Sheb Wooley
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.
55 acting credits
Acting · 55
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Maverick
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Rawhide
1959
The Lone Ranger
1949
Sugarfoot
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Mod Squad
1968
Trackdown
1957
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
My Friend Flicka
1955
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
A Goofy Movie
1995
High Noon
1952
Giant
1956
Silverado
1985
The Young Rebels
1970
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
The War Wagon
1967
Johnny Guitar
1954
Hoosiers
1986
The Big Brawl
1980
Distant Drums
1951
History of the World: Part I
1981
PT 109
1963
The Dollmaker
1984
The Charge at Feather River
1953
The Lusty Men
1952
Man Without a Star
1955
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
Purple People Eater
1988
Hellgate
1952
Fort Worth
1951
Apache Drums
1951
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
Rocky Mountain
1950
Rose Marie
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
Little Big Horn
1951
Trooper Hook
1957
Hootenanny Hoot!
1963
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
The Black Whip
1956
Cattle Town
1952
Uphill All the Way
1986
Arrow In The Dust
1954
Without Incident
1957
Texas Bad Man
1953
Ride a Violent Mile
1957
Country Boy
1966