Denver Pyle is an American film and television actor who was born on May 11, 1920, in Bethune, Colorado to Maude and Ben H. Pyle. He grew up on a farm with his brother Willis who went on to become an animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Pyle graduated high school and went on to attend Colorado State University but dropped out to pursue a career in the show business. Pyle played drums for a band until World War II when he joined the United States Merchant Marines. Upon his return from war, Pyle appeared 14 times on the television series "The Range Rider" with Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones.
Pyle also played an outlaw in an episode of series "The Lone Ranger" in 1951. Pyle went on to appear in dozens of roles in major television series including 36 episodes as Mad Jack in the NBC series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams". Pyle's longest-running role would be from 1979 to 1985 when he appeared in 146 episodes of the CBS series "The Dukes of Hazzard". Pyle married a production assistant at 20th Century Fox named Marilee Carpenter in 1955. They had two sons together. Pyle remarried in 1983 to Tippie Johnston and they remained married until Pyle's death of lung cancer on Christmas Day in 1997.
| Birth Date: | 11 May, 1920 |
| Age: | 99 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Television actor Film actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Kit Carson County |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor (1920-1997) |
| Net Worth 2020: | 5 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |
