From Vaudeville to Westerns The Rise of Gabby Hayes

“George Frances “Gabby” Hayes was born in 1885, the third of seven children in Wellsville, New York, and did not come from a cowboy background. Other articles where George Hayes is discussed: Roy Rogers: Another favourite costar, his sidekick George ("Gabby") Hayes, joined Rogers in Southward Ho! George Hayes is an American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. ... actor, for Will Brill. Set in the mid-1970s inside a pair of ... Bonus: Gabby Beans doubles as Mercutio and the Friar. (Through Feb. 16 ... ... actor George "Gabby" Hayes. Hayes had often portrayed sidekick characters in Western films featuring Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers. A ... Gabby Hayes, born George Francis Hayes, was a legendary figure in the world of Hollywood and one of the most iconic supporting actors of his ... A biography and filmography of the wonderful George 'Gabby' Hayes - sidekick to Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy and a regular character actor in Westerns of ... Gabby Hayes, Actor, Dies at 83; Comic in 200 Western Pictures; Hopalong Cassidy's Pardner Was Best-Known Role -- His First Career on Stage ... New York Times ... George 'Gabby' Hayes - Actor - Photo Gallery. Desert Sun, Volume 42, Number 162, 10 February 1969 — 'Cantankerous' Actor Gabby Hayes Dies; 83 [ARTICLE] ... peared in 174 motion picutres, including most of the ...