
Biography
Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, as Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, as Mad Jack in the NBC television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, and as the titular character's father, Buck Webb, in CBS's The Doris Day Show. In many of his roles, he portrayed either authority figures, or gruff, demanding father figures, often as comic relief.
Perhaps his most memorable film role was that of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer in the movie Bonnie and Clyde (1967), as the lawman who relentlessly chased down and finally killed the notorious duo in an ambush.
Filmography
All 186
Movies 102
TV Shows 84
Narrator 3
Self 2

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997)

Cybill (1995)

Father and Scout (1994)

Maverick (1994)

Wind in the Wire (1993)

John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992)

Delta Fever (1987)

L.A. Law (1986)

Return to Mayberry (1986)

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

The Dukes (1983)

Legend of the Wild (1981)

Andy Kaufman: The Midnight Special (1981)

The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)

How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978)

Dallas (1978)

Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

Legend of the Northwest (1978)

Grizzly Adams (1977)

How the West Was Won (1977)

Guardian of the Wilderness (1976)

Welcome to L.A. (1976)

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

Hawmps! (1976)

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont (1976)

Winterhawk (1975)

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975)

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Karen (1975)

Petrocelli (1974)

The Manhunter (1974)

Murder or Mercy (1974)

The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974)

The New Perry Mason (1973)

Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)

Kung Fu (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

The Waltons (1972)

Something Big (1971)

Cannon (1971)

Hitched (1971)

Mean Justice (1971)

The Doris Day Show (1968)

5 Card Stud (1968)

Bandolero! (1968)

The High Chaparral (1967)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)

Hondo (1967)

Cimarron Strip (1967)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Tammy and the Millionaire (1967)

Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)

Gunpoint (1966)

Mara of the Wilderness (1965)

Tammy (1965)

The Great Race (1965)

Shenandoah (1965)

The Rounders (1965)

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)

Mail Order Bride (1964)

Black Like Me (1964)

The Great Adventure (1963)

Mr. Novak (1963)

Channing (1963)

The Lieutenant (1963)

Terrified (1963)

Empire (1962)

The Virginian (1962)

Geronimo (1962)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

Ben Casey (1961)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

Cain's Hundred (1961)

The Alamo (1960)

Route 66 (1960)

Stagecoach West (1960)

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

National Velvet (1960)

The Aquanauts (1960)

Thriller (1960)

The Tall Man (1960)

Wrangler (1960)

Home from the Hill (1960)

Overland Trail (1960)

The Detectives (1959)

Bourbon Street Beat (1959)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

Law of the Plainsman (1959)

Men into Space (1959)

Wichita Town (1959)

Riverboat (1959)

The Deputy (1959)

Bonanza (1959)

Cast a Long Shadow (1959)

The Horse Soldiers (1959)

King of the Wild Stallions (1959)

Rawhide (1959)

Good Day for a Hanging (1959)

Bat Masterson (1958)

Lawman (1958)

Behind Closed Doors (1958)

The Rifleman (1958)

The Texan (1958)

Bronco (1958)

The Party Crashers (1958)

Bitter Heritage (1958)

China Doll (1958)

Fort Massacre (1958)

The Left Handed Gun (1958)

26 Men (1957)

Jet Pilot (1957)

Maverick (1957)

Perry Mason (1957)

Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)

The Lonely Man (1957)

Destination 60,000 (1957)

Gun Duel In Durango (1957)

7th Cavalry (1956)

Yaqui Drums (1956)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

State Trooper (1956)

The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)

The Naked Hills (1956)

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok (1956)

Please Murder Me (1956)

Fury (1955)

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)

My Friend Flicka (1955)

Frontier (1955)

To Hell and Back (1955)

Cheyenne (1955)

Gunsmoke (1955)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)

Run for Cover (1955)

Rage at Dawn (1955)

Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955)

Ten Wanted Men (1955)

The Millionaire (1955)

The Yellow Mountain (1954)

Lassie (1954)

The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)

Johnny Guitar (1954)

Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)

The Lone Wolf (1954)

Texas Bad Man (1953)

Vigilante Terror (1953)

Topeka (1953)

Rebel City (1953)

A Perilous Journey (1953)

I'm the Law (1953)

You Are There (1953)

The Maverick (1952)

Canyon Ambush (1952)

Hopalong Cassidy (1952)

Adventures of Superman (1952)

Fargo (1952)

Man from the Black Hills (1952)

Oklahoma Annie (1952)

Mutiny (1952)

The Roy Rogers Show (1951)

Hills of Utah (1951)

The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)

Million Dollar Pursuit (1951)

The Range Rider (1951)

Rough Riders of Durango (1951)

The Gene Autry Show (1950)

The Old Frontier (1950)

Customs Agent (1950)

Dynamite Pass (1950)

Federal Agent at Large (1950)

Singing Guns (1950)

Captain China (1950)

The Flying Saucer (1950)

The Big Wheel (1949)

Flame of Youth (1949)

Hellfire (1949)

Red Canyon (1949)

Streets of San Francisco (1949)

El Paso (1949)

The Man from Colorado (1948)

Marshal of Amarillo (1948)

Train to Alcatraz (1948)

Where the North Begins (1947)
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-05-11
Deathday1997-12-25 (77 years old)
Place of birthKit Carson County, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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