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Gene Autry (I) (1907–1998)


Composer, songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again","That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine"), actor, author and businessman, educated at Ravia (Oklahoma) High School. He was a telegrapher for the Frisco Railroad, and first appeared on radio in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Later he had his own radio show on CBS. In World War he was a flight officer for the United States Army Air Force... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2013 42 (writer: "Be Honest With Me" / performer: "Be Honest With Me")
 
2012 Christmas in Compton (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
2010-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #20.53 (2011) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" - uncredited)
Episode #19.56 (2010) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" - uncredited)
Episode #19.53 (2010) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" - uncredited)
 
2010 Back in the Saddle (short) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
 
2010 Temple Grandin (TV movie) (performer: "Silver Bells" 1950)
 
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video) (performer: "Introduction/Clip: Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine")
 
2009 Public Enemies (performer: "The Last Round Up")
 
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (documentary) (performer: "Gold Can Buy Anything But Love")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (performer: "On the Sunset Trail" - uncredited)
 
2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Jennifer Aniston/Pilobolus (2008) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane")
 
2008 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
Orphan Earl (2008) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane" - uncredited / performer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane" - uncredited)
 
2008/I W. (performer: "Deep in the Heart of Texas")
 
2007 Fred Claus (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane", "Ludacrismas")
 
2007 American Idol (TV series)
Auditions: Rest of the Best (2007) ("Back in the Saddle Again" - uncredited)
 
2007/I Snow Angels (writer: "In the Heart of the West" / performer: "In the Heart of the West")
 
2006 Las Vegas (TV series)
White Christmas (2006) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
Meatball Montecito (2006) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
2004 The Polar Express (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane")
 
2004 The Stepford Wives (music: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane" 1947 / lyrics: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane" 1947)
 
1997-2003 The Simpsons (TV series)
'Tis the Fifteenth Season (2003) (music: "Here Comes Santa Claus" - uncredited)
Miracle on Evergreen Terrace (1997) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane")
 
2003 7th Heaven (TV series)
Back in the Saddle Again (2003) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again" / performer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
 
2002 Flower & Garnet (performer: "Red River Valley")
 
2001 On the Edge (performer: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer")
 
2000 Roswell (TV series)
Harvest (2000) (performer: "Back In The Saddle Again")
 
1999 Man on the Moon (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1947)
 
1999 Futurama (TV series)
Xmas Story (1999) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" parody)
 
1999 Saturday Night Live Christmas (video) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane" - uncredited)
 
1999 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey (TV special) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane" - uncredited)
 
1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
1998 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
Werewolf (1998) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" - uncredited)
 
1997 Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (TV documentary) ("Here Comes Santa Claus" excerpt)
 
1996 Johns (performer: "Jingle Bells" 1857)
 
1994 Radioland Murders (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
 
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1947)
 
1993 Sleepless in Seattle (writer: "Back In The Saddle Again" / performer: "Back In The Saddle Again")
 
1993 RoboCop 3 (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" / performer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
1991 Scenes from a Mall (performer: "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER")
 
1989 Christmas Vacation (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" / performer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (performer: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer")
 
1986 A Smoky Mountain Christmas (TV movie) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
1985 Better Off Dead... (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
1982 Some Kind of Hero (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
 
1975-1981 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Tell It to the Marines (1981) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
Margaret's Engagement (1976) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
House Arrest (1975) (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again")
 
1980 Kinky Tricks (performer: "Back in the Saddle Again" - uncredited)
 
1977 Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (TV short) (writer: "Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey")
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (music: "Riding Down the Canyon" - uncredited, "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - uncredited / lyrics: "Riding Down the Canyon" - uncredited, "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - uncredited / performer: "Riding Down the Canyon" - uncredited, "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1974 Female Trouble (performer: "Jingle Bells")
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge (writer: "There's Only One Love in a Lifetime" / performer: "There's Only One Love in a Lifetime")
 
1956 Columbia World of Sports: Rodeo Daredevils (documentary short) (lyrics: "Back in the Saddle Again")
 
1950-1955 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Dynamite (1955) (performer: "Sierra Nevada")
The Rangerette (1955) (performer: "Old MacDonald Had a Farm")
Ride Ranchero (1955) (writer: "Ridin' Down the Canyon" / performer: "Ridin' Down the Canyon")
Saddle Up (1955) (writer: "Pretty Mary" / performer: "Pretty Mary", "Gallivantin' Galveston Gal")
Go West, Young Lady (1955) (writer: "Back in the Doghouse Again" / performer: "When The Bloom is on the Sage", "Back in the Doghouse Again")
 
