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. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who provided the Wilhelm scream and all of the other stock sound effects for Thomas J. Valentino's Major record label during the 1940s.
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Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs...
"The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by ShebWooley, which reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9...
Football League player ShebWooley (1921–2003), American actor and singer Trevor Wooley (born 1964), British mathematician Wooley v. Maynard, a free speech...
film to use the effect. The scream is believed to be voiced by actor ShebWooley. It was featured in all of the original Star Wars films. The Wilhelm...
scream sound effect, which is believed to have been voiced by cast member ShebWooley and is used when a supporting character is attacked by an alligator....
Campbell, Burl Ives, Trish Van Devere, Elaine Joyce, Frank Gorshin and ShebWooley. The film has developed a very small cult following among Western fans...
episode, "Brannigan's Boots", was so similar to The Boy from Oklahoma that ShebWooley and Slim Pickens reprised their roles from the film. As played by Rogers...
in 1958–59: David Seville's "Witch Doctor" and Ragtime Cowboy Joe, ShebWooley's "The Purple People Eater", and Seville's "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas...
Purple People Eater", best known in the version by ShebWooley. For contractual reasons, Wooley's version was never released in Scandinavia, Cryer's was...
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opened at the corner of U.S. 66 (Roger Miller Boulevard) and Oklahoma 30 (ShebWooley Avenue) in 2004 in a former 1929 café and drugstore building. On display...
Ben Colder – A singer of cheesy parodies of popular country songs, ShebWooley had created the character before the show began and portrayed the character...
live show hosted by Dick Clark that featured Bobby Darin, the Champs, ShebWooley, the Blossoms, the Six Teens, Jerry Wallace, Jack Jones, Rod McKuen and...
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got the job done. The top-rated Western, with co-stars Clint Eastwood, ShebWooley, and Paul Brinegar, ran from 1959 to 1966. Fleming and Eastwood more...
(1) Steve Winwood (2) Bill Withers (1) Wizkid (1) Stevie Wonder (10) ShebWooley (1)° Andy Williams reached No. 1 on two of the (then) four pre-Hot 100...
after "Harper Valley PTA" reached its peak in success, singer-comedian ShebWooley, using his alter-ego Ben Colder, recorded a parody version called "Harper...
station with his cousin's husband, ShebWooley. Wooley taught Miller his first guitar chords and bought him a fiddle. Wooley, Hank Williams, and Bob Wills...
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