Fess Parker

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 1955–1956 TV miniseries and as Daniel Boone in a television series from 1964 to 1970. Filmography Parker as Daniel Boone George Sanders with Parker as Boone (1966) Harvey (1950) No Room for the Groom (1952) Untamed Frontier (1952) Springfield Rifle (1952) Take Me to Town (1953) The Kid from Left Field (1953) Island in the Sky (1953) Thunder Over the Plains (1953) Dragonfly Squadron (1954) Them! (1954) The Bounty Hunter (1954) Battle Cry (1955) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956) Old Yeller (1957) The Light in the Forest (1958) The Hangman (1959) Alias Jesse James (1959) The Jayhawkers! (1959) Hell Is for Heroes (1962) Smoky (1966) Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966) Climb an Angry Mountain (1972) [26] Television Dragnet: The Big Winchester "Annie Oakley: (May 8th, 1954), Annie and the Texas Sandman" Death Valley Days: (1954) Season 2,Ep 15, Kickapoo Run Davy Crockett (miniseries 1954–1955) City Detective (1 episode, 1955) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962–1963) Alfred Hitchcock Hour "Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale," as Sheriff Ben Wister (1963) Daniel Boone (lead cast member from 1964–1970, with Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, and Veronica Cartwright) Climb an Angry Mountain (1972) The Fess Parker Show (1974) (unsold pilot) Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure (2007) (as himself, discussing wine making)