Dick Foran

Personal Info

Birthday

June 18, 1910

Day of Death

1979-08-10

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Flemington, New Jersey, USA

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

Dick Foran

Biography

John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934.

In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation.

Known For

Perry Mason

Maverick

Four Star Playhouse

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Virginian

Rawhide

Filmography

2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1966
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as The Prospector
1965
Taggart
as Stark
1963
Donovan's Reef
as Sean O'Brien
1960
Studs Lonigan
as Patrick Lonigan
The Big Night
as Ed Robello
1959
The Atomic Submarine
as Dan Wendover
1958
The Fearmakers
as Jim McGinnis
Violent Road
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
Thundering Jets
as Col. Henry Spalding
1957
Chicago Confidential
as Artie Blaine
Sierra Stranger
as Bert Gaines
1956
Please Murder Me
as Joe Leeds
1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Thomas Mara
Night of Execution
as Robert Maxwell
Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Alan Doran
1952
The Kill
as Jeff Clark
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Frank Jennings
1949
Deputy Marshal
as Joel Benton
El Paso
as Sheriff La Farge
1948
Fort Apache
as Sgt. Quincannon
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Dale Whipple
1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
1945
Guest Wife
as Christopher Price
1943
He's My Guy
as Van Moore
Hi, Buddy
as Dave O'Connor
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Behind the Eight Ball
as Bill Edwards
The Mummy's Tomb
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
Private Buckaroo
as Lon Prentice
Butch Minds the Baby
as Dennis Devlin
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
1941
Road Agent
as Duke Masters
Keep 'Em Flying
as Jinx Roberts
Mob Town
as Frank Conroy
The Kid from Kansas
as Kansas
Unfinished Business
as Frank
Riders of Death Valley
as Jim Benton
In the Navy
as Dynamite Dugan
Horror Island
as Bill Martin
Four Mothers
as Ernest Talbot
1940
Rangers of Fortune
as Johnny Cash
The Mummy's Hand
as Steve Banning
Winners of the West
as Jeff Ramsay
The House of the Seven Gables
as Matthew Maule
My Little Chickadee
as Wayne Carter
The Fighting 69th
as Long John Wynn
1939
Four Wives
as Ernest Talbot
Private Detective
as Jim Rickey
Hero for a Day
as Brainy Thornton
I Stole a Million
as Paul Carver
Daughters Courageous
as Eddie Moore
Inside Information
as Danny Blake
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the North
as Alan Baker
Secrets of a Nurse
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
The Sisters
as Tom Knivel
Boy Meets Girl
as Larry Toms
Four Daughters
as Ernest
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Sam Thorne
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Dick Foran
Over the Wall
as Jerry Davis
Love, Honor and Behave
as Pete Martin
1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
She Loved a Fireman
as James "Red" Tyler
The Perfect Specimen
as Jink Carter
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Dick Foran
Prairie Thunder
as Rod Farrell
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Tal Holladay
Empty Holsters
as Clay Brent
Blazing Sixes
as Red Barton
The Cherokee Strip
as Dick Hudson
Land Beyond the Law
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
Black Legion
as Ed Jackson
1936
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
Guns of the Pecos
as Steve Ainslee
California Mail
as Bill Harkins
The Sunday Round-Up
as Parson Ted Burke
Trailin' West
as Lieut. Red Colton
Earthworm Tractors
as Emmet McManus
Public Enemy's Wife
as Thomas Duncan McKay
The Big Noise
as Don Andrews
The Golden Arrow
as Tommy Blake
Treachery Rides the Range
as Red Taylor
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
The Petrified Forest
as Boze Hertzlinger
1935
Dangerous
as Teddy
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Ace Andrews
Shipmates Forever
as Gifford
Accent on Youth
as Butch
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Walt Lansing
It's A Small World
as Motor Cop
One More Spring
as Park Policeman
The Lottery Lover
as Cadet
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
as Smudge Casey
Student Tour
as Assistant Manager
Change of Heart
as Nick
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Nick Foran