Dennis Fimple

Acting

Born November 11, 1940, Taft, California, U.S.

He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides, Petticoat Junction, Matt Houston, M*A*S*H, Centennial, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Sledge Hammer!, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap and ER. He also had roles in films such as Truck Stop Women (1974), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Goin' South (1978), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982) and Maverick (1994), and shared the lead in Bootleggers (1974) and Creature from Black Lake (1976). His most popular role was that of the lovable but none-too-bright Devil's Hole Gang member, Kyle Murtry, on the ABC comedy/western series, Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Fimple appeared in seven episodes and remains a favorite of fans of the series. In 1993-1994, he appeared as Garral in seven episodes of the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series Harts of the West on CBS. His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film, House of 1000 Corpses, as the foul-mouthed Grandpa Hugo. Fimple was born in Taft, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple.[1] He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958.[2] He died in Frazier Park, California in August 2002 from a car accident.

Filmography

• 2003House of 1000 Corpses — Grandpa Hugo Firefly, In Memory Of
• 2002Fangs
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Daryl (segment "They Towed My Car")
• 1996Down Periscope — Fisherman
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Farmer
• ER — Dante
• 1994Maverick — Stuttering
• Party of Five — Mechanic
• Weird Science
• Harts of the West — Garral
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Homeless Man
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — Gully Barton
• 1991Death Falls — Griff
• 1991My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys — Straw Hat
• 1990A Family for Joe — Man at Mission Door
• 1990The Giant of Thunder Mountain — Henderson (Townsman)
• I Know My First Name Is Steven — Fred
• Quantum Leap — Red Norton
• 1988Once Upon a Texas Train — Telegrapher
• 1987Hawken's Breed — Crowley
• 1986Body Slam — Elmo
• Sledge Hammer! — Shy Eddie, Informant
• 1985A Summer to Remember — Smitty
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
• Highway to Heaven — Joey Small
• 1984Swing Shift — Rupert George
• Automan — Taxi Driver
• The A-Team — Cates
• Matt Houston — Bo
• 1982The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch — Lamont
• 1981Of Mice and Men — Whit
• Simon & Simon
• The Fall Guy — Renfro
• The Greatest American Hero — Deputy Kyle Kane
• 1980The $5.20 an Hour Dream — Aiken
• B. J. and the Bear
• Roots: The Next Generations — Sheriff Duffy
• 1979The Evictors — Mr. Bumford
• 1979The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang — Blackface / Charlie Bright
• 1979The Sky Trap — Wilks
• 1978B.J. and the Bear — Second Deputy
• Battlestar Galactica — Duggy
• 1978Goin' South — Hangman
• 1978Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws — The Salt Flat Kid
• 1978They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way — Lem
• The Incredible Hulk — Sergeant
• 1977The Shadow of Chikara — Posey
• Charlie's Angels — George Bartlett
• 1976Creature from Black Lake — Pahoo
• 1976King Kong — Sunfish
• 1976Stay Hungry — Bubba
• 1976The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West — McGirk
• 1976Young Pioneers — Man in Land Office
• 1975Mackintosh and T.J. — Schuster
• S.W.A.T.
• Starsky & Hutch — Virgil
• 1975The Apple Dumpling Gang — Rudy Hooks
• 1975White House Madness — Bob Haldeman
• 1975Winterhawk — Scoby
• 1975You and Me
• 1974Bootleggers — Dewey Crenshaw
• Get Christie Love!
• 1974Honky Tonk
• Lincoln — Yarrow
• 1974The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe — Farron
• 1974Truck Stop Women — Curly
• 1972Gidget Gets Married — Policeman
• Kung Fu — Riley
• M*A*S*H — Sergeant 'Sparky' Pryor
• 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co. — Wounded Man in Bar
• Alias Smith and Jones — Kyle
• 1971Cactus in the Snow — Mr. Murray
• 1971Summertree — Shelly
• 1971Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? — Hotel clerk
• McCloud
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father — Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Doris Day Show — Herman Simpson
• Green Acres — Man
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Virgil
• Petticoat Junction — Elwood