1953 The Liberace Show (TV series)
Christmas Show (1953) (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus")
 
1953 Last of the Pony Riders (writer: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle" / performer: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle")
 
1953 Saginaw Trail (performer: "Beautiful Dreamer", "When It's Prayer-Meeting Time in the Hollow")
 
1953 Pack Train (writer: "God's Little Candles", "Wagon Train" / performer: "God's Little Candles", "Wagon Train")
 
1953 Goldtown Ghost Riders (writer: "Goldmine in Your Heart" - uncredited / performer: "Goldmine in Your Heart" - uncredited)
 
1953 On Top of Old Smoky (writer: "I Hang My Head and Cry")
 
1953 Winning of the West (writer: "Cowboy Blues" - uncredited, "Fetch Me Down My Trusty '45" - uncredited / music: "I'm a Cowpoke Pokin' Along" - uncredited / lyrics: "I'm a Cowpoke Pokin' Along" - uncredited / performer: "I'm a Cowpoke Pokin' Along" - uncredited, "Cowboy Blues" - uncredited)
 
1952 Blue Canadian Rockies (writer: "Blue Canadian Rockies", "Mama Don't Allow No Music" / performer: "Blue Canadian Rockies", "Anytime", "Mama Don't Allow No Music")
 
1952 Wagon Team (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again" / performer: "Back in the Saddle Again", "In and Out of the Jailhouse", "Howdy Friends and Neighbors")
 
1952 Barbed Wire (performer: "Mexicali Rose", "Old Buckaroo")
 
1952 Apache Country (performer: "Cold, Cold Heart", "The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along", "Crime Will Never Pay")
 
1952 Night Stage to Galveston (performer: "A Heart as Big as Texas", "Down in Slumberland", "The Eyes of Texas")
 
1952 The Old West (performer: "Somebody Bigger Than You and I", "Music By the Angels")
 
1951 Valley of Fire (performer: "On Top Of Old Smoky", "Here's To The Ladies")
 
1951 The Hills of Utah (performer: "Peter Cottontail", "Utah")
 
1951 Silver Canyon (writer: "Ridin' Down the Canyon" / performer: "Ridin' Down the Canyon", "Fort Worth Jail")
 
1951 Whirlwind (writer: "Twiddle O'Twill")
 
1951 Texans Never Cry (writer: "Texans Never Cry" / performer: "Ride, Ranger, Ride", "Texans Never Cry")
 
1950 The Blazing Sun (performer: "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes", "Along The Navajo Trail")
 
1950 Indian Territory (performer: "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy", "When the Campfire is Low on the Prairie")
 
1950 Beyond the Purple Hills (performer: "Beyond the Purple Hills", "Dear Hearts and Gentle People", "The Girl I Left Behind Me")
 
1950 Hoedown (writer: "I Can't Shake the Sands of Texas from My Shoes" / performer: "I Can't Shake the Sands of Texas from My Shoes")
 
1950 Cow Town (performer: "Powder Your Face With Sunshine" - uncredited, "Buffalo Gals" - uncredited, "Down in the Valley" - uncredited, "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie The Cowboy's Lament" - uncredited)
 
1949 Sons of New Mexico (writer: "I Can't Shake the Sands of Texas From My Shoes", "There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado" / performer: "I Can't Shake the Sands of Texas From My Shoes", "Honey, I'm In Love With You", "There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado")
 
1949 Riders in the Sky (performer: "Ghost Riders In The Sky", "It Makes No Difference Now", "Cowboy's Lament" Streets of Laredo)
 
1949 The Cowboy and the Indians (writer: "Here Comes Santa Claus" / performer: "One Little Indian Boy", "Silent Night", "America the Beautiful")
 
1949 Rim of the Canyon (writer: "You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven" / performer: "You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven", "Rim Of The Canyon")
 
1949 Riders of the Whistling Pines (performer: "It's My Lazy Day", "Toolie Oolie Doolie", "Hair of Gold", "Let's Go", "Every Time I Feel The Spirit", "Little Big Dry")
 
1949 The Big Sombrero (performer: "You Belong To My Heart", "Rancho Pillow", "My Adobe Hacienda", "Goodbye to Old Mexico", "I'm Thankful For Small Favors", "Oh, My Darlin' Clementine", "Trail To Mexico")
 
