Sheb Wooley AKA Shelby F. Wooley Born: 10-Apr-1921 Birthplace: Erick, OK Died: 17-Sep-2003 Location of death: Nashville, TN [1] Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia Remains: Buried, Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, TN
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor, Singer Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Purple People Eater Known for 1958's number-one hit (six weeks) The Purple People Eater ("It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater") and the theme for Hee-Haw. He also worked as a sound extra for the 1951 movie Distant Drums, and is believed to be the voice of that movie's "Wilhelm Scream", a memorable howl from a minor character named "Private Wilhelm" as he was shot by an arrow. The scream has been recycled as a stock sound effect in hundreds of movies from Them! to The Green Berets to Inglourious Basterds. [1] Skyline Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Wife: Linda Dotson (also his manager, until his death)
TELEVISION Rawhide Pete Nolan (scout, 1959-62 and 1965) Hee Haw Regular
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Purple People Eater (Dec-1988) Hoosiers (14-Nov-1986) · Cletus Uphill All the Way (Jan-1986) Silverado (10-Jul-1985) · Cavalry Sergeant The Dollmaker (13-May-1984) The Outlaw Josey Wales (30-Jun-1976) The War Wagon (27-May-1967) · Snyder Hootenanny Hoot (Aug-1963) · Himself Trooper Hook (12-Jul-1957) · Cooter Brown The Man with a Whip (Dec-1956) Giant (10-Oct-1956) · Gabe Target The Second Greatest Sex (Oct-1955) Man Without a Star (24-Mar-1955) The Boy from Oklahoma (27-Feb-1954) Sky Full of Moon (12-Dec-1952) · Balladeer [VOICE] Cattle Town (6-Sep-1952) Hellgate (5-Sep-1952) · Neill Price High Noon (7-Jul-1952) · Ben Miller Little Big Horn (15-Jun-1951) Rocky Mountain (3-Nov-1950)
Official Website: http://www.shebwooley.com/
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