Denver Pyle
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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
Movies
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Uncle Jesse Duke
Father and Scout
George Rosebrock
Maverick
Old Gambler on Riverboat
Delta Fever
Walt
Return to Mayberry
Briscoe Darling
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
Narrator
Legend of the Wild
Narrator (Voice)
Once Upon a Starry Night
Mad Jack
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Narrator
Return from Witch Mountain
Uncle Bene
Legend of the Northwest
Guardian of the Wilderness
Galen Clark
Welcome to L.A.
Carl Barber
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Senator Austin
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
Hawmps!
Col. Seymour Hawkins
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Old mountain man
Winterhawk
Arkansas
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Ben as an Adult
Death Among Friends
Morgan
Escape to Witch Mountain
Uncle Bene
Murder or Mercy
Amos Champion
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Grandpappy John
Hog Wild
Dr. Larson
Cahill: United States Marshal
Denver
Hitched
Ben Barnstable
Something Big
Junior Frisbee
Mean Justice
Tom Rawling
5 Card Stud
Sig Evers
Bandolero!
Muncie Carter
Bonnie and Clyde
Frank Hamer
Tammy and the Millionaire
Grandpa Mordecai Tarleton
Welcome to Hard Times
Alfie - Stage Driver
Incident at Phantom Hill
1st Hunter
Gunpoint
Cap
Mara of the Wilderness
Kelly
The Great Race
Sheriff
Shenandoah
Pastor Bjoerling
The Rounders
Bull
Cheyenne Autumn
Sen. Henry (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
Preacher Pope
Black Like Me
Man in pick-up truck
Terrified
Sheriff Dixon
Geronimo
Senator Conrad
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Amos Carruthers
The Alamo
Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Home from the Hill
Mr. Bradley
Cast a Long Shadow
Preacher Harrison
The Horse Soldiers
Jackie Jo
King of the Wild Stallions
MacGuire's Henchman
Good Day for a Hanging
Deputy Ed Moore
The Party Crashers
Mr. Bickford
Bitter Heritage
Sam Wheeler
China Doll
Col. Wiley
Fort Massacre
Collins
The Left Handed Gun
Ollinger
Jet Pilot
Mr. Simpson
Domino Kid
Bill Dragger
The Lonely Man
Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff
Destination 60,000
Mickey Hill
Gun Duel in Durango
Ranger Captain
7th Cavalry
Dixon
Yaqui Drums
Lefty Barr
The Naked Hills
Bert Killian / Narrator
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
Jim Bailey
Please Murder Me
Det. Lt. Bradley
Top Gun
Hank Spencer (uncredited)
To Hell and Back
Thompson
Run for Cover
Harvey (uncredited)
Rage at Dawn
Clint Reno
Ten Wanted Men
The Yellow Mountain
(uncredited)
Drum Beat
Fairchild (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
Posseman (uncredited)
The Boy from Oklahoma
Bagley
The Command
Infantryman (uncredited)
Ride Clear of Diablo
Reverend Moorehead
Texas Bad Man
Tench
Vigilante Terror
Henchman Sperry
Topeka
Jonas Bailey
Column South
Confederate Spy in Yankee Uniform (uncredited)
Goldtown Ghost Riders
Bernie Malloy (uncredited)
The Lone Hand
Regulator (uncredited)
Rebel City
Greeley
Gunsmoke
Greasy (uncredited)
A Perilous Journey
Bartender
Fort Vengeance
Rider Warning About Wagon Train (uncredited)
The Maverick
Bud Karnes
Canyon Ambush
Tom Carlton-Replaced (credit only)
Fargo
Carey
Desert Passage
Allen
Man from the Black Hills
Glenn Hartley
Oklahoma Annie
Skip
Mutiny
Gunner / Mutineer (uncredited)
Hills of Utah
Bowie French
Drums in the Deep South
Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
Million Dollar Pursuit
Nick Algren
Rough Riders of Durango
Henchman Lacey
The Old Frontier
Henchman George
Customs Agent
Al
Dynamite Pass
Henchman
Federal Agent at Large
'Jumpy' Jordan
Singing Guns
Richards Henchman
Captain China
Steve
The Flying Saucer
Turner
The Big Wheel
Track Intern
Flame of Youth
Lytz
Too Late for Tears
Young Man at Union Station (uncredited)
Rim of the Canyon
Cash Collins (uncredited)
Hellfire
Rex
Red Canyon
Hutch
Streets of San Francisco
Ed Quinn
El Paso
Vigilante (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
Easy Jarrett
Marshal of Amarillo
The Night Clerk
Train to Alcatraz
Hutch Hutchins
Where the North Begins
Jim Rockwell
Devil Ship
Carl
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Man in Opening Scene (uncredited)
TV Series
What a Cartoon!
