Sheb Wooley profile
Actor profile

Sheb Wooley

10th April 1921 Erick, Oklahoma, USA Acting

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.

41 Movies 17 TV Shows 59 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

A Goofy Movie poster
A Goofy Movie 5th April 1995 as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Hoosiers poster
Hoosiers 14th November 1986 as Cletus Summers
PT 109 poster
PT 109 26th June 1963 as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Giant poster
Giant 8th November 1956 as Gabe Target
Rawhide poster
Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Pete Nolan