Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

197

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-05-06

Day of Death

1969-02-09 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Wellsville, New York, USA

Also Known As

George Francis Hayes

George Hayes

George Francis "Gabby" Hayes

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Biography

George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. In 1914, he married Olive Ireland and the pair became successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his forties, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the Windy nickname, and so took on the sobriquet Gabby, and was so billed from about 1940. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film in 1950, he starred as the host of The Gabby Hayes Show. He died on February 9, 1969.

Known For

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Red River Valley

Red River Valley

Man from Cheyenne

Man from Cheyenne

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

She Who Gets Slapped

She Who Gets Slapped

Acting

My Pal Trigger

1946

My Pal Trigger

as

Gabby Kendrick

Riders of Destiny

1933

Riders of Destiny

as

Charlie Denton

Randy Rides Alone

1934

Randy Rides Alone

as

- Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute

Texas Terror

1935

Texas Terror

as

Sheriff Ed Williams

The Lucky Texan

1934

The Lucky Texan

as

Jake 'Grandy' Benson

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as

Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

West of the Divide

1934

West of the Divide

as

'Dusty'

Dark Command

1940

Dark Command

as

Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

In Old Oklahoma

1943

In Old Oklahoma

as

Despirit Dean

Albuquerque

1948

Albuquerque

as

Juke

Tall in the Saddle

1944

Tall in the Saddle

as

Dave

The Star Packer

1934

The Star Packer

as

Matt Matlock

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

1935

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

as

Pearson (as George Hayes)

The Lost City

1935

The Lost City

as

Butterfield

Bad Man of Deadwood

1941

Bad Man of Deadwood

as

Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone

Badman's Territory

1946

Badman's Territory

as

Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid

The Carson City Kid

1940

The Carson City Kid

as

Gabby Whittaker

Colorado

1940

Colorado

as

Gabby

The Lawless Frontier

1934

The Lawless Frontier

as

Dusty

The Throwback

1935

The Throwback

as

Ford Cruze

Silver Spurs

1936

Silver Spurs

as

Drag Harlan

The Texas Rangers

1936

The Texas Rangers

as

Judge Snow

In Old Mexico

1938

In Old Mexico

as

Windy Halliday

Pride of the West

1938

Pride of the West

as

Windy Halliday

Bar 20 Justice

1938

Bar 20 Justice

as

Windy Halliday

The Eagle's Brood

1935

The Eagle's Brood

as

Spike

Renegade Trail

1939

Renegade Trail

as

Windy Halliday

The Frontiersmen

1938

The Frontiersmen

as

Windy Halliday

Silver on the Sage

1939

Silver on the Sage

as

Windy Halliday

Sunset Trail

1939

Sunset Trail

as

Windy Halliday

Three on the Trail

1936

Three on the Trail

as

Windy Halliday

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

1936

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

as

Windy Halliday

Hopalong Rides Again

1937

Hopalong Rides Again

as

Windy Halliday

Hop-a-long Cassidy

1935

Hop-a-long Cassidy

as

Uncle Ben

North of the Rio Grande

1937

North of the Rio Grande

as

Windy Halliday

Texas Trail

1937

Texas Trail

as

Windy Halliday

Heart of the West

1936

Heart of the West

as

Windy Jenkins

Bar 20 Rides Again

1935

Bar 20 Rides Again

as

Windy Halliday

Borderland

1937

Borderland

as

Windy Halliday

Call of the Prairie

1936

Call of the Prairie

as

Shanghai McHenry

Rustlers' Valley

1937

Rustlers' Valley

as

Windy Halliday

Trail Dust

1936

Trail Dust

as

Windy Halliday

Heart of Arizona

1938

Heart of Arizona

as

Windy Halliday

Hills of Old Wyoming

1937

Hills of Old Wyoming

as

Windy Halliday

Home in Oklahoma

1946

Home in Oklahoma

as

Gabby Whittaker

Sunset Serenade

1942

Sunset Serenade

as

Gabby

Sheriff of Tombstone

1941

Sheriff of Tombstone

as

Gabby

Lights of Old Santa Fe

1944

Lights of Old Santa Fe

as

Gabby Whittaker

Bells of Rosarita

1945

Bells of Rosarita

as

Gabby Whittake

Heldorado

1946

Heldorado

as

Gabby Whittaker

Roll on Texas Moon

1946

Roll on Texas Moon

as

Gabby Whittaker

The Border Legion

1940

The Border Legion

as

Honest John Whittaker

Under Nevada Skies

1946

Under Nevada Skies

as

Gabby Whittaker

Young Bill Hickok

1940

Young Bill Hickok

as

'Gabby' Whitaker

The Man from Utah

1934

The Man from Utah

as

Marshal George Higgins

Rainbow Valley

1935

Rainbow Valley

as

George Hale

Blue Steel

1934

Blue Steel

as

Sheriff Jake Withers

Rainbow Man

1929

Rainbow Man

as

Bill

Trail Street

1947

Trail Street

as

Billy Jones

The Lawless Nineties

1936

The Lawless Nineties

as

Major Carter

In Old Cheyenne

1941

In Old Cheyenne

as

Arapaho Brown

Young Buffalo Bill

1940

Young Buffalo Bill

as

Gabby Whittaker

Sunset in El Dorado

1945

Sunset in El Dorado

as

Gabby

Border Devils

1932

Border Devils

as

Squint Sanders

Bandits of the Badlands

1934

Bandits of the Badlands

as

Sheriff Jake Withers

The Shadow Gang

1934

The Shadow Gang

as

Matt Matlock

Next Of Kin

1934

Next Of Kin

as

'Dusty'

The Arizona Kid

1939

The Arizona Kid

as

Gabby Whittaker

Rainbow Over Texas

1946

Rainbow Over Texas

as

Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker

The Big Bonanza

1944

The Big Bonanza

as

Hap Selby

Red River Valley

1941

Red River Valley

as

Gabby Whittaker

Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942

Ridin' Down the Canyon

as

Gabby

Southward Ho!

1939

Southward Ho!

as

Gabby

Heart of the Golden West

1942

Heart of the Golden West

as

Gabby

The Ranger and the Lady

1940

The Ranger and the Lady

as

Gabby Whittaker

Man from Cheyenne

1942

Man from Cheyenne

as

Gabby Whittaker

South of Santa Fe

1942

South of Santa Fe

as

Gabby Whittaker

Sunset on the Desert

1942

Sunset on the Desert

as

Gabby Whittaker

Klondike

1932

Klondike

as

Tom Ross

The Night Rider

1932

The Night Rider

as

Altoonie

The Boiling Point

1932

The Boiling Point

as

George Duncan

Galloping Romeo

1933

Galloping Romeo

as

Grizzly

The Return of Casey Jones

1933

The Return of Casey Jones

as

Timothy Shine

In Old Santa Fe

1934

In Old Santa Fe

as

Cactus

Monte Carlo Nights

1934

Monte Carlo Nights

as

Inspector Nick Gunby

Utah

1945

Utah

as

Gabby Whittaker

Return of the Bad Men

1948

Return of the Bad Men

as

John Pettit

Man of Conquest

1939

Man of Conquest

as

Lannie Upchurch

Marshal of Reno

1944

Marshal of Reno

as

Gabby

Jesse James at Bay

1941

Jesse James at Bay

as

Sheriff Gabby Whitaker

Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

Ladies Crave Excitement

as

McCloskey

Tucson Raiders

1944

Tucson Raiders

as

'Gabby' Hopkins

Days of Jesse James

1939

Days of Jesse James

as

Gabby

Song of Arizona

1946

Song of Arizona

as

Gabby Whittaker

Robin Hood of the Pecos

1941

Robin Hood of the Pecos

as

Gabriel Gabby Hornaday

Romance on the Range

1942

Romance on the Range

as

Gabby

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

1935

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

as

Dr. Parker

Let Freedom Ring

1939

Let Freedom Ring

as

Pop Wilkie

The Nevada Buckaroo

1931

The Nevada Buckaroo

as

Cherokee Williams

Riders of the Desert

1932

Riders of the Desert

as

Hashknife Brooks

Honeymoon Limited

1935

Honeymoon Limited

as

Pinkham

Sons of the Pioneers

1942

Sons of the Pioneers

as

Gabby Whittaker

El Paso

1949

El Paso

as

Pesky Tees

A Slip at the Switch

1932

A Slip at the Switch

as

Deputy Smoot

The Cariboo Trail

1950

The Cariboo Trail

as

Grizzly

For the Defense

1930

For the Defense

as

Ben (the waiter)

Saga of Death Valley

1939

Saga of Death Valley

as

Gabby

Dragnet Patrol

1931

Dragnet Patrol

as

Private Detective

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as

(archive footage)

In Old Monterey

1939

In Old Monterey

as

Gabby Whittaker

Nevada City

1941

Nevada City

as

Gabby Chapman

The Man from Hell's Edges

1932

The Man from Hell's Edges

as

Shamrock Cassidy

1934

The Brand of Hate

as

Bill Larkins

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

as

Enoch

Justice of the Range

1935

Justice of the Range

as

John Coffin, known as Pegleg Sanderson

Hitch Hike Lady

1935

Hitch Hike Lady

as

Miner

Cavalier of the West

1931

Cavalier of the West

as

Sheriff Bill Ryan

Playing Around

1930

Playing Around

as

Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)

Death Flies East

1935

Death Flies East

as

Wotkyns

Skyway

1933

Skyway

as

George Taylor

The Plainsman

1936

The Plainsman

as

Breezy

Big News

1929

Big News

as

Hoffman

Top Speed

1930

Top Speed

as

Western Union Clerk

Tombstone Terror

1935

Tombstone Terror

as

Soupy Baxter

Along the Navajo Trail

1945

Along the Navajo Trail

as

Gabby Whittaker

Wall Street Cowboy

1939

Wall Street Cowboy

as

Gabby

Smokey Smith

1935

Smokey Smith

as

Blaze Bart

City Limits

1934

City Limits

as

Charlie Carter

Bordertown Gun Fighters

1943

Bordertown Gun Fighters

as

Gabby Hayes

Death Valley Manhunt

1943

Death Valley Manhunt

as

Gabby Hayes

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

as

Bearded Man

Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944

Hidden Valley Outlaws

as

Gabby Hayes

The Man from Hell

1934

The Man from Hell

as

Banker Colonel Campbell

In Old Caliente

1939

In Old Caliente

as

Gabby

Sally of the Subway

1932

Sally of the Subway

as

Police Lieutenant Paxton

Dirigible

1931

Dirigible

as

Parade Official (uncredited)

Ranger's Code

1933

Ranger's Code

as

Baxter (as George Hayes)

The Gallant Fool

1933

The Gallant Fool

as

Dad Denton

Swifty

1935

Swifty

as

Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes)

Don't Fence Me In

1945

Don't Fence Me In

as

Gabby Whittaker

Wagons Westward

1940

Wagons Westward

as

Hardtack

Trailing North

1933

Trailing North

as

Flash Ryan

Valley of the Lawless

1936

Valley of the Lawless

as

Grandpaw Jenkins

The Outlaw Tamer

1935

The Outlaw Tamer

as

Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes)

Man from Oklahoma

1945

Man from Oklahoma

as

Gabby Whittaker

Wagon Tracks West

1943

Wagon Tracks West

as

Gabby

Thunder Mountain

1935

Thunder Mountain

as

Foley

The Untamed Breed

1948

The Untamed Breed

as

Windy Lucas

The Fighting Champ

1932

The Fighting Champ

as

Pete

$1,000 a Minute

1935

$1,000 a Minute

as

New Deal Watson

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

1943

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

as

Gabby Hayes

Fighting Thoroughbreds

1939

Fighting Thoroughbreds

as

Gramps Montrose

Ship of Wanted Men

1933

Ship of Wanted Men

as

Crewman

Song of the Trail

1936

Song of the Trail

as

Dan Hobson

The Stolen Jools

1931

The Stolen Jools

as

Projectionist

Claim Jumpers

1934

Claim Jumpers

as

Jake Benson

I Married a Doctor

1936

I Married a Doctor

as

Train Station Agent

Big Business Girl

1931

Big Business Girl

as

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Melody Ranch

1940

Melody Ranch

as

Pop Laramie

Winner Take All

1932

Winner Take All

as

Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited)

Mystery Liner

1934

Mystery Liner

as

Joe, the Watchman

The Man from Thunder River

1943

The Man from Thunder River

as

Gabby Whittaker

The Sphinx

1933

The Sphinx

as

Detective Casey

She Who Gets Slapped

1930

She Who Gets Slapped

as

Poker Player

Overland Mail Robbery

1943

Overland Mail Robbery

as

Gabby

Mojave Firebrand

1944

Mojave Firebrand

as

Gabby Hayes

Wild Horse Mesa

1932

Wild Horse Mesa

as

Slack

Wyoming

1947

Wyoming

as

Windy Gibson

Breed of the Border

1933

Breed of the Border

as

Chuck Wiggins

Play Girl

1932

Play Girl

as

Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited)

Texas Buddies

1932

Texas Buddies

as

Si Haller

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as

Self (archive footage)

Love Me Tonight

1932

Love Me Tonight

as

Grocer (uncredited)

Bedlam of Beards

1934

Bedlam of Beards

as

House of Mystery

1934

House of Mystery

as

David Fells

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934

'Neath the Arizona Skies

as

Matt Downing

Mountain Music

1937

Mountain Music

as

Granpappy Burnside

God's Country and the Man

1931

God's Country and the Man

as

Stingaree Kelly

The Headline Woman

1935

The Headline Woman

as

Duffy

Hidden Valley

1932

Hidden Valley

as

Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat

Oklahoma Jim

1931

Oklahoma Jim

as

Crooked Gambler

Broadway to Cheyenne

1932

Broadway to Cheyenne

as

Walrus

Self Defense

1932

Self Defense

as

Jury Foreman

The Phantom Broadcast

1933

The Phantom Broadcast

as

Police Lieutenant

The Devil's Mate

1933

The Devil's Mate

as

Collins

Fighting Texans

1933

Fighting Texans

as

Pop Martin

Crashing Broadway

1933

Crashing Broadway

as

J. Talbot Thorndyke

The Fugitive

1933

The Fugitive

as

Judge Tyler

Beggars in Ermine

1934

Beggars in Ermine

as

Joe Wilson

The House Without Children

1919

The House Without Children

as

Archibald Ponsonby

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929

Smiling Irish Eyes

as

Taxi Driver

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as

Lucas

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as

Self

The Gabby Hayes Show

The Gabby Hayes Show

as

Himself

Western von gestern

Western von gestern

as

Gabby Whittaker (archive footage)

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self

The Gabby Hayes Show

The Gabby Hayes Show

as

Narrator

Production

Crew

Directing