Andy Devine
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Andy Devine was born in Kingman, Arizona, where his father ran a hotel. During his youth, Devine was a self-confessed hellraiser, and stories of his rowdy antics are still part of Kingman folklore (though they've undoubtedly improved in the telling). His trademarked ratchety voice was the result of a childhood accident, when he fell while carrying a stick in his mouth, resulting in permanent vocal-chord injuries. A star football player at Santa Clara University, Andy decided to break into movies in 1926; he was almost immediately cast in Universal's two-reel series The Collegians. When talkies came, Devine was convinced that his voice was unsuitable for the microphone. He reportedly became so despondent at one point that he attempted to commit suicide by asphyxiation, only to discover that his landlady had turned off the gas! Devine needn't have worried; his voice became his greatest asset, and from 1930 until his retirement, he was very much in demand for bucolic comedy roles. In 1937 he became a regular on Jack Benny's radio program, his howl of "Hiya, Buck!" becoming a national catchphrase. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he was a popular comedy sidekick in the western films of Roy Rogers. Later film assignments included his atypical performance as a corrupt Kansas City cop in Jack Webb's Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). Most baby boomers retain fond memories of Devine's TV appearances as Jingles Jones on the long-running western series Wild Bill Hickock, and as host of the Saturday morning kid's program Andy's Gang. In his later years, Devine cut down his performing activities, preferring to stay on his Van Nuys (California) ranch with his wife and children. Made a very wealthy man thanks to real estate investments, Andy Devine abandoned moviemaking in 1970, resurfacing only to provide voices for a brace of Disney cartoon features; he remained active in civic and charitable affairs, at one juncture serving as honorary mayor of Van Nuys.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | You're a Sweetheart |
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— | 2013 |
78% | My Son the Fanatic |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | The Mouse and His Child |
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— | 1977 |
15% | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | A Whale of a Tale |
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— | 1976 |
54% | Robin Hood |
|
— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | The Great American West of John Ford |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again |
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— | 1970 |
27% | Myra Breckinridge |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | The Phynx |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | Smoke |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | The Over-the-Hill Gang |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | The Ballad of Josie |
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— | 1967 |
No Score Yet | Zebra in the Kitchen |
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— | 1965 |
70% | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
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— | 1963 |
86% | How the West Was Won |
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— | 1963 |
94% | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
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— | 1962 |
83% | Two Rode Together |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
|
— | 1960 |
69% | Around the World in 80 Days |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | Pete Kelly's Blues |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Just Kid Stuff, Part 2 |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Thunder Pass |
|
— | 1954 |
83% | Island in the Sky |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | Montana Belle |
|
— | 1952 |
86% | The Red Badge of Courage |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | Slaughter Trail |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | New Mexico |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | Never a Dull Moment |
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— | 1950 |
No Score Yet | Just Kid Stuff, Part 3 |
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— | 1950 |
No Score Yet | The Far Frontier |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Grand Canyon Trail |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Night Time in Nevada |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Eyes of Texas |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Corvette K-225 |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Under California Stars |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | Gay Ranchero |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | On the Old Spanish Trail |
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— | 1947 |
No Score Yet | Springtime in the Sierras |
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— | 1947 |
No Score Yet | Bells of San Angelo |
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— | 1947 |
100% | Canyon Passage |
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— | 1946 |
No Score Yet | Frontier Gal |
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— | 1945 |
No Score Yet | Babes on Swing Street |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Follow the Boys |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Crazy House |
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— | 1943 |
No Score Yet | Danger in the Pacific |
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— | 1942 |
No Score Yet | Stick to Your Guns |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Badlands of Dakota |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | The Flame of New Orleans |
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— | 1941 |
No Score Yet | Black Diamonds |
|
— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Buck Benny Rides Again |
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— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Torrid Zone |
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— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | When the Daltons Rode |
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— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Danger on Wheels |
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— | 1940 |
No Score Yet | Geronimo |
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— | 1939 |
No Score Yet | Never Say Die |
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— | 1939 |
100% | Stagecoach |
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— | 1939 |
No Score Yet | The Storm |
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— | 1938 |
No Score Yet | Men with Wings |
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— | 1938 |
No Score Yet | Yellow Jack |
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— | 1938 |
No Score Yet | Double or Nothing |
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— | 1937 |
No Score Yet | The Road Back |
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— | 1937 |
100% | A Star Is Born |
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— | 1937 |
67% | In Old Chicago |
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— | 1937 |
No Score Yet | The Big Game |
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— | 1936 |
78% | Romeo and Juliet |
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— | 1936 |
No Score Yet | Yellowstone |
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— | 1936 |
No Score Yet | Small Town Girl (One Horse Town) |
|
— | 1936 |
No Score Yet | Fighting Youth |
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— | 1935 |
No Score Yet | Way Down East |
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— | 1935 |
No Score Yet | The Farmer Takes a Wife |
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— | 1935 |
No Score Yet | Wake Up and Dream |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | Gift of Gab |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | Million Dollar Ransom |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | Stingaree |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | Upper World |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | The President Vanishes |
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— | 1934 |
89% | The Black Cat |
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— | 1934 |
No Score Yet | Chance at Heaven |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Doctor Bull |
|
— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Midnight Mary |
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— | 1933 |
No Score Yet | Man Wanted |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Destry Rides Again |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Impatient Maiden |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Law and Order |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | Tom Brown of Culver |
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— | 1932 |
No Score Yet | The Spirit of Notre Dame (Vigour of Youth) |
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— | 1931 |
No Score Yet | The Criminal Code |
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— | 1931 |
71% | Lonesome |
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— | 1928 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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Quotes from Andy Devine's Characters
Friar Tuck: | Bbbbbb But that's the poor box! |