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Sheb Wooley

Sheb Wooley
Sheb Wooley
Born: Apr 10, 1921 in Erick, Oklahoma
Died: Sep 16, 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation: Actor,
Active: '50s-'60s, '80s
Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: Hoosiers, Hootenanny Hoot, The Split
First Major Screen Credit: Texas Bad Man (1953)
Filmography
HOOSIERS 1986
10 Videos for Sheb Wooley
Purple People Eaters (1988) The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) The Oklahoman (1956)
Hoosiers (1986) The War Wagon (1967) High Noon (1952)
Silverado (1985) Giant (1956) Little Big Horn (1951)
The Dollmaker (1984)
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Biography:

After some 15 years on the country & western circuit, singer/actor Sheb Wooley finally cracked popular music's Top Ten in 1958. It was Wooley who introduced the world to the One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater, which remained the number one song for six straight weeks and stayed in the Top Ten for three weeks more.

Thereafter, Wooley's recording career fluctuated between blue-ribbon country & western ballads and silly novelty songs. As an actor, Wooley was seen in such films as Little Big Horn (1951), High Noon (1952), Giant (1956), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), and several other films with a sagebrush setting and equestrian supporting cast.

From 1961 through 1965, Sheb Wooley played Pete Nolan, frontier scout for the never-ending cattle drive on the weekly TV Western Rawhide. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.