Dick Foran
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Also Known As
John Nicholas Foran,
Nick Foran,
Richard Foran
Birth Place
Flemington, New Jersey, USA
Born
June 18, 1910
Biography
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The "Cowboy from Brooklyn" was actually from New Jersey in real life... but close enough. Dick Foran began his career crooning his way through musical Westerns like "Cowboy from Brooklyn," the story of a singer who has to pretend he's a cowboy in order to secure a job, and "Song of the Saddle," in which he plays a son who grows up to avenge his father's death. Warner Bros. was grooming F...
Biography
The "Cowboy from Brooklyn" was actually from New Jersey in real life... but close enough. Dick Foran began his career crooning his way through musical Westerns like "Cowboy from Brooklyn," the story of a singer who has to pretend he's a cowboy in order to secure a job, and "Song of the Saddle," in which he plays a son who grows up to avenge his father's death. Warner Bros. was grooming Foran to compete with the already famous singing cowboy Gene Autry. In the early 1940s, Foran took a break from serenading the savannah and moseyed on over to Universal Studios. There he dipped his toes into the horror genre, playing Steve Banning in "The Mummy's Hand" (in which he and a fellow archaeologist accidentally unearth the undead) and its sequel, "The Mummy's Tomb." Foran's flirtation with embalmed corpses was brief, however; he returned to the Old West in "Fort Apache," a John Wayne/Henry Fonda vehicle. "Fort Apache" was a solemn, authentic look at the Old West, in stark contrast to the nostalgic and hagiographic depictions of cowboys seen in Foran's earlier work. The era of the singing cowboy was over, but Dick Foran demonstrated he could adapt with grace to the changing times.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
(1966)
Old timer
Taggart
(1964)
Stark
Donovan's Reef
(1963)
Australian Navy officer
Studs Lonigan
(1960)
Patrick Lonigan
The Big Night
(1960)
Editor Robelo
The Atomic Submarine
(1960)
Cmdr. Dan Wendover
Thundering Jets
(1958)
Lt. Col. Spalding
The Fearmakers
(1958)
Jim McGinnis
Violent Road
(1958)
Frank Miller, also known as Sarge
Sierra Stranger
(1957)
Bert Gaines
Chicago Confidential
(1957)
[Artie] Blane
Please Murder Me
(1956)
Joe Leeds
Treasure of Ruby Hills
(1955)
Allan Doran
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
(1951)
Frank Jennings
Deputy Marshal
(1949)
Joel Benton, also known as Jed Northey
El Paso
(1949)
Sheriff La Farge
Fort Apache
(1948)
Tim Quincannon
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1947)
Dale Whipple
Guest Wife
(1945)
Christopher Price
Hi, Buddy
(1943)
Dave O'Connor
He's My Guy
(1943)
Van Moore
Private Buckaroo
(1942)
Lon Prentice
The Mummy's Tomb
(1942)
Stephen [A.] Banning
Butch Minds the Baby
(1942)
Dennis Devlin
Ride 'Em Cowboy
(1942)
["Bronco"] Bob Mitchell
Behind the Eight Ball
(1942)
Bill Edwards
In the Navy
(1941)
Dynamite Dugan
Unfinished Business
(1941)
Frank
Four Mothers
(1941)
Ernest Talbot
Keep 'Em Flying
(1941)
Jinx Roberts
The Kid from Kansas
(1941)
Kansas
Mob Town
(1941)
[Sergeant] Frank Conroy
Horror Island
(1941)
Bill [Martin]
Road Agent
(1941)
Duke [Masters, also known as "Douglas"]
Riders of Death Valley
(1941)
The Fighting 69th
(1940)
Lieutenant Long John Wynn
Rangers of Fortune
(1940)
Johnny Cash
The Mummy's Hand
(1940)
Steve Banning
The House of the Seven Gables
(1940)
Matthew Holgrave [alias of Matthew Maule]
My Little Chickadee
(1940)
Wayne Carter
Four Wives
(1939)
Ernest Talbot
Daughters Courageous
(1939)
Eddie Moore
Private Detective
(1939)
Jim Rickey
Hero for a Day
(1939)
"Brainy" Thornton
Inside Information
(1939)
Danny Blake
I Stole a Million
(1939)
Paul Carver
The Sisters
(1938)
Tom Knivel
Four Daughters
(1938)
Ernest
Boy Meets Girl
(1938)
Larry Toms
Love, Honor and Behave
(1938)
Pete Martin
Heart of the North
(1938)
Sgt. Alan Baker
Over the Wall
(1938)
Jerry Davis
Secrets of a Nurse
(1938)
["Killer"] Lee Burke
Cowboy from Brooklyn
(1938)
Sam Thorne
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Jink Carter
Black Legion
(1937)
Editor Jackson
Prairie Thunder
(1937)
Rod Farrell
Blazing Sixes
(1937)
Red Barton
Guns of the Pecos
(1937)
Steve Ainslee
The Cherokee Strip
(1937)
Dick Hudson
The Devil's Saddle Legion
(1937)
Tal Holladay
She Loved a Fireman
(1937)
Red Tyler
Land Beyond the Law
(1937)
Chip Douglas
Empty Holsters
(1937)
Clay Brent
Public Enemy's Wife
(1936)
Thomas Duncan McKay
Treachery Rides the Range
(1936)
Capt. Red Taylor
California Mail
(1936)
Bill Harkins
Song of the Saddle
(1936)
Frank Wilson, Jr.
Trailin' West
(1936)
Lieut. Red Colton
The Petrified Forest
(1936)
Boze Hertzlinger
Earthworm Tractors
(1936)
Emmet McManus
The Golden Arrow
(1936)
Tommy Blake
The Golden Arrow
(1936)
Tommy Blake
The Big Noise
(1936)
Don Andrews
Dangerous
(1935)
Teddy
Shipmates Forever
(1935)
Gifford
Moonlight on the Prairie
(1935)
Ace Andrews
The Farmer Takes a Wife
(1935)
Lottery Lover
(1935)
Cadet Allen Taylor
Accent on Youth
(1935)
Butch
It's a Small World
(1935)
Motor cop
Ladies Love Danger
(1935)
Sergeant Bender
One More Spring
(1935)
Policeman
Gentlemen Are Born
(1934)
Smudge [Casey]
Stand Up and Cheer!
(1934)
Himself
Change of Heart
(1934)
Nick
Cast (Special)
Five's a Family
(1961)
Bill Hewitt
Miracle on 34th Street
(1955)
Thomas Mara
The Philadelphia Story
(1954)
George Kittredge
Cast (Short)
Wagon Wheels West
(1943)
Out Where the Stars Begin
(1938)
Himself
A Vitaphone Pictorial Review No. 2-6
(1937)
Himself
The Sunday Round-Up
(1937)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
(1937)
Himself
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
(1936)
Himself
Breakdowns of 1936
(1936)
Himself
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