Fess Parker
American actor (1924-2010) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 85
Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of the title characters in Walt Disney Productions' television miniseries Davy Crockett and the television series Daniel Boone.
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Året var 1956Film2002
'Old Yeller': Remembering a ClassicFilm1992John Wayne's 'The Alamo'Film1991Disney LegendsAward
American Gunmaker: The John M. Browning StoryFilm, 19911979
CBS News Sunday MorningSeries1972
Climb an Angry MountainFilm, Sheriff Elisha Cooper1971
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney WorldFilm1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSeries1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSeries1963
Burke's LawSeries, Herman Sitwell1962Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSeries, Eugene Smith
Hell Is for HeroesFilm, 1962Sgt. Bill Pike1960AftermathFilm, Jonathan West1959
StartimeSeries1958
The Light in the ForestFilm, Del Hardy1957
Old YellerFilm, Jim Coates1955
Battle CryFilm, Pvt Speedy1954
Annie OakleySeries, Tom Conrad - Newspaper Publisher
Davy Crockett, Indian FighterFilm, 1954Davy Crockett1952
No Room for the GroomFilm, Cousin Ben (uncredited)1951
DragnetSeries1950
The Bob Hope ShowSeries
HarveyFilm, 1950Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1924Born16 August 1924
Året var 1956Film2002'Old Yeller': Remembering a ClassicFilm1992John Wayne's 'The Alamo'Film1991Disney LegendsAwardAmerican Gunmaker: The John M. Browning StoryFilm, 19911979CBS News Sunday MorningSeries1972Climb an Angry MountainFilm, Sheriff Elisha Cooper1971The Grand Opening of Walt Disney WorldFilm1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSeries1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSeries1963Burke's LawSeries, Herman Sitwell1962Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSeries, Eugene SmithHell Is for HeroesFilm, 1962Sgt. Bill Pike1960AftermathFilm, Jonathan West1959StartimeSeries1958The Light in the ForestFilm, Del Hardy1957Old YellerFilm, Jim Coates1955Battle CryFilm, Pvt Speedy1954Annie OakleySeries, Tom Conrad - Newspaper PublisherDavy Crockett, Indian FighterFilm, 1954Davy Crockett1952No Room for the GroomFilm, Cousin Ben (uncredited)1951DragnetSeries1950The Bob Hope ShowSeriesHarveyFilm, 1950Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1924Born16 August 1924People around Fess
Close ties
Walt Disney Produced Old Yeller (1957)
Norman Foster Directed Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Tom W. Blackburn Wrote Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter (1954)- Bill Walsh Produced Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
André de Toth Directed Springfield Rifle (1952)
Buddy Ebsen Also in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Jeff York Also in Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955)
Kenneth Tobey Also in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Helene Stanley Also in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Basil Ruysdael Also in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
George Sherman Produced Daniel Boone, directed Smoky (1966)
Don Megowan Also in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
David Weisbart Produced Them! and Thunder Over the Plains
William Bakewell Also in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
James Arness Also in Island in the Sky and Alias Jesse James
Mike Mazurki Also in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
George Bruns Wrote Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Paul Smith Wrote The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
John Lupton Also in Dragonfly Squadron and Battle Cry
Iron Eyes Cody Also in Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956)
John Wayne Produced Island in the Sky (1953)
Gary Cooper Also in Springfield Rifle and Alias Jesse James
Jack L. Warner Produced Battle Cry (1955)
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Smoky (1966)
Known for
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Harvey 1950
Old Yeller 1957
Them! 1954
Hell Is for Heroes 1962
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
66 credits on file
Television 20
Media & music
Photos 9
Fess Parker as Davy Crockett addresses the city of Philadelphia in the Walt Disney television miniseries
With Sandra Warner in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Fess Parker as Daniel Boone with Brock Peters
The Fess Parker Winery in Los Olivos, California
Fess Parker in 1985
The handprints of Fess Parker in front of Hollywood Hills Amphitheater at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park
Parker as Daniel BooneAwards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2010 · aged 85