1948 Loaded Pistols (writer: "Pretty Mary" / performer: "Loaded Pistols", "When The Bloom Is On The Sage", "A Boy From Texas, A Girl From Tennessee", "Jimmy-Crack-Corn", "Pretty Mary")
 
1948 The Strawberry Roan (performer: "The Strawberry Roan", "Texas Sandman", "The Angel Song When the Angels turn the lights on in Heaven", "Can't Shake the Sands of Texas From My Shoes", "When the White Roses Bloom in Red River Valley")
 
1947 The Last Round-up (performer: "An Apple For the Teacher", "The Last Round-up", "You Can't See the Sun When You're Crying", "One Hundred and Sixty Acres", "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain")
 
1947 Robin Hood of Texas (writer: "The Merry-Go-Roundup", "Good Old-Fashioned Hoedown" / performer: "The Merry-Go-Roundup", "Good Old-Fashioned Hoedown", "Going Back To Texas", "You're the Moment of a Lifetime")
 
1947 Saddle Pals (lyrics: "I Wish I Never Had Met Sunshine")
 
1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande (performer: "The Old Lamplighter" / "Twilight on the Rio Grande")
 
1947 Trail to San Antone (writer: "The Cowboy Blues" / performer: "The Cowboy Blues", "Shame on You", "By the River of the Roses", "That's My Home", "Down the Trail To San Antone")
 
1946/I Sioux City Sue (performer: "Sioux City Sue", "Someday You'll Want Me To Want You", "You Stole My Heart", "Yours Quiereme Mucho")
 
1945 Flaming Bullets (writer: "I Hang My Head and Cry", "Be Honest With Me")
 
1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River (writer: "Rocky Canyon")
 
1943 Man from Music Mountain (writer: "I'm Beginning to Care")
 
1942 Stardust on the Sage (music: "You'll Be Sorry" 1942 - uncredited / lyrics: "You'll Be Sorry" 1942 - uncredited / performer: "Good Night Sweetheart" 1931 - uncredited, "You'll Be Sorry" 1942 - uncredited, "When the Roses Bloom Again" 1942 - uncredited, "I'll Never Let You Go, Little Darlin'" 1943? - uncredited, "You Are My Sunshine" 1940 - uncredited, "Home on the Range" 1904 - uncredited, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1942 Strictly in the Groove (writer: "Be Honest With Me')
 
1942 Bells of Capistrano (performer: "Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You", "Forgive Me", "At Sundown")
 
1942 Call of the Canyon (performer: "Montana Plains", "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place", " Give Me Back My Boots And Saddle", "Call of the Canyon")
 
1942 Home in Wyomin' (writer: "Tweedle O'Twill", "Be Honest with Me" / performer: "Any Bonds Today", "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes", "Tweedle O'Twill")
 
1942 Shepherd of the Ozarks (writer: "Dreams That Won't Come True")
 
1942 Heart of the Rio Grande (writer: "I'll Wait For You", "Rocky Canyon" / performer: "Deep in the Heart of Texas")
 
1942 Cowboy Serenade (performer: "The Cowboy Serenade When I'm Smokin' My Last Cigarette", "Sweethearts or Strangers", "Nobody Knows")
 
1941 Sierra Sue (writer: "Be Honest With Me" - uncredited, "Ridin' the Range" - uncredited, "I'll Be True While You're Gone" - uncredited / performer: "Be Honest With Me" - uncredited, "Ridin' the Range" - uncredited, "Sierra Sue" - uncredited, "I'll Be True While You're Gone" - uncredited)
 
1941 Down Mexico Way (performer: "Maria Elena", "Beer Barrel Polka" - uncredited)
 
1941 Under Fiesta Stars (writer: "Under Fiesta Stars", "Purple Sage in the Twilight" / performer: "Cowboy, Cowboy", "Under Fiesta Stars")
 
1941 Sunset in Wyoming (writer: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle")
 
1941 The Singing Hill (writer: "Good Old-Fashioned Hoedown", "There'll Never Be Another Pal Like You" / performer: "Blueberry Hill")
 
1941 Back in the Saddle (performer: "Back in the Saddle Again", "You Are My Sunshine", "He's in the Jailhouse Now" / "Back in the Saddle Again")
 
1941 Ridin' on a Rainbow (writer: "Be Honest With Me" / performer: "Be Honest With Me", "Ridin' on a Rainbow", "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie")
 
