Fess Parker

Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010), was an American actor.

 Career 
His first movie was Harvey (1950) with James Stewart. Over the years, he worked on movies with many well known actors. These include Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Jeff Chandler and Steve McQueen.

Fess Parker work for Disney on two movies about Davy Crockett In 1964, NBC hired him to do a television series about Daniel Boone.  The series was about the Boone and his fights against the Indians and the redcoats in the American Revolution. The cast of the series included of Patricia Blair as Rebecca Boone, Albert Salmi as Yadkin, Ed Ames as Mingo, Roosevelt Grier as Gabe Cooper and Darby Hinton is Israel Boone. 159 episodes were made between 1964-1970.

Movies
YearMovie1950Harvey1952 Springfield Rifle 1954Them!1956Westward Ho, The Wagons!
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|1959||Alias Jesse James|-
|rowspan=2|1962||The Jayhawker!Hell Is for Heroes1955Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier1956 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

 References 
A sci-fi swarm and horror horde: interviews with 62 filmmakers by Tom Weaver
 Magazine Texas Monthly Nov 1986

 Other websites 

Category:1924 births
Category:2010 deaths
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:Actors from Fort Worth, Texas