Movie
Spade Cooley
The Silver Bandit (1950)
Movie
Spade Cooley
The Kid from Gower Gulch (1950)
Movie
Spade Cooley
Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
Movie
Spade Cooley
Vacation Days (1947)
Movie
Band Leader Spade
Texas Panhandle (1945)
Movie
Band Leader
My Chickashay Gal (1945)
Movie
Bandleader
Senorita from the West (1945)
Movie
Singer Spade
Outlaws of the Rockies (1945)
Movie
Self
Spade Cooley: King of Western Swing (1945)
Movie
Spade Cooley
Rockin' in the Rockies (1945)
Movie
Vocalist-Fiddler
Take Me Back to Tulsa (1944)
Movie
Fiddle Player
Lost Canyon (1942)
Movie
Fiddler
Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
Movie
Rustler
Heart of the Golden West (1942)
Movie
Fiddler (uncredited)
Thundering Hoofs (1942)
Movie
Townsman
Romance on the Range (1942)
Movie
1st Fiddler (uncredited)
Home in Wyomin' (1942)
Movie
Musician
Sunset on the Desert (1942)
Movie
Jim Clancy
South of Santa Fe (1942)
Movie
Cowhand
Man from Cheyenne (1942)
Movie
Musician
Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Movie
Musician
Nevada City (1941)
Movie
Fiddle Player
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
Movie
Fiddle Player
Red Skins and Red Heads (1941)
Movie
Cowhand / Musician
In Old Cheyenne (1941)
Movie
Soldier (uncredited)
Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
Movie
Musician
The Border Legion (1940)
Movie
Musician
Young Bill Hickok (1940)
Movie
Melody Ranch Band Musician
Melody Ranch (1940)
Movie
Henchman
Colorado (1940)
Movie
Bent's Banjoist
The Ranger and the Lady (1940)
Movie
Fiddle Player
You're Not So Tough (1940)
Movie
Fiddler (uncredited)
Bullet Code (1940)
Movie
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Movie
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Fiddler (uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
Movie
Union Soldier
The Arizona Kid (1939)
Movie
Charley Weston
Frontier Pony Express (1939)
Movie
Fiddler
Southward Ho! (1939)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1910-12-17
Deathday1969-11-23 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceOklahoma, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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