Acting credits
205
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Denver Pyle
Acting
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Movies: 117Series: 88Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 6462
IMDb ID: nm0701500
Known for: Acting
Born: May 11, 1920
Died: December 25, 1997
Age: 77
Place of birth: Bethune, Colorado, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 1997
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q1189988
Also known as
Denver Dell Pyle • دِنور پایل
Other jobs
Director (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Denver Pyle.
5.2
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Uncle Jesse Duke
1997 Movie
Podunk Possum in One Step Beyond
as Podunk Possum (voice)
1996 Movie
4.4
Father and Scout
as George Rosebrock
1994 Movie
6.9
Maverick
as Old Gambler on Riverboat
1994 Movie
Delta Fever
as Walt
1987 Movie
6.2
Return to Mayberry
as Briscoe Darling
1986 Movie
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
as Narrator
1983 Movie
5.0
Legend of the Wild
as Narrator (Voice)
1981 Movie
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
1979 Movie
6.0
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
as Narrator
1978 Movie
5.9
Return from Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
1978 Movie
6.0
Legend of the Northwest
1978 Movie
5.7
Guardian of the Wilderness
as Galen Clark
1976 Movie
4.8
Welcome to L.A.
as Carl Barber
1976 Movie
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
as Senator Austin
1976 Movie
5.4
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
1976 Movie
4.3
Hawmps!
as Col. Seymour Hawkins
1976 Movie
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
as Old mountain man
1976 Movie
6.5
Winterhawk
as Arkansas
1975 Movie
6.2
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
as Ben as an Adult
1975 Movie
3.6
Death Among Friends
as Morgan
1975 Movie
6.4
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Uncle Bene
1975 Movie
Murder or Mercy
as Amos Champion
1974 Movie
5.3
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Grandpappy John
1974 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Denver Pyle.
7.2
What a Cartoon!
as Podunk Possum (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
5.8
Cybill
1 eps
1995 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Harold Nordoff • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Eben Connors • 1 eps
1984 Series
3.7
The Dukes
as Uncle Jesse (voice) • 20 eps
1983 Series
7.3
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Jesse Duke • 147 eps
1979 Series
6.8
Dallas
as Blackie Callahan • 2 eps
1978 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
as Eric Springer • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.1
Grizzly Adams
as Mad Jack • 37 eps
1977 Series
6.9
How the West Was Won
as Sgt. Tripp • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.2
Petrocelli
1 eps
1974 Series
5.0
The Manhunter
1 eps
1974 Series
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Stayley Kircher • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.7
Kung Fu
as Dr. Joseph Colton • 2 eps
1972 Series
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
1972 Series
7.2
The Waltons
1 eps
1972 Series
6.6
Cannon
1 eps
1971 Series
5.8
The Doris Day Show
as Buck Webb • 80 eps
1968 Series
6.6
The High Chaparral
as General Warren • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1 eps
1967 Series
6.5
Hondo
as Judge Amos Blunt • 1 eps
1967 Series
5.5
Cimarron Strip
1 eps
1967 Series
7.5
Tammy
as Mordecai Tarleton • 26 eps
1965 Series
7.0
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Titus Purcell • 1 eps
1964 Series