Andrew Vabre "Andy" Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick known for his distinctive raspy voice.
| Full Name | Andy Devine |
| Net Worth | $300,000 |
| Date Of Birth | October 7, 1905 |
| Died | February 18, 1977, Orange, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Flagstaff, Arizona, USA |
| Height | 1.83 m |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Profession | Football player, Voice Actor, Character Actor |
| Education | Northern Arizona University, Santa Clara University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Dorothy Devine |
| Children | Denny Devine, Tad Devine, Arthur Matthew Devine, Deborah Catherine Devine, Susanna Rachel Devine |
| Parents | Thomas Devine Jr., Amy Ward |
| Nicknames | Andy Devine, Devine, Andy |
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| Movies | Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Robin Hood, How the West Was Won, Two Rode Together, Island in the Sky, Canyon Passage, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Bells of San Angelo, The Over-the-Hill Gang, Under California Stars, Around the World in 80 Days, A Star Is Born, Eyes of Texas, Spri... |
| TV Shows | Queer as Folk, Flipper, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Andy's Gang |
| Star Sign | Libra |
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| 1 | Reminisced by Jimmy Buffett in his hit song, "Pencil Thin Mustache", in 1974 (it is song #10 on Buffett's album, "Songs You Know by Heart"). It is a song about the entertainment of Jimmy's youth, while growing up in the 1950s. Jimmy pays tribute to Andy in the chorus, "I wish I had a pencil thin mustache, The 'Boston Blackie' kind. A two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket and an autographed picture of Andy Devine.". |
| 2 | Also had a children's television show on one of the local Los Angeles television stations called "Andy and Froggy" where his sidekick was a frog puppet. |
| 3 | John Wayne and James Stewart were among those who attended his funeral. |
| 4 | Was an avid pilot and owned a flying school that trained flyers for the government during World War II. |
| 5 | Made his stage debut as Captain Andy Hawks in Guy Lombardo's 1957 production of "Show Boat" at a theatre in Long Island. |
| 6 | Best known for his sidekick role opposite Guy Madison on the Western series Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951). As Jingles P. Jones, he rode a horse named Joker. The role was originally offered to but turned down by Burl Ives. |
| 7 | Had played professional football at one point and used the name Jeremiah Schwartz in order to avoid jeopardizing his amateur standing. |
| 8 | According to an in-depth article by Joe Collura for "Classic Images", Andy was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, but moved with his family west to Kingman in Mohave County. While there his father, Thomas, served as the Mohave County treasurer and owned the Hotel Beale. His father later suffered from stomach cancer and traveled to Los Angeles for treatment, where he died during surgery. |
| 9 | He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6366 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Radio at 6258 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. |
| 10 | John Ford picked him to play Buck, the stagecoach teamster, in Stagecoach (1939) because he had actual experience driving a six-horse team. |
| 11 | His high-pitched gravelly voice was the result of a childhood accident. While running with a stick (some accounts say a curtain rod) in his mouth, he tripped and fell, ramming the stick through the roof of his mouth. For almost a year, he was unable to speak at all. When he did get his voice back, at length, it had the wheezing, almost duo-toned quality that would ultimately make him a star. Another account of his throat injury says he was sliding down the banister in his father's hotel and somehow damaged his throat. |
| 12 | Was a licensed amateur (ham) radio operator with the call sign WB6RER. The call is now owned by an amateur radio club in Kingman, Arizona, which holds an annual event in memory of their favorite son. |
