Known For
Acting
Born
May 11, 1920
Died
Dec 25, 1997
Place of Birth
Bethune, Colorado, USA
Credits
222 titles
Denver Pyle
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85. Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude; His brother, Willis, was an animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios and UPA. After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University, but dropped out to enter show business, moving to Los Angeles in 1940. He worked as a drummer and band member until the United States entered World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Pyle was wounded in action in the Battle of Guadalcanal and received a medical discharge in 1942. Near the end of the war, he served in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1955, Pyle married Marilee Carpenter, a production assistant at 20th Century Fox. They had sons David and Tony. Marilee and Denver divorced in 1970. In 1983, Pyle married Tippie Johnston. That union lasted until his death. Pyle died of lung cancer on Christmas 1997. Memorial services were held January 6, 1998, at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Forreston Cemetery in Forreston, Texas. His remains are interred beside those of his second wife's parents, J.T. Johnston and Erin Birch Johnston. CLR
Known For
Filmography
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Uncle Jesse Duke
What a Cartoon!
Podunk Possum (voice)
Cybill
Denver Pyle (uncredited)
Father and Scout
George Rosebrock
Maverick
Old Gambler on Riverboat
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
Delta Fever
Walt
L.A. Law
Harold Nordoff
Return to Mayberry
Briscoe Darling
Murder, She Wrote
Eben Connors
The Dukes
Uncle Jesse (voice)
Mercur: The Town that Can't Stay Dead
Narrator
Legend of the Wild
Narrator (Voice)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
The Dukes of Hazzard
Jesse Duke
Once Upon a Starry Night
Mad Jack
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Narrator
Dallas
Blackie Callahan
Return from Witch Mountain
Uncle Bene
Legend of the Northwest
Abner
The Love Boat
Eric Springer
Grizzly Adams
Mad Jack
How the West Was Won
Sgt. Tripp
Guardian of the Wilderness
Galen Clark
Welcome to L.A.
Carl Barber
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Senator Austin
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
Hawmps!
Col. Seymour Hawkins
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Old mountain man
Winterhawk
Arkansas
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Ben as an Adult
Death Among Friends
Morgan
Escape to Witch Mountain
Uncle Bene
Petrocelli
Andrew Warburton
The Manhunter
Sam Dickerson
Murder or Mercy
Amos Champion
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Grandpappy John
Hog Wild
Dr. Larson
Cahill: United States Marshal
Denver
Hitched
Ben Barnstable
Barnaby Jones
Stayley Kircher
Kung Fu
Dr. Joseph Colton
The Streets of San Francisco
Carl Armstrong
The Waltons
Cousin Homer Lee Baldwin
Something Big
Junior Frisbee
Cannon
Sheriff Hogsett
Mean Justice
Tom Rawling
The Doris Day Show
Buck Webb
5 Card Stud
Sig Evers
Bandolero!
Muncie Carter