Pat Brady - wikipedia Pat Brady For the cartoonist of Rose is Rose, see Pat Brady ( cartoonist ). For the Irish footballer, see Pat Brady ( footballer ). For the American football player, see Pat Brady ( American football ). For the Illinois politician, see Pat Brady ( politician ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) Brady in 1952. Pat Brady ( December 31, 1914 -- February 27, 1972 ) was best known as the `` comical sidekick '' of the popular cowboy film and television star Roy Rogers. Pat 's full name was Robert Ellsworth Patrick Aloysious O'Brady and this was shortened to `` Bob Brady, '' although it is not known when the `` O ' '' was dropped from `` O'Brady. '' Born in Toledo, Ohio, Pat Brady first appeared on stage at the age of four, in a road - show production of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. From that initial stage appearance until his death, his life was dedicated to the world of entertainment as a musician and actor, almost exclusively in comedic roles. In 1935, while working as a bassist in California, Pat struck up a friendship with a young country & western singer named Leonard Slye, a member of the popular Sons of the Pioneers. When Len Slye was elevated to screen stardom as Roy Rogers, he recommended Brady as his replacement in `` The Sons ''. However, as Bob Nolan, an original member of The Sons, was referred to as `` Bob, '' and The Sons thought one `` Bob '' was enough, `` Bob Brady '' then became `` Pat Brady ''. Making the transition to films himself in 1937, Brady played comedy relief in several of the Charles Starrett Westerns at Columbia. Brady served in World War II and was at the Battle of the Bulge, in Bastogne. In the early 1940s, he moved to Republic, where he played zany camp cook Sparrow Biffle in the Roy Rogers vehicles. When Rogers moved to television in 1951, he took Brady with him. Now billed as `` himself, '' Brady enlivened over 100 episodes of The Roy Rogers Show, happily driving about the sagebrush at the wheel of his faithful jeep `` Nellybelle. '' Long after the cancellation of the weekly series, Brady continued his association with Rogers on television and in personal appearances. He also rejoined the Sons of the Pioneers in 1959 as a replacement for Shug Fisher, a well - known character actor. In late 1962, Brady appeared with Rogers and Evans in their short - lived ABC comedy, western, and variety program The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, which lost out in the Saturday evenings ratings to The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS. Joining Brady on that program was comedian Cliff Arquette in his Charley Weaver role. Coincidentally, Arquette, like Brady, was born in Toledo. Pat Brady died at the age of fifty - seven in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. At his funeral on March 1, 1972, Hugh Farr and Lloyd Perryman, both members of the Sons of the Pioneers, sang `` Tumbling Tumbleweeds '' and `` At the Rainbows End ''. Selected filmography Man from Cheyenne ( 1942 ) Melody Time ( 1948 ) as Himself The Golden Stallion ( 1949 ) Heldrado ( 1946 ) ( uncredited ) Loving You ( 1957 ) Band Member Footnotes ^ Jump up to : Rothel. ^ Jump up to : `` Pat Brady, Film. Cowboy, Dies ; Roy Rogers 's Sidekick Was 57 '', obituary, The New York Times, New York, N.Y. ; retrieved October 24, 2017. References Rothel, David. 1984. Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey. ISBN 0 - 8108 - 1707 - 1 VIAF : 56177809 LCCN : no92010268 ISNI : 0000 0001 0974 942X IATH : w6q27s97 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Brady&oldid=806788247 '' Categories : 1914 births 1972 deaths Male actors from Toledo, Ohio American male television actors 20th - century American male actors American male film actors People from Green Mountain Falls, Colorado American military personnel of World War II Sons of the Pioneers members Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2009 All articles needing additional references Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 24 October 2017, at 04 : 29. About Wikipedia

Question: who played pat on the roy rogers show
Answer: Pat Brady