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

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

High Noon

Giant

Cattle Town

A Goofy Movie

Johnny Guitar

Hoosiers

Rawhide

Silverado

Golden Dreams

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Fort Worth

Sergeant Rutledge

History of the World: Part I

Maverick

Toughest Man in Arizona

The War Wagon

Trackdown

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Lone Ranger

Terror in a Texas Town

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Lusty Men

Trooper Hook

Hellgate

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Man Without a Star

Distant Drums

Apache Drums

Arrow In The Dust

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Mod Squad

My Friend Flicka

Cheyenne

PT 109

The Big Brawl

Hootenanny Hoot!

Little Big Horn

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Charge at Feather River

Uphill All the Way