Acting
Denver Pyle
Born May 11, 1920 · Bethune, Colorado, USA · Died Dec 25, 1997
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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
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Acting
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997
TV Movie · Action · Adventure
What a Cartoon!
1995
Comedy · Animation
Cybill
1995
Comedy
Father and Scout
1994
Comedy · Family · TV Movie
Maverick
1994
Action · Adventure · Comedy
Delta Fever
1987
Drama · Comedy
L.A. Law
1986
Drama · War & Politics
Return to Mayberry
1986
TV Movie · Comedy
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mystery · Crime · Drama
The Dukes
1983
Animation · Comedy
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
1983
Documentary
Legend of the Wild
1981
Adventure · Drama · Family
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
Documentary · Western · TV Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979
Action & Adventure · Drama · Comedy
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
1978
Animation · Comedy · Western
Dallas
1978
Soap · Drama · Family
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
Adventure · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Legend of the Northwest
1978
Western
The Love Boat
1977
Drama · Comedy
Grizzly Adams
1977
Western · Action & Adventure
How the West Was Won
1977
Western · Drama
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
Adventure · Western
Welcome to L.A.
1976
Romance · Drama · Music
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
1976
Drama · TV Movie
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
Western · Comedy
Hawmps!
1976
Comedy · Family
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
1976
Winterhawk
1975
Western · Adventure
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975
Family · Adventure · TV Movie
Death Among Friends
1975
Crime · Mystery · TV Movie
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Adventure · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Petrocelli
1974
Drama
The Manhunter
1974
Drama · Crime
Murder or Mercy
1974
TV Movie · Drama
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974
Adventure · Fantasy · Horror
Hog Wild
1974
Drama · Family
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
Drama · Western
Hitched
1973
Comedy · Western · TV Movie
Barnaby Jones
1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Kung Fu
1972
Action & Adventure · Drama · Western
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
The Waltons
1972
Drama
Something Big
1971
Western · Comedy
Cannon
1971
Drama · Action & Adventure
Mean Justice
1971
Western · Adventure · Action
The Doris Day Show
1968
Comedy · Western
5 Card Stud
1968
Western · Mystery
Bandolero!
1968
Western
The High Chaparral
1967
Western · Drama
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Western
Hondo
1967
Western
Cimarron Strip
1967
Western
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
Crime · Drama
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
Comedy
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
Western
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
Western
Gunpoint
1966
Western
Mara of the Wilderness
1965
Adventure
Tammy
1965
Comedy
The Great Race
1965
Comedy · Adventure · Romance
Shenandoah
1965
Western · War
The Rounders
1965
Comedy · Western
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Western
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Comedy · Family
Black Like Me
1964
Drama
Mail Order Bride
1964
Western · Comedy · Drama
The Great Adventure
1963
Drama
Mr. Novak
1963
Drama
Temple Houston
1963
Western
Channing
1963
Drama
Arrest and Trial
1963
Crime · Drama
The Lieutenant
1963
Drama
Terrified
1963
Horror
Empire
1962
Western · Drama
The Virginian
1962
Western · Drama
Geronimo
1962
Western · History
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Western
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Comedy
Ben Casey
1961
Drama
Dr. Kildare
1961
Drama
Cain's Hundred
1961
Drama
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Drama · Mystery · Crime
The Alamo
1960
War · Adventure · History
Route 66
1960
Drama · Crime · Action & Adventure
Stagecoach West
1960
Western · Crime
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Comedy · Family
National Velvet
1960
Drama
Checkmate
1960
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Aquanauts
1960
Action & Adventure · Drama
Thriller
1960
Crime
The Tall Man
1960
Western
Home from the Hill
1960
Drama · Romance
The Detectives
1959
Action & Adventure · Drama
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Drama
The Twilight Zone
1959
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Drama
