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Sheb Wooley Biography
American character actor of Westerns, also a figure in country-western music. Raised in Oklahoma where he spent his youth as a cowhand, Wooley's musical ability led to radio work and subsequently movies. He played minor supporting roles for a dozen years starting in 1950, including one of the villains of 'High Noon' (1952). In 1958, he had a giant hit record with his own song 'The Purple People Eater', and he followed it with a string of similar humorous country ditties, often recorded under the name Ben Colder. For a number of years he was best known as scout Pete Nolan on the hit TV series "Rawhide" (1959). He worked infrequently as an actor after the Sixties, concentrating mostly on the music business.Trivia
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