
Dick Foran
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.
143 acting credits
Acting · 143

Perry Mason
1957

Maverick
1957

Adam-12
1968

Lassie
1954

The Virginian
1962

Dr. Kildare
1961

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Climax!
1954

Cheyenne
1955
Four Star Playhouse
1952

Daniel Boone
1964

Rawhide
1959

Lawman
1958

Studio One
1948

Matinee Theater
1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Gunsmoke
1955

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Father Knows Best
1954

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957

The Millionaire
1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Mayberry R.F.D.
1968

Cavalcade of America
1952

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Suspense
1949
State Trooper
1956
Lux Video Theatre
1950

The Great Adventure
1963

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951

Yancy Derringer
1958

The Dakotas
1963

Letter to Loretta
1953

Death Valley Days
1952

Fort Apache
1948

The Swamp Fox
1959
On Trial
1956

Donovan's Reef
1963

O.K. Crackerby
1965

The Fighting 69th
1940

The O. Henry Playhouse
1957

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

The Mummy's Hand
1940

Horror Island
1941

The Mummy's Tomb
1942

Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951

Chicago Confidential
1957

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982

Dangerous
1935

Black Legion
1937

Gentlemen Are Born
1934

Secrets of a Nurse
1938

The Atomic Submarine
1959

It's A Small World
1935

Four Mothers
1941

The Fearmakers
1958

My Little Chickadee
1940

Four Wives
1939

Treachery Rides the Range
1936

The Petrified Forest
1936

Taggart
1965

Violent Road
1958

The Miracle on 34th Street
1955

Road Agent
1941

The House of the Seven Gables
1940

Please Murder Me
1956

Butch Minds the Baby
1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941

The Lottery Lover
1935

Treasure of Ruby Hills
1955

Breakdowns of 1938
1938

The Sisters
1938

Shipmates Forever
1935

In the Navy
1941

El Paso
1949

Deputy Marshal
1949

Rangers of Fortune
1940

Private Detective
1939

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935

The Perfect Specimen
1937

Private Buckaroo
1942

Four Daughters
1938

Public Enemy's Wife
1936

Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938

Earthworm Tractors
1936

Blazing Sixes
1937

Breakdowns of 1942
1942

Blow-Ups of 1946
1946

Moonlight on the Prairie
1935

Song of the Saddle
1936

Sierra Stranger
1957

Prairie Thunder
1937

Mob Town
1941

Breakdowns of 1937
1937

Daughters Courageous
1939

Keep 'Em Flying
1941

Breakdowns of 1936
1936

I Stole a Million
1939

One More Spring
1935

Unfinished Business
1941

Inside Information
1939

The Cherokee Strip
1937

The Kill
1952

Land Beyond the Law
1937

Hi, Buddy
1943

Student Tour
1934

Hollywood Wonderland
1947

The Big Noise
1936

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937

Out Where the Stars Begin
1938

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008

Movieland Magic
1946

Change of Heart
1934

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936

The Golden Arrow
1936

California Mail
1936

Hero for a Day
1939

Heart of the North
1938

Boy Meets Girl
1938

Should I Marry Outside My Faith?
1962

Easy Come, Easy Go
1947

Riders of Death Valley
1941

The Devil's Saddle Legion
1937

Winners of the West
1940

Stand Up and Cheer!
1934

Guest Wife
1945

Accent on Youth
1935

Love, Honor and Behave
1938

Empty Holsters
1937

Over the Wall
1938

Night of Execution
1955

The Big Night
1960

She Loved a Fireman
1937

Trailin' West
1936

Behind the Eight Ball
1942

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966

He's My Guy
1943

Thundering Jets
1958

The Kid from Kansas
1941

Studs Lonigan
1960

The Sunday Round-Up
1936

Guns of the Pecos
1936