Sheb Wooley
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) 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"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". 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.
High Noon
(Ben Miller)
Giant
(Gabe Target)
Hoosiers
(Cletus)
Silverado
(Cavalry Sergeant)
The War Wagon
(Snyder)
The Dollmaker
(Mr. Kendrick)
Toughest Man in Arizona
Arrow In The Dust
(Trooper (uncredited))
Trooper Hook
(Townsman)
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Little Big Horn
(Quince)
Terror in a Texas Town
(Baxter)
Cattle Town
(Miller)
The Big Brawl
(Screaming Thug)
Distant Drums
(Pvt. Jessup)
Ride a Violent Mile
(Jonathan Long)
Purple People Eater
(Harvey Skitters)
Hootenanny Hoot
(Self)
The Boy from Oklahoma
(Pete Martin)
The Outlaw Josey Wales
(Travis Cobb)
Sergeant Rutledge
(Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited))
Rose Marie
(Corporal)
Texas Bad Man
(Mack)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(Undetermined Role (uncredited))
The Lusty Men
(Gambler with Buster (uncredited))
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(Screaming Soldiers (archive sound) (uncredited))
The Black Whip
(Bill Lassater)
Hellgate
(Neill Price)
Man Without a Star
(Latigo)
Uphill All the Way
(Anson Sudro)
Country Boy
Rocky Mountain
(Kay Rawlins)
Fort Worth
(Outrider (uncredited))
The Charge at Feather River
(Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited))
Cheyenne
Maverick
(Sheriff)
Trackdown
The Mod Squad
Rawhide
(Pete Nolan)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Young Rebels
Sugarfoot
(Pete Martin)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Brock)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
My Friend Flicka
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
The Lone Ranger
(Don Wyman)
The Lone Ranger
(Hatton)
Murder, She Wrote
(Billy Ray Parker)