Dick Foran

John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Flemington, New Jersey, USA, 1910-06-18

Died: 1979-08-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Stand Up and Cheer!	Nick Foran	49
2	1934	Change of Heart	Nick	62
3	1934	Student Tour	Assistant Manager	50
4	1934	Gentlemen Are Born	Smudge Casey	65
5	1935	The Lottery Lover	Cadet	30
6	1935	One More Spring	Park Policeman	58
7	1935	It's A Small World	Motor Cop	45
8	1935	The Farmer Takes a Wife	Walt Lansing	61
9	1935	Accent on Youth	Butch	55
10	1935	Shipmates Forever	Gifford	65
11	1935	Moonlight on the Prairie	Ace Andrews	55
12	1935	Dangerous	Teddy	67
13	1936	The Petrified Forest	Boze Hertzlinger	71
14	1936	Song of the Saddle	Frank Wilson, Jr.	70
15	1936	Treachery Rides the Range	Red Taylor	10
16	1936	The Golden Arrow	Tommy Blake	61
17	1936	The Big Noise	Don Andrews	50
18	1936	Earthworm Tractors	Emmet McManus	50
19	1936	Public Enemy's Wife	Thomas Duncan McKay	58
20	1936	Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs		10
21	1936	Trailin' West	Lieut. Red Colton	0
22	1936	The Sunday Round-Up	Parson Ted Burke	100
23	1936	California Mail	Bill Harkins	48
24	1936	Guns of the Pecos	Steve Ainslee	62
25	1936	Breakdowns of 1936	Self	0
26	1937	Black Legion	Ed Jackson	66
27	1937	Land Beyond the Law	Charles "Chip" Douglas	70
28	1937	The Cherokee Strip	Dick Hudson	60
29	1937	Blazing Sixes	Red Barton	60
30	1937	Empty Holsters	Clay Brent	0
31	1937	The Devil's Saddle Legion	Tal Holladay	5
32	1937	Prairie Thunder	Rod Farrell	35
33	1937	Sunday Night at the Trocadero	Dick Foran	38
34	1937	The Perfect Specimen	Jink Carter	57
35	1937	She Loved a Fireman	James "Red" Tyler	60
36	1937	Breakdowns of 1937	Self	60
37	1938	Love, Honor and Behave	Pete Martin	35
38	1938	Over the Wall	Jerry Davis	50
39	1938	Out Where the Stars Begin	Dick Foran	66
40	1938	Cowboy from Brooklyn	Sam Thorne	40
41	1938	Four Daughters	Ernest	66
42	1938	Boy Meets Girl	Larry Toms	65
43	1938	The Sisters	Tom Knivel	61
44	1938	Secrets of a Nurse	'Killer' Lee Burke	30
45	1938	Heart of the North	Alan Baker	37
46	1938	Breakdowns of 1938	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
47	1939	Inside Information	Danny Blake	0
48	1939	Daughters Courageous	Eddie Moore	62
49	1939	I Stole a Million	Paul Carver	60
50	1939	Hero for a Day	Brainy Thornton	0
51	1939	Private Detective	Jim Rickey	60
52	1939	Four Wives	Ernest Talbot	53
53	1940	The Fighting 69th	Long John Wynn	54
54	1940	My Little Chickadee	Wayne Carter	64
55	1940	The House of the Seven Gables	Matthew Maule	69
56	1940	Winners of the West	Jeff Ramsay	0
57	1940	The Mummy's Hand	Steve Banning	57
58	1940	Rangers of Fortune	Johnny Cash	50
59	1941	Four Mothers	Ernest Talbot	62
60	1941	Horror Island	Bill Martin	58
61	1941	In the Navy	Dynamite Dugan	63
62	1941	Riders of Death Valley	Jim Benton	65
63	1941	Unfinished Business	Frank	53
64	1941	The Kid from Kansas	Kansas	0
65	1941	Mob Town	Frank Conroy	0
66	1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Jinx Roberts	59
67	1941	Road Agent	Duke Masters	0
68	1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Bronco Bob Mitchell	58
69	1942	Butch Minds the Baby	Dennis Devlin	0
70	1942	Private Buckaroo	Lon Prentice	44
71	1942	The Mummy's Tomb	Prof. Stephen A. Banning	56
72	1942	Behind the Eight Ball	Bill Edwards	47
73	1942	Breakdowns of 1942	Self	60
74	1943	Hi, Buddy	Dave O'Connor	70
75	1943	He's My Guy	Van Moore	60
76	1945	Guest Wife	Christopher Price	62
