Fess Parker
August 16, 1924 (100 years old) in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of Davy Crockett in the Walt Disney 1954–1955 TV miniseries, which aired on ABC, and as Daniel Boone in an NBC television series from 1964 to 1970. He was also known as a winemaker and resort owner-operator.
Known For
Credits
- 2002 · 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic as Self
- 2001 · A Conversation with Fess Parker as
- 2001 · Disney Through The Decades as
- 1992 · John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Self
- 1991 · American Gunmaker: The John M. Browning Story as
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1972 · Climb an Angry Mountain as Sheriff Elisha Cooper
- 1971 · The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World as Self
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1968 · The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self
- 1966 · Smoky as Clint Barkley
- 1966 · Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider as Daniel Boone
- 1966 · Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show as
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Herman Sitwell
- 1962 · Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Eugene Smith
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Ben Wister
- 1962 · Hell Is for Heroes as Sgt. Pike
- 1960 · Aftermath as Jonathan West
- 1959 · The Jayhawkers! as Cam Bleeker
- 1959 · Startime as
- 1959 · The Hangman as Sheriff Buck Weston
- 1959 · Alias Jesse James as Davy Crockett (uncredited)
- 1958 · The Light in the Forest as Del Hardy
- 1957 · Old Yeller as Jim Coates
- 1956 · Westward Ho, The Wagons! as John 'Doc' Grayson
- 1956 · Disneyland: U.S.A. as Self - Davy Crockett
- 1956 · Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Davy Crockett
- 1956 · The Great Locomotive Chase as James J. Andrews
- 1955 · Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race as Davy Crockett
- 1955 · Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as Davy Crockett
- 1955 · Davy Crockett at the Alamo as Davy Crockett
- 1955 · Battle Cry as Pvt Speedy
- 1955 · Davy Crockett Goes to Congress as Davy Crockett
- 1954 · Davy Crockett as Davy Crockett
- 1954 · Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter as Davy Crockett
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as John 'Doc' Grayson
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self / James J Andrews
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Davy Crockett
- 1954 · The Disneyland Story as
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · The Bounty Hunter as Wild Cowboy
- 1954 · Them! as Alan Crotty
- 1954 · Dragonfly Squadron as Texas Lieutenant
- 1954 · Stories of the Century as
- 1954 · Annie Oakley as Tom Conrad - Newspaper Publisher
- 1954 · Annie Oakley as Len Clinton - The Texas Sandman
- 1953 · Thunder Over the Plains as Kirby
- 1953 · City Detective as
- 1953 · Island in the Sky as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Kid from Left Field as McDougal
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Jonathan West
- 1952 · Springfield Rifle as Jim Randolph (uncredited)
- 1952 · Untamed Frontier as Clem McCloud
- 1952 · No Room for the Groom as Cousin Ben (uncredited)
- 1951 · Dragnet as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1950 · Harvey as Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self - Cameo
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self