| 13 | Was mentioned in the 1974 song "Pencil Thin Mustache" by Jimmy Buffett. |
| 14 | Had played Hap Gorman on the first season of the MGM/NBC television series Flipper (1964). |
| 15 | Father of Tad Devine and Denny Devine, who played his sons in Canyon Passage (1946). |
| 16 | Was once honorary mayor of Van Nuys, California. |
| 17 | The main street of Kingman, Arizona, near his birthplace of Flagstaff is named Andy Devine Boulevard. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| A Whale of a Tale | 1976 | Captain Andy |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | 1976 | Priest in Dog Pound |
| Robin Hood | 1973 | Friar Tuck - A Badger (voice) |
| Alias Smith and Jones | 1972 | TV Series | Sheriff Bintell |
| The Virginian | 1967-1971 | TV Series | Dr. Houseman / Amos Tyke |
| The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | 1970 | TV Movie | Amos Polk |
| Myra Breckinridge | 1970 | Coyote Bill |
| The Phynx | 1970 | Andy Devine |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Mr. Stone |
| Bracken's World | 1970 | TV Series | Bill Hunnicutt |
| Smoke | 1970 | TV Movie | Mr. Stone |
| Love, American Style | 1969 | TV Series | Sheriff Bob O'Connors (segment "Love and the Mountain Cabin") |
| The Over-the-Hill Gang | 1969 | TV Movie | Judge Amos Polk |
| Gunsmoke | 1969 | TV Series | Jed Whitlow |
| The Road Hustlers | 1968 | Sheriff Estep |
| Bonanza | 1968 | TV Series | Roscoe |
| Shoestring Safari | 1967 | TV Movie | Colonel Hazeltine |
| Vacation Playhouse | 1967 | TV Series | Andy |
| The Ballad of Josie | 1967 | Judge Tatum |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series | Santa |
| The Rounders | 1966 | TV Series | Honest John Denton |
| Tammy | 1966 | TV Series | Amos Potts |
| Zebra in the Kitchen | 1965 | Branch Hawksbill |
| My Three Sons | 1965 | TV Series | Colonel Parker |
| Flipper | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Hap Gorman
Hap Corman |
| Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Charles Cortland |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | Sheriff of Crockett County |
| How the West Was Won | 1962 | Cpl. Peterson |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | Link Appleyard |
| The Twilight Zone | 1962 | TV Series | Somerset Frisby |
| General Electric Theater | 1962 | TV Series | Charley Dwyer |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | 1961 | TV Series | Jake Sloan |
| Two Rode Together | 1961 | Sgt. Darius P. Posey |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 1960 | Mr. Carmody |
| No Place Like Home | 1960/I | TV Movie |
| Wagon Train | 1959 | TV Series | Jess MacAbee |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1951-1958 | TV Series | Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones / Deputy Marshal Jingles / Deputy Marshal Jingles Jones / ... |
| Shower of Stars | 1958 | TV Series | Andy |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1956 | First Mate of the 'S. S. Henrietta' |
| Andy's Gang | 1955 | TV Series | Host (1955-60) |
| Pete Kelly's Blues | 1955 | George Tenell |
| Thunder Pass | 1954 | Injun |
| Island in the Sky | 1953 | Willie Moon |
| Montana Belle | 1952 | Pete Bivins |
| Slaughter Trail | 1951 | Sgt. Macintosh |
| New Mexico | 1951 | Sergeant Garrity |
| The Red Badge of Courage | 1951 | The Cheery Soldier |
| Never a Dull Moment | 1950 | Orvie |
| The Traveling Saleswoman | 1950 | Waldo |
| The Last Bandit | 1949 | Casey Brown |
| The Far Frontier | 1948 | Judge Cookie Bullfincher |
| Grand Canyon Trail | 1948 | Cookie Bullfincher |
| Night Time in Nevada | 1948 | Cookie Bullfincher |
| Eyes of Texas | 1948 | Cookie Bullfincher |
| The Gallant Legion | 1948 | Windy Hornblower |
| Under California Stars | 1948 | Cookie Bullfincher / Alf Bullfincher |
| Old Los Angeles | 1948 | Sam Bowie |
| The Gay Ranchero | 1948 | Cookie Bullfincher |
| The Fabulous Texan | 1947 | Elihu Mills |
| On the Old Spanish Trail | 1947 | Constable Cookie Bullfincher |
| Slave Girl | 1947 | Ben - Fat Sailor |
| Springtime in the Sierras | 1947 | Cookie Bullfincher |
| The Vigilantes Return | 1947 | Andy |
| Bells of San Angelo | 1947 | Sheriff Cookie Bullfincher |
