John Nicholas Foran Net Worth
John Nicholas Foran Net Worth is
$18 Million
John Nicholas Foran Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dick Foran was the matinée idol of the B movies. He started as a band singer and then sang on the radio. He was hired by Warner Brothers as a supporting actor who could croon a tune when called upon. His good looks and good natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. His first starring role was in the western Treachery ... Date Of Birth | June 18, 1910 |
Died | 1979-08-10 |
Place Of Birth | Flemington, New Jersey, USA |
Height | 6' 2¼" (1.89 m) |
Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
Spouse | Susanne Rosser children |
Star Sign | Gemini |
# | Fact |
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1 | Was originally cast as the doomed Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man (1941), but was replaced by Lon Chaney Jr. before filming began. |
2 | His father was the President of the New Jersey State Senate. |
3 | In the last decade of his life he worked almost exclusively in television commercials. |
4 | Four sons: Michael & Patrick by his first marriage to Ruth Piper Hollingsworth; Sean by his marriage to Carole Gallagher; Thomas by his marriage to Susanne Rosser. |
5 | Shot a pilot for a proposed CBS series in 1966 called "Off We Go". It didn't sell. |
6 | Buried at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California. |
7 | His divorce trial from his first wife in 1940 received considerable publicity and was the source of much gossip. |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Golden Arrow | 1936 | Tommy Blake | |
Treachery Rides the Range | 1936 | Captain Red Taylor | |
Song of the Saddle | 1936 | Frank Wilson Jr. aka The Singing Kid | |
The Petrified Forest | 1936 | Boze Hertzlinger | |
Dangerous | 1935 | Teddy | |
Moonlight on the Prairie | 1935 | Ace Andrews (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy) | |
Shipmates Forever | 1935 | Gifford | |
Ladies Love Danger | 1935 | Sergeant Bender (as Nick Foran) | |
Accent on Youth | 1935 | Butch (as Nick Foran) | |
The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1935 | Walt Lansing (uncredited) | |
It's a Small World | 1935 | Cop | |
One More Spring | 1935 | Park Policeman (as Nick Foran) | |
The Lottery Lover | 1935 | Cadet (as Nick Foran) | |
Gentlemen Are Born | 1934 | Smudge Casey (as Nick Foran) | |
Student Tour | 1934 | Assistant Manager (uncredited) | |
Change of Heart | 1934 | Nick (as Nick Foran) | |
Stand Up and Cheer! | 1934 | Nick Foran (as Nick Foran) | |
Mayberry R.F.D. | 1969 | TV Series | King Beaumont |
Daniel Boone | 1966-1969 | TV Series | Simon Doggett / Jeremiah |
Adam-12 | 1968 | TV Series | Fred Haines |
The Virginian | 1964-1968 | TV Series | Adam Burnside / Frank Devereaux / Mayor / ... |
Bonanza | 1968 | TV Series | Attorney Ed Geltner |
Brighty of the Grand Canyon | 1967 | Old Timer, the Prospector | |
Off We Go | 1966 | TV Movie | Lieutenant Casey Slade |
Vacation Playhouse | 1966 | TV Series | Lieutenant Casey Slade |
O.K. Crackerby! | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Slim |
Rawhide | 1965 | TV Series | Major Taggert |
Death Valley Days | 1962-1965 | TV Series | Will Melville / Bill Franklin / Ferguson |
Taggart | 1964 | Adam Stark | |
Lassie | 1961-1964 | TV Series | Fire Chief Ed Washburne |
Lassie: A Christmas Tail | 1963 | Ed Washburne | |
The Great Adventure | 1963 | TV Series | Colton |
Donovan's Reef | 1963 | Australian Navy Officer Sean O'Brien | |
Gunsmoke | 1963 | TV Series | Sheriff |
The Dakotas | 1963 | TV Series | Matt Kendrick |
Should I Marry Outside My Faith? | 1962 | Short | |
Cheyenne | 1962 | TV Series | Sheriff Bigelow |
Laramie | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Joe Farley / Milt Lane / Billy Jacobs / ... |
77 Sunset Strip | 1962 | TV Series | Lt. Ellison |
The Red Skelton Hour | 1956-1962 | TV Series | Howard Snyder / Mr. Crankie / Gambler / ... |
Lawman | 1958-1962 | TV Series | Frank Jesse / Ed Kelly |
