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