1940 Shooting High (music: "Shanty of Dreams" 1940, "Only One Love in a Lifetime" 1940, "Little Old Band of Gold" 1939 / lyrics: "Shanty of Dreams" 1940, "Only One Love in a Lifetime" 1940, "Little Old Band of Gold" 1939 / performer: "Wanderers" 1937, "Shanty of Dreams" 1940, "Only One Love in a Lifetime" 1940, "Little Old Band of Gold" 1939)
 
1940 Ride Tenderfoot Ride (writer: "Oh! Oh! Oh!" 1940 - uncredited, "On the Range" - uncredited / performer: "When the Work's All Done This Fall After the Roundup", "Eleven More Months and Ten More Days" 1930 - uncredited, "Woodpecker Song" 1940 - uncredited, "Leanin' on the Ole Top Rail" 1939 - uncredited, "On the Range" - uncredited / "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1940 Rancho Grande (writer: "Whistle" 1940 - uncredited / music: "Dude Ranch Cow Hands" 1938 - uncredited, "There'll Never Be Another Pal Like You" 1940 - uncredited, "I Don't Belong in Your World" 1939 - uncredited / lyrics: "Dude Ranch Cow Hands" 1938 - uncredited, "There'll Never Be Another Pal Like You" 1940 - uncredited, "I Don't Belong in Your World" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "Alla En El Rancho Grande" 1934 - uncredited, "Whistle" 1940 - uncredited, "Dude Ranch Cow Hands" 1938 - uncredited, "There'll Never Be Another Pal Like You" 1940 - uncredited, "I Don't Belong in Your World" 1939 - uncredited / "Alla En El Rancho Grande" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1940 Melody Ranch (music: "We Never Dream the Same Dream Twice" 1940 - uncredited / lyrics: "We Never Dream the Same Dream Twice" 1940 - uncredited / performer: "Stake Your Claim on Melody Ranch" 1940 - uncredited, "Rodeo Rose" 1940 - uncredited, "We Never Dream the Same Dream Twice" 1940 - uncredited, "Call of the Canyon" 1940 - uncredited / "Stake Your Claim on Melody Ranch" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1940 Carolina Moon (writer: "At the Rodeo" 1940 - uncredited, "Dreaming Dreams That Won't Come True" 1940 - uncredited / performer: "Carolina Moon" 1928 - uncredited, "At the Rodeo" 1940 - uncredited, "Dreaming Dreams That Won't Come True" 1940 - uncredited, "Say Si Si" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1940 Texas Terrors (writer: "Listen to the Rhythm of the Range" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1940 Gaucho Serenade (music: "Headin' for the Wide Open Spaces" - uncredited, "A Song at Sunset" - uncredited, "Keep Rollin' Lazy Longhorns" - uncredited / lyrics: "Keep Rollin' Lazy Longhorns" - uncredited / performer: "The Gaucho Serenade" 1939 - uncredited, "Headin' for the Wide Open Spaces" - uncredited, "A Song at Sunset" - uncredited, "The Singing Hills" 1940 - uncredited, "Keep Rollin' Lazy Longhorns" - uncredited)
 
1939 Mountain Rhythm (writer: "It Was Only a Hobo's Dream" 1939 - uncredited, "Gold Mine in Your Heart" 1939 - uncredited, "Knights of the Open Road" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "Highways Are Happy Ways When They Lead the Way to Home" - uncredited, "It Makes No Difference Now" 1938 - uncredited, "It Was Only a Hobo's Dream" 1939 - uncredited, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" - uncredited, "The Old Grey Mare" - uncredited, "Long, Long Ago" 1883 - uncredited, "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers!" 1879 - uncredited, "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" 1909 - uncredited, "Gold Mine in Your Heart" 1939 - uncredited / "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" 1909 - uncredited)
 
1939 Mexicali Rose (music: "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" 1939 - uncredited / lyrics: "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "Mexicali Rose" 1923 - uncredited, "Robin Hood" - uncredited, "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" 1939 - uncredited, "Alla En El Rancho Grande" 1934 - uncredited / "Mexicali Rose" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1939 In Old Monterey (writer: "Born in the Saddle" 1939 - uncredited, "Little Pardner" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "It Happened in Monterey" 1930 - uncredited, "Born in the Saddle" 1939 - uncredited, "My Buddy" 1922 - uncredited, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" 1934 - uncredited, "Little Pardner" 1939 - uncredited, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" 1843 - uncredited, "The Vacant Chair We Shall Meet But We Shall Miss Him" 1861 - uncredited / "It Happened in Monterey" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1939 Home on the Prairie (music: "I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues" 1939 - uncredited / lyrics: "I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues" 1939 - uncredited, "Moonlight On The Ranchhouse" - uncredited, "Big Bull Frog" - uncredited)
 
