Sheb Wooley

Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.

Cast

Cavalry Sergeant

Toughest Man in Arizona

Arrow In The Dust

Trooper (uncredited)

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Little Big Horn

Terror in a Texas Town

Ride a Violent Mile

Purple People Eater

Harvey Skitters

Hootenanny Hoot

The Boy from Oklahoma

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Sergeant Rutledge

Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Gambler with Buster (uncredited)

Man Without a Star

Uphill All the Way

Outrider (uncredited)

The Charge at Feather River

Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)

Posseman (uncredited)

Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)

Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)

Lethal Weapon 4

Screaming Terrorist (archive sound) (uncredited)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)

Without Incident