Denver Pyle
Acting
Awards
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star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
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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
55 credits
Perry Mason
Lassie
Dallas
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show
Wagon Train
The Waltons
Maverick
The Twilight Zone
The Dick Van Dyke Show
L.A. Law
The Virginian
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dr. Kildare
Cheyenne
Rawhide
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lawman
Cannon
Thriller
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Barnaby Jones
Adventures of Superman
The Dukes of Hazzard
Ben Casey
Route 66
Gunsmoke
The High Chaparral
The Lone Ranger
Bat Masterson
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Cybill
The Streets of San Francisco
State Trooper
The Millionaire
The Texan
The Detectives
The Deputy
The Guns of Will Sonnett
What a Cartoon!
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Bronco
Petrocelli
Checkmate
The Gene Autry Show
How the West Was Won
The Doris Day Show
The Cisco Kid
Arrest and Trial
Mr. Novak
Grizzly Adams
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Public Defender
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