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Fess Parker
ACTOR

Fess Parker

Known for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · CBS News Sunday Morning

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.

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Born
Aug 16, 1924
Died
Mar 18, 2010
Birthplace
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

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Known For

TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock HourBen Wister · 1962
★ 7.9
TVCBS News Sunday Morning
CBS News Sunday MorningSelf · 1979
★ 6.8

Filmography

Movies

HarveyLeslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)
1950
No Room for the GroomCousin Ben (uncredited)
1952
Springfield RifleJim Randolph (uncredited)
1952
Untamed FrontierClem McCloud
1952
Island in the SkyFitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1953
The Kid from Left FieldMcDougal
1953
Thunder Over the PlainsKirby
1953
Davy Crockett, Indian FighterDavy Crockett
1954
Dragonfly SquadronTexas Lieutenant
1954
The Bounty HunterInterloper (uncredited)
1954
The Disneyland StorySelf
1954
Them!Alan Crotty
1954
Walt Disney Treasures - Davy CrockettDavy Crockett (archive footage)
1954
Battle CryPvt Speedy
1955
Davy Crockett at the AlamoDavy Crockett
1955
Davy Crockett Goes to CongressDavy Crockett
1955
Davy Crockett's Keelboat RaceDavy Crockett
1955
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild FrontierDavy Crockett
1955
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956
Davy Crockett and the River PiratesDavy Crockett
1956
Disneyland: U.S.A.Self - Davy Crockett
1956
The Great Locomotive ChaseJames J. Andrews
1956
Westward Ho, The Wagons!John 'Doc' Grayson
1956
Old YellerJim Coates
1957
The Light in the ForestDel Hardy
1958
Alias Jesse JamesDavy Crockett (uncredited)
1959
The HangmanSheriff Buck Weston
1959
The Jayhawkers!Cam Bleeker
1959
A
AftermathJonathan West
1960
Hell Is for HeroesSgt. Bill Pike
1962
Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail RiderDaniel Boone
1966
SmokyClint Barkley
1966
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney WorldSelf
1971
Climb an Angry MountainSheriff Elisha Cooper
1972
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelf
1978
American Gunmaker: The John M. Browning Story
1991
JW
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'Self
1992
A Conversation with Fess Parker
2001
Disney Through The Decades
2001
'Old Yeller': Remembering a ClassicSelf
2002
Året var 1956Self (archive footage)
2006

Television

The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 2 eps
1948
The Bob Hope ShowSelf - Cameo · 1 eps
1950
Dragnet1 eps
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 eps
1951
City Detective1 eps
1953
General Electric TheaterJonathan West · 1 eps
1953
Annie OakleyTom Conrad · 1 eps
1954
Annie OakleyLen Clinton · 1 eps
1954
Davy CrockettDavy Crockett · 5 eps
1954
Stories of the Century1 eps
1954
TG
The George Gobel ShowSelf · 1 eps
1954
The Wonderful World of DisneyJohn 'Doc' Grayson · 1 eps
1954
The Wonderful World of DisneySelf / James J Andrews · 1 eps
1954
The Wonderful World of DisneyDavy Crockett · 4 eps
1954
The Wonderful World of DisneySelf · 1 eps
1954
StartimeSelf · 1 eps
1959
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonEugene Smith · 24 eps
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourBen Wister · 1 eps
1962
Burke's LawHerman Sitwell · 1 eps
1963
The Danny Kaye ShowSelf · 1 eps
1963
Daniel BooneDaniel Boone · 165 eps
1964
Daniel BooneDirector
1964
TB
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSelf · 1 eps
1968
The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelf · 1 eps
1969
CBS News Sunday MorningSelf · 1 eps
1979

Photos

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