Dick Foran
Born: June 18, 1910, Flemington, New Jersey
Died: August 10, 1979 (age 69), Panorama City,
California
 Dick
Foran (John Nicholas Foran) was a leading man best
known in western musicals and for playing supporting
roles in dramatic pictures.
What do you know about Dick Foran? Sing this quick
quiz.
1. What was the 1948 film did Dick Foran play the
character Sergeant Quincannon.
- Fort Apache
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
- Rio Grande
2. What is the film that Dick Foran debuts as a
singing cowboy?
- Moonlight On The Prairie
- Treachery Rides The Range
- Trailin' West
3. In 1942, Dick is in the cast of this Western
Ride ‘Em Cowboy. It is a story about New York
hot-dog vendors tricked into going West to a dude ranch.
Who were the movie’s stars?
- Abbott & Costello
- Johnny Mack Brown
- Charles Starrett
4. What is Dick’s last series Western? Because the
Warner Brothers decided to stop production of
B-Westerns.
- Prairie Thunder
- Empty Holsters
- Devil's Saddle Legion
5. What was his first starring role was a 1936
western which was Warner Brothers answer to Gene Autry.
- Treachery Rides the Range
- Moonlight on the Prairie
- One More Spring
6. Rangers of Fortune is a 1940 Western with
Fred MacMurray and Dick Foran. What was Foran’s
characters name?
- Elvis Presley
- Johnny Cash
- Jerry Lee Lewis
8. What was last “Dick Foran, The Singing Cowboy”
movie?
- California Mail
- Land Beyond the Law
- Prairie Thunder
9. Fire Chief Ed Washburne was a character he played
on a TV series for 7 episodes, 1961 to 1964. What was
the TV series?
- Walt Disney Presents
- Flipper
- Lassie
10. His last film role was in Donovan's Reef
(1963) with his longtime friend John Wayne.
10. Where is Dick Foran buried?
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills,
California
- Cremated, ashes with family or friends
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale,
California
Check Your Answer
- Fort Apache
- Moonlight On The Prairie
- Abbott & Costello
- Prairie Thunder
- Moonlight on the Prairie
- Johnny Cash
- Prairie Thunder
- Lassie
- True
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills,
California
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