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George "Gabby" Hayes | |
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![]() Hayes in 1953 | |
Born | George Francis Hayes May 7, 1885 Stannards, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 9, 1969 Burbank, California, U.S. | (aged 83)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1902–1956 |
Spouse |
Olive E. Ireland
(m. 1914; died 1957) |
George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (7 May 1885 – 9 February 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 Roy Rogers and John Wayne.[1]