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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 11, 1920
Died
December 25, 1997
Place of Birth
Bethune, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
- Denver Dell Pyle
- دِنور پایل
Denver Pyle
1.7 Popularity
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
Known For
5.2
Uncle Jesse Duke
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997
7.2
Podunk Possum (voice)
What a Cartoon!
1995
5.8
Cybill
1995
4.4
George Rosebrock
Father and Scout
1994
6.9
Old Gambler on Riverboat
Maverick
1994
🎬
6.0
Self
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
0.0
Walt
Delta Fever
1987
7.0
Harold Nordoff
L.A. Law
1986
6.2
Briscoe Darling
Return to Mayberry
1986
7.5
Eben Connors
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Credits
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Uncle Jesse Duke
1997
5.2
What a Cartoon!
as Podunk Possum (voice)
1995
7.2
Cybill
1995
5.8
Father and Scout
as George Rosebrock
1994
4.4
Maverick
as Old Gambler on Riverboat
1994
6.9
🎬
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Self
1992
6.0
Delta Fever
as Walt
1987
0.0
L.A. Law
as Harold Nordoff
1986
7.0
Return to Mayberry
as Briscoe Darling
1986
6.2
Murder, She Wrote
as Eben Connors
1984
7.5
The Dukes
as Uncle Jesse (voice)
1983
3.7
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
as Narrator
1983
0.0
Legend of the Wild
as Narrator (Voice)
1981
5.0
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
1979
0.0
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Jesse Duke
1979
7.3
🎬
Once Upon a Starry Night
as Mad Jack
1978
0.0
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
as Narrator
1978
6.0
Dallas
as Blackie Callahan
1978
6.8
Return from Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
1978
5.9
Legend of the Northwest
1978
6.0
Grizzly Adams
as Mad Jack
1977
7.1
How the West Was Won
as Sgt. Tripp
1977
6.9
Guardian of the Wilderness
as Galen Clark
1976
5.7
Welcome to L.A.
as Carl Barber
1976
4.8
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
as Senator Austin
1976
0.0
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
1976
5.4
Hawmps!
as Col. Seymour Hawkins
1976
4.3
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
as Old mountain man
1976
0.0
Winterhawk
as Arkansas
1975
6.5
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
as Ben as an Adult
1975
6.2
Death Among Friends
as Morgan
1975
3.6
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
1975
6.4
🎬
Karen
1975
6.0
Petrocelli
1974
7.2
The Manhunter
1974
5.0
Murder or Mercy
as Amos Champion
1974
0.0
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Grandpappy John
1974
5.3
Hog Wild
as Dr. Larson
1974
0.0
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Denver
1973
6.1
Hitched
as Ben Barnstable
1973
6.0
Barnaby Jones
as Stayley Kircher
1973
6.9
Kung Fu
as Dr. Joseph Colton
1972
7.7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Waltons
1972
7.2
Something Big
as Junior Frisbee
1971
5.1
Cannon
1971
6.6
Mean Justice
as Tom Rawling
1971
7.0
The Doris Day Show
as Buck Webb
1968
5.8
5 Card Stud
as Sig Evers
1968
6.2
Bandolero!