Podunk Possum (voice)
1 Episode
Cybill
1 Episode
L.A. Law
Harold Nordoff
1 Episode
Murder, She Wrote
Eben Connors
1 Episode
The Dukes
Uncle Jesse (voice)
20 Episodes
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jesse Duke
147 Episodes
Dallas
Blackie Callahan
2 Episodes
Grizzly Adams
Mad Jack
37 Episodes
How the West Was Won
Sgt. Tripp
1 Episode
Karen
13 Episodes
Petrocelli
1 Episode
The Manhunter
1 Episode
Barnaby Jones
Stayley Kircher
1 Episode
Kung Fu
Dr. Joseph Colton
2 Episodes
The Streets of San Francisco
1 Episode
The Waltons
1 Episode
Cannon
1 Episode
The Doris Day Show
Buck Webb
80 Episodes
The High Chaparral
General Warren
1 Episode
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1 Episode
Hondo
Judge Amos Blunt
1 Episode
Cimarron Strip
1 Episode
Tammy
Mordecai Tarleton
26 Episodes
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Titus Purcell
1 Episode
The Great Adventure
Gen. Mills
1 Episode
Mr. Novak
Brill
1 Episode
Channing
Sam Riddle
1 Episode
The Lieutenant
1 Episode
Empire
Tom Rawling
1 Episode
The Virginian
Pico Brown
1 Episode
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Uncle George
1 Episode
Ben Casey
1 Episode
Dr. Kildare
R. E. Lenger
1 Episode
Cain's Hundred
Chief Amos Trask
1 Episode
Route 66
2 Episodes
Stagecoach West
1 Episode
The Andy Griffith Show
Briscoe Darling
6 Episodes
National Velvet
1 Episode
Checkmate
Terry Adams (
1 Episode
The Aquanauts
Captain Leo Stohl
1 Episode
Thriller
Ortho Wheeler
1 Episode
The Tall Man
Marshal Dave Leggert
1 Episode
The Detectives
1 Episode
Bourbon Street Beat
1 Episode
The Twilight Zone
Stu Tillman
1 Episode
Law of the Plainsman
Burke Carew
1 Episode
Men Into Space
1 Episode
Wichita Town
1 Episode
Riverboat
Jim Bledsoe
1 Episode
The Deputy
Akins
1 Episode
Bonanza
Price Buchanan
1 Episode
Rawhide
John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade
1 Episode
Bat Masterson
Dan Morgan
1 Episode
Lawman
1 Episode
Behind Closed Doors
Roger Woodson
1 Episode
The Rifleman
5 Episodes
The Texan
1 Episode
Bronco
3 Episodes
Jefferson Drum
Bart Resdake
1 Episode
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Braddock
1 Episode
26 Men
2 Episodes
Casey Jones
Frank Reeder
1 Episode
Maverick
1 Episode
Perry Mason
Robert Crane
1 Episode
Wagon Train
Bragg
1 Episode
Have Gun, Will Travel
3 Episodes
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
John Baker
1 Episode
State Trooper
Mark Schmedler
1 Episode
Broken Arrow
Fred Graf
1 Episode
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
2 Episodes
Fury
Carter
1 Episode
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lester
1 Episode
My Friend Flicka
Alec
1 Episode
Frontier
2 Episodes
Cheyenne
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Willie Calhoun
1 Episode
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
4 Episodes
Buffalo Bill Jr.
2 Episodes
The Millionaire
Arthur Darner
1 Episode
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Royal (uncredited)
1 Episode
Lassie
1 Episode
The Lone Wolf
Kargar
1 Episode
Public Defender
Tom Gayley
1 Episode
Annie Oakley
Dr. Barnes
1 Episode
I'm the Law
1 Episode
Adventures of Superman
Emile Hatch
1 Episode
Hopalong Cassidy
2 Episodes
The Roy Rogers Show
4 Episodes
The Adventures of Kit Carson
5 Episodes
The Gene Autry Show
7 Episodes
The Lone Ranger
Deputy French
1 Episode