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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 Hi, Neighbor (1942), Home in San Antone (1949) 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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John Archer and Marilyn Hare in Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Hi, Neighbor
6.6
  • Roy Acuff Band Member(as Pete Kirby)
  • 1942
Home in San Antone
5.1
  • Guitar player
  • 1949
Roy Acuff, Russell Arms, Sybil Merritt, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)
Smoky Mountain Melody
6.4
  • Musician(as Pete Kirby)
  • 1948
Porter Wagoner in The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
The Porter Wagoner Show
7.9
TV Series
  • Soundtrack("Mountain Dew", as Bashful Brother Oswald, "Black Smoke", "Columbus Stockade Blues", "Black Smoke")

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  • Home in San Antone
    5.1
    • Guitar player
    • 1949
  • Roy Acuff, Russell Arms, Sybil Merritt, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)
    Smoky Mountain Melody
    6.4
    • Musician (as Pete Kirby)
    • 1948
  • Roy Acuff, Virginia Brissac, Stanley Brown, Harry Cheshire, Carolina Cotton, Maxine Doyle, Earle Hodgins, Olin Howland, Charles Irwin, Mary Kenyon, Beverly Lloyd, Florence Pepper, Jimmy Riddle, Ruth Terry, Myrtle Wiseman, Scotty Wiseman, Joe Zinkan, Jesse Easterday, Beecher Kirby, Rachel Veach, The Milo Twins, and Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys and Girls in Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)
    Sing, Neighbor, Sing
    6.2
    • Member, Smoky Mountain Boys Band (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • John Archer and Marilyn Hare in Hi, Neighbor (1942)
    Hi, Neighbor
    6.6
    • 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"
    • 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" (as Bashful Brother Oswald)
    • 1957–1958

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

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

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