Sheb Wooley, who menaced Gary Cooper in "High Noon," played the trail scout on TV's "Rawhide" and scored one of the biggest novelty recording hits of the 1950s with "The Purple People Eater," has ...

Sheb Wooley Singer-songwriter/actor whose hits included 'Purple People Eater' Thursday 18 September 2003 00:00 BST. Comments. Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more. Support Now.

Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in westerns like "High Noon" who also recorded the pop novelty song "The Purple People Eater," died yesterday (Sept. 16) in Nashville. He was 82.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in westerns such as High Noon who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty "Purple People Eater," has died, his wife said. He was 82.Wooley suffered ...

Wooley's MGM single "Hello Walls No. 2" came on the county music charts March 2nd, 1963 and peaked at No. 30. It was his 3rd charted song. His previous record success included the 1958 rock n ...

Sheb Wooley of Erick, Oklahoma, is a singer and actor who had a No. 1 song with 1958’s “The Purple People Eater.” He also wrote the theme song for the TV show “Hee Haw. ...

Sheb Wooley is shown in this May 1982 file photo. He appeared in more than 60 movies, acted in some 50 television shows and recorded pop and country songs. AP 1982.

Sheb Wooley, veteran actor in Westerns like “High Noon” who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty “Purple People Eater,” died Tuesday Sept. 16 at a hospital in Nashville, Tenn., where he was ...

Performer Sheb Wooley died Tuesday in Nashville, according to a publicist’s statement. He had leukemia. Wooley was 82. Known to TV and film viewers as an original cast member of “Hee Haw” and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Sheb Wooley, a veteran actor in westerns like ``High Noon'' who also recorded the No. 1 pop ditty ``Purple People Eater,'' has died, his wife said. He was 82.

Sheb Wooley, American country singer and a character actor in Hollywood Westerns, died in Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday at the age of 82, his wife said. Wooley had paid tribute to American ...