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Denver Pyle

1920 - 1997

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Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of television roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, as Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, as Mad Jack in the NBC television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, and as the main character's father, Buck Webb, in CBS's The Doris Day Show. In many of his roles, he portrayed either authority figures, or gruff, demanding father figures, often as comic relief. Perhaps his most memorable film role was that of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer in the movie Bonnie and Clyde (1967), as the lawman who relentlessly chased down and finally killed the notorious duo in an ambush. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Denver Pyle is the 4,626th most popular actor (down from 4,087th in 2024), the 7,346th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,060th in 2019) and the 2,127th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Denver Pyle ranks 4,626 out of 13,578. Before him are Karen Dotrice, Christina Hendricks, Marion Lorne, Michael Chiklis, Mare Winningham, and Pedro Armendáriz Jr.. After him are Barry Humphries, Loretta Devine, Richard Jaeckel, Archie Panjabi, Peter Simonischek, and Allison Williams.

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Among people born in 1920, Denver Pyle ranks 310. Before him are Gino Cappello, Clemar Bucci, An Wang, George London, I. A. L. Diamond, and Konstantin Beskov. After him are Robert Leckie, Vincent Gardenia, Jean Marcel Honoré, Yuri Nagibin, Putra of Perlis, and Marie Ljalková. Among people deceased in 1997, Denver Pyle ranks 218. Before him are Georges Guétary, Eitel Cantoni, Karen Wetterhahn, Haruko Sugimura, Maria Wittek, and Sotiria Bellou. After him are Richard Jaeckel, Cyril Toumanoff, Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Eugène Guillevic, Dharamvir Bharati, and Zdeněk Mlynář.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Denver Pyle ranks 7,348 out of 20,380. Before him are Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Marion Lorne (1883), Michael Chiklis (1963), Mare Winningham (1959), Erick Rowan (1981), and Dan Graham (1942). After him are Robert C. O'Brien (1966), Loretta Devine (1949), Richard Jaeckel (1926), Country Joe McDonald (1942), Allison Williams (1988), and Greg Nicotero (1963).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Denver Pyle ranks 2,128. Before him are Dale Fuller (1885), Wayne Rogers (1933), Christina Hendricks (1975), Marion Lorne (1883), Michael Chiklis (1963), and Mare Winningham (1959). After him are Loretta Devine (1949), Richard Jaeckel (1926), Allison Williams (1988), Ali Larter (1976), Connie Stevens (1938), and May McAvoy (1899).

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