Denver Pyle

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85. Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1955, Pyle married Marilee Carpenter, a production assistant at 20th Century Fox. They had sons David and Tony. Marilee and Denver divorced in 1970. In 1983, Pyle married Tippie Johnston. That union lasted until his death. Pyle died of lung cancer on Christmas 1997. Memorial services were held January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife's parents, J.T. Johnston and Erin Birch Johnston. CLR

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1920-05-11
  • event Death Date 1997-12-25
  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Bethune, Colorado, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Denver Pyle

7.5

Bonnie and Clyde

1967-08-14

4.8

Mutiny

1952-03-05

6.9

Shenandoah

1965-06-03

6.2

5 Card Stud

1968-07-28

7.1

The Alamo

1960-10-23

7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962-04-13

7.1

The Great Race

1965-07-01

4.3

Hawmps!

1976-05-20

5.5

The Rounders

1965-01-08

6.9

Maverick

1994-05-20

6.7

Cheyenne Autumn

1964-10-15

0

Flame of Youth

1949-09-22

6

The Left Handed Gun

1958-05-07

6

The Lonely Man

1957-06-21

5.9

7th Cavalry

1956-12-01

6.7

The Man from Colorado

1948-08-07

6.2

Good Day for a Hanging

1959-01-01

5.3

Geronimo

1962-04-27

5.8

Million Dollar Pursuit

1951-05-30

6.6

To Hell and Back

1955-09-22

0

Once Upon a Starry Night

1978-12-19

6

Please Murder Me

1956-03-01

7

The Horse Soldiers

1959-06-11

5.9

Return from Witch Mountain

1978-03-10

0

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979-06-05

5.2

Rim of the Canyon

1949-07-01

5.4

Drums in the Deep South

1951-09-01

5.9

Fort Massacre

1958-05-14

5.2

Welcome to L.A.

1976-11-12

6.2

Fort Vengeance

1953-03-28

0

Hog Wild

1974-01-20

5

Legend of the Wild

1981-11-01

5.3

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

1997-04-25

6

Train to Alcatraz

1948-06-28

0

Streets of San Francisco

1949-04-15

6.6

Winterhawk

1975-11-05

4.6

The Naked Hills

1956-06-17

4.8

Federal Agent at Large

1950-03-12

0

Customs Agent

1950-05-18

3

Terrified

1963-05-01

6.1

Incident at Phantom Hill

1966-07-01

5

Red Canyon

1949-04-27

5.4

Gun Duel In Durango

1957-05-01

5

Welcome to Hard Times

1967-04-30

0

Hills of Utah

1951-09-30

0

Marshal of Amarillo

1948-07-15

5.5

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1974-02-01

4.7

The Party Crashers

1958-09-01

2

Mara of the Wilderness

1965-10-29

6

Gunpoint

1966-04-25

6.8

Mail Order Bride

1964-03-10

6.4

Cast a Long Shadow

1959-08-24

6

Hitched

1971-03-31

6.8

Home from the Hill

1960-03-03

8

Oklahoma Annie

1952-03-24

5.8

Dynamite Pass

1950-03-23

6.5

Bandolero!