77	1946	Movieland Magic	(archive footage)	0
78	1946	Blow-Ups of 1946	Self	60
79	1947	Easy Come, Easy Go	Dale Whipple	0
80	1947	Hollywood Wonderland	Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)	67
81	1948	Fort Apache	Sgt. Quincannon	70
82	1949	El Paso	Sheriff La Farge	57
83	1949	Deputy Marshal	Joel Benton	56
84	1951	Al Jennings of Oklahoma	Frank Jennings	50
85	1952	The Kill	Jeff Clark	80
86	1955	Treasure of Ruby Hills	Alan Doran	35
87	1955	Night of Execution	Robert Maxwell	50
88	1955	The Miracle on 34th Street	Thomas Mara	52
89	1956	Please Murder Me	Joe Leeds	60
90	1957	Sierra Stranger	Bert Gaines	50
91	1957	Chicago Confidential	Artie Blaine	50
92	1958	Thundering Jets	Col. Henry Spalding	0
93	1958	Violent Road	Frank 'Sarge' Miller	60
94	1958	The Fearmakers	Jim McGinnis	62
95	1959	The Atomic Submarine	Dan Wendover	53
96	1960	The Big Night	Ed Robello	0
97	1960	Studs Lonigan	Patrick Lonigan	50
98	1962	Should I Marry Outside My Faith?		24
99	1963	Donovan's Reef	Sean O'Brien	62
100	1965	Taggart	Stark	52
101	1966	Brighty of the Grand Canyon	The Prospector	55
102	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
103	1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!	Self (archive footage)	60
104	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65
105	2008	Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge	Self (archive footage)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One		50
2	1948	Studio One	Russ Adams	50
3	1948	Studio One	Jeff Clark	50
4	1948	Studio One	Larry	50
5	1949	Suspense		49
6	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Bob	63
7	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Matt	63
8	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
9	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Esau Hepburn	63
10	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Murdock	63
11	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Will Foster	63
12	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
13	1952	Death Valley Days	Ferguson	64
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Phil	65
15	1954	Lassie		61
16	1954	Climax!	Robert Maxwell	33
17	1954	Climax!	Luke Bradshaw	33
18	1955	The Millionaire	Hugh Waring	50
19	1955	Gunsmoke	Sheriff	66
20	1955	Cheyenne		58
21	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
22	1955	Matinee Theater		50
23	1956	State Trooper		50
24	1957	The O. Henry Playhouse	Calliope	0
25	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	David Steele	62
26	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
27	1957	Perry Mason	Dr. David Craig	77
28	1957	Perry Mason	Steve Benton	77
29	1957	Perry Mason	Harlan Merrill	77
30	1957	Maverick	Sheriff Edwards	68
31	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Sheriff D. Wilkes	69
32	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Frank Koster	69
33	1958	Yancy Derringer	Mr. Halligan	56
34	1958	Lawman		56
35	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
36	1959	Rawhide	Major Taggert	72
37	1959	The Swamp Fox	Gabriel Marion	67
38	1961	Dr. Kildare	Paul Adams	55
39	1962	The Virginian	Duggan	65
40	1962	The Virginian	Mayor	65
41	1962	The Virginian	Frank Devereaux	65
42	1963	The Dakotas		57
43	1963	The Great Adventure	Colton	0
44	1964	Daniel Boone	Jeremiah	69
45	1964	Daniel Boone	Simon Doggett	69
46	1965	O.K. Crackerby		0
47	1968	Adam-12	Fred Haines	70
48	1968	Mayberry R.F.D.	King Beaumont	57

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