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Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley was an American actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater." He played Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller, in the film High Noon; played Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales; and also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Additionally, Wooley recorded a series of novelty songs under the name Ben Colder, notably a #6 country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2".
Birth Name
Shelby F. Wooley
Born
Sunday, 10 April 1921
Died
Tuesday, 16 September 2003
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | Shield Agent | 2012 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Lifted | Ernie | 2006 |
| Thirteen Days | Screaming American Jet Pilot | 2000 |
| Backstage | Pelted Hit through Scream | 2000 |
| High Noon | Ben Miller | 2000 |
| The Kid | Scream Heard on TV | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert | Screaming British Soldier | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Water Skier / Stormtrooper's Scream / Screaming Trooper / Screaming Man on Fire / Power Wire Worker's Scream / Piano Player / Air Pilot's Scream | 1999 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | Shield Agent | 2012 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Lifted | Ernie | 2006 |
| Thirteen Days | Screaming American Jet Pilot | 2000 |
| Backstage | Pelted Hit through Scream | 2000 |
| High Noon | Ben Miller | 2000 |
| The Kid | Scream Heard on TV | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert | Screaming British Soldier | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Water Skier / Stormtrooper's Scream / Screaming Trooper / Screaming Man on Fire / Power Wire Worker's Scream / Piano Player / Air Pilot's Scream | 1999 |
| Dante's Peak | Paul Dreyfus' Scream | 1997 |
| Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension | Instant Alien Martian Chicken Henchman | 1996 |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | John McClane's Scream | 1995 |
| A Goofy Movie | Concert Crewmember's Scream | 1995 |
| The X-Files | The Man's Scream | 1993 |
| Aladdin | Anonymous Villager Scream | 1992 |
| Mom and Dad Save the World | Screaming Soldier | 1992 |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Screaming British Soldier / Screaming Falling Men / Screaming German Soldier | 1992 |
| Legion of Iron | Screaming Guard | 1990 |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Screaming Victim | 1990 |
| Always | Screams | 1989 |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Screaming Soldiers | 1989 |
| Three Fugitives | Charlie's Scream | 1989 |
| Purple People Eater | Harvey Skitters | 1988 |
| Hoosiers | Cletus / Cletus Summers | 1987 |
| Uphill All the Way | Anson Sudro | 1986 |
| Silverado | Cavalry Sergeant | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Billy Ray Parker | 1984 |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Orchestra Standers / Kao Kan's Scream / Mola Ram's Scream | 1984 |
| The Dollmaker | Mr. Kendrick | 1984 |
| Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | Screaming Hut Members / Screaming Stormtrooper | 1983 |
| Poltergeist | Screaming Soldier on TV | 1982 |
| Swamp Thing | Screaming Thug | 1982 |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Screaming German Soldier | 1981 |
| Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Screaming Rebel Soldier / Screaming Stormtrooper | 1980 |
| The Outlaw Josey Wales | Travis Cobb | 1976 |
| Hee Haw | Self | 1969 |
| Impasse | Pat Morrison's Scream | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Wild Bill Hannachek | 1968 |
| The War Wagon | Snyder | 1967 |
| Country Boy | Sheb Wooley | 1966 |
| Shivaree | Self | 1965 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Ben Miller (clip from High Noon (1952)) | 1963 |
| The Jimmy Dean Show | Self | 1963 |
| Hootenanny Hoot | Self | 1963 |
| Rio Bravo | Cowboy | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Pete Nolan | 1959 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| Terror in a Texas Town | Baxter | 1958 |
| Ride a Violent Mile | Jonathan Long | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Townsman | 1957 |
| Maverick | Sheriff | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Pete Martin | 1957 |
| Trooper Hook | Cooter Brown / Townsman | 1957 |
| The Oklahoman | Cowboy | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Lenny | 1957 |
| The Black Whip | Bill Lassater | 1956 |
| Giant | Gabe Target | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Brock | 1956 |
| Trial | Butteridge | 1955 |
| The Second Greatest Sex | Silas - Jones City Leader | 1955 |
| My Friend Flicka | Harry Runyon | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Chev Jones | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Luke McGuire / Rex Jones | 1955 |
| Land of the Pharaohs | Screaming Victim | 1955 |
| Man Without a Star | Latigo | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Morgan / Monte / Lanniagan / Gang Member | 1954 |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Undetermined Role | 1954 |
| Johnny Guitar | Posseman | 1954 |
| Arrow in the Dust | Trooper | 1954 |
| Rose Marie | Corporal | 1954 |
| The Boy from Oklahoma | Pete Martin | 1954 |
| Rocky Jones, Space Ranger | Lawson | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Jim Younger | 1954 |
| Sky Full of Moon | Balladeer | 1952 |
| Toughest Man in Arizona | Army Officer | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Tag Bailey | 1952 |
| The Lusty Men | Gambler with Buster | 1952 |
| Cattle Town | Miller | 1952 |
| Hellgate | Neill Price | 1952 |
| High Noon | Ben Miller | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Jeb Slade / Fred Nelson | 1952 |
| Bugles in the Afternoon | Gen. George Armstrong Custer | 1952 |
| Distant Drums | Pvt. Jessup | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Walt Denton / Carl / Johnny / Rand 'Doc' Hale | 1951 |
| Fort Worth | Outrider | 1951 |
| Little Big Horn | Quince | 1951 |
| Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | Chick Fullis | 1951 |
| The Range Rider | Saber Jack Tyrell / Mark Sanders / Ed Harrison / Baxter Vale | 1951 |
| Apache Drums | Townsman | 1951 |
| Rocky Mountain | Kay Rawlins | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Roy Stokes / Bill Bronson | 1950 |
| The Lone Ranger | Don Wyman / Hatton / Longstreet Turner / Tex | 1949 |
| Studio One | Self | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
