--- name: "Dick Foran" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-foran" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 June 1910" died: "10 August 1979" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T23:48:57.564455+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dick Foran Actor. Born 18 June 1910 in Flemington, New Jersey, USA. Died 10 August 1979. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 June 1910, Flemington, New Jersey, USA - **Died:** 10 August 1979 - **Also known as:** John Nicholas Foran, Nick 'Dick' Foran, Nick Foran, Richard Foran, Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy, The Singing Cowboy Dick Foran, John Nicholas "Dick" Foran - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Foran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81168 ## Biography Dick Foran (1910–1979) was an American actor and singer. Born John Nicholas Foran in Flemington, New Jersey, the son of a state senator, he attended Princeton University before entering films. Initially billed as Nick Foran, he signed with Fox in 1934 and moved to Warner Bros. the following year, where his name was changed to Dick Foran and he was cast in musical Westerns. He appeared in supporting roles in dramatic pictures such as *The Petrified Forest* (1936) and *Four Daughters* (1938), playing Ernest in the latter. Foran worked at Universal from the late 1930s in a range of genres, including horror films like *The Mummy's Hand* (1940), and later took roles in television series including *Perry Mason* and *Gunsmoke*. One of his final screen appearances was in *Donovan's Reef* (1963). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Four Daughters* (1938), Fi1m 75, as Ernest — [page](https://film.one/film/four-daughters-1938.md) ## Complete filmography (134) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as King Beaumont - *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Fred Haines - *Brighty of the Grand Canyon* (1966), as The Prospector - *O.K. Crackerby* (1965), series, Actor - *Taggart* (1965), as Stark - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Jeremiah, Simon Doggett - *The Great Adventure* (1963), series, as Colton - *Donovan's Reef* (1963), as Sean O'Brien - *The Dakotas* (1963), series, Actor - *Should I Marry Outside My Faith?* (1962), Actor - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Duggan, Mayor, Frank Devereaux - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Paul Adams - *Studs Lonigan* (1960), as Patrick Lonigan - *The Big Night* (1960), as Ed Robello - *The Atomic Submarine* (1959), as Dan Wendover - *The Swamp Fox* (1959), series, as Gabriel Marion - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Major Taggert - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Lawman* (1958), series, as Ed Kelly - *Yancy Derringer* (1958), series, as Mr. Halligan - *The Fearmakers* (1958), as Jim McGinnis - *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Sheriff D. Wilkes, Frank Koster - *Violent Road* (1958), as Frank 'Sarge' Miller - *Thundering Jets* (1958), as Col. Henry Spalding - *Maverick* (1957), series, as Sheriff Edwards - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Dr. David Craig, Steve Benton, Harlan Merrill - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor - *Chicago Confidential* (1957), as Artie Blaine - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as David Steele - *Sierra Stranger* (1957), as Bert Gaines - *The O. Henry Playhouse* (1957), series, as Calliope - *State Trooper* (1956), series, as George Larkin - *On Trial* (1956), series, as Newcombe - *Please Murder Me* (1956), as Joe Leeds - *The Miracle on 34th Street* (1955), as Thomas Mara - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Thomas Mara - *Night of Execution* (1955), as Robert Maxwell - *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Sheriff - *Treasure of Ruby Hills* (1955), as Alan Doran - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Hugh Waring - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Robert Maxwell, Luke Bradshaw - *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, as Burt - *Lassie* (1954), series, as Fire Chief Ed Washburne - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Phil - *Death Valley Days* (1952), series, as Ferguson - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Actor - *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Esau Hepburn, Mr. Murdock, Will Foster - *The Kill* (1952), as Jeff Clark - *The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok* (1951), series, Actor - *Al Jennings of Oklahoma* (1951), as Frank Jennings - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Bob, Matt - *Deputy Marshal* (1949), as