Western Sidekicks

[THE PILGRIM]

Noticed in the First Movie Thread that I was the only B Western Guy.
I loved the B Oaters and one reason was the Sidekick.
The Oaters always had the main Hero, Gene, Roy, Hopalong, Lash La Rue, Johnny Mack Brown, etc.
But all those guys always had a Sidekick.
The Sidekick's job was to add an element of comedy to the serious job of righting wrongs.
When push come to shove-
The Sidekick always backed up the the Hero, he was reliable as your Mother.
So who was your favorite Sidekick?
Mine was Al Fuzzy St John.
Here he is giving Tex Ritter a singing lesson.

 

[sophie]

Gabby Hayes and old Festus Hagan

 

[Davwingman]

Frog Millhouse aka Smiley Burnette

 

[ExRanger714]

Pancho: "Ohhhh Sees-co."

 

[Abbynormal]

"Festus" (Ken Curtis) & Smiley Burnette, but don't forget Walter Brennan

 

[Nevada Ed]

Old time; Gabby Hayes

New Movie; Tonto , J Depp and the Rangers Horse was not to shabby, either.

 

[cougar14]

Warren Oates on "Stoney Burke".

 

[Wrangler Rich]

Jingles, he always made me smile.

 

[susieqz]

ANDY DEVINE
HANDS DOWN, BUT ALL THOSE GUYS WERE FUN.

 

[rwsmith]

This list is great.....

....except for Tonto, although he was not a COMIC sidekick.

 

[SC_Mike]

The Waco Kid, Gene Wilder, from Blazing Saddles.

 

[DeathGrip]

Baba Looey.

 

[jag312]

Many people don't know this, but George "Gabby" Hayes was a very astute real estate investor. He is also my favorite side-kick.

 

[swsig]

Many people don't know this, but George "Gabby" Hayes was a very astute real estate investor. He is also my favorite side-kick.

Yer dern tootin'.

 

[amazingflapjack]

The guy who played Fess Parker's (Davy Crockett) side kick.(?)

 

[amazingflapjack]

Red Rider's side kick - Little something (Indian) Robert Blake (also Beretta) Now 83 and married to his third Wife (55)

 

[amazingflapjack]

Yancey Derringer's Indian pal-Pah-hoo-tah-hay (Wolf who stands in water).

 

[OFT II]

The guy who played Fess Parker's (Davy Crockett) side kick.(?)

That would be Buddy Ebsen.

 

[rwsmith]

LIttlE BEAVER

Red Rider's side kick - Little something (Indian) Robert Blake (also Beretta) Now 83 and married to his third Wife (55)

LOLOL: We had a little East Indian engineer and the technician that worked for him was a red headed guy. When people saw them together they called them "Red Ryder and Little Beaver".

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Fred Harmon was a Cowboy Artist from Pagosa Springs, CO.
He drew the Red Ryder Comic Strip.
Red's Sidekick was Little Beaver, a Jacarilla Apache from nearby Dulce, NM.
Robert Blake and other child actors portrayed Little Beaver.
Little Beaver spoke broken English.
You need to know that the Jacarillas' Still celebrate Little Beaver.
The annual rodeo event is named for him.

60th Annual Little Beaver rodeo – Navajo Times