---
name: "Sheb Wooley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheb-wooley"
fi1m_id: "sheb-wooley"
imdb_id: "nm0941125"
tmdb_id: 4080
wikidata_id: "Q1349284"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 April 1921"
died: "16 September 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T19:58:19.597892+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."
---

# Sheb Wooley

## Identity

Sheb Wooley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sheb-wooley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sheb-wooley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0941125
- **TMDB ID:** 4080
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1349284
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheb_Wooley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4080

Actor. Born 10 April 1921 in Erick, Oklahoma, USA. Died 16 September 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 April 1921, Erick, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 16 September 2003
- **Active:** 1952–1986
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 2 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 82 (3), 1980s 79 (1), 2000s 87 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Western 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $69m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheb_Wooley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4080

## Biography

Sheb Wooley was an American actor and singer. Born Shelby Fredrick Wooley on 10 April 1921 in Erick, Oklahoma, he worked as a cowhand in his youth before pursuing music and radio, which led to film roles from the early 1950s.

He is known for his performances as Ben Miller in *High Noon* (1952), scout Pete Nolan in the television series *Rawhide* (1959–1965, including one story credit), Travis Cobb in *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), and Cletus Summers in *Hoosiers* (1986). Wooley also recorded the 1958 novelty hit "The Purple People Eater" and appeared in numerous Western films through the 1990s. He died on 16 September 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Hoosiers* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Cletus Summers — [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)
- *Giant* (1956), Fi1m 74, as Gabe Target — [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *High Noon* (1952), Fi1m 88, as Ben Miller — [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Fi1m 87, as Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *Johnny Guitar* (1954), Fi1m 84, as Posseman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-guitar.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), as Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones* (2002), as Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited) — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones.md)
- *Golden Dreams* (2001), as Screaming Native American
- *A Goofy Movie* (1995), as Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
- *Purple People Eater* (1988), as Harvey Skitters
- *Hoosiers* (1986), as Cletus Summers — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)
- *Uphill All the Way* (1986), as Anson Sudro
- *Silverado* (1985), as Cavalry Sergeant
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Billy Ray Parker
- *The Dollmaker* (1984), as Mr. Kendrick
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
- *The Big Brawl* (1980), as Screaming Thug
- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), as Travis Cobb
- *The Young Rebels* (1970), series, Actor
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *The War Wagon* (1967), as Snyder
- *Country Boy* (1966), Actor
- *PT 109* (1963), as Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
- *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960), as Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Pete Nolan · Story
- *Terror in a Texas Town* (1958), as Baxter
- *Ride a Violent Mile* (1957), as Jonathan Long
- *Trackdown* (1957), series, Actor
- *Maverick* (1957), series, as Sheriff
- *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as Pete Martin
- *Trooper Hook* (1957), as Townsman
- *Without Incident* (1957), Actor
- *The Black Whip* (1956), as Bill Lassater
- *Giant* (1956), as Gabe Target — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Brock
- *My Friend Flicka* (1955), series, Actor
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, as Chev Jones
- *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, as Luke McGuire (uncredited)
- *Man Without a Star* (1955), as Latigo
- *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954), as Undetermined Role (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers.md)
- *Johnny Guitar* (1954), as Posseman (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-guitar.md)
- *Arrow In The Dust* (1954), as Trooper (uncredited)
- *Rose Marie* (1954), as Corporal
- *The Boy from Oklahoma* (1954), as Pete Martin
- *Texas Bad Man* (1953), as Mack
- *The Charge at Feather River* (1953), as Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
- *The Lusty Men* (1952), as Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
- *Toughest Man in Arizona* (1952), Actor
- *Cattle Town* (1952), as Miller
- *Hellgate* (1952), as Neill Price
- *High Noon* (1952), as Ben Miller — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)
- *Distant Drums* (1951), as Pvt. Jessup
- *The Adventures of Kit Carson* (1951), series, Actor
- *Fort Worth* (1951), as Outrider (uncredited)
- *Little Big Horn* (1951), as Quince
- *Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison* (1951), Actor
- *Apache Drums* (1951), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *Rocky Mountain* (1950), as Kay Rawlins
- *The Lone Ranger* (1949), series, as Don Wyman, Hatton, Tex

## Gallery

- ![Sheb Wooley](https://film.one/media/person/362192/gallery-a2fc4a707801.jpg) Sheb Wooley — OMAC Artist Corporation, Bakersfield, CA., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Sheb_Wooley_1971.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Sheb Wooley and guest star Walter Pidgeon from the television program Rawhide. (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/362192/gallery-a461147b9af5.jpg) Photo of Sheb Wooley and guest star Walter Pidgeon from the television program Rawhide. (1962) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Sheb_Wooley_Walter_Pidgeon_Rawhide_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Sheb Wooley as Pete Nolan and Paul Brinegar as Wishbone from the Western television program Rawhide. Wooley was also a singer; The Purple People Eater  (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/362192/gallery-f23e10a292e1.jpg) Photo of Sheb Wooley as Pete Nolan and Paul Brinegar as Wishbone from the Western television program Rawhide. Wooley was also a singer; The Purple People Eater  (1962) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Sheb_Wooley_Paul_Brinegar_Rawhide_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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