![Image of George 'Gabby' Hayes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dxubdsrT2z3TeMnOBI2g8GtUx0c.jpg)
American character actor, the most famous of Western-movie sidekicks of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born May 7, 1885, the third of seven children, in the Hayes Hotel (owned by his father) in the tiny hamlet of Stannards, New York, on the outskirts of Wellsville, New York. Hayes was the son of hotelier and oil-production manager Clark Hayes, and grew up in Stannards. As a young man, George Hayes worked in a circus and played semi-pro baseball while a teenager. He ran away from home at 17, in 1902, and joined a touring stock company. He married Olive Ireland in 1914 and the pair became quite successful on the vaudeville circuit. Retired in his 40s, he lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and was forced to return to work. Although he had made his film debut in a single appearance prior to the crash, it was not until his wife convinced him to move to California and he met producer Trem Carr that he began working steadily in the medium. He played scores of roles in Westerns and non-Westerns alike, finally in the mid-1930s settling in to an almost exclusively Western career. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in many films between 1936-39. Leaving the Cassidy films in a salary dispute, he was legally precluded from using the "Windy" nickname, and so took on the sobriquet "Gabby", and was so billed from about 1940. One of the few sidekicks to land on the annual list of Top Ten Western Boxoffice Stars, he did so repeatedly. In his early films, he alternated between whiskered comic-relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later 1930s, he worked almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Randolph Scott. After his last film, in 1950, he starred as the host of a network television show devoted to stories of the Old West for children, The Gabby Hayes Show (1950). Offstage an elegant and well-appointed connoisseur and man-about-town, Hayes devoted the final years of his life to his investments. He died of cardiovascular disease in Burbank, California, on February 9, 1969.
Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | The Cariboo Trail | Grizzly | 1950-08-01 |
Series | The Gabby Hayes Show | Himself | 1950-12-11 |
Movie | El Paso | Pesky Tees | 1949-03-22 |
Movie | Albuquerque | Juke | 1948-02-20 |
Movie | The Untamed Breed | Windy Lucas | 1948-10-20 |
Movie | Return of the Bad Men | John Pettit | 1948-07-17 |
Movie | Trail Street | Billy Jones | 1947-02-19 |
Movie | Wyoming | Windy Gibson | 1947-07-28 |
Movie | Badman's Territory | Honest Jim Badger / The Coyote Kid | 1946-05-04 |
Movie | Song of Arizona | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-03-08 |
Movie | Rainbow Over Texas | Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker | 1946-05-09 |
Movie | My Pal Trigger | Gabby Kendrick | 1946-07-10 |
Movie | Heldorado | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-12-15 |
Movie | Roll on Texas Moon | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-09-12 |
Movie | Home in Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-10-18 |
Movie | Under Nevada Skies | Gabby Whittaker | 1946-08-26 |
Movie | Bells of Rosarita | Gabby Whittake | 1945-06-19 |
Movie | Utah | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-03-21 |
Movie | Man from Oklahoma | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-07-01 |
Movie | Along the Navajo Trail | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-09-15 |
Movie | Sunset in El Dorado | Gabby | 1945-09-29 |
Movie | Don't Fence Me In | Gabby Whittaker | 1945-10-20 |
Movie | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Gabby Hayes | 1944-04-01 |
Movie | Mojave Firebrand | Gabby Hayes | 1944-03-19 |
Movie | Tucson Raiders | 'Gabby' Hopkins | 1944-05-14 |
Movie | Marshal of Reno | Gabby | 1944-07-02 |
Movie | The Big Bonanza | Hap Selby | 1944-12-30 |
Movie | Lights of Old Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1944-11-06 |
Movie | Tall in the Saddle | Dave | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | The Man from Thunder River | Gabby Whittaker | 1943-06-11 |
Movie | Calling Wild Bill Elliott | Gabby Hayes | 1943-04-30 |
Movie | Bordertown Gun Fighters | Gabby Hayes | 1943-07-08 |
Movie | In Old Oklahoma | Despirit Dean | 1943-12-06 |
