WOOLEY, SHEB
(*1921)
WOOLEY, SHEB (b. Shelby F. W., Erick, Okla., April 10, 1921) A country comedian who often recorded as Ben Colder, Wooley is best known to fans of 1950s Westerns as Pete Nolan on TV's Rawhide and the hard-drinking villain, Ben Miller, of High Noon. Wooley was born and raised on an Oklahoma farm, and came by his horsemanship skills honestly. After World War II he worked for a short time in Nashville before landing his own radio show out of Fort Worth, Texas. This led, two years later, to an MGM…