Gilbert Ray "Speck" Rhodes (July 16, 1915 – March 19, 2000) was an American country music comedian and entertainer.
He and three of his siblings, Slim, Dusty, and Bea, known as The Junior Arkansas Travelers played the RKO Vaudeville theater circuit on the West Coast in the early 1930s.
While the band was at Poplar Bluff, Speck developed his comic character that served him for the rest of his career.
Speck got the job, and because he and Porter both come from West Plains, they had a natural chemistry that resulted in an association lasting over 20 years.
After the Porter Wagoner television show ended, Speck worked alone for a few years until retiring in September 1996.