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Andrew Vabre Devine was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films. He is probably best remembered for his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature films. He also appeared alongside John Wayne in films like Stagecoach (1939), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and How the West Was Won. He is also remembered as Jingles on the TV series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok from 1951 to 1958, as Danny McGuire in A Star Is Born (1937) and as the voice of Friar Tuck in the Disney Animation film Robin Hood (1973).
Birth Name
Andrew Vabre Devine
Born
Saturday, 07 October 1905
Died
Friday, 18 February 1977
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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TV's Western Heroes | Self | 2013 |
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | Self | 2008 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
Doctors | Dennis Dowling | 2000 |
Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
The Mouse and His Child | The Frog (voice) / The Frog | 1977 |
A Whale of a Tale | Captain Andy | 1976 |
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Priest in Dog Pound | 1976 |
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Stout Sidekick | 1976 |
Gable: The King Remembered | Himself / Self | 1975 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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TV's Western Heroes | Self | 2013 |
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | Self | 2008 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
Doctors | Dennis Dowling | 2000 |
Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
The Mouse and His Child | The Frog (voice) / The Frog | 1977 |
A Whale of a Tale | Captain Andy | 1976 |
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Priest in Dog Pound | 1976 |
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Stout Sidekick | 1976 |
Gable: The King Remembered | Himself / Self | 1975 |
Robin Hood | Friar Tuck - A Badger / Friar Tuck - A Badger (voice) | 1973 |
The American West of John Ford | Self | 1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones | Sheriff Bintell | 1971 |
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Amos Polk | 1970 |
Myra Breckinridge | Coyote Bill | 1970 |
The Phynx | Andy Devine | 1970 |
Smoke | Mr. Stone | 1970 |
Love, American Style | Sheriff Bob O'Connors (segment "Love and the Mountain Cabin") | 1969 |
Bracken's World | Bill Hunnicutt | 1969 |
The Over-the-Hill Gang | Judge Amos Polk | 1969 |
Della | Self | 1969 |
The Road Hustlers | Sheriff Estep | 1968 |
The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968 |
The Ballad of Josie | Judge Tatum | 1968 |
Off to See the Wizard | Mr. Carmody | 1967 |
The Rounders | Honest John Denton | 1966 |
Batman | Santa | 1966 |
Tammy | Amos Potts | 1965 |
Zebra in the Kitchen | Branch Hawksbill | 1965 |
Gypsy | Self - actor | 1965 |
Oh My Word | Self | 1965 |
That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
Flipper | Hap Gorman / Hap Corman | 1964 |
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Sheriff of Crockett County | 1963 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Buck (clip from Stagecoach (1939)) | 1963 |
Burke's Law | Charles Cortland | 1963 |
Vacation Playhouse | Andy | 1963 |
How the West Was Won | Cpl. Peterson / Peterson | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | 1962 |
The Virginian | Dr. Houseman / Amos Tyke | 1962 |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Link Appleyard / Marshal Link Appleyard | 1962 |
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Self | 1962 |
Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actor 'A Star Is Born' | 1961 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
Two Rode Together | Sgt. Darius P. Posey | 1961 |
My Three Sons | Colonel Parker | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Detective Sergeant Big Jake Sloan | 1960 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mr. Carmody | 1960 |