Five's a Family | 1961 | TV Series | Bill Hewitt |
Dr. Kildare | 1961 | TV Series | Paul Adams |
Perry Mason | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Harlan Merrill / Steve Benton / Dr. David Craig |
Westinghouse Preview Theatre | 1961 | TV Series | Bill Hewitt |
Dante | 1961 | TV Series | Vance Mitchell |
The Deputy | 1961 | TV Series | Major Clint Hammer |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Frank Koster / Sheriff D. Wilkes |
Studs Lonigan | 1960 | Patrick Lonigan | |
The Untouchables | 1960 | TV Series | Jerry Dockstone |
The Big Night | 1960 | Ed | |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Gabriel Marion |
Richard Diamond, Private Detective | 1959 | TV Series | David Steele |
The Atomic Submarine | 1959 | Cmdr. Dan Wendover | |
Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | Brady |
The Dennis O'Keefe Show | 1959 | TV Series | Major |
State Trooper | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Gabe Beiler / George Larkin |
Yancy Derringer | 1959 | TV Series | Mr. Halligan |
Have Gun - Will Travel | 1958 | TV Series | Roy Calvert |
The Fearmakers | 1958 | Jim McGinnis | |
Matinee Theatre | 1957-1958 | TV Series | |
Violent Road | 1958 | Frank 'Sarge' Miller | |
Thundering Jets | 1958 | Lt. Col. Henry Spalding | |
Maverick | 1958 | TV Series | Sheriff Edwards |
Circus Boy | 1957 | TV Series | Buffalo Bill Cody |
The Millionaire | 1957 | TV Series | Hugh Waring |
Colt .45 | 1957 | TV Series | Tuck Degan |
Chicago Confidential | 1957 | Arthur 'Artie' Blane | |
Crossroads | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Father Joseph F. Brophy / Father James Lorgan / Reverend John Evans |
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | 1957 | TV Series | Newcombe |
Sierra Stranger | 1957 | Bert Gaines | |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Bob / Scoop Donnelly / Glenn B. Cochrane / ... |
Father Knows Best | 1957 | TV Series | Burt |
The O. Henry Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | |
The Sheriff of Cochise | 1957 | TV Series | Buck |
The Forest Ranger | 1956 | TV Movie | Will Roberts |
Science Fiction Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Jim Wells / Dr. Don Stewart / Dr. Vincent Milhurst / ... |
Cavalcade of America | 1956 | TV Series | |
The Bob Hope Show | 1956 | TV Series | |
Please Murder Me! | 1956 | Joe Leeds | |
Damon Runyon Theater | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Ace |
Climax! | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Luke Bradshaw / Robert Maxwell |
TV Reader's Digest | 1955 | TV Series | John Turner |
Hour of Stars | 1955 | TV Series | Thomas Mara |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Thomas Mara |
My Favorite Husband | 1955 | TV Series | |
Four Star Playhouse | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Will Foster / Mr. Murdock / Esau Hepburn |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1955 | TV Series | Matt Clements |
Stage 7 | 1955 | TV Series | Bill Cole / Archie Peters |
Shower of Stars | 1955 | TV Series | Harvey Howell |
Public Defender | 1955 | TV Series | Ed McGrath |
Treasure of Ruby Hills | 1955 | Alan Doran | |
Waterfront | 1955 | TV Series | Bill Borden |
The Best of Broadway | 1954 | TV Series | George Kittredge |
Justice | 1954 | TV Series | |
Kraft Theatre | 1951-1954 | TV Series | |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1950-1954 | TV Series | Larry / Jeff Clark / Russ Adams |
The Loretta Young Show | 1953 | TV Series | Phil |
Lux Video Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Matt / Bob |
Armstrong Circle Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
Al Jennings of Oklahoma | 1951 | Frank Jennings | |
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | |
Suspense | 1950 | TV Series | |
Deputy Marshal | 1949 | Joel Benton / Jed Northey | |
El Paso | 1949 | Sheriff La Farge | |
Fort Apache | 1948 | Sgt. Quincannon | |
Easy Come, Easy Go | 1947 | Dale Whipple | |
Guest Wife | 1945 | Christopher Price (as Richard Foran) | |
