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
Complete Filmography

Året var 1956
2006
as Self (archive footage)
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
2002
as Self
Short documentary on the making of the Disney classic.

A Conversation with Fess Parker
2001
“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
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
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
1991
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
1978
as Self
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
1972
as Sheriff Elisha Cooper
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
1971
as Self
A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida.

Smoky
1966
as Clint Barkley
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
1966
as Daniel Boone
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
1962
as Sgt. Bill Pike
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
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!
1959
as Cam Bleeker
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
1959
as Sheriff Buck Weston
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
1959
as Davy Crockett (uncredited)
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
1958
as Del Hardy
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
1957
as Jim Coates
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!
1956
as John 'Doc' Grayson
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.
1956
as Self - Davy Crockett
A tour of the Disneyland theme park.

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
as Davy Crockett
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
1956
as James J. Andrews
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
1956
Fess Parker heads to the set of The Great Locomotive Chase in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
as Davy Crockett
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
1955
as Davy Crockett
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
1955
as Davy Crockett
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
1955
as Pvt Speedy
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
1955
as Davy Crockett
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
1954
as Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett seeks a truce with his Indian foes.

Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett
1954
as Davy Crockett
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
1954
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
1954
as Wild Cowboy
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!
1954
as Alan Crotty
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
1954
as Texas Lieutenant
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
1953
as Kirby
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
1953
as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
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
1953
as McDougal
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
1952
as Jim Randolph (uncredited)
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
1952
as Clem McCloud
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
1952
as Cousin Ben (uncredited)
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
1950
as Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)
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...