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Western
Men Into Space
1959
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
Wichita Town
1959
Western
Riverboat
1959
Western
The Deputy
1959
Western
Bonanza
1959
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Cast a Long Shadow
1959
Western
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Western · War
King of the Wild Stallions
1959
Western · Action · Adventure
Rawhide
1959
Western · Drama
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
Western · Action
Bat Masterson
1958
Western · Drama
Lawman
1958
Western
Behind Closed Doors
1958
War & Politics · Drama
The Rifleman
1958
Action & Adventure · Western · Family
The Texan
1958
Western
Bronco
1958
Western
The Party Crashers
1958
Drama
Bitter Heritage
1958
TV Movie · Western
China Doll
1958
Drama · Romance · War
Fort Massacre
1958
Western
The Left Handed Gun
1958
Western
Jefferson Drum
1958
Western
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
Mystery · Drama
Tombstone Territory
1957
Western
26 Men
1957
Western · Crime
Jet Pilot
1957
Action · Adventure · Romance
Casey Jones
1957
Western
The Real McCoys
1957
Comedy
Domino Kid
1957
Western
The Restless Gun
1957
Western
Maverick
1957
Comedy · Western
Perry Mason
1957
Mystery · Drama · Crime
Wagon Train
1957
Western · Drama · Family
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
The Lonely Man
1957
Western
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
Western
7th Cavalry
1956
Western
Yaqui Drums
1956
Western
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Western · Drama
State Trooper
1956
Action & Adventure · Drama · Western
Broken Arrow
1956
Western
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Western
The Naked Hills
1956
Western
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
1956
Western
Please Murder Me
1956
Crime · Thriller
Top Gun
1955
Western
Fury
1955
Western · Action & Adventure
Crossroads
1955
Drama
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Drama
My Friend Flicka
1955
Western · Drama
Frontier
1955
Western
To Hell and Back
1955
Action · Romance · Drama
Cheyenne
1955
Western · Drama
Gunsmoke
1955
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Drama · Western
Run for Cover
1955
Western · Drama
Rage at Dawn
1955
Action · Western
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
Western
Ten Wanted Men
1955
Western
The Millionaire
1955
Drama
The Yellow Mountain
1954
Western
Drum Beat
1954
Western
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Action & Adventure · Animation · Documentary
Lassie
1954
Action & Adventure · Drama · Family
Johnny Guitar
1954
Western
The Lone Wolf
1954
Public Defender
1954
Drama
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
Western
The Command
1954
Western
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
Western
Annie Oakley
1954
Western · Drama
Texas Bad Man
1953
Western
Vigilante Terror
1953
Western
Letter to Loretta
1953
Drama
Topeka
1953
Western
The Lone Hand
1953
Western
Column South
1953
Western
Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953
Western
Rebel City
1953
Western
Gunsmoke
1953
Western
A Perilous Journey
1953
Romance · Adventure · Action
Fort Vengeance
1953
Western
I'm the Law
1953
You Are There
1953
Drama
The Maverick
1952
Western
Canyon Ambush
1952
Western
Adventures of Superman
1952
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Western
Fargo
1952
Action · Western
Desert Passage
1952
Western
Man from the Black Hills
1952
Western · Drama
Oklahoma Annie
1952
Comedy · Western
Mutiny
1952
Adventure · War · History
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
Western
Hills of Utah
1951
Western
Drums in the Deep South
1951
Western
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Western · Crime
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951
Crime
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Western
Rough Riders of Durango
1951
Western
The Cisco Kid
1950
Western
The Gene Autry Show
1950
Western · Comedy
The Old Frontier
1950
Western
Customs Agent
1950
Crime · Drama
Dynamite Pass
1950
Western · Action
Federal Agent at Large
1950
Crime
Singing Guns
1950
Western
Captain China
1950
Action · Adventure · Romance
The Flying Saucer
1950
Thriller · Science Fiction
The Big Wheel
1949
Action · Drama · Romance
Flame of Youth
1949
Drama
The Lone Ranger
1949
Western · Action & Adventure
Too Late for Tears
1949
Crime · Thriller
Rim of the Canyon
1949
Western
Hellfire
1949
Western
Red Canyon
1949
Western
El Paso
1949
Western
The Man from Colorado
1948
Western · Drama
Marshal of Amarillo
1948
Western
Where the North Begins
1947
Crime · Western
Devil Ship
1947
Adventure
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Drama
Directed
The Doris Day Show
1968
Comedy · Western