He's My Guy | 1943 | Van Moore | |
Hi, Buddy | 1943 | Dave O'Connor | |
Behind the Eight Ball | 1942 | Bill Edwards | |
Keeping Fit | 1942 | Short | Dick |
The Mummy's Tomb | 1942 | Stephen Banning | |
Private Buckaroo | 1942 | Lon Prentice | |
Butch Minds the Baby | 1942 | Dennis Devlin | |
Ride 'Em Cowboy | 1942 | Bronco Bob Mitchell | |
Road Agent | 1941 | Duke Masters | |
Keep 'Em Flying | 1941 | Jinx Roberts | |
Mob Town | 1941 | Sgt. Frank Conroy | |
The Kid from Kansas | 1941 | Kansas | |
Unfinished Business | 1941 | Frank | |
Riders of Death Valley | 1941 | Jim Benton | |
In the Navy | 1941 | Dynamite Dugan | |
Horror Island | 1941 | Bill Martin | |
Four Mothers | 1941 | Ernest Talbot | |
The Mummy's Hand | 1940 | Steve Banning | |
Rangers of Fortune | 1940 | Johnny Cash | |
Winners of the West | 1940 | Jeff Ramsay | |
The House of the Seven Gables | 1940 | Matthew Holgrave | |
My Little Chickadee | 1940 | Wayne Carter | |
The Fighting 69th | 1940 | Lt. 'Long John' Wynn | |
Four Wives | 1939 | Ernest Talbot | |
Private Detective | 1939 | Jim Rickey | |
Hero for a Day | 1939 | Brainy Thornton | |
I Stole a Million | 1939 | Atty. Paul Carver | |
Daughters Courageous | 1939 | Eddie Moore | |
Inside Information | 1939 | Danny Blake | |
Heart of the North | 1938 | Sergeant Alan Baker | |
Secrets of a Nurse | 1938 | Killer Lee Burke | |
The Sisters | 1938 | Tom Knivel | |
Boy Meets Girl | 1938 | Larry Toms | |
Four Daughters | 1938 | Ernest | |
Cowboy from Brooklyn | 1938 | Sam Thorne | |
Out Where the Stars Begin | 1938 | Short | Dick Foran (uncredited) |
Over the Wall | 1938 | Jerry Davis | |
Love, Honor and Behave | 1938 | Pete Martin | |
She Loved a Fireman | 1937 | James 'Red' Tyler | |
The Perfect Specimen | 1937 | Jink Carter | |
Sunday Night at the Trocadero | 1937 | Short | Dick Foran |
Prairie Thunder | 1937 | Rod Farrell (as Dick Foran {the Singing Cowboy}) | |
The Devil's Saddle Legion | 1937 | Tal Holladay (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy) | |
Empty Holsters | 1937 | Clay Brent (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy) | |
Blazing Sixes | 1937 | Red Barton | |
The Cherokee Strip | 1937 | Dick Hudson | |
Land Beyond the Law | 1937 | Charles Chip Douglas (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy) | |
Black Legion | 1937 | Ed Jackson | |
Guns of the Pecos | 1937 | Steve Ainslee | |
California Mail | 1936 | Bill Harkins (as Dick Foran {the Singing Cowboy}) | |
The Sunday Round-Up | 1936 | Short | Parson Ted Burke |
Trailin' West | 1936 | Lt. Red Colton | |
Earthworm Tractors | 1936 | Emmet McManus | |
Public Enemy's Wife | 1936 | Thomas Duncan McKay | |
The Big Noise | 1936/I | Don Andrews |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Western Melodies | 1949 | Short performer: "Give Me My Saddle", "I'll Remember April", "Trigger Trail" | |
Fort Apache | 1948 | performer: "Sweet Genevieve" - uncredited | |
Let's Sing a Song of the West | 1947 | Short performer: "My Little Buckaroo" - uncredited | |
Hollywood Wonderland | 1947 | Short performer: "The Open Road" - uncredited | |
Songs of the Range | 1944 | Short performer: "Song of the Circle Bar", "Song of the Plains" - uncredited | |
He's My Guy | 1943 | performer: "He's My Guy", "On the Old Assembly Line" | |
Private Buckaroo | 1942 | performer: "Private Buckaroo", "We're in the Army Now", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", "We've Got a Job to Do" - uncredited | |
Ride 'Em Cowboy | 1942 | performer: "Give Me My Saddle", "I'll Remember April", "Ride 'em Cowboy" - uncredited | |
Road Agent | 1941 | performer: "Cielito Lindo", "Ridin' Home" | |
Keep 'Em Flying | 1941 | performer: "Let's Keep 'Em Flying" 1941 | |
The Kid from Kansas | 1941 | performer: "Red River Valley", "La Golondrina" - uncredited | |
Riders of Death Valley | 1941 | performer: "Ride Along" | |
In the Navy | 1941 | performer: "A Sailor's Life for Me" 1941 | |
Heart of the North | 1938 | performer: "Song of the Mounted Police" - uncredited | |
