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.

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, 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.

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 ...

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 ...