Spade Cooley
American big band leader, actor, television personality (1910-1969) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 58
Donnell Clyde "Spade" Cooley was an American Western swing musician, big-band leader, actor, and television personality. In 1961, he was convicted of the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans.
Spade Cooley is read about 195 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
1969Died23 November 19691955
The Big Tip OffFilm, Spade1950
Everybody's Dancin'Film, Writer
The Silver BanditFilm, 1950Spade Cooley1949
Square Dance JubileeFilm, Spade Cooley1947
Vacation DaysFilm1945My Chickashay GalFilm, Spade Cooley Band
Outlaws of the RockiesFilm, 1945Singer Spade1942
Dawn on the Great DivideFilm, Fiddler
Heart of the Golden WestFilm, 1942Rustler1941
Bad Man of DeadwoodFilm, Musician1940
Bullet CodeFilm, Fiddler (uncredited)
You're Not So ToughFilm, 1940Fiddle Player1939
Destry Rides AgainFilm, Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Frontier Pony ExpressFilm, 1939Charley Weston1910Born17 December 1910
The Big Tip OffFilm, Spade1950Everybody's Dancin'Film, WriterThe Silver BanditFilm, 1950Spade Cooley1949Square Dance JubileeFilm, Spade Cooley1947Vacation DaysFilm1945My Chickashay GalFilm, Spade Cooley BandOutlaws of the RockiesFilm, 1945Singer Spade1942Dawn on the Great DivideFilm, FiddlerHeart of the Golden WestFilm, 1942Rustler1941Bad Man of DeadwoodFilm, Musician1940Bullet CodeFilm, Fiddler (uncredited)You're Not So ToughFilm, 1940Fiddle Player1939Destry Rides AgainFilm, Fiddle Player (uncredited)Frontier Pony ExpressFilm, 1939Charley Weston1910Born17 December 1910People around Spade
Close ties
Wally Wales Also in Colorado and The Border Legion
Fred Burns Also in Frontier Pony Express (1939)
Jim Corey Also in Frontier Pony Express and Southward Ho!
Joseph Kane Directed Frontier Pony Express (1939)- Vester Pegg Also in Frontier Pony Express and Colorado
Monte Montague Also in Frontier Pony Express and Colorado
Ted Mapes Also in The Arizona Kid and The Border Legion
Helen Gibson Also in Southward Ho! and Young Bill Hickok
Ben Corbett Also in The Arizona Kid and In Old Cheyenne
Frank Brownlee Also in Man from Cheyenne (1942)- James R. Webb Wrote Bad Man of Deadwood and Nevada City
Jane Keckley Also in Southward Ho! and Melody Ranch
Milburn Morante Also in Dawn on the Great Divide and Lost Canyon
Roy Rogers Also in Young Bill Hickok and In Old Cheyenne
Bob Nolan Also in Romance on the Range (1942)
Pat Brady Also in Man from Cheyenne (1942)
Slim Whitaker Also in Melody Ranch and Young Bill Hickok
Jack Ingram Also in Young Bill Hickok and South of Santa Fe
Robert Frazer Also in Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Ethel Wales Also in Frontier Pony Express (1939)
Horace B. Carpenter Also in Frontier Pony Express (1939)
Neal Hart Also in The Ranger and the Lady (1940)
Horace Murphy Also in Melody Ranch and Bad Man of DeadwoodMaude Eburne Also in The Border Legion (1940)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
46 credits on file
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1969 · aged 58
