Sheb Wooley

Known for ActingBorn 1921-04-10Died 2003-09-16Erick, Oklahoma, USA

Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – 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"[1] 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 scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.Read more

Movies & web series

The Black Whip

Country Boy

Texas Bad Man

The Dollmaker

Murder, She Wrote

The Outlaw Josey Wales

High Noon

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Giant

Cattle Town

A Goofy Movie

Johnny Guitar

Hoosiers

Rawhide

Silverado

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Sergeant Rutledge

Fort Worth

History of the World: Part I

Toughest Man in Arizona

Maverick

The War Wagon

Trackdown

Trooper Hook

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Terror in a Texas Town

The Lone Ranger

Hellgate

The Lusty Men

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Man Without a Star

Apache Drums

Arrow In The Dust

Distant Drums

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

My Friend Flicka

Little Big Horn

PT 109

The Mod Squad

The Big Brawl

Cheyenne

Hootenanny Hoot

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Charge at Feather River

Uphill All the Way

Rocky Mountain