Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
105
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 18, 1910 ( 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
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. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940) and Keep 'Em Flying (1941). One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovan's Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector "Old Timer" in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl Swenson Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Mummy's Hand
1940-09-20Private Buckaroo
1942-06-12In the Navy
1941-05-30The Fearmakers
1958-10-01The House of the Seven Gables
1940-04-12The Mummy's Tomb
1942-10-23My Little Chickadee
1940-02-09Black Legion
1937-01-30Fort Apache
1948-06-14The Atomic Submarine
1959-11-29