1939 Colorado Sunset (writer: "Poor Little Dogie" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "On the Merry Old Way Back Home" - uncredited, "Poor Little Dogie" 1939 - uncredited, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" 1897 - uncredited, "Seven Years with the Wrong Woman" - uncredited / "Colorado Sunset" 1939)
 
1939 Blue Montana Skies (writer: "Rockin' in the Saddle" 1939 - uncredited, "'Neath the Blue Montana Skies" 1939 - uncredited, "The Old Geezer" 1939 - uncredited, "Famous Men of the West" - uncredited, "I Just Want You" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "Rockin' in the Saddle" 1939 - uncredited, "'Neath the Blue Montana Skies" 1939 - uncredited, "The Old Geezer" 1939 - uncredited, "Famous Men of the West" - uncredited, "I Just Want You" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1939 South of the Border (writer: "Moon of Manana" - uncredited, "Merry-Go-Roundup" - uncredited, "When the Cactus Blooms Again" - uncredited / music: "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" 1939 - uncredited / lyrics: "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" 1939 - uncredited / performer: "South of the Border" 1939 - uncredited, "Come to the Fiesta" - uncredited, "Moon of Manana" - uncredited, "Girl of My Dreams" 1928 - uncredited, "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" 1939 - uncredited, "When the Cactus Blooms Again" - uncredited, "Horse Opry" - uncredited / "South of the Border" 1939 - uncredited, "Moon of Manana" - uncredited)
 
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds (writer: "Back in the Saddle Again" 1938 - uncredited / music: "Paradise in the Moonlight" 1939 - uncredited, "A Girl Like You and a Night Like This" - uncredited / lyrics: "Paradise in the Moonlight" 1939 - uncredited, "A Girl Like You and a Night Like This" - uncredited / performer: "Away Out Yonder" 1939 - uncredited, "Ole Peaceful River" 1939 - uncredited, "Paradise in the Moonlight" 1939 - uncredited, "Back in the Saddle Again" 1938 - uncredited, "A Girl Like You and a Night Like This" - uncredited)
 
1938 Rhythm of the Saddle (writer: "Oh! Ladies" 1938 - uncredited / music: "Merry Go Roundup" 1938 - uncredited, "The Old Trail" 1938 - uncredited / lyrics: "Merry Go Roundup" 1938 - uncredited, "The Old Trail" 1938 - uncredited / performer: "Merry Go Roundup" 1938 - uncredited, "Oh! Ladies" 1938 - uncredited, "When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby" 1938 - uncredited, "The Old Trail" 1938 - uncredited, "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1938 Prairie Moon (music: "Rhythm of the Hoofbeats" 1938 - uncredited / lyrics: "Rhythm of the Hoofbeats" 1938 - uncredited / performer: "Rhythm of the Hoofbeats" 1938 - uncredited, "The Girl in the Middle of My Heart" 1938 - uncredited, "In the Jailhouse Now" 1928 - uncredited, "The West, a Nest, and You" 1922 - uncredited / "The West, a Nest, and You" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1938 Gold Mine in the Sky (writer: "Dude Ranch Cowhands" 1938, "As Long as I Have My Horse" 1938 / performer: "There's A Gold Mine in the Sky" 1937, "Hummin' When We're Comin' Round the Bend" - uncredited, "Dude Ranch Cowhands" 1938, "I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart" 1926 - uncredited, "Hike Yaa Move Along" - uncredited, "As Long as I Have My Horse" 1938)
 
1938 The Old Barn Dance (music: "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" 1938 - uncredited / lyrics: "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" 1938 - uncredited / performer: "Ten Little Miles" 1938 - uncredited, "Rocky Mountain Rose" - uncredited, "At the Old Barn Dance" 1938 - uncredited, "Roamin' Around the Range" - uncredited, "Old Chisholm Trail Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay" - uncredited / "At the Old Barn Dance" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Western Jamboree (writer: "Balloon Song" - uncredited / music: "Old November Moon" 1938 - uncredited, "I Love the Morning" - uncredited, "Paradise in the Moonlight" 1938 - uncredited / lyrics: "Old November Moon" 1938 - uncredited, "I Love the Morning" - uncredited, "Paradise in the Moonlight" 1938 - uncredited / performer: "The Cowboy's Dream Roll On, Little Dogies, Roll On" - uncredited, "Cielito Lindo" - uncredited, "Old November Moon" 1938 - uncredited, "I Love the Morning" - uncredited, "When the Bloom Is on the Sage Round Up Time in Texas" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1938 Man from Music Mountain (writer: "There's a Little Deserted Town on the Prairie" - uncredited, "Love, Burning Love" - uncredited, "Good Bye, Pinto" - uncredited / music: "I'm Beginning to Care" 1938 - uncredited / lyrics: "I'm Beginning to Care" 1938 - uncredited / performer: "There's a Little Deserted Town on the Prairie" - uncredited, "The Man From Music Mountain" - uncredited, "I'm Beginning to Care" 1938 - uncredited, "Good Bye, Pinto" - uncredited / "Love, Burning Love" - uncredited)
 
1938 Under Western Stars (writer: "Listen to the Rhythm of the Range")
 
1937 Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (music: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle" 1937 - uncredited / lyrics: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle" 1937 - uncredited / performer: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle" 1937 - uncredited, "Hittin' the Trail" - uncredited, "The Millhouse Wild West Show" - uncredited, "Back in Santa Fe" - uncredited)
 
1937 Round-Up Time in Texas (writer: "Uncle Noah's Ark" 1937 - uncredited / performer: "When the Bloom Is on the Sage" 1930 - uncredited, "Old Chisholm Trail Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay" - uncredited, "Uncle Noah's Ark" 1937 - uncredited, "Prairie Rose" 1937 - uncredited, "Moon of Desire" - uncredited, "Caveman" - uncredited / "When the Bloom Is on the Sage" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1937 Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (music: "I Hate to Say Goodbye to the Prairie" 1937 - uncredited, "The Dying Cowgirl" 1937 - uncredited / lyrics: "I Hate to Say Goodbye to the Prairie" 1937 - uncredited, "The Dying Cowgirl" 1937 - uncredited / performer: "The Old Home Place" 1937 - uncredited, "I Hate to Say Goodbye to the Prairie" 1937 - uncredited, "Mexicali Rose" 1923 - uncredited / "Mexicali Rose" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1937 Public Cowboy No. 1 (performer: "Wanderers" 1937 - uncredited, "The West Ain't What It Used to Be" 1937 - uncredited, "I Picked Up the Trail When I Found You" 1937 - uncredited, "Old Buck-A-Roo" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Boots and Saddles (music: "Ridin' the Range" 1937 - uncredited / lyrics: "Ridin' the Range" 1937 - uncredited / performer: "Take Me Back To My Boots and Saddle" 1935 - uncredited, "Ridin' the Range" 1937 - uncredited, "The One Rose That's Left in My Heart" - uncredited, "Why did I Get Married" - uncredited / "Take Me Back To My Boots and Saddle" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (writer: "It's Round Up Time in Reno" - uncredited / performer: "It's Round Up Time in Reno" - uncredited)
 
1937 Springtime in the Rockies (writer: "There'll Be a Hayridin' Wedding in June" - uncredited, "Down in the Land of Zulu" - uncredited, "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" - uncredited / music: "Give Me a Pony and an Open Prairie" 1937 - uncredited / lyrics: "Give Me a Pony and an Open Prairie" 1937 - uncredited / performer: "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" - uncredited, "Give Me a Pony and an Open Prairie" 1937 - uncredited, "The Moon is Ridin'" - uncredited, "There'll Be a Hayridin' Wedding in June" - uncredited, "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" - uncredited / "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" - uncredited)
 
1937 Western Gold (writer: "Echoes of the Trail")
 
1937 Git Along Little Dogies (performer: "Git Along Little Dogie" - uncredited, "Chinatown My Chinatown" 1906 - uncredited, "If You Want to Be a Cowboy" 1937 - uncredited, "In the Valley Where the Sun Goes Down" - uncredited, "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929 - uncredited / "Stock Selling Song We're the Boys From the Circle A" - uncredited)
 
1936 Oh, Susanna! (writer: "Dear Old Western Skies" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Oh! Susanna" 1848 - uncredited, "Dear Old Western Skies" 1936 - uncredited, "Honeymoon Trail" - uncredited, "Water Wheel" - uncredited / "Water Wheel" - uncredited)
 
