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.
42 movies · 14 shows
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005·7.1
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002·6.6
Golden Dreams
2001·6.7
A Goofy Movie
1995·7.0
Purple People Eater
1988·5.1
Hoosiers
1986·7.0
Uphill All the Way
1986·5.6
Silverado
1985·6.9
The Dollmaker
1984·7.7
History of the World: Part I
1981·6.8
The Big Brawl
1980·5.9
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976·7.5
The War Wagon
1967·6.8
Country Boy
1966·9.0
Hootenanny Hoot!
1963·6.0
PT 109
1963·6.1
Sergeant Rutledge
1960·7.0
Terror in a Texas Town
1958·6.7
Ride a Violent Mile
1957·5.3
Trooper Hook
1957·6.7
Without Incident
1957·0.0
The Black Whip
1956·10.0
Giant
1956·7.6
Man Without a Star
1955·6.5
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954·7.1
Johnny Guitar
1954·7.4
Arrow In The Dust
1954·6.3
Rose Marie
1954·4.5
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954·5.7
Texas Bad Man
1953·8.0
The Charge at Feather River
1953·5.9
The Lusty Men
1952·6.7
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952·7.0
Cattle Town
1952·7.6
Hellgate
1952·6.7
High Noon
1952·7.7
Distant Drums
1951·6.3
Fort Worth
1951·7.1
Little Big Horn
1951·6.1
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951·6.6
Apache Drums
1951·6.3
Rocky Mountain
1950·5.8