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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue May 7, 2024, 05:59 AM May 2024

On this day, May 7, 1885, Gabby Hayes was born.

George "Gabby" Hayes


Hayes in 1953

George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered, cantankerous, woman-hating, but ever-loyal and brave comic sidekick of the cowboy star.

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Here is rare color footage of Gabby Hayes:



More typical, black and white:



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