1936 Ride Ranger Ride (performer: "Ride Ranger Ride" 1936 - uncredited, "On the Sunset Trail" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Red River Valley (writer: "Fetch Me Down My Trusty '45" 1936 - uncredited / music: "Yodeling Cowboy" 1936 - uncredited / lyrics: "Yodeling Cowboy" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Red River Valley" 1936 - uncredited, "Yodeling Cowboy" 1936 - uncredited / "Red River Valley" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Comin' 'Round the Mountain (performer: "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" - uncredited, "Chiquita" 1936 - uncredited, "When the Campfire Is Low on the Prairie" 1936 - uncredited / "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Big Show (performer: "The Martins and the Coys" 1936 - uncredited, "Mad About You" 1936 - uncredited, "Wild and Wooly West" - uncredited, "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" 1935 - uncredited, "Ole Faithful" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1936 The Old Corral (writer: "Money Ain't No Use Anyway" - uncredited / performer: "The Old Corral" - uncredited, "In the Heart of the West" - uncredited, "Money Ain't No Use Anyway" - uncredited, "So Long Old Pinto" - uncredited / "The Old Corral" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Three Mesquiteers (writer: "Wagon Team" - uncredited)
 
1936 Guns and Guitars (writer: "The Cowboy Medicine Show" 1935 - uncredited / music: "Ridin' All Day" 1936 - uncredited, "Guns and Guitars" 1936 - uncredited / lyrics: "Ridin' All Day" 1936 - uncredited, "Guns and Guitars" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Ridin' All Day" 1936 - uncredited, "The Cowboy Medicine Show" 1935 - uncredited, "Guns and Guitars" 1936 - uncredited, "Dreamy Valley" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Singing Cowboy (writer: "True Blue Bill" - uncredited / music: "There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight" - uncredited, "My Old Saddle Pal" 1936 - uncredited, "I'll Be Thinking of You, Little Gal" - uncredited / lyrics: "There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight" - uncredited, "My Old Saddle Pal" 1936 - uncredited, "I'll Be Thinking of You, Little Gal" - uncredited / performer: "There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight" - uncredited, "Ya Hoo" - uncredited, "True Blue Bill" - uncredited, "Rainbow Trail" 1936 - uncredited, "Down in Slumberland" - uncredited, "My Old Saddle Pal" 1936 - uncredited, "I'll Be Thinking of You, Little Gal" - uncredited / "Rainbow Trail" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Singing Vagabond (music: "Wagon Train" 1935 - uncredited / lyrics: "Wagon Train" 1935 - uncredited / performer: "Singing Vagabonds" 1935 - uncredited, "Honeymoon Trail" 1935 - uncredited, "Friends Of The Prairie, Farewell" 1935 - uncredited / "Honeymoon Trail" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Tumbling Tumbleweeds (writer: "The Cowboy Medicine Show" 1935 - uncredited / music: "Yodel Your Troubles Away" 1935 - uncredited, "Corn-fed and Rusty" 1935 - uncredited, "Riding Down the Canyon" 1935 - uncredited, "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" 1935 - uncredited / lyrics: "Yodel Your Troubles Away" 1935 - uncredited, "Corn-fed and Rusty" 1935 - uncredited, "Riding Down the Canyon" 1935 - uncredited, "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" 1935 - uncredited / performer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" 1934 - uncredited, "Yodel Your Troubles Away" 1935 - uncredited, "Riding Down the Canyon" 1935 - uncredited, "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" 1935 - uncredited / "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1935 Sagebrush Troubadour (music: "Way Out West in Texas" 1935 - uncredited, "End of the Trail" 1935 - uncredited, "I'd Love a Home in the Mountains" 1935 - uncredited, "When the Moon Shines on the Mississippi Valley" 1934 - uncredited / lyrics: "Way Out West in Texas" 1935 - uncredited, "End of the Trail" 1935 - uncredited, "I'd Love a Home in the Mountains" 1935 - uncredited, "When the Moon Shines on the Mississippi Valley" 1934 - uncredited / performer: "Way Out West in Texas" 1935 - uncredited, "On the Prairie" 1935 - uncredited, "End of the Trail" 1935 - uncredited, "I'd Love a Home in the Mountains" 1935 - uncredited / "On the Prairie" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Melody Trail (music: "Hold On Little Dogies Hold On" 1935 - uncredited, "Way Down on Bottom" 1935 - uncredited, "A Lone Cowboy on the Lone Prairie" 1935 - uncredited, "Western Lullaby" 1935 - uncredited, "My Neighbor Hates Music" 1935 - uncredited, "Where Will the Wedding Supper Be?" 1935 - uncredited / lyrics: "Hold On Little Dogies Hold On" 1935 - uncredited, "Way Down on Bottom" 1935 - uncredited, "A Lone Cowboy on the Lone Prairie" 1935 - uncredited, "Western Lullaby" 1935 - uncredited, "My Neighbor Hates Music" 1935 - uncredited, "Where Will the Wedding Supper Be?" 1935 - uncredited / performer: "Hold On Little Dogies Hold On" 1935 - uncredited, "On the Melody Trail" 1935 - uncredited, "A Lone Cowboy on the Lone Prairie" 1935 - uncredited, "Western Lullaby" 1935 - uncredited, "Where Will the Wedding Supper Be?" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1934 In Old Santa Fe (music: "Mama Don't Like Music Played in Here" / lyrics: "Mama Don't Like Music Played in Here" / performer: "Down In Old Santa Fe", "Wyoming Waltz")
 
