John Nicholas Dick Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2 and had red hair, was hired by Warner Bros. as a supporting actor, changing his first name to Dick. He would also croon when called upon in films such as Change of Heart (1934) with Janet Gaynor, made for Fox Film Corporation. His handsome appearance and good-natured personality made him a natural choice for the supporting cast. He first appeared as a singing cowboy in his first starring role, in Moonlight on the Prairie (1935). Other singing cowboy features included Song of the Saddle (1936), Guns of the Pecos (1937), Empty Holsters (1937) and Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938).In 1938 Foran moved to Universal Studios, where he acted in many different genres of film from horror to comedies with Abbott and Costello such as Ride Em Cowboy (1942). In 1942, Foran starred as Lon Prentice in a 68-minute war support film, Private Buckaroo. Foran starred in The Petrified Forest (1936), The Sisters (1938), Rangers of Fortune (1940), The Mummys Hand (1940) and Keep Em Flying (1941).One of his last film roles was a small one in Donovans Reef (1963), starring his longtime friend John Wayne. His final film appearance was as the prospector Old Timer in the sentimental film Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) with Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway and Karl SwensonDescription above from the Wikipedia article Dick Foran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Lon Prentice
Film 1942
Wayne Carter
Film 1940
Paul Carver
Film 1939
Artie Blaine
Film 1957
Joe Leeds
Film 1956
Boze Hertzlinger
Film 1936
Dick Foran
Film 1937
Frank Conroy
Film 1941
Park Policeman
Film 1935
Thomas Mara
Film 1955
Frank 'Sarge' Miller
Film 1958
Bill Martin
Film 1941
Danny Blake
Film 1939
Red Taylor
Film 1936
Dick Hudson
Film 1937
Eddie Moore
Film 1939
Christopher Price
Film 1945
Ernest Talbot
Film 1941
Frank Jennings
Film 1951
Jerry Davis
Film 1938
Stark
Film 1965
Sam Thorne
Film 1938
Frank Wilson, Jr.
Film 1936
Jim Rickey
Film 1939
Self (archive footage)
Film 1982
Thomas Duncan McKay
Film 1936
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1983
Patrick Lonigan
Film 1960
Alan Baker
Film 1938
Ace Andrews
Film 1935
Sheriff La Farge
Film 1949
Charles "Chip" Douglas
Film 1937
Jeff Ramsay
Film 1940
Joel Benton
Film 1949
Pete Martin
Film 1938
Dale Whipple
Film 1947
Bert Gaines
Film 1957
James "Red" Tyler
Film 1937
Ed Robello
Film 1960
Smudge Casey
Film 1934
Don Andrews
Film 1936
Rod Farrell
Film 1937
Red Barton
Film 1937
Clay Brent
Film 1937
Lieut. Red Colton
Film 1936
Dennis Devlin
Film 1942
Kansas
Film 1941
Bill Edwards
Film 1942
Dave O'Connor
Film 1943
Van Moore
Film 1943
Film 1962
Self
Film 1936
Assistant Manager
Film 1934
Robert Maxwell
Film 1955
Cadet
Film 1935
Parson Ted Burke
Film 1936
Butch
Film 1935
Singing Cowboy (clip from "Sunday Roundup", 1936) (uncredited)
Film 1947
The Prospector
Film 1966
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Film 1946
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1938
Self
Film 1937
Self
Film 1946
Self (archive footage)
Film 1975
Self (archive footage)
Film 2008
Frank
Film 1941
Col. Henry Spalding
Film 1958
Film 1936
Self
Film 1942
Walt Lansing
Film 1935
Tv 1958
Tv 1955
Tv 1954
Tv 1957
Bob
Tv 1950
Tv 1955
Tv 1955
Tv 1951
Tv 1963
Tv 1958
Tv 1949
Tv 1952
Tv 1956
Tv 1965
Calliope
Tv 1957
Sheriff Edwards
Tv 1957
Matt
Tv 1950
Esau Hepburn
Tv 1952
Mr. Murdock
Tv 1952
Will Foster
Tv 1952