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Fess Parker

Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was an American film and television actor whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps. After his acting career, Parker devoted much of his time to operating his Fess Parker Family Winery and Vineyards in Los Olivos, California

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Filmography
  • Born In Fort Worth, Texas, USA
  • Born August 16, 1924
  • Died March 18, 2010
  • On Other Sites IMDB Wikipedia
  • Created April 5, 2019 by
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Westward Ho the Wagons!

1956
as John 'Doc' Grayson

Disneyland, U.S.A

1956
as Himself - as Davy Crockett

Untamed Frontier

1952
as Clem McCloud

Daniel Boone Frontier trail rider

1966
as Daniel boone

The Jayhawkers!

1959
as Cam Bleeker

Hell Is for Heroes

1962
as Sgt. Pike

The Great Locomotive Chase

1956
as James J. Andrews

Them!

1954
as Alan Crotty

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956
as Davy Crockett

Old Yeller

1957
as Jim Coates

Daniel Boone

1964
as Daniel Boone

A Conversation with Fess Parker

2001
as Fess Parker

Davy Crockett Goes To Congress

1955
as Davy Crockett

Battle Cry

1955
as Pvt Speedy

Take Me to Town

1953
as Long John

The Kid from Left Field

1953
as McDougal

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955
as Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

1955
as Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett

1954
as Davy Crockett

Thunder Over the Plains

1953
as Kirby

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

1955
as Davy Crockett

The Bounty Hunter

1954
as Wild cowboy at end of film

The Light in the Forest

1958
as Del Hardy

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

1954
as Davy Crockett

Climb an Angry Mountain

1972
as Sheriff Elisha Cooper

The Hangman

1959
as Sheriff Buck Weston

Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zip A Dee Doo Dah

1986
as Davy Crockett (archive footage)

Director

Episode Daniel Boone
Then Who Will They Hang from the Yardarm If Willy Gets Away? 		1968

Guest Star

Episode Annie Oakley
Annie and the Mystery Woman 		1954
Episode Destry
Destry Had A Little Lamb 		1964
Episode Disneyland
Davy Crockett : Indian Fighter 		1954
Episode The Danny Kaye Show
Buddy Ebsen / Clint Eastwood / Fess Parker / Charo 		1965
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale 		1963
Episode The Red Skelton Show
He Died With His Boots On, Cause He Had Cold Feet to Start 		1970
Episode Dragnet (1951)
The Big Winchester 		1954
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed WHO IV? 		1964
Episode The Wonderful World of Disney
Dateline Disneyland 		1955
Episode Stories of the Century
The Dalton Gang 		1954