
Denver Pyle
Born May 11, 1920 · Bethune, Colorado, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Notable Appearances
Movies

Bonnie and Clyde

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Maverick

The Great Race

The Alamo

Escape to Witch Mountain

Bandolero!

The Horse Soldiers

Return from Witch Mountain

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Something Big

Cahill: United States Marshal

Cheyenne Autumn

The Left Handed Gun

Welcome to Hard Times

To Hell and Back

5 Card Stud

Home from the Hill

Johnny Guitar

Incident at Phantom Hill

Run for Cover

Drum Beat

Ten Wanted Men

Good Day for a Hanging

Gunpoint

The Man from Colorado

The Rounders

Too Late for Tears

Please Murder Me

Shenandoah

Cast a Long Shadow

Welcome to L.A.

Ride Clear of Diablo

Delta Fever

King of the Wild Stallions

Jet Pilot

The Lonely Man

7th Cavalry

Geronimo

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

Mail Order Bride

The Boy from Oklahoma

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

Drums in the Deep South

Mara of the Wilderness

Mutiny

The Guilt of Janet Ames

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Guardian of the Wilderness

The Legend of Hillbilly John

Federal Agent at Large

Man from the Black Hills

Gun Duel in Durango

Devil Ship

The Lone Hand

The Command

Rim of the Canyon

El Paso

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

Fort Massacre

Hog Wild

Singing Guns

Red Canyon

A Perilous Journey

Rough Riders of Durango

Rage at Dawn

Return to Mayberry

Tammy and the Millionaire

Column South

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

Murder or Mercy

Top Gun

Gunsmoke

Fort Vengeance

The Big Wheel

Legend of the Northwest

The Yellow Mountain

Winterhawk

Terrified

Legend of the Wild

Father and Scout

Where the North Begins

China Doll

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

Black Like Me

Captain China

The Naked Hills

Hellfire

Dynamite Pass

Oklahoma Annie

Bitter Heritage

The Party Crashers

Hitched

Customs Agent
TV Shows

L.A. Law

The Andy Griffith Show

Dallas

Wagon Train

Have Gun, Will Travel

Maverick

Dr. Kildare

The Twilight Zone

The Rifleman

The Waltons

The Virginian

Cannon

Lassie

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Cheyenne

Ben Casey

Route 66

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Barnaby Jones

Rawhide

Gunsmoke

Lawman

The Lone Ranger

Bat Masterson

Thriller

Cybill

The Doris Day Show

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The Streets of San Francisco

The Dukes of Hazzard

The High Chaparral

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Detectives

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Real McCoys

The Texan

What a Cartoon!

Bronco

The Millionaire

Arrest and Trial

Mr. Novak

Public Defender

Adventures of Superman

The Deputy

Petrocelli

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Checkmate

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Cisco Kid

The Tall Man

Riverboat

The Gene Autry Show

Tombstone Territory

Law of the Plainsman

Cain's Hundred

How the West Was Won

The Great Adventure

Annie Oakley

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

You Are There

The Lieutenant

Cimarron Strip

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Manhunter

Stagecoach West

Bourbon Street Beat

Hopalong Cassidy

The Lone Wolf

The Restless Gun

Fury

Behind Closed Doors

Men Into Space

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Aquanauts

Letter to Loretta

Crossroads

Grizzly Adams

26 Men

Temple Houston

The Roy Rogers Show

Hondo

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Wichita Town

Frontier

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Casey Jones

Jefferson Drum

Channing

I'm the Law

The Dukes

National Velvet

My Friend Flicka

Tammy

Kung Fu
More Movies

The Maverick

Death Among Friends

Hawmps!

Mean Justice

Desert Passage

Fargo

The Old Frontier

The Flying Saucer

Million Dollar Pursuit

Rebel City

Texas Bad Man

Topeka

Domino Kid

Goldtown Ghost Riders

Marshal of Amarillo

Hills of Utah

Yaqui Drums

Flame of Youth

Canyon Ambush

Vigilante Terror