| The Michigan Kid | 1947 | Buster |
| Canyon Passage | 1946 | Ben Dance |
| Frontier Gal | 1945 | Big Ben |
| That's the Spirit | 1945 | Martin Wilde Sr. |
| Sudan | 1945 | Nebka |
| Frisco Sal | 1945 | Bunny |
| Bowery to Broadway | 1944 | Father Kelley |
| Babes on Swing Street | 1944 | Joe Costello |
| Ghost Catchers | 1944 | Horsehead |
| Follow the Boys | 1944 | Andy Devine (uncredited) |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | 1944 | Abdullah |
| Crazy House | 1943 | Andy Devive |
| Corvette K-225 | 1943 | Walsh |
| Frontier Badmen | 1943 | Slim - Cowhand |
| Rhythm of the Islands | 1943 | Eddie Dolan |
| Keeping Fit | 1942 | Short | Andy - Factory Worker |
| Sin Town | 1942 | 'Judge' Eustace Vale |
| Between Us Girls | 1942 | Mike Kilinsky |
| Timber! | 1942 | Arizona |
| Top Sergeant | 1942 | Andy Jarrett |
| Danger in the Pacific | 1942 | Andy Parker |
| Escape from Hong Kong | 1942 | Blimp |
| Unseen Enemy | 1942 | Detective Sam Dillon |
| North to the Klondike | 1942 | Klondike |
| Road Agent | 1941 | Andy |
| South of Tahiti | 1941 | Moose |
| The Kid from Kansas | 1941 | Andy |
| Badlands of Dakota | 1941 | Spearfish |
| A Dangerous Game | 1941 | Andy McAllister |
| Raiders of the Desert | 1941 | Andy 'Hammer' McCoy |
| Men of the Timberland | 1941 | Andy Jensen |
| The Flame of New Orleans | 1941 | 1st Sailor |
| Mutiny in the Arctic | 1941 | Andy Adams |
| Lucky Devils | 1941 | Andy Tompkins |
| Trail of the Vigilantes | 1940 | Meadows |
| The Devil's Pipeline | 1940 | Andy Jennings |
| The Leather Pushers | 1940 | Andy Adams |
| Margie | 1940 | Cameo appearance |
| When the Daltons Rode | 1940 | Ozark |
| Black Diamonds | 1940 | Tolliver Higgenbotham |
| Hot Steel | 1940 | Matt Morrison |
| Torrid Zone | 1940 | Wally Davis |
| Buck Benny Rides Again | 1940 | Andy |
| Little Old New York | 1940 | 'Commodore' |
| Danger on Wheels | 1940 | 'Guppy' Wexel |
| The Man from Montreal | 1939 | Constable 'Bones' Blair |
| Geronimo | 1939 | Sneezer |
| Legion of Lost Flyers | 1939 | 'Beef' Brumley |
| Tropic Fury | 1939 | Tynan ('Tiny') Andrews |
| Mutiny on the Blackhawk | 1939 | Slim Collins |
| Never Say Die | 1939 | Henry Munch |
| The Spirit of Culver | 1939 | Tubby |
| Stagecoach | 1939 | Buck |
| Strange Faces | 1938 | Hector Hobbs |
| The Storm | 1938 | Swede Hanzen |
| Swing That Cheer | 1938 | Doc Saunders |
| Personal Secretary | 1938 | 'Snoop' Lewis |
| Men with Wings | 1938 | Joe Gibbs |
| Yellow Jack | 1938 | Charlie Spill |
| Dotor Rhythm | 1938 | Officer Lawrence O'Roon |
| In Old Chicago | 1937 | Pickle Bixby |
| You're a Sweetheart | 1937 | Daisy Day |
| Double or Nothing | 1937 | Half Pint |
| The Road Back | 1937 | Willy |
| A Star Is Born | 1937 | Danny McGuire |
| Mysterious Crossing | 1936 | Carolina |
| Flying Hostess | 1936 | Joe Williams |
| The Big Game | 1936 | Pop Andrews |
| Yellowstone | 1936 | Pay-Day |
| Romeo and Juliet | 1936 | Peter - Servant to Juliet's Nurse |
| Small Town Girl | 1936 | George Brannan |
| Coronado | 1935 | Pinky Falls |
| Fighting Youth | 1935 | Cy Kipp |
| Way Down East | 1935 | Hi Holler |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1935 | Elmer Otway |
| Chinatown Squad | 1935 | George Mason |
| Hold 'Em Yale | 1935 | Liverlips |
| Straight from the Heart | 1935 | Edwards |
| Hell in the Heavens | 1934 | Sgt. 'Ham' Davis |
| The President Vanishes | 1934 | Valentine Orcott |
| Wake Up and Dream | 1934 | Joe Egbert aka Egghead |
| Gift of Gab | 1934 | John P. McDougal - the Waiter |
| Million Dollar Ransom | 1934 | Careful |
| Let's Talk It Over | 1934 | Gravel |
| Stingaree | 1934 | Howie |
| Upperworld | 1934 | Oscar |
| The Poor Rich | 1934 | Andy |
| Chance at Heaven | 1933 | Al |
| Saturday's Millions | 1933 | Andy Jones |
| Doctor Bull | 1933 | Larry Ward, Sodajerk |
| Midnight Mary | 1933 | Sam |
| Horse Play | 1933 | Andy |
| The Big Cage | 1933 | Scoops |
| Song of the Eagle | 1933 | Mud |
| The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble | 1933 | Andy Anderson |
| The All-American | 1932 | Andy Moran |
| Tom Brown of Culver | 1932 | Mac |
| The Man from Yesterday | 1932 | Steve Hand |
| Fast Companions | 1932 | Information Kid |
