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Andy Devine
Andrew Vabre Devine, better known as **Andy Devine**, was born on *October 7, 1905* in Flagstaff, Arizona, then a U.S. territory. He grew up in a modest family, attended St. Mary’s College, St. Benedict’s College, Northern Arizona State Teacher’s College, and played football at Santa Clara University, even adopting the pseudonym *Jeremiah Schwartz* for semi‑professional play. A childhood accident—his self‑reported fall onto a curtain rod at the Beale Hotel—left him with a distinctive wheezy, crackly voice that would become his trademark, though biographers suspect he embellished the tale. After college he moved to Hollywood, taking a job as a lifeguard on Venice Beach while auditioning for parts, and his first sizable screen role came in the 1931 football‑themed film **The Spirit of Notre Dame**. Devine’s early work was a blend of uncredited bit parts and small supporting roles, yet his unique vocal quality quickly set him apart, allowing him to transition from silent‑era shorts to the talkies with ease.
Over a career that spanned **1932‑1977**, Devine appeared in more than 400 films, ranging from low‑budget B‑Western sidekicks to high‑profile epics. He is perhaps most remembered as *Cookie*—the lovable sidekick of Roy Rogers in ten feature films—and for memorable parts alongside John Wayne in classics such as *Stagecoach* (1939), *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* (1962), and *How the West Was Won* (1962). His voice work included the beloved Friar Tuck in Disney’s *Robin Hood* (1973) and countless radio appearances, notably as *Jingles* on *The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok* (1951‑1958). On television he hosted the children’s series *Andy’s Gang* (1955‑1960) and made guest spots on shows like *The Twilight Zone* and *Batman*. A Republican who campaigned for Barry Goldwater, Devine was also a licensed pilot who ran a wartime flying school. He married Dorothy House in 1933, fathered two children, and remained an iconic figure of American Western lore until his death from leukemia on *February 18 1977* in Orange, California.
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Given Name: Andrew Vabre Devine
Born: Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: October 7, 1905
Occupations: Actor, voice actor, television host
Years Active: 1932-1977
Children: 2
Spouses: Dorothy House
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Movies Featuring Andy Devine
Stagecoach
A Star Is Born
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Robin Hood
Going Hollywood: The ’30s
The Divine Lady
Gable: The King Remembered
Why Be Good?
Night Time in Nevada
Noah’s Ark
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Gay Ranchero
Frontier Gal
Little Old New York
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Zebra in the Kitchen
The Phynx
Between Us Girls
The Criminal Code
Myra Breckinridge
Montana Belle
The Ballad of Josie
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Crazy House
Slave Girl
Corvette K-225
The President Vanishes
Doctor Bull
Breakdowns of 1941
The Red Badge of Courage
Grand Canyon Trail
The Man from Yesterday
Gift of Gab
Law and Order
The Movie Orgy
Upperworld
The Impatient Maiden
Doctor Rhythm
Trail of the Vigilantes
New Mexico
Men with Wings
Eyes of Texas
Way Down East
The Mouse and His Child
Torrid Zone
Three Wise Girls
Dockers
Bells of San Angelo
Radio Patrol
Midnight Mary
Under California Stars
Yellow Jack
Hillsborough
My Son the Fanatic
Two Rode Together
Lonesome
The American West of John Ford
You’re a Sweetheart
Stingaree
Island in the Sky
On the Old Spanish Trail
Tom Brown of Culver
Geronimo
In Old Chicago
Buck Benny Rides Again
Slaughter Trail
Springtime in the Sierras
Sin Town
The Flame of New Orleans
Never Say Die
The Spirit of Notre Dame
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Follow the Boys
Pete Kelly’s Blues
Chance at Heaven
Never a Dull Moment
The Far Frontier
When the Daltons Rode
Smoke
Canyon Passage
Small Town Girl
Man Wanted
The Moonstone
The Road Back
Career Timeline
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1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Amos Polk
The Phynx
Andy Devine
Myra Breckinridge
Coyote Bill
Smoke
Mr. Stone
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'A Star Is Born' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
Sgt. Darius P. Posey
1951
The Red Badge of Courage
The Cheery Soldier
New Mexico
Sgt. Garrity
Slaughter Trail
Sgt. Macintosh
1948
Night Time in Nevada
Cookie Bullfincher
The Gay Ranchero
Cookie Bullfincher
Grand Canyon Trail
Cookie Bullfincher
Eyes of Texas
Dr. Cookie Bullfincher
Under California Stars
Cookie Bullfincher / Cousins Alf, Luke, & Grover Bullfincher
The Far Frontier
Judge Cookie Bullfincher
1947
Slave Girl
Ben
Bells of San Angelo
Cookie Bullfincher
On the Old Spanish Trail
Constable Cookie Bullfincher
Springtime in the Sierras
Cookie Bullfincher
1940
Little Old New York
"Commodore"
Trail of the Vigilantes
Meadows
Torrid Zone
Wally Davis
Buck Benny Rides Again
Andy Devine
When the Daltons Rode
Ozark
1938
Doctor Rhythm
Officer Lawrence O'Roon
Men with Wings
Joe Gibbs
Yellow Jack
Charlie Spill
In Old Chicago
Pickle Bixby
1934
The President Vanishes
Val Orcott
Gift of Gab
John P. McDougal - the Waiter
Upperworld
Oscar
Stingaree
Howie
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