Sheb Wooley
American musician and actor (1921-2003) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 82
Shelby Fredrick Wooley was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs, including the 1958 hit rock-and-roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater", and under the name Ben Colder, the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2".
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Charles Marquis Warren Directed Little Big Horn and Trooper Hook
John Pickard Also in Little Big Horn, Hellgate and Rose Marie
Clint Eastwood Directed The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Max Steiner Wrote Distant Drums and The Boy from Oklahoma
Dimitri Tiomkin Wrote High Noon, Rio Bravo and The War Wagon
Howard Keel Also in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Nicholas Ray Directed The Lusty Men (1952)
Royal Dano Also in Trooper Hook and The Outlaw Josey Wales
Chubby Johnson Also in High Noon and Rocky Mountain
Chuck Roberson Also in Rio Bravo and The War Wagon
Jack Cummings Produced Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
David Weisbart Produced The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
John Wayne Also in Rio Bravo and The War Wagon
Kirk Douglas Also in The War Wagon and Man Without a Star
Gary Cooper Also in Distant Drums and High Noon
Dennis Hopper Also in Giant and Hoosiers
Lee Van Cleef Also in Man Without a Star and High Noon
Stanley Donen Directed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Earl Holliman Also in Giant and Trooper Hook
John Ireland Also in Rawhide and Little Big Horn
John Mitchum Also in The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Lusty Men
Robert J. Wilke Also in Hellgate and High Noon
Jesse Hibbs Directed Rawhide
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Man Without a Star (1955)
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As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales; and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who provided the Wilhelm scream and all of the other stock sound effects for Thomas J. Valentino's Major record label during the 1940s.
