Dick Foran
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-06-18 (69 years old)
Deathday
1979-08-10
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. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeare...
Acting
1940
as Steve Banning
1942
as Lon Prentice
1941
as Dynamite Dugan
1958
as Jim McGinnis
1940
as Matthew Maule
1942
as Prof. Stephen A. Banning
1940
as Wayne Carter
1937
as Ed Jackson
1948
as Sgt. Quincannon
1959
as Dan Wendover
1963
as Sean O'Brien
1936
as Emmet McManus
1939
as Paul Carver
1957
as Artie Blaine
1956
as Joe Leeds
1936
as Boze Hertzlinger
1938
as Ernest
1937
as Dick Foran
1936
as Bill Harkins
1941
as Frank Conroy
1935
as Park Policeman
1955
as Thomas Mara
1958
as Frank 'Sarge' Miller
1941
as Bill Martin
1939
as Danny Blake
1936
as Red Taylor
1937
as Dick Hudson
1937
as Jink Carter
1939
as Eddie Moore
1945
as Christopher Price
1941
as Ernest Talbot
1951
as Frank Jennings
1938
as Jerry Davis
1965
as Stark
1938
as Sam Thorne
1936
as Frank Wilson, Jr.
1939
as Jim Rickey
1982
as Self (archive footage)
1936
as Thomas Duncan McKay
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
as Alan Doran
1960
as Patrick Lonigan
1938
as Alan Baker
1935
as Gifford
1935
as Ace Andrews
1949
as Sheriff La Farge
1938
as 'Killer' Lee Burke
1936
as Steve Ainslee
1937
as Charles "Chip" Douglas
1940
as Jeff Ramsay
1949
as Joel Benton
1938
as Pete Martin
1947
as Dale Whipple
1934
as Nick
1957
as Bert Gaines
1937
as James "Red" Tyler
1935
as Motor Cop
1960
as Ed Robello
1938
as Larry Toms
1940
as Long John Wynn
1938
as Dick Foran
1942
as Bronco Bob Mitchell
1934
as Smudge Casey
1936
as Don Andrews
1939
as Ernest Talbot
1941
as Duke Masters
1940
as Johnny Cash
1937
as Rod Farrell
1937
as Red Barton
1937
as Clay Brent
1937
as Tal Holladay
1936
as Tommy Blake
1938
as Tom Knivel
1936
as Lieut. Red Colton
1942
as Dennis Devlin
1935
as Teddy
1941
as Jim Benton
1941
as Jinx Roberts
1941
as Kansas
1943
as Dave O'Connor
1942
as Bill Edwards
1943
as Van Moore
1936
as Self
1934
as Assistant Manager
1955
as Robert Maxwell
1935
as Cadet
1936
as Parson Ted Burke
1935
as Butch
1947
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
1966
as The Prospector
1946
as (archive footage)
1938
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
as Self
1946
as Self
1975
as Self (archive footage)
2008
as Self (archive footage)
1941
as Frank
1952
as Jeff Clark
1934
as Nick Foran
1958
as Col. Henry Spalding
1939
as Brainy Thornton
1942
as Self
1935
as Walt Lansing
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