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Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Actor · 1910 – 1979 · Flemington, New Jersey, USA

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.

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  • Movie7.0

    Fort Apache

    1948 · 427 votes

  • Movie5.7

    The Mummy's Hand

    1940 · 104 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Taggart

    1965 · 19 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Donovan's Reef

    1963 · 164 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Stand Up and Cheer!

    1934 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Please Murder Me

    1956 · 29 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Ride 'Em Cowboy

    1941 · 29 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.2

    Keep 'Em Flying

    1941 · 24 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.3
  • Movie5.5

    The Mummy's Tomb

    1942 · 88 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

    1935 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Road Agent

    1941 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Guest Wife

    1945 · 13 votes

  • Movie8.0

    The Kill

    1952 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.0
  • Movie7.1

    The Petrified Forest

    1936 · 224 votes

  • Movie8.0

    I Stole a Million

    1939 · 2 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Butch Minds the Baby

    1942 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.0

    El Paso

    1949 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.7
  • Movie6.1

    The Sisters

    1938 · 14 votes

  • Movie6.0

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV7.1

    Adam-12

    1968 · 48 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV6.2

    Yancy Derringer

    1958 · 11 votes

  • TV5.3

    Matinee Theater

    1955 · 7 votes

  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV6.3

    Lassie

    1954 · 74 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV7.0

    Daniel Boone

    1964 · 34 votes

  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV7.1

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    1958 · 38 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV6.0

    Lawman

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV7.2

    77 Sunset Strip

    1958 · 26 votes

  • TV6.6

    Father Knows Best

    1954 · 28 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Millionaire

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV6.0
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  • TV5.7

    State Trooper

    1956 · 7 votes