Fess Parker

Fess Parker

1924-08-16 Fort Worth, Texas, USA 41 Credits

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.

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Året var 1956

Året var 1956

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

1956 - the year when Elvis Presley breaks through and Grace Kelly celebrates a fairytale wedding in Monaco. In Ställdalen, a rail bus carrying schoolc...

'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic

'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic

2002

as Self

Acting

Short documentary on the making of the Disney classic.

A Conversation with Fess Parker

A Conversation with Fess Parker

2001

Acting

“A Conversation with Fess Parker” (17:05) is another interview, edited almost exactly like the previous, where Maltin visits the man who played Davy C...

Disney Through The Decades

2001

Acting

features a look through the different decades of the disney company with old footage hosted by Disney stars. appeared on the 2009 Blu-Ray release of S...

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary about the making of the John Wayne film The Alamo (1960). Included are behind-the-scenes photos and footage of the actual production of th...

American Gunmaker: The John M. Browning Story

American Gunmaker: The John M. Browning Story

1991

6.0
Acting

Discover the remarkable life of John Moses Browning with host Fess Parker as he spans three generations of the Browning family to tell this fascinatin...

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

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

1978

as Self

Acting

Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, Disney’s Wonderful World, Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Dis...

Climb an Angry Mountain

Climb an Angry Mountain

1972

as Sheriff Elisha Cooper

Acting

Sheriff Elisha Cooper has to work with New York City officer Nelson after his son is taken hostage by a fugitive who is hiding out on California's Mou...

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

1971

as Self

7.0
Acting

A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida.

Smoky

Smoky

1966

as Clint Barkley

5.5
Acting

A cowboy named Clint bonds with a beautiful wild stallion that he trains, but after the two are separated and the horse ends up in a rodeo, Clint is d...

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider

1966

as Daniel Boone

5.0
Acting

Daniel Boone leads a party of settlers into Kentucky to found the town of Boonesborough. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a lovely, red-...

Hell Is for Heroes

Hell Is for Heroes

1962

as Sgt. Bill Pike

6.5
Acting

World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. ...

Aftermath

1960

as Jonathan West

8.0
Acting

Aftermath was the pilot for an unsold TV series called "The Code of Jonathan West"; it aired as part of The General Electric Theater. The film takes p...

The Jayhawkers!

The Jayhawkers!

1959

as Cam Bleeker

5.9
Acting

Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex...

The Hangman

The Hangman

1959

as Sheriff Buck Weston

6.3
Acting

A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town....

Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James

1959

as Davy Crockett (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent t...

The Light in the Forest

The Light in the Forest

1958

as Del Hardy

6.8
Acting

A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the pe...

Old Yeller

Old Yeller

1957

as Jim Coates

6.9
Acting

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 18...

Westward Ho, The Wagons!

Westward Ho, The Wagons!

1956

as John 'Doc' Grayson

5.5
Acting

The pioneering trail to Oregon was littered with constant danger. Yet, the hope of the "promised land" keeps American families westward bound despite ...

Disneyland: U.S.A.

Disneyland: U.S.A.

1956

as Self - Davy Crockett

8.0
Acting

A tour of the Disneyland theme park.

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956

as Davy Crockett

6.4
Acting

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie...

The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase

1956

as James J. Andrews

6.1
Acting

During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. Ho...

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

1956

Acting

Fess Parker heads to the set of The Great Locomotive Chase in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955

as Davy Crockett

7.0
Acting

Davy and Georgie end a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy sales, only for such hopes to be dashed by the se...

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

1955

as Davy Crockett

6.4
Acting

Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Croc...

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

1955

as Davy Crockett

6.5
Acting

The third of five programs about Davy Crockett involves him, Georgie and a riverboat gambler they meet searching for a new adventure, which leads them...

Battle Cry

Battle Cry

1955

as Pvt Speedy

5.7
Acting

The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits fr...

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

1955

as Davy Crockett

10.0
Acting

The second of five programs about Davy Crockett involves him being bored with life, so he and Georgie plan to resettle their families and file their c...

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

1954

as Davy Crockett

6.5
Acting

Davy Crockett seeks a truce with his Indian foes.

Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett

Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett

1954

as Davy Crockett

10.0
Acting

Experience the hit television show that became a national sensation and made coonskin caps a staple for a generation of American youngsters. With a ri...

The Disneyland Story

The Disneyland Story

1954

8.0
Acting

Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily ...

The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter

1954

as Wild Cowboy

6.6
Acting

A year after a violent train robbery the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find the three remaining killers. He tracks them to Twin ...

Them!

Them!

1954

as Alan Crotty

6.8
Acting

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists ...

Dragonfly Squadron

Dragonfly Squadron

1954

as Texas Lieutenant

6.0
Acting

A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in air defense, by American Air Force instructors,led ...

Thunder Over the Plains

Thunder Over the Plains

1953

as Kirby

5.4
Acting

Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers, hiding behind the legal protection of the Union Ar...

Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky

1953

as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must ke...

The Kid from Left Field

The Kid from Left Field

1953

as McDougal

7.2
Acting

Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, C...

Springfield Rifle

Springfield Rifle

1952

as Jim Randolph (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipmen...

Untamed Frontier

Untamed Frontier

1952

as Clem McCloud

7.2
Acting

The Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge, Glenn Denbow marries Jane, the only witness who's in love...

No Room for the Groom

No Room for the Groom

1952

as Cousin Ben (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night arise from illness, her manipulative mother, and a h...

Harvey

Harvey

1950

as Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)

7.7
Acting

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileg...