Gabby Hayes Memorabilia
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very best, you are aware of his 30+ years in Hollywood westerns and the 190-odd
films to his credit. His first major film role was as a sidekick to Hopalong
Cassidy. Consecutively, he starred in the first four Hoppy films (as different
characters): ‘Uncle Ben’ in Hopalong Cassidy (1935); ‘Spike’ in The
Eagles Brood (1935); ‘Windy’ in Bar 20 Rides Again (1935); and
‘Shanghai’ in Call of the Prairie (1936). Three on the Trail
(1936) was Gabby’s first as ‘Windy Halliday’, long-term sidekick to Hopalong
Cassidy and an original member of the “Hoppy Team.” He continued with the Hoppy
series through The Renegade Trail (1939), marking a grand total of 18
films as Windy Halliday.
Rogers from 1939-1946. The two appeared in 41 films together during that
seven-year era. Afterward, he again reinvented his sidekick schtick alongside
Wild Bill Elliott.
Show. He introduced old westerns scaled to half-hour length. The show went
on to become an Emmy award nominee in 1952. In 1954, Gabby briefly hosted The
Howdy Doody Show, while original host Buffalo Bob Smith took medical
leave.
and “young whipper snapper.”
The height of his popularity brought about a
series of Gabby Hayes marketing premiums? Among the most valued and coveted are
the 1947 “George ‘Gabby’ Hayes” Dixie Ice Cream Picture ($350 at mint), a 1951
Quaker Cannon Ring (worth $300), c. 1950 Quaker “Clipper Ship in a Bottle”
Cereal Box ($300) and a 1952 Movie Viewer Set (including a filmstrip with five
titles, worth $250 in its original box).
Hayes was also the star of his
own comic book series from 1948-1957, several covers of which are featured to
the right of and below this article.
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