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
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
as The Indian Agent (McLaughlin)
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The Dukes of Hazzard
as Jesse Duke
Episodes: 147
First Aired: Jan 26, 1979
The Doris Day Show
as Buck Webb
Episodes: 80
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
The Dukes
as Uncle Jesse (voice)
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Feb 05, 1983
The Andy Griffith Show
as Briscoe Darling
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 03, 1960
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Ben Thompson
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 06, 1955
Dallas
as Blackie Callahan
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 02, 1978
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Dr. Larson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Ben as an Adult (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
L.A. Law
as Harold Nordoff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Eben Connors
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
The Great Adventure
as Gen. Mills
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1963
Cain's Hundred
as Chief Amos Trask
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Uncle George
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1961
Gunsmoke
as Willie Calhoun
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Perry Mason
as Robert Crane
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
The Twilight Zone
as Stu Tillman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
Rawhide
as John Wesley 'Daddy' Quade
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
The High Chaparral
as General Warren
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1967
The Millionaire
as Arthur Darner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 1955
The Virginian
as Pico Brown
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Thriller
as Ortho Wheeler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1960
The Aquanauts
as Captain Leo Stohl
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1960
Adventures of Superman
as Emile Hatch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1952
Bat Masterson
as Dan Morgan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1958
Mr. Novak
as Brill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
Law of the Plainsman
as Burke Carew
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1959
Riverboat
as Jim Bledsoe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as John Baker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dr. Kildare
as R. E. Lenger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1961
My Friend Flicka
as Alec
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1955
Jefferson Drum
as Bart Resdake
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 25, 1958
The Deputy
as Akins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Behind Closed Doors
as Roger Woodson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1958
Channing
as Sam Riddle
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1963
The Gene Autry Show
as Frank Blake
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
Casey Jones
as Frank Reeder
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1957
The Texan
as Sheriff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
Public Defender
as Tom Gayley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1954
The Texan
as Chip Andrews
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
Fury
as Carter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1955
The Lone Ranger
as Deputy French
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1949
Bonanza
as Price Buchanan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
The Tall Man
as Marshal Dave Leggert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1960
Gunsmoke
as Hank Shinn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Cheyenne
as Cyrus Burton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Mike Blocker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Royal (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
The Lone Ranger
as Colby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1949
Gunsmoke
as Gus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Haggen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Aaron
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Pa
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Caleb
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Claudius
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Clab Chummer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Caleb Nash
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Dr. Henry S. Rand
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Judge Blent
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Cyrus Himes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Perry Mason
as Jackson Sidemark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Barnaby Jones
as Stayley Kircher
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1973
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Quimby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Tom
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Seth Robson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Joe Sully
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Nat Sledge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
State Trooper
as Mark Schmedler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1956
How the West Was Won
as Sgt. Tripp
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 1977
Perry Mason
as Tom Quincy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Annie Oakley
as Dr. Barnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1954
Perry Mason
as Tilden Stuart
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Perry Mason
as Emery Fillmore
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Perry Mason
as Frank Honer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Bat Masterson
as Walsh (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1958
Cheyenne
as John Hanson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
What a Cartoon!
as Podunk Possum (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 20, 1995
The Gene Autry Show
as Burr Ramsey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
The Gene Autry Show
as Dodge Hartman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
The Lone Ranger
as Deputy Allen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1949
The Lone Ranger
as Stack
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1949
Bonanza
as Claude Roman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Pete Hollister
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Hoss Mackey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1955
Wagon Train
as Bragg
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
Bonanza
as Sheriff Ed
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Public Defender
as George Hansen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Amos Briggs (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
Empire
as Tom Rawling
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1962
The Texan
as Houston Blackston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
Annie Oakley
as Tom Malloy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1954
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Titus Purcell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1964
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Lester
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Charley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
The Lone Wolf
as Kargar
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 1954
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Braddock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1958
Broken Arrow
as Fred Graf
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1956
Grizzly Adams
Episodes: 37
First Aired: Feb 09, 1977
Tammy
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
Karen
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jan 30, 1975
The Gene Autry Show
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
Have Gun, Will Travel
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
The Rifleman
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 30, 1958
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Aug 11, 1951
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 06, 1955
The Roy Rogers Show
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 30, 1951
Bronco
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 23, 1958
Kung Fu
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
Route 66
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 07, 1960
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 07, 1956
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 01, 1955
Frontier
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 25, 1955
26 Men
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 15, 1957
Hopalong Cassidy
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 19, 1952
Cheyenne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Bourbon Street Beat
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1959
The Streets of San Francisco
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1972
Cybill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 02, 1995
Lassie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1954
Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1971
The Waltons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1972
Cimarron Strip
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1967
Men Into Space
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1959
Petrocelli
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Hondo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
National Velvet
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1960
Lawman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
Ben Casey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1961
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
The Texan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
Wichita Town
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1959
The Detectives
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1959
Stagecoach West
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1960
The Manhunter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
The Lieutenant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1963
I'm the Law
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 1953
Maverick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
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