Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater"[1] and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School and assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers; Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon; Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide.

Filmography

• 2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — Screaming Citizen (archive sound, uncredited)
• 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones — Crewmate's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2001Golden Dreams — Screaming Native American
• 1995A Goofy Movie — Concert Crewmember's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1988Purple People Eater — Harvey Skitters
• 1986Hoosiers — Cletus Summers
• 1986Uphill All the Way — Anson Sudro
• 1985Silverado — Cavalry Sergeant
• Murder, She Wrote — Billy Ray Parker
• 1984The Dollmaker — Mr. Kendrick
• 1981History of the World: Part I — Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1980The Big Brawl — Screaming Thug
• 1976The Outlaw Josey Wales — Travis Cobb
• The Young Rebels
• The Mod Squad
• 1967The War Wagon — Snyder
• 1966Country Boy
• 1963PT 109 — Edmund Drewitch's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1960Sergeant Rutledge — Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
• Rawhide — Pete Nolan, Story
• 1958Terror in a Texas Town — Baxter
• Maverick — Sheriff
• 1957Ride a Violent Mile — Jonathan Long
• Sugarfoot — Pete Martin
• Trackdown
• 1957Trooper Hook — Townsman
• 1957Without Incident
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Brock
• 1956Giant — Gabe Target
• 1956The Black Whip — Bill Lassater
• Cheyenne — Chev Jones
• 1955Man Without a Star — Latigo
• My Friend Flicka
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Luke McGuire (uncredited)
• 1954Arrow In The Dust — Trooper (uncredited)
• 1954Johnny Guitar — Posseman (uncredited)
• 1954Rose Marie — Corporal
• 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Undetermined Role (uncredited)
• 1954The Boy from Oklahoma — Pete Martin
• 1953Texas Bad Man — Mack
• 1953The Charge at Feather River — Pvt. Wilhelm's Scream (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1952Cattle Town — Miller
• 1952Hellgate — Neill Price
• 1952High Noon — Ben Miller
• 1952The Lusty Men — Gambler with Buster (uncredited)
• 1952Toughest Man in Arizona
• 1951Apache Drums — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1951Distant Drums — Pvt. Jessup
• 1951Fort Worth — Outrider (uncredited)
• 1951Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
• 1951Little Big Horn — Quince
• The Adventures of Kit Carson
• 1950Rocky Mountain — Kay Rawlins
• The Lone Ranger — Don Wyman, Hatton, Tex

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1963Hootenanny Hoot! — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self