Dick Foran
Age: N/A | From: Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: John Nicholas Foran , Nick 'Dick' Foran , Nick Foran , Richard Foran , Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy , The Singing Cowboy Dick Foran , John Nicholas "Dick" Foran
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Flemington, New Jersey, USA
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Movie Involvements: 66
TV Involvements: 26
Most Famous Work
Biography
John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Harlan Merrill
The Virginian
(1962) Frank Devereaux
Rawhide
(1959) Major Taggert
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Matt
Daniel Boone
(1964) Simon Doggett
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Paul Adams
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) Frank Koster
Studio One
(1948) LarryActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1966 | The Prospector | |
| 1965 | N/A | |
| Stark | ||
| 1964 | Jeremiah | |
| Simon Doggett | ||
| 1963 | Colton | |
| Sean O'Brien | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Duggan | ||
| Mayor | ||
| Frank Devereaux | ||
| 1961 | Paul Adams | |
| 1960 | Patrick Lonigan | |
| Ed | ||
| 1959 | Dan Wendover | |
| N/A | ||
| Major Taggert | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Halligan | ||
| Jim McGinnis | ||
| Sheriff D. Wilkes | ||
| Frank Koster | ||
| Frank 'Sarge' Miller | ||
| Col. Henry Spalding | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Dr. David Craig | ||
| Steve Benton | ||
| Harlan Merrill | ||
| N/A | ||
| Artie Blaine | ||
| David Steele | ||
| Bert Gaines | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Joe Leeds | ||
| 1955 | Thomas Mara | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sheriff | ||
| Alan Doran | ||
| Hugh Waring | ||
| 1954 | Robert Maxwell | |
| Luke Bradshaw | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Phil | |
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Ferguson | ||
| Esau Hepburn | ||
| Mr. Murdock | ||
| Will Foster | ||
| Jeff Clark | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Frank Jennings | ||
| 1950 | Bob | |
| Matt | ||
| 1949 | Joel Benton | |
| Sheriff La Farge | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Russ Adams | ||
| Jeff Clark | ||
| Larry | ||
| Sgt. Quincannon | ||
| 1947 | Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited) | |
| Dale Whipple | ||
| 1946 | (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 1945 | Christopher Price | |
| 1943 | Van Moore | |
| Dave O'Connor | ||
| 1942 | Bill Edwards | |
| Stephen Banning | ||
| Lon Prentice | ||
| Dennis Devlin | ||
| Bronco Bob Mitchell | ||
| Self | ||
| 1941 | Duke Masters | |
| Jinx Roberts | ||
| Frank Conroy | ||
| Kansas | ||
| Frank | ||
| Jim Benton | ||
| Dynamite Dugan | ||
| Bill Martin | ||
| Ernest Talbot | ||
| 1940 | Johnny Cash | |
| Steve Banning | ||
| Jeff Ramsay | ||
| Matthew Maule | ||
| Wayne Carter | ||
| Long John Wynn | ||
| 1939 | Ernest Talbot | |
| Jim Rickey | ||
| Brainy Thornton | ||
| Paul Carver | ||
| Eddie Moore | ||
| Danny Blake | ||
| 1938 | Alan Baker | |
| 'Killer' Lee Burke | ||
| Tom Knivel | ||
| Larry Toms | ||
| Ernest | ||
| Sam Thorne | ||
| Dick Foran | ||
| Jerry Davis | ||
| Pete Martin | ||
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | James "Red" Tyler | |
| Jink Carter | ||
| Dick Foran | ||
| Rod Farrell | ||
| Tal Holladay | ||
| Clay Brent | ||
| Red Barton | ||
| Dick Hudson | ||
| Charles "Chip" Douglas | ||
| Ed Jackson | ||
| Self | ||
| Steve Ainslee | ||
| 1936 | Self | |
| Bill Harkins | ||
| Parson Ted Burke | ||
| Lieut. Red Colton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Emmet McManus | ||
| Thomas Duncan McKay | ||
| Don Andrews | ||
| Tommy Blake | ||
| Red Taylor | ||
| Frank Wilson, Jr. | ||
| Boze Hertzlinger | ||
| 1935 | Teddy | |
| Ace Andrews | ||
| Gifford | ||
| Butch | ||
| Motor Cop | ||
| Park Policeman | ||
| Cadet | ||
| 1934 | Smudge Casey | |
| Assistant Manager | ||
| Nick | ||
| Nick Foran | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
