Fess Parker
Born: 1924-08-16 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Died: 2010-03-18
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.
Filmography
2006
- Året var 1956 as Self (archive footage)
2002
1992
- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Self
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
1972
- Climb an Angry Mountain as Sheriff Elisha Cooper
1971
1969
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
1968
1966
- Smoky as Clint Barkley
- Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider as Daniel Boone
1964
- Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
1963
- Burke's Law as Herman Sitwell
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Ben Wister
- Hell Is for Heroes as Sgt. Bill Pike
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Eugene Smith
1960
- Aftermath as Jonathan West
1959
- The Hangman as Sheriff Buck Weston
- Alias Jesse James as Davy Crockett (uncredited)
- Startime
- The Jayhawkers! as Cam Bleeker
1958
- The Light in the Forest as Del Hardy
1957
- Old Yeller as Jim Coates
1956
- The Great Locomotive Chase as James J. Andrews
- Westward Ho, The Wagons! as John 'Doc' Grayson
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Davy Crockett
- Disneyland: U.S.A. as Self - Davy Crockett
- Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1955
- Battle Cry as Pvt Speedy
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as Davy Crockett
- Davy Crockett Goes to Congress as Davy Crockett
- Davy Crockett at the Alamo as Davy Crockett
- Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race as Davy Crockett
1954
- Them! as Alan Crotty
- Dragonfly Squadron as Texas Lieutenant
- The George Gobel Show as Self
- Annie Oakley as Tom Conrad - Newspaper Publisher
- The Bounty Hunter as Interloper (uncredited)
- The Disneyland Story
- Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter as Davy Crockett
- The Wonderful World of Disney as John 'Doc' Grayson
- Davy Crockett as Davy Crockett
- Stories of the Century
- Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett as Davy Crockett (archive footage)
1953
- Island in the Sky as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
- Thunder Over the Plains as Kirby
- City Detective
- General Electric Theater as Jonathan West
- The Kid from Left Field as McDougal
1952
- Springfield Rifle as Jim Randolph (uncredited)
- Untamed Frontier as Clem McCloud
- No Room for the Groom as Cousin Ben (uncredited)
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self - Cameo
- Harvey as Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self