as Muncie Carter
1968
6.5
The High Chaparral
as General Warren
1967
6.6
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
Hondo
as Judge Amos Blunt
1967
6.5
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Bonnie and Clyde
as Frank Hamer
1967
7.5
Tammy and the Millionaire
as Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
1967
6.3
Welcome to Hard Times
as Alfie - Stage Driver
1967
5.1
Incident at Phantom Hill
as 1st Hunter
1966
6.1
Gunpoint
as Cap
1966
6.0
Mara of the Wilderness
as Kelly
1965
2.0
Tammy
as Mordecai Tarleton
1965
7.5
The Great Race
as Sheriff
1965
7.1
Shenandoah
as Pastor Bjoerling
1965
6.9
The Rounders
as Bull
1965
5.5
Cheyenne Autumn
as Sen. Henry (uncredited)
1964
6.7
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Titus Purcell
1964
7.0
Black Like Me
as Man in pick-up truck
1964
5.9
Mail Order Bride
as Preacher Pope
1964
6.6
The Great Adventure
as Gen. Mills
1963
0.0
Mr. Novak
as Brill
1963
6.5
Channing
as Sam Riddle
1963
7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
6.0
Terrified
as Sheriff Dixon
1963
3.0
🎬
Empire
as Tom Rawling
1962
6.8
The Virginian
as Pico Brown
1962
6.4
Geronimo
as Senator Conrad
1962
5.4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Amos Carruthers
1962
7.8
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Uncle George
1961
7.5
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as R. E. Lenger
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as Chief Amos Trask
1961
4.7
The Alamo
as Thimblerig (the Gambler)
1960
7.1
Route 66
1960
6.3
Stagecoach West
1960
6.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Briscoe Darling
1960
7.6
National Velvet
1960
7.5
Checkmate
as Terry Adams (
1960
4.1
The Aquanauts
as Captain Leo Stohl
1960
5.5
Thriller
as Ortho Wheeler
1960
6.6
The Tall Man
as Marshal Dave Leggert
1960
6.3
Home from the Hill
as Mr. Bradley
1960
6.7
The Detectives
1959
6.1
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Twilight Zone
as Stu Tillman
1959
8.5
Law of the Plainsman
as Burke Carew
1959
6.0
Men Into Space
1959
7.0
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Riverboat
as Jim Bledsoe
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Price Buchanan
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Claude Roman
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Sheriff Ed
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Marcus Caldwell
1959
7.5
The Deputy
as Akins
1959
6.2
Cast a Long Shadow
as Preacher Harrison
1959
6.4
The Horse Soldiers
as Jackie Jo
1959
7.0
King of the Wild Stallions
as MacGuire's Henchman
1959
6.0
Rawhide
as John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade
1959
7.2
Good Day for a Hanging
as Deputy Ed Moore
1959
6.3
Bat Masterson
as Dan Morgan
1958
6.1
Bat Masterson
as Walsh (uncredited)
1958
6.1
Lawman
1958
5.6
Behind Closed Doors
as Roger Woodson
1958
0.0
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Texan
1958
5.5
The Texan
as Sheriff
1958
5.5
The Texan
as Chip Andrews
1958
5.5
The Texan
as Houston Blackston
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.9
The Party Crashers
as Mr. Bickford
1958
4.7
Bitter Heritage
as Sam Wheeler
1958
0.0
China Doll
as Col. Wiley
1958
6.8
Fort Massacre
as Collins
1958
6.1
The Left Handed Gun
as Ollinger
1958
6.1
🎬
Jefferson Drum
as Bart Resdake
1958
4.5
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Braddock
1958
6.6
26 Men
1957
4.2
Jet Pilot
as Mr. Simpson
1957
5.4
Casey Jones
as Frank Reeder
1957
5.5
Domino Kid
as Bill Dragger
1957
5.7
Maverick
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Robert Crane
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Jackson Sidemark
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Tom Quincy
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Tilden Stuart
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Emery Fillmore
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Frank Honer
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Bragg
1957
6.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Pete Hollister
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Clay Sommers
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as McKay
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Advent
1957
7.3
The Lonely Man
as Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
1957
5.9
🎬
Destination 60,000
as Mickey Hill
1957
0.0
Gun Duel in Durango
as Ranger Captain
1957
5.4
7th Cavalry
as Dixon
1956
5.9
Yaqui Drums
as Lefty Barr
1956
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as John Baker
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Quimby
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Tom
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Seth Robson
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Joe Sully
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Nat Sledge
1956
6.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Mark Schmedler
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Fred Graf
1956
5.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
The Naked Hills
as Bert Killian / Narrator
1956
4.6
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
as Jim Bailey
1956
4.3
Please Murder Me
as Det. Lt. Bradley
1956
5.8
Top Gun
