Dick Foran
Acting
🎂 1910-06-18
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.
Cast credits(153)
Dr. David Craig
1957
Steve Benton
1957
Harlan Merrill
1957
1954
Sheriff Edwards
1957
1957
Fred Haines
1968
Robert Maxwell
1954
Luke Bradshaw
1954
Duggan
1962
Frank Devereaux
1962
Mayor
1962
Major Taggert
1959
Jeremiah
1964
Simon Doggett
1964
1948
Russ Adams
1948
Jeff Clark
1948
Larry
1948
1955
1955
Sheriff D. Wilkes
1958
Frank Koster
1958
1958
Esau Hepburn
1952
Mr. Murdock
1952
Will Foster
1952
Sheriff
1955
Paul Adams
1961
1958
Hugh Waring
1955
1949
1955
King Beaumont
1968
1956
David Steele
1957
Bob
1950
Matt
1950
1952
1963
1951
Mr. Halligan
1958
Colton
1963
Sgt. Quincannon
1948
Phil
1953
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Ernest Talbot
1941
Paul Carver
1939
Ferguson
1952
Frank 'Sarge' Miller
1958
Sean O'Brien
1963
Alan Doran
1955
Self (archive footage)
1975
Gabriel Marion
1959
Ed Robello
1960
Artie Blaine
1957
Emmet McManus
1936
Rod Farrell
1937
Bronco Bob Mitchell
1942
Stark
1965
Patrick Lonigan
1960
Red Taylor
1936
Joel Benton
1949
Jim Benton
1941
Christopher Price
1945
Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
1947
Bill Edwards
1942
1936
Self
1942
Dale Whipple
1947
Motor Cop
1935
Steve Banning
1940
Larry Toms
1938
Dan Wendover
1959
Wayne Carter
1940
The Prospector
1966
Long John Wynn
1940
Don Andrews
1936
Pete Martin
1938
Jerry Davis
1938
Self
1936
Bert Gaines
1957
Jeff Ramsay
1940
Dennis Devlin
1942
Red Barton
1937
Self (archive footage)
1982
Jink Carter
1937
Prof. Stephen A. Banning
1942
Sheriff La Farge
1949
Col. Henry Spalding
1958
Self (archive footage)
2008
Thomas Mara
1955
Tal Holladay
1937
1965
Dick Foran
1938
Ernest
1938
Jeff Clark
1952
Dynamite Dugan
1941
Jinx Roberts
1941
Robert Maxwell
1955
Alan Baker
1938
Matthew Maule
1940
Tom Knivel
1938
Walt Lansing
1935
Johnny Cash
1940
Sam Thorne
1938
1962
Teddy
1935
Ed Jackson
1937
Boze Hertzlinger
1936
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Park Policeman
1935
Frank
1941
Assistant Manager
1934
Jim Rickey
1939
Eddie Moore
1939
Dick Foran
1937
Self
1937
Nick Foran
1934
Duke Masters
1941
Bill Martin
1941
Joe Leeds
1956
Ace Andrews
1935
Nick
1934
Lieut. Red Colton
1936
James "Red" Tyler
1937
Danny Blake
1939
Jim McGinnis
1958
(archive footage)
1946
Lon Prentice
1942
Butch
1935
Dick Hudson
1937
Charles "Chip" Douglas
1937
Frank Wilson, Jr.
1936
Thomas Duncan McKay
1936
Frank Conroy
1941
Calliope
1957
Steve Ainslee
1936
Smudge Casey
1934
Clay Brent
1937
Frank Jennings
1951
Bill Harkins
1936
Ernest Talbot
1939
Kansas
1941
Cadet
1935
Tommy Blake
1936
Self
1946
Brainy Thornton
1939
Gifford
1935
Dave O'Connor
1943
Van Moore
1943
'Killer' Lee Burke
1938
Parson Ted Burke
1936