Dennis Fimple

He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides, Petticoat Junction, Matt Houston, M*A*S*H, Centennial, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Sledge Hammer!, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap and ER. He also had roles in films such as Truck Stop Women (1974), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Goin' South (1978), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982) and Maverick (1994), and shared the lead in Bootleggers (1974) and Creature from Black Lake (1976). His most popular role was that of the lovable but none-too-bright Devil's Hole Gang member, Kyle Murtry, on the ABC comedy/western series, Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Fimple appeared in seven episodes and remains a favorite of fans of the series. In 1993-1994, he appeared as Garral in seven episodes of the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series Harts of the West on CBS. His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film, House of 1000 Corpses, as the foul-mouthed Grandpa Hugo. Fimple was born in Taft, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple.[1] He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958.[2] He died in Frazier Park, California in August 2002 from a car accident.

Known For: Acting

Born: Taft, California, U.S., 1940-11-11

Died: 2002-08-23

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?	Hotel clerk	80
2	1971	Summertree	Shelly	57
3	1971	Cactus in the Snow	Mr. Murray	0
4	1972	Gidget Gets Married	Policeman	56
5	1972	The Culpepper Cattle Co.	Wounded Man in Bar	64
6	1974	Honky Tonk		0
7	1974	Truck Stop Women	Curly	45
8	1974	Bootleggers	Dewey Crenshaw	50
9	1974	The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe	Farron	30
10	1975	White House Madness	Bob Haldeman	0
11	1975	You and Me		67
12	1975	The Apple Dumpling Gang	Rudy Hooks	65
13	1975	Winterhawk	Scoby	66
14	1975	Mackintosh and T.J.	Schuster	52
15	1976	Creature from Black Lake	Pahoo	52
16	1976	Young Pioneers	Man in Land Office	71
17	1976	Stay Hungry	Bubba	57
18	1976	The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West	McGirk	48
19	1976	King Kong	Sunfish	63
20	1977	The Shadow of Chikara	Posey	47
21	1978	B.J. and the Bear	Second Deputy	0
22	1978	Goin' South	Hangman	58
23	1978	Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws	The Salt Flat Kid	0
24	1978	They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way	Lem	40
25	1979	The Evictors	Mr. Bumford	65
26	1979	The Sky Trap	Wilks	0
27	1979	The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang	Blackface / Charlie Bright	21
28	1980	The $5.20 an Hour Dream	Aiken	0
29	1981	Of Mice and Men	Whit	71
30	1982	The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch	Lamont	10
31	1984	Swing Shift	Rupert George	56
32	1985	A Summer to Remember	Smitty	62
33	1986	Body Slam	Elmo	48
34	1987	Hawken's Breed	Crowley	35
35	1988	Once Upon a Texas Train	Telegrapher	54
36	1990	The Giant of Thunder Mountain	Henderson (Townsman)	52
37	1991	Death Falls	Griff	30
38	1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Straw Hat	61
39	1994	Maverick	Stuttering	69
40	1996	Down Periscope	Fisherman	63
41	2002	Fangs		34
42	2003	House of 1000 Corpses	Grandpa Hugo Firefly	62

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Petticoat Junction	Elwood	58
2	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Virgil	71
3	1965	Green Acres	Man	73
4	1968	The Doris Day Show	Herman Simpson	53
5	1969	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Party Guest (uncredited)	60
6	1970	McCloud		71
7	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
8	1972	MAS*H	Sergeant 'Sparky' Pryor	79
9	1972	Kung Fu	Riley	77
10	1974	Get Christie Love!		73
11	1975	S.W.A.T.		70
12	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Virgil	73
13	1976	Charlie's Angels	George Bartlett	67
14	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Sergeant	73
15	1978	Battlestar Galactica	Duggy	71
16	1979	B. J. and the Bear		55
17	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Sheriff Duffy	75
18	1981	The Greatest American Hero	Deputy Kyle Kane	72
19	1981	The Fall Guy	Renfro	76
20	1981	Simon & Simon		67
21	1982	Matt Houston	Bo	62
22	1983	The A-Team	Cates	75
23	1983	Automan	Taxi Driver	78
24	1984	Highway to Heaven	Joey Small	74
25	1985	The Twilight Zone	(segment "Welcome to Winfield")	78
26	1986	Sledge Hammer!	Shy Eddie	79
27	1986	Sledge Hammer!	Informant	79
28	1989	Quantum Leap	Red Norton	80
29	1989	I Know My First Name Is Steven	Fred	68
30	1993	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Gully Barton	71
31	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Homeless Man	70
32	1993	Harts of the West	Garral	62
33	1994	Weird Science		67
34	1994	Party of Five		70
35	1994	ER	Dante	78
36	1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Farmer	78
37	1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Daryl (segment "They Towed My Car")	72

Dennis Fimple

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Television