Davy Crockett star Fess Parker dies. Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Fess Parker are no more. A TV icon is at rest.
Actor Fess Parker died today, March 18, 2010, of natural causes. He was 85. His portrayal of American frontiersmen Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone will live forever in film and video. He was an early television icon. He is being remembered as a Baby Boomers TV hero. In the 1950s, his Davy Crockett made kids want coonskin caps. In the late 1950s, he starred in a series of Disney films that were very popular with families and kids. These films include, "The Great Locomotive Chase," "Westward Ho the Wagons!" "Old Yeller," and "The Light in the Forest." He starred in the TV series, Daniel Boone, which originally aired from 1964-69. (Hollywood Reporter)
R.I.P. Fess Parker aka Davy Crockett., king of the wild frontier.
Fess Parker - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Actor Fess Parker died today, March 18, 2010, of natural causes. He was 85. His portrayal of American frontiersmen Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone will live forever in film and video. He was an early television icon. He is being remembered as a Baby Boomers TV hero. In the 1950s, his Davy Crockett made kids want coonskin caps. In the late 1950s, he starred in a series of Disney films that were very popular with families and kids. These films include, "The Great Locomotive Chase," "Westward Ho the Wagons!" "Old Yeller," and "The Light in the Forest." He starred in the TV series, Daniel Boone, which originally aired from 1964-69. (Hollywood Reporter)
R.I.P. Fess Parker aka Davy Crockett., king of the wild frontier.
Fess Parker - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Videos: DANIEL BOONE Song performed by Fess Parker, from his Album "Great American Heroes", Fess Parker - The Ballad of Davy Crockett.