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Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Birthday: 1910-06-18 | Place of Birth: Flemington, New Jersey, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1965
Taggart

as    Stark

1960
The Big Night

as    Ed

1959
The Atomic Submarine

as    Dan Wendover

1959
The Swamp Fox

as    Gabriel Marion

1958
Violent Road

as    Frank 'Sarge' Miller

1958
The Fearmakers

as    Jim McGinnis

1957
Chicago Confidential

as    Artie Blaine

1956
Please Murder Me

as    Joe Leeds

1955
The Miracle on 34th Street

as    Thomas Mara

1949
El Paso

as    Sheriff La Farge

1948
Fort Apache

as    Sgt. Quincannon

1945
Guest Wife

as    Christopher Price

1943
Hi, Buddy

as    Dave O'Connor

1943
He's My Guy

as    Van Moore

1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy

as    Bronco Bob Mitchell

1942
Private Buckaroo

as    Lon Prentice

1942
The Mummy's Tomb

as    Prof. Stephen A. Banning

1941
Horror Island

as    Bill Martin

1941
Road Agent

as    Duke Masters

1941
In the Navy

as    Dynamite Dugan

1941
Four Mothers

as    Ernest Talbot

1941
Unfinished Business

as    Frank

1941
Riders of Death Valley

as    Jim Benton

1941
The Kid from Kansas

as    Kansas

1940
Winners of the West

as    Jeff Ramsay

1940
The Fighting 69th

as    Long John Wynn

1940
The House of the Seven Gables

as    Matthew Maule

1940
The Mummy's Hand

as    Steve Banning

1940
My Little Chickadee

as    Wayne Carter