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