Cowboy from Brooklyn | 1938 | performer: "Home on the Range" | |
Over the Wall | 1938 | "Have You Met My Lulu?" 1938, "One More Tomorrow" 1938, uncredited / performer: "Have You Met My Lulu?" 1938, "Little White House on the Hill" 1938, "Ave Maria" 1859, "One More Tomorrow" 1938 - uncredited | |
She Loved a Fireman | 1937 | performer: "He Wants to Be a Fireman" - uncredited | |
Prairie Thunder | 1937 | performer: "Over the Trail Again" 1937, "Give Me a Song" 1937, "Sunset on the Rainbow Trail" 1937, "The Prairie Is My Home" 1937 - uncredited | |
The Devil's Saddle Legion | 1937 | "When Moonlight Is Riding the Range", uncredited / performer: "My Texas Home", "When Moonlight Is Riding the Range", "God's Country" - uncredited | |
Empty Holsters | 1937 | performer: "I Gotta Get Back to My Gal", "Old Corral", "The Prairie Is My Home" - uncredited | |
Blazing Sixes | 1937 | performer: "The Prairie Is My Home" 1937, "Ridin' on to Monterey" 1937, "In a Little Prairie Town" 1937 - uncredited | |
The Cherokee Strip | 1937 | performer: "Down the Cottonwood Trail", "My Little Buckaroo", "Along the Old Frontier" - uncredited | |
Land Beyond the Law | 1937 | "The Prairie Is My Home", uncredited / performer: "The Prairie Is My Home", "Whisper While You're Waltzing" - uncredited | |
Guns of the Pecos | 1937 | performer: "When a Cowboy Takes a Wife", "The Prairie Is My Home" - uncredited | |
California Mail | 1936 | "Love Begins at Evening" 1936, uncredited / performer: "Ridin' the Mail" 1936, "Love Begins at Evening" 1936 - uncredited | |
The Sunday Round-Up | 1936 | Short performer: "The Open Road" - uncredited | |
Trailin' West | 1936 | performer: "Drums of Glory" 1936, "Moonlight Valley" 1936 - uncredited | |
Treachery Rides the Range | 1936 | performer: "Leather and Steel" 1936, "Ridin' Home" 1936 - uncredited | |
Song of the Saddle | 1936 | performer: "Underneath a Western Sky" 1936, "Vengeance" 1936 - uncredited | |
Moonlight on the Prairie | 1935 | performer: "Moonlight on the Prairie", "Covered Wagon Days" uncredited | |
Change of Heart | 1934 | performer: "So What?" 1934 - uncredited | |
Stand Up and Cheer! | 1934 | performer: "I'm Laughin'" 1934, "She's 'Way Up Thar" 1934, "We're Out of the Red" 1934 - uncredited |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Bob Hope Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
The Martha Raye Show | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
Texaco Star Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 6: Wendell Niles and Don Prindle Show | 1946 | Short | Himself |
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself |
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2) #6 | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
Breakdowns of 1938 | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself (Empty Holsters outtakes) (uncredited) |
Breakdowns of 1937 | 1937 | Short | Himself |
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | 1936 | Short | Himself |
Breakdowns of 1936 | 1936 | Short | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Stephen Banning / Steve Banning |
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | 1999 | Video documentary short | Stephen Banning |
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | |
Hollywood: The Great Stars | 1963 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'The Petrified Forest' (uncredited) |
Western Melodies | 1949 | Short | Vocalist |
Let's Sing a Song of the West | 1947 | Short | Singer of 'My Little Buckaroo', clip from 'Cherokee Strip' (uncredited) |
Hollywood Wonderland | 1947 | Short | Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup" (1936)) (uncredited) |
Movieland Magic | 1946 | Short | |
The Scarlet Horseman | 1946 | Jeff Ramsey (uncredited) | |
Songs of the Range | 1944 | Short | From Cherokee Strip, 1937 |
Wagon Wheels West | 1943 | Short | Frank Wilson Jr. (uncredited) |
Breakdowns of 1942 | 1942 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 8 February 1960. At 1600 Vine Street. |