Biography
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 β 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" 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 also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who provided the Wilhelm scream and all of the other stock sound effects for Thomas J. Valentino's Major record label during the 1940s.
Filmography
all 46
Movies 33
TV Shows 13
self 3
Lifted (2006)
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1996)
Evening Class (1993)
Purple People Eater (1988)
Hoosiers (1986)
Uphill All the Way (1986)
Silverado (1985)
The Dollmaker (1984)
The Big Brawl (1980)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
The Young Rebels (1970)
The Mod Squad (1968)
The War Wagon (1967)
Country Boy (1966)
Hootenanny Hoot (1963)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Rawhide (1959)
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Ride a Violent Mile (1957)
Trackdown (1957)
Maverick (1957)
Sugarfoot (1957)
Trooper Hook (1957)
The Black Whip (1956)
Giant (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
My Friend Flicka (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Man Without a Star (1955)
Arrow In The Dust (1954)
Rose Marie (1954)
The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
Texas Bad Man (1953)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)
Cattle Town (1952)
Hellgate (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Distant Drums (1951)
The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
Little Big Horn (1951)
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
Rocky Mountain (1950)
The Lone Ranger (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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GenderMale
Birthday1921-04-10
Deathday2003-09-16 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceErick, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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