| Radio Patrol | 1932 | Pete Wiley |
| Man Wanted | 1932 | Andy Doyle |
| Destry Rides Again | 1932 | Stage Passenger (scene deleted) (uncredited) |
| The Impatient Maiden | 1932 | Clarence Howe |
| Law and Order | 1932 | Johnny Kinsman |
| Three Wise Girls | 1932 | Jimmy Callahan - Chauffeur |
| The Spirit of Notre Dame | 1931 | Truck McCall |
| Danger Island | 1931 | Briney |
| Heroes of the Flames | 1931 | Fireman |
| The Criminal Code | 1931 | Cluck - a Convict with knife (uncredited) |
| A Soldier's Plaything | 1930 | Doughboy (uncredited) |
| Shooting Straight | 1930 | Kibitzer (uncredited) |
| Dames Ahoy | 1930 | Marine at Dance Contest (uncredited) |
| Flying High | 1929 | Short | Student Admirer (uncredited) |
| His Lucky Day | 1929 | Road House Thug (uncredited) |
| Junior Luck | 1929 | Short | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Hot Stuff | 1929 | Bob |
| The Divine Lady | 1929 | Extra (uncredited) |
| Why Be Good? | 1929 | Young Man at The Boiler (uncredited) |
| Naughty Baby | 1928 | Joe Cassidy |
| Red Lips | 1928 | A sophmore / Professor Fountain |
| Noah's Ark | 1928 | Flood Extra (uncredited) |
| Lonesome | 1928 | Jim's Friend |
| We Americans | 1928 | Pat O'Dougal |
| Finders Keepers | 1928 | Doughboy / Gate Guard (uncredited) |
| That's My Daddy | 1927 | Sailor (uncredited) |
| The Relay | 1927 | Short | Sophomore (uncredited) |
| Around the Bases | 1927 | Short | Calford Baseball Player (uncredited) |
| The Collegians | 1926 | Short | Student, Various Episodes (uncredited) |
| The Mouse and His Child | 1977 | The Frog (voice) |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Robin Hood | 1973 | performer: "The Phony King of England" 1972 |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1957-1959 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes |
| Shower of Stars | 1958 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
| Under California Stars | 1948 | performer: "Rogers, King of the Cowboys" |
| Springtime in the Sierras | 1947 | performer: "Oh, What a Picture", "What Are We Gonna Do Then?" |
| Bells of San Angelo | 1947 | performer: "I Like to Get Up Early in the Morning" |
| Canyon Passage | 1946 | performer: "I'M GETTIN' MARRIED IN THE MORNIN'" |
| The Flame of New Orleans | 1941 | performer: "Salt o' the Sea" |
| Torrid Zone | 1940 | performer: "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" 1919 - uncredited |
| Man Wanted | 1932 | performer: "River, Stay 'Way from My Door" - uncredited |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Gable: The King Remembered | 1975 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The American West of John Ford | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Della | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 39th Annual Academy Awards | 1967 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| That Regis Philbin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| Philippine Adventure | 1964 | Documentary | Tourist |
| Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1957-1961 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Singer |
| This Is Your Life | 1955-1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Andy's Gang | 1957-1960 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself |
| The Garry Moore Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Lux Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| Place the Face | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1955 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| A Star Is Born World Premiere | 1954 | TV Short | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1952 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1952 | TV Series | Himself - Comic Actor |
| Texaco Star Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | Himself - Comic Actor |
| Screen Actors | 1950 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Ed Wynn Show | 1950 | TV Series | Himself |
| Swing with Bing | 1940 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 | 1939 | Documentary short | Himself, Horse Show Attendee |
| La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | 1935 | Short | Himself - Toreador |