Joel Benton - *El Paso* (1949), as Sheriff La Farge - *Suspense* (1949), series, Actor - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Russ Adams, Jeff Clark, Larry - *Fort Apache* (1948), as Sgt. Quincannon - *Hollywood Wonderland* (1947), as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited) - *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor - *Easy Come, Easy Go* (1947), as Dale Whipple - *Movieland Magic* (1946), as (archive footage) - *Guest Wife* (1945), as Christopher Price - *He's My Guy* (1943), as Van Moore - *Hi, Buddy* (1943), as Dave O'Connor - *Behind the Eight Ball* (1942), as Bill Edwards - *The Mummy's Tomb* (1942), as Prof. Stephen A. Banning - *Private Buckaroo* (1942), as Lon Prentice - *Butch Minds the Baby* (1942), as Dennis Devlin - *Road Agent* (1941), as Duke Masters - *Keep 'Em Flying* (1941), as Jinx Roberts - *Ride 'Em Cowboy* (1941), as Bronco Bob Mitchell - *Mob Town* (1941), as Frank Conroy - *The Kid from Kansas* (1941), as Kansas - *Unfinished Business* (1941), as Frank - *Riders of Death Valley* (1941), as Jim Benton - *In the Navy* (1941), as Dynamite Dugan - *Horror Island* (1941), as Bill Martin - *Four Mothers* (1941), as Ernest Talbot - *Rangers of Fortune* (1940), as Johnny Cash - *The Mummy's Hand* (1940), as Steve Banning - *Winners of the West* (1940), as Jeff Ramsay - *The House of the Seven Gables* (1940), as Matthew Maule - *My Little Chickadee* (1940), as Wayne Carter - *The Fighting 69th* (1940), as Long John Wynn - *Four Wives* (1939), as Ernest Talbot - *Private Detective* (1939), as Jim Rickey - *Hero for a Day* (1939), as Brainy Thornton - *I Stole a Million* (1939), as Paul Carver - *Daughters Courageous* (1939), as Eddie Moore - *Inside Information* (1939), as Danny Blake - *Heart of the North* (1938), as Alan Baker - *Secrets of a Nurse* (1938), as 'Killer' Lee Burke - *The Sisters* (1938), as Tom Knivel - *Boy Meets Girl* (1938), as Larry Toms - *Four Daughters* (1938), as Ernest — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/four-daughters-1938.md) - *Cowboy from Brooklyn* (1938), as Sam Thorne - *Out Where the Stars Begin* (1938), as Dick Foran - *Over the Wall* (1938), as Jerry Davis - *Love, Honor and Behave* (1938), as Pete Martin - *She Loved a Fireman* (1937), as James "Red" Tyler - *The Perfect Specimen* (1937), as Jink Carter - *Sunday Night at the Trocadero* (1937), as Dick Foran - *Prairie Thunder* (1937), as Rod Farrell - *The Devil's Saddle Legion* (1937), as Tal Holladay - *Empty Holsters* (1937), as Clay Brent - *Blazing Sixes* (1937), as Red Barton - *The Cherokee Strip* (1937), as Dick Hudson - *Land Beyond the Law* (1937), as Charles "Chip" Douglas - *Black Legion* (1937), as Ed Jackson - *Guns of the Pecos* (1936), as Steve Ainslee - *California Mail* (1936), as Bill Harkins - *The Sunday Round-Up* (1936), as Parson Ted Burke - *Trailin' West* (1936), as Lieut. Red Colton - *Earthworm Tractors* (1936), as Emmet McManus - *Public Enemy's Wife* (1936), as Thomas Duncan McKay - *The Big Noise* (1936), as Don Andrews - *The Golden Arrow* (1936), as Tommy Blake - *Treachery Rides the Range* (1936), as Red Taylor - *Song of the Saddle* (1936), as Frank Wilson, Jr. - *The Petrified Forest* (1936), as Boze Hertzlinger - *Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs* (1936), Actor - *Dangerous* (1935), as Teddy - *Moonlight on the Prairie* (1935), as Ace Andrews - *Shipmates Forever* (1935), as Gifford - *Accent on Youth* (1935), as Butch - *The Farmer Takes a Wife* (1935), as Walt Lansing - *It's A Small World* (1935), as Motor Cop - *One More Spring* (1935), as Park Policeman - *The Lottery Lover* (1935), as Cadet - *Gentlemen Are Born* (1934), as Smudge Casey - *Student Tour* (1934), as Assistant Manager - *Change of Heart* (1934), as Nick - *Stand Up and Cheer!* (1934), as Nick Foran ## Gallery - ![Dick Foran](https://film.one/media/person/1230625/gallery-37e6771787c7.jpg) Dick Foran — unknown (Warner Bros.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Dick_Foran_%28Heart_of_the_North%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cropped screenshot of John Eldredge and Dick Foran from the trailer for the film Dangerous. (1935)](https://film.one/media/person/1230625/gallery-17f099434b03.jpg) Cropped screenshot of John Eldredge and Dick Foran from the trailer for the film Dangerous. (1935) — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/John_Eldredge_and_Dick_Foran_Dangerous_trailer.jpg/1280px-John_Eldredge_and_Dick_Foran_Dangerous_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dick Foran](https://film.one/media/person/1230625/gallery-a23b7afa54db.jpg) Dick Foran — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dick-foran