Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-08-16

Deathday

2010-03-18 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Fess Elisha Parker Jr.
Fess Elisha Parker

Fess Parker

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Known For

7.7%

Harvey

Dec 4, 1950

6.8%

Them!

Jun 16, 1954

6.9%

Old Yeller

Dec 25, 1957

6.5%

Hell Is for Heroes

Jun 26, 1962

6.4%

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

May 25, 1955

7.8%

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Sep 20, 1962

6.3%

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Jul 18, 1956

6.2%

Island in the Sky

Sep 5, 1953

6.1%

Springfield Rifle

Oct 22, 1952

6.3%

The Hangman

Jun 17, 1959

6.4%

Dragnet

Dec 16, 1951

7.8%

The Wonderful World of Disney

Oct 27, 1954

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Acting

2006

Året var 1956 as Self (archive footage)

2002

'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic as Self

2001		A Conversation with Fess Parker
2001		Disney Through The Decades

1992

John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Self

1991

American Gunmaker: The John M. Browning Story

1979

CBS News Sunday Morning as Self

1978

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self

1972

Climb an Angry Mountain as Sheriff Elisha Cooper

1971

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World as Self

1969

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self

1968

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self

1966		Smoky as Clint Barkley
1966		Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider as Daniel Boone
1966		Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1965

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

1964

Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone

1963		The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963		Burke's Law as Herman Sitwell

1962		Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Eugene Smith
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Ben Wister
1962		Hell Is for Heroes as Sgt. Bill Pike

1960

Aftermath as Jonathan West

1959		The Jayhawkers! as Cam Bleeker
1959		Startime
1959		The Hangman as Sheriff Buck Weston
1959		Alias Jesse James as Davy Crockett (uncredited)

1958

The Light in the Forest as Del Hardy

1957

Old Yeller as Jim Coates

1956		Westward Ho, The Wagons! as John 'Doc' Grayson
1956		Disneyland: U.S.A. as Self - Davy Crockett
1956		Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Davy Crockett
1956		The Great Locomotive Chase as James J. Andrews

1955		Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race as Davy Crockett
1955		Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as Davy Crockett
1955		Davy Crockett at the Alamo as Davy Crockett
1955		Battle Cry as Pvt Speedy
1955		Davy Crockett Goes to Congress as Davy Crockett

1954		Davy Crockett as Davy Crockett
1954		Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter as Davy Crockett
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as John 'Doc' Grayson
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Self / James J Andrews
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Davy Crockett
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1954		The Disneyland Story
1954		The George Gobel Show as Self
1954		The Bounty Hunter as Wild Cowboy
1954		Them! as Alan Crotty
1954		Dragonfly Squadron as Texas Lieutenant
1954		Stories of the Century
1954		Annie Oakley as Tom Conrad - Newspaper Publisher
1954		Annie Oakley as Len Clinton - The Texas Sandman

1953		Thunder Over the Plains as Kirby
1953		City Detective
1953		Island in the Sky as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1953		The Kid from Left Field as McDougal
1953		General Electric Theater as Jonathan West

1952		Springfield Rifle as Jim Randolph (uncredited)
1952		Untamed Frontier as Clem McCloud
1952		No Room for the Groom as Cousin Ben (uncredited)

1951		Dragnet
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1950		Harvey as Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)
1950		The Bob Hope Show as Self - Cameo

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

Directing

1964

Daniel Boone as Director