Dick Foran

Known for ActingBorn 1910-06-18Died 1979-08-10Flemington, New Jersey, USA

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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

O.K. Crackerby

The Great Adventure

Thundering Jets

Inside Information

The Sunday Round-Up

Land Beyond the Law

The Kill

Butch Minds the Baby

Mob Town

The Kid from Kansas

I Stole a Million

Blazing Sixes

Empty Holsters

Trailin' West

Perry Mason

Kraft Television Theatre

Hi, Buddy

Have Gun, Will Travel

She Loved a Fireman

The Big Noise

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Rawhide

Adam-12

Hollywood Wonderland

Song of the Saddle

77 Sunset Strip

Gentlemen Are Born

Daniel Boone

The Big Night

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Fort Apache

Maverick

The Petrified Forest

Out Where the Stars Begin

Easy Come, Easy Go

Road Agent

Winners of the West

Private Detective

The House of the Seven Gables

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Four Star Playhouse

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

The Swamp Fox

Father Knows Best

Guns of the Pecos

Gunsmoke

Four Mothers

Boy Meets Girl