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...
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High Noon
As Ben Miller
Giant
As Gabe Target
Hoosiers
As Cletus
Silverado
As Cavalry Sergeant
The War Wagon
As Snyder
The Dollmaker
As Mr. Kendrick
Toughest Man in Arizona
Arrow In The Dust
As Trooper (uncredited)
Trooper Hook
As Townsman
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Little Big Horn
As Quince
Terror in a Texas Town
As Baxter
Cattle Town
As Miller
The Big Brawl
As Screaming Thug
Distant Drums
As Pvt. Jessup
Ride a Violent Mile
As Jonathan Long
Purple People Eater
As Harvey Skitters
Hootenanny Hoot
As Self
The Boy from Oklahoma
As Pete Martin
The Outlaw Josey Wales
As Travis Cobb
Sergeant Rutledge
As Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Rose Marie
As Corporal
Texas Bad Man
As Mack
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
As Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
As Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
As Screaming Soldiers (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Black Whip
As Bill Lassater
Hellgate
As Neill Price
Man Without a Star
As Latigo
Uphill All the Way
As Anson Sudro
Country Boy
Rocky Mountain
As Kay Rawlins
Fort Worth
As Outrider (uncredited)
The Charge at Feather River
As Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
As Posseman (uncredited)
PT 109
As Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
A Goofy Movie
As Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cheyenne
Maverick
As Sheriff
Trackdown
The Mod Squad
Rawhide
As Pete Nolan
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Young Rebels
Sugarfoot
As Pete Martin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As Brock
The Adventures of Kit Carson
My Friend Flicka
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self
The Lone Ranger
As Don Wyman
Murder, She Wrote
As Billy Ray Parker