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John Nicholas "Dick" Foran was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.
Birth Name
John Nicholas Foran
Born
Saturday, 18 June 1910
Died
Friday, 10 August 1979
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Steve Banning / Stephen Banning | 2007 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Run, Joe, Run | Jack | 1974 |
| Mayberry R.F.D. | King Beaumont | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Fred Haines | 1968 |
| Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Old Timer, the Prospector / The Prospector | 1966 |
| O.K. Crackerby! | Slim | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Steve Banning / Stephen Banning | 2007 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Run, Joe, Run | Jack | 1974 |
| Mayberry R.F.D. | King Beaumont | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Fred Haines | 1968 |
| Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Old Timer, the Prospector / The Prospector | 1966 |
| O.K. Crackerby! | Slim | 1965 |
| Taggart | Adam Stark | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Jeremiah / Simon Doggett | 1964 |
| The Great Adventure | Colton | 1963 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Lt. Casey Slade | 1963 |
| Donovan's Reef | Australian Navy Officer Sean O'Brien / Sean O'Brien | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Boze Hertzlinger | 1963 |
| Should I Marry Outside My Faith? | 1962 | |
| The Virginian | Mayor / Frank Devereaux / Duggan / Adam Burnside | 1962 |
| The Dakotas | Matt Kendrick | 1962 |
| Dr. Kildare | Paul Adams | 1961 |
| Dante | Vance Mitchell | 1960 |
| Studs Lonigan | Patrick Lonigan | 1960 |
| The Big Night | Ed | 1960 |
| The Atomic Submarine | Cmdr. Dan Wendover / Dan Wendover | 1959 |
| The Swamp Fox | Gabriel Marion | 1959 |
| The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Major | 1959 |
| Laramie | Billy Jacobs / Joe Farley / Milt Lane / Tom | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Major Clint Hammer | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Ed Geltner - Attorney | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Jerry Dockstone | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Major Taggert | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Lt. Ellison | 1958 |
| Lawman | Frank Jesse / Ed Kelly | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Mr. Halligan | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Sheriff D. Wilkes / Frank Koster | 1958 |
| The Fearmakers | Jim McGinnis | 1958 |
| Violent Road | Frank 'Sarge' Miller | 1958 |
| Thundering Jets | Lt. Col. Henry Spalding / Col. Henry Spalding | 1958 |
| Colt .45 | Tuck Degan | 1957 |
| Maverick | Sheriff Edwards | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Steve Benton / Harlan Merrill / Dr. David Craig | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Roy Calvert | 1957 |
| Chicago Confidential | Arthur 'Artie' Blane / Artie Blaine | 1957 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | David Steele | 1957 |
| Sierra Stranger | Bert Gaines | 1957 |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | Calliope | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Brady | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Buffalo Bill Cody | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Buck | 1956 |
| Please Murder Me! | Joe Leeds | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Gabe Beiler / George Larkin | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Father James Lorgan / Father Joseph F. Brophy / Reverend John Evans | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Thomas Mara | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Newcombe | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Sheriff Bigelow | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Sheriff | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Ace | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Dr. Don Stewart / Dr. Samuel Willard / Dr. Vincent Milhurst / Jim Wells | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Bill Cole / Archie Peters | 1955 |
| Treasure of Ruby Hills | Alan Doran | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Hugh Waring | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | John Turner | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Gabriel Marion | 1954 |
| Climax! | Robert Maxwell / Luke Bradshaw | 1954 |
| Father Knows Best | Burt | 1954 |
| Shower of Stars | Self / Harvey Howell | 1954 |
| The Best of Broadway | George Kittredge | 1954 |
| Lassie | Fire Chief Ed Washburne | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Ed McGrath | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Bill Borden | 1954 |
