Dick Foran
Biography
John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.
Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938).
In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941).
One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson
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Known For
Acting
1940
asSteve Banning
1942
asLon Prentice
1941
asDynamite Dugan
1958
asJim McGinnis
1940
asMatthew Maule
1942
asProf. Stephen A. Banning
1940
asWayne Carter
1937
asEd Jackson
1948
asSgt. Quincannon
1959
asDan Wendover
1963
asSean O'Brien
1936
asEmmet McManus
1939
asPaul Carver
1957
asArtie Blaine
1956
asJoe Leeds
1936
asBoze Hertzlinger
1938
asErnest
1937
asDick Foran
1936
asBill Harkins
1941
asFrank Conroy
1935
asPark Policeman
1955
asThomas Mara
1958
asFrank 'Sarge' Miller
1941
asBill Martin
1939
asDanny Blake
1936
asRed Taylor
1937
asDick Hudson
1937
asJink Carter
1939
asEddie Moore
1945
asChristopher Price
1941
asErnest Talbot
1951
asFrank Jennings
1938
asJerry Davis
1965
asStark
1938
asSam Thorne
1936
asFrank Wilson, Jr.
1939
asJim Rickey
1982
asSelf (archive footage)
1936
asThomas Duncan McKay
1983
asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
asAlan Doran
1960
asPatrick Lonigan
1938
asAlan Baker
1935
asAce Andrews
1935
asGifford
1949
asSheriff La Farge
1938
as'Killer' Lee Burke
1936
asSteve Ainslee
1937
asCharles "Chip" Douglas
1940
asJeff Ramsay
1949
asJoel Benton
1938
asPete Martin
1947
asDale Whipple
1934
asNick
1957
asBert Gaines
1937
asJames "Red" Tyler
1935
asMotor Cop
1960
asEd Robello
1938
asLarry Toms
1940
asLong John Wynn
1938
asDick Foran
1942
asBronco Bob Mitchell
1934
asSmudge Casey
1936
asDon Andrews
1939
asErnest Talbot
1941
asDuke Masters
1940
asJohnny Cash
1937
asRod Farrell
1937
asRed Barton
1937
asClay Brent
1937
asTal Holladay
1936
asTommy Blake
1938
asTom Knivel
1936
asLieut. Red Colton
1942
asDennis Devlin
1935
asTeddy
1941
asJim Benton
1941
asJinx Roberts
1941
asKansas
1942
asBill Edwards
1943
asDave O'Connor
1943
asVan Moore
1962
as
1936
asSelf
1934
asAssistant Manager
1955
asRobert Maxwell
1935
asCadet
1936
asParson Ted Burke
1935
asButch
1947
asSinging Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
1966
asThe Prospector
1946
as(archive footage)
1938
asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
asSelf
1946
asSelf
1975
asSelf (archive footage)
2008
asSelf (archive footage)
1941
asFrank
1952
asJeff Clark
1934
asNick Foran
1958
asCol. Henry Spalding
1936
as
1939
asBrainy Thornton
1942
asSelf
1935
asWalt Lansing
as
as
asColton
asDr. David Craig
asSheriff
as
as
asFred Haines
asMajor Taggert
as
asJeremiah
asHugh Waring
asDuggan
asMr. Halligan
asBob
asRobert Maxwell
asDavid Steele
as
as
as
asSheriff D. Wilkes
as
as
as
as
asGabriel Marion
asPaul Adams
as
asPhil
as
asCalliope
asSheriff Edwards
asMayor
asFrank Devereaux
asMatt
asKing Beaumont
asEsau Hepburn
asMr. Murdock
asWill Foster
asSimon Doggett
asFrank Koster
asSteve Benton
asHarlan Merrill
asRuss Adams
asJeff Clark
asLarry
asLuke Bradshaw
asFerguson
Production
Crew
Directing
