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George "Gabby" Hayes

1885 - 1969

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George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered, cantankerous, but ever-loyal and brave comic sidekick of the cowboy stars William Boyd, Roy Rogers and John Wayne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. George "Gabby" Hayes is the 9,161st most popular actor (down from 8,740th in 2024), the 13,818th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,885th in 2019) and the 4,267th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, George "Gabby" Hayes ranks 9,161 out of 13,578. Before him are Arielle Kebbel, Zahn McClarnon, Dayanara Torres, Michael O'Keefe, Sandy Duncan, and Christian Friedel. After him are George Formby, Jennifer Gareis, Katie Price, Shira Haas, Brooke Burns, and Robin Lord Taylor.

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Among people born in 1885, George "Gabby" Hayes ranks 268. Before him are Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Birger Sjöberg, Lionel Atwill, Alain LeRoy Locke, Art Ross, and George Butterworth. After him is Harry Gribbon. Among people deceased in 1969, George "Gabby" Hayes ranks 251. Before him are Richard Allen, Gaston Strobino, Rod La Rocque, Harley Earl, Jimmy McHugh, and Frank Loesser. After him are Ben Alexander, Rex Ingram, Mitzi Green, John Boles, Tom Mboya, and Everett Dirksen.

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George "Gabby" Hayes ranks 4,266. Before him are Zahn McClarnon (1966), Michael O'Keefe (1955), and Sandy Duncan (1946). After him are Jennifer Gareis (1970), Brooke Burns (1978), Robin Lord Taylor (1978), Fannie Ward (1872), Alice Evans (1971), Caleb Landry Jones (1989), Wendy Moniz (1969), Mark Metcalf (1946), and Archie Kao (1969).

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