| The Martha Raye Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Phil | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Bob / Glenn B. Cochrane / Scoop Donnelly / William 'Bill' Trent | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Will Foster / Mr. Murdock / Esau Hepburn | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Will Melville / Ferguson / Doc Hutchins / Bill Franklin / Bannerman | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Mr. Crankie / Howard Snyder / Harold - Freddie's Brother-in-Law / Gambler / Convention Delegate | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Matt Clements | 1951 |
| Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Frank Jennings | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Matt / Bob | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| Deputy Marshal | Jed Northey / Joel Benton | 1949 |
| El Paso | Sheriff La Farge | 1949 |
| Suspense | 1949 | |
| Studio One | Russ Adams / Larry / Jeff Clark | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Sgt. Quincannon | 1948 |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Dale Whipple | 1947 |
| The Scarlet Horseman | Jeff Ramsey | 1946 |
| Guest Wife | Christopher Price | 1945 |
| Wagon Wheels West | Frank Wilson Jr. -edited from 'Song of the Saddle' | 1943 |
| He's My Guy | Van Moore | 1943 |
| Hi, Buddy | Dave O'Connor | 1943 |
| Behind the Eight Ball | Bill Edwards | 1942 |
| The Mummy's Tomb | Stephen Banning | 1942 |
| Private Buckaroo | Lon Prentice | 1942 |
| Butch Minds the Baby | Dennis Devlin | 1942 |
| Ride 'Em Cowboy | Bronco Bob Mitchell | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| Road Agent | Duke Masters | 1941 |
| Keep 'Em Flying | Jinx Roberts | 1941 |
| Mob Town | Sgt. Frank Conroy / Frank Conroy | 1941 |
| The Kid from Kansas | Kansas | 1941 |
| Unfinished Business | Frank | 1941 |
| Riders of Death Valley | Jim Benton | 1941 |
| In the Navy | Dynamite Dugan | 1941 |
| Horror Island | Bill Martin | 1941 |
| Four Mothers | Ernest Talbot | 1941 |
| The Mummy's Hand | Steve Banning | 1940 |
| Rangers of Fortune | Johnny Cash | 1940 |
| Winners of the West | Jeff Ramsay | 1940 |
| The House of the Seven Gables | Matthew Holgrave / Matthew Maule | 1940 |
| My Little Chickadee | Wayne Carter | 1940 |
| The Fighting 69th | Lt. 'Long John' Wynn / Long John Wynn | 1940 |
| Four Wives | Ernest Talbot | 1939 |
| Private Detective | Jim Rickey | 1939 |
| Hero for a Day | Brainy Thornton | 1939 |
| I Stole a Million | Paul Carver | 1939 |
| Daughters Courageous | Eddie Moore | 1939 |
| Inside Information | Danny Blake | 1939 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | Self (Empty Holsters outtakes) | 1938 |
| Heart of the North | Sgt. Alan Baker / Alan Baker | 1938 |
| Secrets of a Nurse | Lee Burke / 'Killer' Lee Burke | 1938 |
| The Sisters | Tom Knivel | 1938 |
| Boy Meets Girl | Larry Toms | 1938 |
| Four Daughters | Ernest / Ernest Talbot | 1938 |
| Cowboy from Brooklyn | Sam Thorne | 1938 |
| Out Where the Stars Begin | Dick Foran | 1938 |
| Over the Wall | Jerry Davis | 1938 |
| Love, Honor and Behave | Pete Martin | 1938 |
| She Loved a Fireman | James 'Red' Tyler / James "Red" Tyler | 1937 |
| The Perfect Specimen | Jink Carter | 1937 |
| Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Dick Foran | 1937 |
| Prairie Thunder | Rod Farrell | 1937 |
| The Devil's Saddle Legion | Tal Holladay | 1937 |
| Empty Holsters | Clay Brent | 1937 |
| Blazing Sixes | Red Barton | 1937 |
| The Cherokee Strip | Dick Hudson | 1937 |
| Land Beyond the Law | John 'Chip' Douglas / Charles "Chip" Douglas | 1937 |
| Breakdowns of 1937 | Himself / Self | 1937 |
| Black Legion | Ed Jackson | 1937 |
| Guns of the Pecos | Steve Ainslee | 1937 |
| Breakdowns of 1936 | Himself / Self | 1936 |
| California Mail | Bill Harkins | 1936 |
| The Sunday Round-Up | Parson Ted Burke | 1936 |
| Trailin' West | Lt. Red Colton / Lieut. Red Colton | 1936 |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Self | 1936 |
| Earthworm Tractors | Emmet McManus | 1936 |
| Public Enemy's Wife | Thomas Duncan McKay | 1936 |
| The Big Noise | Don Andrews | 1936 |
| The Golden Arrow | Tommy Blake | 1936 |
| Treachery Rides the Range | Captain Red Taylor / Red Taylor | 1936 |
| Song of the Saddle | Frank Wilson Jr. aka The Singing Kid / Frank Wilson, Jr. | 1936 |
| Ladies Love Danger | Sergeant Bender | 1936 |
| The Petrified Forest | Boze Hertzlinger | 1936 |
| Dangerous | Teddy | 1935 |
| Moonlight on the Prairie | Ace Andrews | 1935 |
| Shipmates Forever | Gifford | 1935 |
| Accent on Youth | Butch | 1935 |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | Walt Lansing | 1935 |
| It's a Small World | Cop / Motor Cop | 1935 |
| One More Spring | Park Policeman | 1935 |
| Lottery Lover | Cadet | 1935 |
| Gentlemen Are Born | Smudge Casey | 1934 |
| Student Tour | Assistant Manager | 1934 |
| Change of Heart | Nick | 1934 |
| Stand Up and Cheer! | Nick Foran | 1934 |