The Twilight Zone | Somerset Frisby | 1959 |
Bonanza | Roscoe | 1959 |
The Garry Moore Show | Self - Guest | 1958 |
The Lux Show | Self | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Jess MacAbee | 1957 |
Around the World in 80 Days | First Mate of the 'S. S. Henrietta' / SS Henrietta First Mate | 1956 |
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Himself - Actor | 1956 |
Gunsmoke | Jed Whitlow | 1955 |
Pete Kelly's Blues | George Tenell | 1955 |
The Titled Tenderfoot | Jingles P. Jones | 1955 |
Timber Country Trouble | Deputy Marshal Aloysius 'Jingles' P. Jones / Jingles | 1955 |
Phantom Trails | Deputy Aloysius P. 'Jingles' Jones / JIngles | 1955 |
Marshals in Disguise | Jingles P. Jones | 1954 |
Trouble on the Trail | Jingles | 1954 |
The Two Gun Teacher | Jingles | 1954 |
The Magical World of Disney | Jim Demmer / Mr. Stone | 1954 |
Shower of Stars | Self | 1954 |
Thunder Pass | Injun | 1954 |
Border City Rustlers | Jingles | 1953 |
Two Gun Marshal | Jingles P. Jones | 1953 |
Six Gun Decision | Deputy Aloysius 'Jingles' P. Jones | 1953 |
Secret of Outlaw Flats | Aloysius P. 'Jingles' Jones | 1953 |
Island in the Sky | Willie Moon | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Charley Dwyer | 1953 |
Montana Belle | Pete Bivins | 1952 |
The Yellow Haired Kid | Jingles P. Jones | 1952 |
Trail of the Arrow | Jingles | 1952 |
Behind Southern Lines | Jingles | 1952 |
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon | Deputy Jingle P. Jones | 1952 |
This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Honoree | 1952 |
Ellis in Freedomland | The Waterheater / The Waterheater (voice) | 1952 |
Slaughter Trail | Sgt. Macintosh | 1951 |
The Red Badge of Courage | The Cheery Soldier | 1951 |
New Mexico | Sergeant Garrity / Sgt. Garrity | 1951 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones / Jingles / Deputy Marshal Jingles / Deputy Marshal Jingles Jones / Jingles Jones | 1951 |
Life with Linkletter | Self | 1950 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Comic Actor | 1950 |
Never a Dull Moment | Orvie | 1950 |
The Traveling Saleswoman | Waldo | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1949 |
The Last Bandit | Casey Brown | 1949 |
The Far Frontier | Judge Cookie Bullfincher | 1948 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
Grand Canyon Trail | Cookie Bullfincher | 1948 |
Nighttime in Nevada | Sergeant Cookie Bullfincher / Cookie Bullfincher | 1948 |
Eyes of Texas | Doc Cookie Bullfincher / Dr. Cookie Bullfincher | 1948 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self - Comic Actor | 1948 |
The Gallant Legion | Windy Hornblower / 'Windy' Hornblower | 1948 |
Under California Stars | Alf Bullfincher / Cookie Bullfincher / Cousins Alf, Luke, & Grover Bullfincher | 1948 |
Old Los Angeles | Sam Bowie | 1948 |
The Gay Ranchero | Cookie Bullfincher | 1948 |
The Fabulous Texan | Elihu Mills | 1947 |
On the Old Spanish Trail | Constable Cookie Bullfincher | 1947 |
Michigan Kid | Buster | 1947 |
Slave Girl | Ben - Fat Sailor / Ben | 1947 |
Springtime in the Sierras | Cookie Bullfincher | 1947 |
The Vigilantes Return | Andy | 1947 |
Bells of San Angelo | Sheriff Cookie Bullfincher / Cookie Bullfincher | 1947 |
Canyon Passage | Ben Dance | 1946 |
Frontier Gal | Big Ben | 1945 |
That's the Spirit | Martin Wilde Sr. | 1945 |
Sudan | Nebka | 1945 |
Frisco Sal | Bunny | 1945 |
Bowery to Broadway | Father Kelley | 1944 |
Babes on Swing Street | Joe Costello | 1944 |
Ghost Catchers | Horsehead | 1944 |
Follow the Boys | Andy Devine | 1944 |
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Abdullah | 1944 |
Crazy House | Andy Devive / Andy Devine | 1943 |
Corvette K-225 | Walsh | 1943 |
Frontier Badmen | Slim - Cowhand / Slim | 1943 |
Rhythm of the Islands | Eddie Dolan | 1943 |
Sin Town | 'Judge' Eustace Vale | 1942 |
Between Us Girls | Mike Kilinsky | 1942 |
Timber! | Arizona | 1942 |
Top Sergeant | Andy Jarrett | 1942 |
Danger in the Pacific | Andy Parker | 1942 |
Escape from Hong Kong | Blimp | 1942 |
Unseen Enemy | Detective Sam Dillon | 1942 |
North to the Klondike | Klondike | 1942 |
Road Agent | Andy | 1941 |
