Biography
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.
Filmography37 titles
The Dollmaker
High Noon
Giant
Cattle Town
Murder, She Wrote
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Johnny Guitar
Rawhide
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Fort Worth
A Goofy Movie
Hoosiers
Sergeant Rutledge
Silverado
Maverick
History of the World: Part I
The War Wagon
Trooper Hook
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Lone Ranger
The Ed Sullivan Show
Terror in a Texas Town
The Lusty Men
Hellgate
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Man Without a Star
Arrow in the Dust
Apache Drums
Little Big Horn
PT 109
Cheyenne
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Battle Creek Brawl
Rocky Mountain
Rose Marie