
Dick Foran
Born June 18, 1910 · Flemington, New Jersey, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Fort Apache

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Donovan's Reef

The Petrified Forest

The Mummy's Hand

Please Murder Me

Taggart

Treachery Rides the Range

The Mummy's Tomb

Stand Up and Cheer!

Song of the Saddle

Moonlight on the Prairie

Winners of the West

She Loved a Fireman

Gentlemen Are Born

Heart of the North

Riders of Death Valley

Guns of the Pecos

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

The House of the Seven Gables

The Fighting 69th

I Stole a Million

Road Agent

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Treasure of Ruby Hills

Easy Come, Easy Go

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

Guest Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
TV Shows

The Virginian

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

Lassie

Matinee Theater

Studio One

Cheyenne

Daniel Boone

Four Star Playhouse

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Rawhide

Gunsmoke

Lawman

Kraft Television Theatre

77 Sunset Strip

Father Knows Best

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Yancy Derringer

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Suspense

The Millionaire

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Mayberry R.F.D.

Cavalcade of America

The Great Adventure

The Dakotas

Letter to Loretta

Death Valley Days

The Swamp Fox

O.K. Crackerby

The O. Henry Playhouse
More Movies

Land Beyond the Law

The Kill

In the Navy

The Sisters

Butch Minds the Baby

The Miracle on 34th Street

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Dangerous

Four Wives

Keep 'Em Flying

Private Buckaroo

Change of Heart

Blow-Ups of 1946

Horror Island

Breakdowns of 1938

Love, Honor and Behave

Out Where the Stars Begin

Over the Wall

Public Enemy's Wife

My Little Chickadee

Four Mothers

Breakdowns of 1942

The Atomic Submarine

Violent Road

Secrets of a Nurse

Hi, Buddy

It's A Small World

Black Legion

El Paso

Breakdowns of 1937

Boy Meets Girl

Behind the Eight Ball

Should I Marry Outside My Faith?

California Mail

Sierra Stranger

Cowboy from Brooklyn

The Devil's Saddle Legion

The Kid from Kansas

Private Detective

Four Daughters

Hero for a Day

Chicago Confidential

He's My Guy

The Lottery Lover

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

The Fearmakers

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

The Cherokee Strip

Blazing Sixes

Unfinished Business

The Golden Arrow

The Sunday Round-Up

Breakdowns of 1936

Studs Lonigan

The Perfect Specimen

Student Tour

Daughters Courageous

Earthworm Tractors

Trailin' West

Rangers of Fortune

Deputy Marshal

One More Spring

Empty Holsters

Inside Information

Shipmates Forever

Accent on Youth

The Big Noise

Thundering Jets

Prairie Thunder

Night of Execution

Mob Town

Movieland Magic

Hollywood Wonderland