Breakdowns of 1941 | Self | 1941 |
South of Tahiti | Moose | 1941 |
The Kid from Kansas | Andy | 1941 |
Badlands of Dakota | Spearfish | 1941 |
A Dangerous Game | Andy McAllister | 1941 |
Raiders of the Desert | Andy 'Hammer' McCoy | 1941 |
Men of the Timberland | Andy Jensen | 1941 |
The Flame of New Orleans | 1st Sailor | 1941 |
Mutiny in the Arctic | Andy Adams | 1941 |
Lucky Devils | Andy Tompkins | 1941 |
Trail of the Vigilantes | Meadows | 1940 |
The Devil's Pipeline | Andy Jennings | 1940 |
The Leather Pushers | Andy Adams | 1940 |
Margie | Cameo appearance | 1940 |
When the Daltons Rode | Ozark | 1940 |
Black Diamonds | Tolliver Higgenbotham | 1940 |
Swing with Bing | Himself / Self | 1940 |
Hot Steel | Matt Morrison | 1940 |
Torrid Zone | Wally Davis | 1940 |
Buck Benny Rides Again | Andy Devine | 1940 |
Little Old New York | 'Commodore' / "Commodore" | 1940 |
Danger on Wheels | 'Guppy' Wexel | 1940 |
Man from Montreal | Constable 'Bones' Blair | 1939 |
Geronimo | Sneezer | 1939 |
Legion of Lost Flyers | 'Beef' Brumley | 1939 |
Tropic Fury | Tynan ('Tiny') Andrews | 1939 |
Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Slim Collins | 1939 |
The Spirit of Culver | Tubby | 1939 |
Never Say Die | Henry Munch | 1939 |
Stagecoach | Buck | 1939 |
Strange Faces | Hector Hobbs | 1938 |
Men with Wings | Joe Gibbs | 1938 |
The Storm | Swede Hanzen | 1938 |
Swing That Cheer | Doc Saunders | 1938 |
Personal Secretary | 'Snoop' Lewis | 1938 |
Yellow Jack | Charlie Spill | 1938 |
Doctor Rhythm | Officer Lawrence O'Roon | 1938 |
In Old Chicago | Pickle Bixby | 1938 |
You're a Sweetheart | Daisy Day | 1937 |
Double or Nothing | Half Pint | 1937 |
The Road Back | Willy | 1937 |
A Star Is Born | Danny McGuire / Daniel 'Danny' McGuire | 1937 |
Mysterious Crossing | Carolina | 1936 |
Flying Hostess | Joe Williams | 1936 |
The Big Game | Pop Andrews | 1936 |
Romeo and Juliet | Peter - Servant to Juliet's Nurse / Peter | 1936 |
Yellowstone | Pay-Day / 'Pay-Day' | 1936 |
Small Town Girl | George Brannan | 1936 |
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self - Toreador | 1935 |
Coronado | Pinky Falls | 1935 |
Fighting Youth | Cy Kipp | 1935 |
Way Down East | Hi Holler | 1935 |
The Farmer Takes a Wife | Elmer Otway | 1935 |
Chinatown Squad | George Mason | 1935 |
The President Vanishes | Valentine Orcott / Val Orcott | 1935 |
Hell in the Heavens | Sgt. 'Ham' Davis / Sgt. "Ham" Davis | 1934 |
Wake Up and Dream | Joe Egbert aka Egghead | 1934 |
Million Dollar Ransom | Careful | 1934 |
Gift of Gab | John P. McDougal - the Waiter | 1934 |
Let's Talk It Over | Gravel | 1934 |
Stingaree | Howie | 1934 |
The Black Cat | Bit Part | 1934 |
Upperworld | Oscar | 1934 |
The Poor Rich | Andy | 1934 |
Chance at Heaven | Al | 1933 |
Saturday's Millions | Andy Jones | 1933 |
Doctor Bull | Larry Ward, Sodajerk / Larry Ward | 1933 |
Midnight Mary | Samuel 'Sam' / 'Sammy' Travers / Sam | 1933 |
Horse Play | Andy | 1933 |
The Big Cage | Scoops | 1933 |
Song of the Eagle | Mud | 1933 |
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble | Andy Anderson | 1933 |
Tom Brown of Culver | Mac | 1932 |
The Man from Yesterday | Steve Hand | 1932 |
Fast Companions | Information Kid | 1932 |
Radio Patrol | Pete Wiley | 1932 |
Man Wanted | Andy Doyle | 1932 |
Destry Rides Again | Stage Passenger (scene deleted) | 1932 |
The Impatient Maiden | Clarence Howe | 1932 |
Law and Order | Johnny Kinsman | 1932 |
Three Wise Girls | Jimmy Callahan - Chauffeur | 1932 |
The Spirit of Notre Dame | Truck McCall / Ernest "Truck" McCall | 1931 |
Danger Island | Briney | 1931 |
Heroes of the Flames | Fireman | 1931 |
The Criminal Code | Cluck - a Convict with knife | 1930 |
A Soldier's Plaything | Doughboy | 1930 |
Shooting Straight | Kibitzer | 1930 |
Dames Ahoy | Marine at Dance Contest | 1930 |
His Lucky Day | Road House Thug | 1929 |
Why Be Good? | Young Man at The Boiler | 1929 |
The Divine Lady | Extra | 1928 |
Noah's Ark | Flood Extra | 1928 |
Lonesome | Jim's Friend | 1928 |
We Americans | Pat O'Dougal | 1928 |
Finders Keepers | Doughboy / Gate Guard | 1928 |
The Relay | Sophomore | 1927 |