What is Denver Pyle?
{{Infobox person | name = Denver Pyle | image = Denver Pyle 1962 (cropped).JPG | imagesize = | caption = Pyle in 1962 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|05|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Bethune, Colorado]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|12|25|1920|05|11|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Burbank, California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Lung cancer]] | resting_place = Forreston Cemetery in [[Forreston, Texas]] | birth_name = Denver Dell Pyle | yearsactive = 1947–1997 | spouse = Marilee Carpenter (1955–1970) (divorced) 2 sons<br />Tippie Johnston (1983–1997) (his death) | othername = | homepage = }} '''Denver Dell Pyle''' (May 11, 1920&nbsp;– December 25, 1997)<ref>{{cite web|title=Social Security Death Index|url=http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=79356046|publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society|access-date=September 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720122506/http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=79356046|archive-date=July 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an American actor, businessman and director. He was well known for his roles as Briscoe Darling Jr. in ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]],'' as Jesse Duke in ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' during 1979&ndash;1985, as Mad Jack in the NBC television series ''[[The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pyle, Denver}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:1997 deaths]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Colorado]] [[Category:Actors from Colorado]]