George "Gabby" Hayes

Gabby Hayes is my idea of a perfect character actor. Playing the bewhiskered, cantankerous yet loyal sidekick to John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy, he often became the most beloved face on screen, and stealing affection from leading men is the hardest job in cinema. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is well earned. There is real craft in being so reliably warm and funny across countless B-Westerns. He passed in 1969, but I still wish movies today had room for a lovable old grump like him. I hold him in high regard.

Name (English)

George "Gabby" Hayes

Name (Japanese)

ギャビー・ヘイズ

Reading

ぎゃびー・へいず

Born

May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

Origin

Stannards, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / radio personality

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.gabbyhayes.org/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20%22Gabby%22%20Hayes
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1277973

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.