Sheb Wooley

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actor comedian country singer film actor human musician novelty song performer recording artist singer-songwriter songwriter television actor

Sheb Wooley was an American actor and country-western singer best known for his roles in Western films and for recording the novelty hit song "The Purple People Eater."

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Label Occurrences
Sheb Wooley canonical 4

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
country singer ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
novelty song performer ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeIn film industry ⓘ
music industry ⓘ
television industry ⓘ
appearedIn Giant NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Noon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hoosiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rawhide NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Outlaw Josey Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithGenre Western film ⓘ
birthName Shelby Fred Wooley NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath leukemia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-04-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2003-09-16 ⓘ
familyName Wooley NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre country and western ⓘ
country music ⓘ
novelty song ⓘ
givenName Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStageName Ben Colder NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor recording the novelty hit The Purple People Eater ⓘ
roles in Western films ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Sheb Wooley NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Giant NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Noon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hoosiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rawhide NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Outlaw Josey Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Purple People Eater NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performedAs Ben Colder NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Erick, Oklahoma, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
recorded The Purple People Eater NERFINISHED ⓘ
relative Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Melva Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedStageName Ben Colder NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalType male voice ⓘ

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Hellgate → hasCastMember → Sheb Wooley ⓘ
Terror in a Texas Town (1958 film) → starring → Sheb Wooley ⓘ
subject surface form: Terror in a Texas Town
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States → hasNotableBurial → Sheb Wooley ⓘ
subject surface form: Hendersonville Memory Gardens
Hoosiers → castMember → Sheb Wooley ⓘ