as Hank Spencer (uncredited)
1955
6.3
Fury
as Carter
1955
6.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Lester
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Charley
1955
5.4
My Friend Flicka
as Alec
1955
5.7
Frontier
1955
5.0
To Hell and Back
as Thompson
1955
6.6
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Cyrus Burton
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as John Hanson
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Willie Calhoun
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Hank Shinn
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Mike Blocker
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Gus
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Aaron
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Haggen
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Pa
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Claudius
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Caleb
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Clab Chummer
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Caleb Nash
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Dr. Henry S. Rand
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Judge Blent
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cyrus Himes
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Ben Thompson
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Hoss Mackey
1955
6.8
Run for Cover
as Harvey (uncredited)
1955
6.7
Rage at Dawn
as Clint Reno
1955
6.1
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
5.0
Ten Wanted Men
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
as Arthur Darner
1955
5.0
The Yellow Mountain
as (uncredited)
1954
5.2
Drum Beat
as Fairchild (uncredited)
1954
6.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Royal (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Dr. Larson
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Amos Briggs (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Ben as an Adult (voice)
1954
7.8
Lassie
1954
6.1
Johnny Guitar
as Posseman (uncredited)
1954
7.4
The Lone Wolf
as Kargar
1954
7.0
Public Defender
as Tom Gayley
1954
5.7
Public Defender
as George Hansen
1954
5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
as Bagley
1954
5.2
The Command
as Infantryman (uncredited)
1954
6.2
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Reverend Moorehead
1954
5.8
Annie Oakley
as Dr. Barnes
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Tom Malloy
1954
5.2
Texas Bad Man
as Tench
1953
0.0
Vigilante Terror
as Henchman Sperry
1953
5.0
Topeka
as Jonas Bailey
1953
5.0
Column South
as Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
1953
6.0
The Lone Hand
as Regulator (uncredited)
1953
5.6
Goldtown Ghost Riders
as Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
1953
5.0
Rebel City
as Greeley
1953
5.0
Gunsmoke
as Greasy (uncredited)
1953
6.4
A Perilous Journey
as Bartender
1953
3.8
Fort Vengeance
as Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
1953
6.2
I'm the Law
1953
5.7
The Maverick
as Bud Karnes
1952
0.0
Canyon Ambush
as Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
1952
5.0
Adventures of Superman
as Emile Hatch
1952
6.6
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
Fargo
as Carey
1952
6.5
Desert Passage
as Allen
1952
4.2
Man from the Black Hills
as Glenn Hartley
1952
0.0
Oklahoma Annie
as Skip
1952
8.0
Mutiny
as Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
1952
4.8
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
6.4
Hills of Utah
as Bowie French
1951
0.0
Drums in the Deep South
as Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
1951
5.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
Million Dollar Pursuit
as Nick Algren
1951
5.8
Rough Riders of Durango
as Henchman Lacey
1951
0.0
The Gene Autry Show
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Frank Blake
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Burr Ramsey
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Dodge Hartman
1950
4.2
The Old Frontier
as Henchman George
1950
0.0
Customs Agent
as Al
1950
0.0
Dynamite Pass
as Henchman
1950
5.9
Federal Agent at Large
as 'Jumpy' Jordan
1950
4.8
Singing Guns
as Richards Henchman
1950
6.0
Captain China
as Steve
1950
4.6
The Flying Saucer
as Turner
1950
3.6
The Big Wheel
as Track Intern
1949
5.2
Flame of Youth
as Lytz
1949
0.0
The Lone Ranger
as Deputy French
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Colby
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Stack
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Deputy Allen
1949
6.8
Too Late for Tears
as Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Rim of the Canyon
as Cash Collins (uncredited)
1949
4.4
Hellfire
as Rex
1949
6.1
Red Canyon
as Hutch
1949
5.0
🎬
Streets of San Francisco
as Ed Quinn
1949
0.0
El Paso
as Vigilante (uncredited)
1949
5.7
The Man from Colorado
as Easy Jarrett
1948
6.7
The Man from Colorado
as Easy Jarrett (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Marshal of Amarillo
as The Night Clerk
1948
0.0
🎬
Train to Alcatraz
as Hutch Hutchins
1948
6.0
Where the North Begins
as Jim Rockwell
1947
6.0
Devil Ship
as Carl
1947
6.0
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)
1947
5.7