1968-06-01

5.8

Ten Wanted Men

1955-02-01

6

King of the Wild Stallions

1959-05-17

6.1

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973-07-11

0

Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead

1983-01-01

0

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

1976-09-16

6

Column South

1953-05-20

6.7

Too Late for Tears

1949-07-17

5.7

Domino Kid

1957-10-01

4.2

Desert Passage

1952-05-29

5

Goldtown Ghost Riders

1953-05-20

6

Top Gun

1955-12-01

5.6

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947-03-06

6.1

Drum Beat

1954-11-10

5.2

The Lone Hand

1953-05-20

6.2

The Command

1954-02-13

6.4

Gunsmoke

1953-05-04

6

Devil Ship

1947-12-11

4

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

1956-06-16

0

Murder or Mercy

1974-04-10

6.5

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975-03-21

5

Captain China

1950-02-02

6.1

Rage at Dawn

1955-03-26

5.4

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976-06-24

0

Yaqui Drums

1956-10-13

3.6

The Flying Saucer

1950-01-04

5

Tammy and the Millionaire

1967-05-01

0

Texas Bad Man

1953-12-20

5.6

El Paso

1949-03-22

0

Destination 60,000

1957-05-12

5.1

Something Big

1971-11-19

5.9

Black Like Me

1964-01-01

6.8

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

1975-09-14

6.7

Run for Cover

1955-04-29

7

Mean Justice

1971-02-08

5.8

The Big Wheel

1949-11-04

5.2

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954-02-27

4.4

Father and Scout

1994-10-15

7.4

Johnny Guitar

1954-05-26

5.8

Singing Guns

1950-02-28

5.5

Jet Pilot

1957-10-11

5

Canyon Ambush

1952-10-12

0

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

1976-01-14

0

Rough Riders of Durango

1951-01-30

0

The Old Frontier

1950-07-20

6.5

Fargo

1952-09-07

0

Man from the Black Hills

1952-03-29

0

The Maverick

1952-12-14

6.5

Guardian of the Wilderness

1976-12-07

6

Where the North Begins

1947-12-14

5.8

Hellfire

1949-05-29

5

Rebel City

1953-05-10

5

Topeka

1953-08-09

5

Vigilante Terror

1953-11-15

5.7

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954-02-10

0

Bitter Heritage

1958-08-07

6

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

1978-11-15

4

A Perilous Journey

1953-04-05

7.2

China Doll

1958-06-06

6.2

Return to Mayberry

1986-04-13

6

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992-06-06

5.1

The Yellow Mountain

1954-11-16

0

Delta Fever

1987-10-01

6

Legend of the Northwest

1978-01-01

6.7

The Man from Colorado

1948-08-07

7.6

The Andy Griffith Show

1960-10-03

7.1

L.A. Law

1986-09-15

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

0

The Great Adventure

1963-09-27

5.8

Cheyenne

1955-09-20

4.7

Cain's Hundred

1961-09-19

5

Bourbon Street Beat

1959-10-05

7.6

Kung Fu

1972-10-14

7.4

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961-10-03

6.4

Route 66

1960-10-07

7

The Streets of San Francisco

1972-09-23

6

Cybill

1995-01-02

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

6.2

Lassie

1954-09-12

6.5

Cannon

1971-09-14

8.5

The Twilight Zone

1959-10-02

7.1

The Waltons

1972-09-14

6.8

Dallas

1978-04-02

7

Rawhide

1959-01-09

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957-09-14

5.1

Cimarron Strip

1967-09-07

3.7

The Dukes

1983-02-05

3.6

The Doris Day Show

1968-09-24

6.5

The High Chaparral

1967-09-10

5

The Millionaire

1955-01-19

5

Tammy

1965-09-17

6.5

The Virginian

1962-09-19

6.2

Thriller

1960-09-13

5.5

The Aquanauts

1960-09-14

6.7

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955-09-06

4.8

The Gene Autry Show

1950-07-23

7

Men into Space

1959-09-30

7

Petrocelli

1974-09-11

6.7

Adventures of Superman

1952-09-19

5

Karen

1975-01-30

4.8

Bronco

1958-09-23

3.7

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956-09-07

6.2

Hondo

1967-09-08

7.5

National Velvet

1960-09-18

7

The Rifleman

1958-09-30

5.4

Lawman

1958-10-05

6.3

Bat Masterson

1958-10-08

5.7

Ben Casey

1961-10-02

5.7

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967-09-08

6.5

Mr. Novak

1963-09-24

6

Law of the Plainsman

1959-10-01

6.2

Riverboat

1959-09-13

5.5

The Texan

1958-09-29

4.2

Wichita Town

1959-09-30

5.6

The Detectives

1959-10-16

6

Stagecoach West

1960-10-04

5

The Manhunter

1974-09-11

5

Buffalo Bill Jr.

1955-03-01

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

6

The Lieutenant

1963-09-14

6.4

The Roy Rogers Show

1951-12-30

7

Grizzly Adams

1977-02-09

5.4

Dr. Kildare

1961-09-27

5

I'm the Law

1953-02-13

7

The Lone Wolf

1954-04-09

5

Frontier

1955-09-25

5.3

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951-08-11

4.2

26 Men

1957-11-01

5.7

My Friend Flicka

1955-09-30

6.7

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955-09-06

6

Hopalong Cassidy

1952-09-19

4.5

Jefferson Drum

1958-04-25

6.2

The Deputy

1959-09-12

0

Behind Closed Doors

1958-10-02

7

Channing

1963-09-18

6.8

Maverick

1957-09-22

4.8

The Gene Autry Show

1950-07-23

5.5

Casey Jones

1957-10-08

5.5

The Texan

1958-09-29

5

Public Defender

1954-03-11

5.5

The Texan

1958-09-29

5.9

Fury

1955-10-15

6.8

The Lone Ranger

1949-09-15

7.3

The Dukes of Hazzard

1979-01-26

7.5

Bonanza

1959-09-12

6.4

The Tall Man

1960-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

5.8

Cheyenne

1955-09-20

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.8

The Lone Ranger

1949-09-15

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

6.9

Barnaby Jones

1973-01-28

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

5

State Trooper

1956-09-25

7

How the West Was Won

1977-02-06

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

5.6

Annie Oakley

1954-01-09

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

6.3

Bat Masterson

1958-10-08

5.8

Cheyenne

1955-09-20

7.2

What a Cartoon!

1995-02-20

6.8

The Lone Ranger

1949-09-15

6.8

The Lone Ranger

1949-09-15

4.8

The Gene Autry Show

1950-07-23

4.8

The Gene Autry Show

1950-07-23

7.5

Bonanza

1959-09-12

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957-09-14

6.7

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955-09-06

6.4

Wagon Train

1957-09-18

7.5

Bonanza

1959-09-12

5

Public Defender

1954-03-11

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

6.8

Empire

1962-09-25

5.5

The Texan

1958-09-29

5.6

Annie Oakley

1954-01-09

7.1

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964-09-25

4.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955-10-05

4.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955-10-05

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

7

The Lone Wolf

1954-04-09

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