Dick Foran

(Courtesy of Ed Tabor)

Newspapers reported that Foran had been hospitalized for about two weeks with a blood disorder, and passed away August 10, 1979 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Panorama City, California. Survivors included his wife Susanne and four sons.

Links to several other death notices:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67450853/obituary-for-movie-cowboy-dick-foran/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67450568/death-notice-for-dick-foran-a-singing/

(Courtesy of Les Adams)

Above are Linda Perry, Foran, and Foran's trusty palomino 'Smoke' (Smoky) in LAND BEYOND THE LAW (Warners, 1937). Smoke wound up being owned by Victor Daniels (Chief Thunder Cloud), and a photo of the grave marker for Smoke is on the Trusty Steeds section of the Old Corral. In the opening titles of the Foran oaters, this horse was credited sometimes as "Smoky" and sometimes as "Smoke".

(From Old Corral collection)

Above is the title lobby card for BLAZING SIXES (Warners, 1937).

(Courtesy of Les Adams)

Above from L-to-R are Jim Corey, Foran and Harry Woods in a lobby card from LAND BEYOND THE LAW (Warners, 1937), one of the better entries in the Foran series thanks to the direction of B. Reeves 'Breezy' Eason. The rider on the far right is Henry Otho, one of the henchmen working for Woods.

(From Old Corral collection)

L-to-R are Cy Kendall, Foran and Harry Woods in another lobby card from LAND BEYOND THE LAW (Warners, 1937).

(Courtesy of Les Adams)

L-to-R are Patricia Wathall, Foran and Glenn Strange in EMPTY HOLSTERS (Warners, 1937), the next-to-last entry in the series.

(From Old Corral collection)

Above are Ellen Clancy / Janet Shaw and Foran in a lobby card from PRAIRIE THUNDER (Warners, 1937), the finale in the Foran series. This film also marked the end of Warners' involvement in producing a B western series.

(Courtesy of Les Adams)		(Courtesy of Les Adams)
Above are pressbook ads for two of the Foran-Leo Carrillo-Andy Devine films. ROAD AGENT was a western. THE KID FROM KANSAS is often listed as a cowboy flick, but it's not --- the story is set in the tropics. Note the KANSAS ad proclamation: "Three roaring tropic pals who tame the torrid zone!" Notice anything peculiar with the faces (other than the black masks) --- appears they used the same faces in both ads, but one set has been mirrored (reversed). Check the curly locks on Carrillo and Devine.

Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Dick Foran: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285264/

The Internet Broadway database has Foran in the "A Connecticut Yankee" play which ran from late 1943 - March, 1944: https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=40826

Find A Grave website has a photo of the grave marker for Dick Foran and his wife Susanne (1923 - 1994) at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8737048/dick-foran

Some biographies of Foran note that he was up for a supporting actor Oscar for THE PETRIFIED FOREST. However, the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science (AMPAS) database does NOT show he was nominated for that film nor any other. You can search the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) database for the Oscars award at: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/awards-databases-0

Foran did a CBS TV pilot episode called OFF WE GO in 1966. Robert Blees was the scriptwriter, and his papers are in the Special Collections at the University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa. Included in his papers are a mention of the OFF WE GO show: https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc150/msc124/msc124.htm