Movie | Wagon Tracks West | Gabby | 1943-08-18 |
Movie | Death Valley Manhunt | Gabby Hayes | 1943-11-25 |
Movie | Overland Mail Robbery | Gabby | 1943-11-20 |
Movie | Sunset on the Desert | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-04-01 |
Movie | South of Santa Fe | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-02-17 |
Movie | Romance on the Range | Gabby | 1942-05-18 |
Movie | Man from Cheyenne | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-01-16 |
Movie | Sunset Serenade | Gabby | 1942-09-14 |
Movie | Sons of the Pioneers | Gabby Whittaker | 1942-07-02 |
Movie | Heart of the Golden West | Gabby | 1942-11-16 |
Movie | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Gabby | 1942-12-30 |
Movie | In Old Cheyenne | Arapaho Brown | 1941-04-04 |
Movie | Robin Hood of the Pecos | Gabriel Gabby Hornaday | 1941-01-14 |
Movie | Sheriff of Tombstone | Gabby | 1941-05-07 |
Movie | Nevada City | Gabby Chapman | 1941-06-19 |
Movie | Jesse James at Bay | Sheriff Gabby Whitaker | 1941-10-17 |
Movie | Red River Valley | Gabby Whittaker | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | Bad Man of Deadwood | Prof. Mortimer 'Gabby' Blackstone | 1941-09-05 |
Movie | Wagons Westward | Hardtack | 1940-06-19 |
Movie | Dark Command | Andrew 'Doc' Grunch | 1940-04-15 |
Movie | Young Buffalo Bill | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-04-11 |
Movie | The Carson City Kid | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-07-01 |
Movie | Melody Ranch | Pop Laramie | 1940-09-15 |
Movie | The Ranger and the Lady | Gabby Whittaker | 1940-07-30 |
Movie | Young Bill Hickok | 'Gabby' Whitaker | 1940-10-21 |
Movie | The Border Legion | Honest John Whittaker | 1940-12-05 |
Movie | Colorado | Gabby | 1940-09-15 |
Movie | Southward Ho! | Gabby | 1939-03-19 |
Movie | Silver on the Sage | Windy Halliday | 1939-03-31 |
Movie | Let Freedom Ring | Pop Wilkie | 1939-02-24 |
Movie | Sunset Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-02-24 |
Movie | Fighting Thoroughbreds | Gramps Montrose | 1939-01-06 |
Movie | Man of Conquest | Lannie Upchurch | 1939-05-15 |
Movie | Days of Jesse James | Gabby | 1939-12-20 |
Movie | Saga of Death Valley | Gabby | 1939-11-17 |
Movie | In Old Caliente | Gabby | 1939-06-19 |
Movie | In Old Monterey | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-08-14 |
Movie | The Arizona Kid | Gabby Whittaker | 1939-09-28 |
Movie | Wall Street Cowboy | Gabby | 1939-08-06 |
Movie | Renegade Trail | Windy Halliday | 1939-07-25 |
Movie | Heart of Arizona | Windy Halliday | 1938-04-22 |
Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Enoch | 1938-02-12 |
Movie | Bar 20 Justice | Windy Halliday | 1938-06-24 |
Movie | The Frontiersmen | Windy Halliday | 1938-12-16 |
Movie | Pride of the West | Windy Halliday | 1938-07-07 |
Movie | In Old Mexico | Windy Halliday | 1938-09-09 |
Movie | Hills of Old Wyoming | Windy Halliday | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | North of the Rio Grande | Windy Halliday | 1937-06-28 |
Movie | Borderland | Windy Halliday | 1937-02-26 |
Movie | Rustlers' Valley | Windy Halliday | 1937-07-23 |
Movie | Texas Trail | Windy Halliday | 1937-11-26 |
Movie | Hopalong Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1937-08-20 |
Movie | Song of the Trail | Dan Hobson | 1936-03-15 |
Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited) | 1936-04-09 |
Movie | Heart of the West | Windy Jenkins | 1936-02-24 |
Movie | Valley of the Lawless | Grandpaw Jenkins | 1936-01-25 |
Movie | Three on the Trail | Windy Halliday | 1936-04-14 |
Movie | The Lawless Nineties | Major Carter | 1936-02-15 |
Movie | Call of the Prairie | Shanghai McHenry | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | Trail Dust | Windy Halliday | 1936-12-11 |
Movie | I Married a Doctor | Train Station Agent | 1936-04-25 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Breezy | 1936-11-16 |
Movie | Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Windy Halliday | 1936-10-16 |
Movie | The Texas Rangers | Judge Snow | 1936-08-28 |
Movie | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Bearded Man | 1936-10-06 |
Movie | The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Pearson (as George Hayes) | 1935-05-14 |
Movie | Tombstone Terror | Soupy Baxter | 1935-04-24 |
Movie | Ladies Crave Excitement | McCloskey | 1935-06-21 |
Movie | Smokey Smith | Blaze Bart | 1935-04-01 |
Movie | Death Flies East | Wotkyns | 1935-02-28 |
Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Pinkham | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | The Lost City | Butterfield | 1935-03-06 |
Movie | The Outlaw Tamer | Cactus Barnes (as Geo. S. Hayes) | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | Rainbow Valley | George Hale | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | $1,000 a Minute | New Deal Watson | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Bar 20 Rides Again | Windy Halliday | 1935-12-06 |
Movie | Hop-a-long Cassidy | Uncle Ben | 1935-08-23 |
Movie | Hitch Hike Lady | Miner | 1935-12-28 |
Movie | The Eagle's Brood | Spike | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | Swifty | Sheriff Dan Hughes (as George F. Hayes) | 1935-12-12 |
Movie | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Dr. Parker | 1935-09-05 |
Movie | Thunder Mountain | Foley | 1935-09-27 |
Movie | Texas Terror | Sheriff Ed Williams | 1935-10-17 |
Movie | Bedlam of Beards | 1934-04-13 | |
Movie | Blue Steel | Sheriff Jake Withers | 1934-05-10 |
Movie | House of Mystery | David Fells | 1934-03-30 |
Movie | Beggars in Ermine | Joe Wilson | 1934-02-21 |
Movie | The Lucky Texan | Jake 'Grandy' Benson | 1934-01-22 |
Movie | West of the Divide | 'Dusty' | 1934-02-15 |
Movie | The Man from Utah | Marshal George Higgins | 1934-05-15 |
Movie | Mystery Liner | Joe, the Watchman | 1934-03-15 |
Movie | City Limits | Charlie Carter | 1934-04-14 |
Movie | In Old Santa Fe | Cactus | 1934-11-15 |
Movie | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Matt Downing | 1934-12-05 |
Movie | Monte Carlo Nights | Inspector Nick Gunby | 1934-05-20 |
Movie | The Brand of Hate | Bill Larkins | 1934-11-02 |
Movie | The Lawless Frontier | Dusty | 1934-11-22 |
Movie | The Man from Hell | Banker Colonel Campbell | 1934-08-28 |
Movie | Randy Rides Alone | - Marvin Black aka Mat Mathews/Matt the Mute | 1934-06-05 |
Movie | The Star Packer | Matt Matlock | 1934-07-30 |
Movie | The Return of Casey Jones | Timothy Shine | 1933-05-24 |
Movie | The Gallant Fool | Dad Denton | 1933-05-28 |
Movie | Trailing North | Flash Ryan | 1933-05-15 |
Movie | Breed of the Border | Chuck Wiggins | 1933-03-01 |
Movie | The Sphinx | Detective Casey | 1933-06-01 |
Movie | The Phantom Broadcast | Police Lieutenant | 1933-03-14 |
Movie | Galloping Romeo | Grizzly | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | Ship of Wanted Men | Crewman | 1933-09-08 |
Movie | Riders of Destiny | Charlie Denton | 1933-10-10 |
Movie | Skyway | George Taylor | 1933-08-29 |
Movie | The Devil's Mate | Collins | 1933-08-20 |
Movie | Ranger's Code | Baxter (as George Hayes) | 1933-08-14 |
Movie | Riders of the Desert | Hashknife Brooks | 1932-04-23 |
Movie | Winner Take All | Interne at Rosario Ranch (uncredited) | 1932-07-16 |
Movie | The Man from Hell's Edges | Shamrock Cassidy | 1932-05-05 |
Movie | Sally of the Subway | Police Lieutenant Paxton | 1932-01-15 |
Movie | A Slip at the Switch | Deputy Smoot | 1932-08-08 |
Movie | Play Girl | Dance Hall Tobacconist (uncredited) | 1932-03-12 |
Movie | Border Devils | Squint Sanders | 1932-04-03 |
Movie | Texas Buddies | Si Haller | 1932-10-18 |
Movie | The Fighting Champ | Pete | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Love Me Tonight | Grocer (uncredited) | 1932-08-18 |
Movie | Self Defense | Jury Foreman | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Wild Horse Mesa | Slack | 1932-11-25 |
Movie | The Night Rider | Altoonie | 1932-08-22 |
Movie | Klondike | Tom Ross | 1932-08-29 |
Movie | Hidden Valley | Gavin Henchman - Dark Hat | 1932-10-10 |
Movie | The Stolen Jools | Projectionist | 1931-04-04 |
Movie | Dirigible | Parade Official (uncredited) | 1931-02-01 |
Movie | Big Business Girl | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1931-06-12 |
Movie | The Nevada Buckaroo | Cherokee Williams | 1931-07-28 |
Movie | Cavalier of the West | Sheriff Bill Ryan | 1931-11-15 |
Movie | Dragnet Patrol | Private Detective | 1931-12-14 |
Movie | She Who Gets Slapped | Poker Player | 1930-05-15 |
Movie | Playing Around | Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited) | 1930-01-10 |
Movie | For the Defense | Ben (the waiter) | 1930-07-19 |
Movie | Top Speed | Western Union Clerk | 1930-08-24 |
Movie | Rainbow Man | Bill | 1929-05-16 |
Movie | Big News | Hoffman | 1929-09-06 |