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Beecher Kirby(1911-2002)

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Beecher Kirby was born on 26 December 1911 in Sevierville, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Home in San Antone (1949), Hi, Neighbor (1942) and Smoky Mountain Melody (1948). He died on 17 October 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
BornDecember 26, 1911
DiedOctober 17, 2002(90)
BornDecember 26, 1911
DiedOctober 17, 2002(90)
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Known for

Home in San Antone (1949)
Home in San Antone
5.2
  • Guitar player
  • 1949
Jean Parker in Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Hi, Neighbor
6.2
  • Roy Acuff Band Member(as Pete Kirby)
  • 1942
Roy Acuff, Russell Arms, Sybil Merritt, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)
Smoky Mountain Melody
6.3
  • Musician(as Pete Kirby)
  • 1948
Porter Wagoner in The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
The Porter Wagoner Show
7.9
TV Series
  • Soundtrack

Credits

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Actor

  • Home in San Antone (1949)
    Home in San Antone
    5.2
    • Guitar player
    • 1949
  • Roy Acuff, Russell Arms, Sybil Merritt, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)
    Smoky Mountain Melody
    6.3
    • Musician (as Pete Kirby)
    • 1948
  • Stanley Brown and Ruth Terry in Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
    Sing, Neighbor, Sing
    6.2
    • Member, Smoky Mountain Boys Band (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Jean Parker in Hi, Neighbor (1942)
    Hi, Neighbor
    6.2
    • Roy Acuff Band Member (as Pete Kirby)
    • 1942

Soundtrack

  • Porter Wagoner in The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
    The Porter Wagoner Show
    7.9
    TV Series
    • performer: "Mountain Dew"
    • performer: "Black Smoke", "Columbus Stockade Blues"
    • writer: "Black Smoke" (as Bashful Brother Oswald)
    • 1974–1976
  • Ozark Jubilee
    TV Series
    • performer: "Fiddle Tune", "Worry, Worry Blues", "The Door of My Heart" (as Bashful Brother Oswald, uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Country Style, U.S.A. (1957)
    Country Style, U.S.A.
    TV Series
    • performer: "Columbus Stockade Blues"
    • Soundtrack (as Bashful Brother Oswald, as Bashful Brother Oswald, "Mountain Dew")
    • 1957–1958

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Pete 'Oswald' Kirby
  • Born
    • December 26, 1911
    • Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
  • Died
    • October 17, 2002
    • Nashville, Tennessee, USA(cancer)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Performer at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on Dobro, guitar and banjo.
  • Nickname
    • Bashful Brother Oswald

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