Show ShowActor (99 titles)
1985 All American Cowboy (TV movie)
 
1959 Alias Jesse James
Gene Autry (scenes deleted)
 
1950-1955 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Gene Autry / Sheriff Gene Autry / Marshal Gene Autry / …
Dynamite (1955) … Gene Autry
The Rangerette (1955) … Gene Autry
Ride Ranchero (1955) … Gene Autry
Saddle Up (1955) … Gene Autry
Feuding Friends (1955) … Gene Autry
 
1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Gene Autry (uncredited)
 
1951 Silver Canyon
Gene Autry
 
1950 Hoedown
Gene Autry (voice) (uncredited)
 
1940 Rodeo Dough (short)
Gene Autry
 
1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Gene Autry
 
1937 Git Along Little Dogies
Gene Autry - Circle A Ranch Owner
 
1936 The Big Show
Gene Autry / Tom Ford
 
1934 Mystery Mountain
Thomas (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
1956 Annie Oakley (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Santa Claus Wears a Gun (1956) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1955 Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
A Bronc Called Gunboat (1955) (executive producer)
First Posse (1955) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1953 Saginaw Trail (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1952 Death Valley Days (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1950-1952 The Gene Autry Show (TV series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
Horse Sense (1952) (executive producer)
The Peacemaker (1950) (executive producer)
The Silver Arrow (1950) (executive producer)
Gold Dust Charlie (1950) (executive producer)
 
1951 The Range Rider (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1949 Riders in the Sky (executive producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2003 Here Comes Santa Claus (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (48 titles)
1995 America: A Call to Greatness (TV documentary)
Host
 
1995 The Life and Times of Marty Robbins (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 Gene Autry, Melody of the West (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Cliffhangers! Adventures from the Thrill Factory (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Sleazemania on Parade (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The Republic Pictures Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Grammy Living Legends (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
1989 The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 Salute! (TV series)
Himself
Jerry Lee Lewis (1983) … Himself
 
1972 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Joel McCrea (1972) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.182 (1970) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.216 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Silent Treatment (documentary)
Gene Autry
 
1967 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 June 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1961 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself
Candid Clem (1961) … Himself
 
1960 Ozark Jubilee (TV series)
Himself - Host / Singer
Episode #6.50 (1960) … Himself - Host/Singer
 
1960 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #7.39 (1960) … Himself
 
1956-1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Singer
Episode #5.11 (1959) … Himself - Singer
Episode #2.10 (1956) … Himself - Guest
 
1958 Wide Wide World (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Western (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Big Record (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.14 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 May 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 Columbia World of Sports: Rodeo Daredevils (documentary short)
Himself - Rodeo Guest Star
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson (documentary short)
Himself
 
1953-1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.21 (1955) … Himself
Episode #7.2 (1953) … Himself
Episode #6.23 (1953) … Himself
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade (documentary short)
Himself
 
1953 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 4 October 1953 (1953) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Fun in the Sun (documentary short)
Himself - Golf Player
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes Western (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Rodeo (documentary short)
Himself
 
1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (documentary short)
Himself
 
1943 Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (documentary short)
Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (documentary short)
Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #7: Meet Roy Rogers (documentary short)
Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 8: Cowboy Jubilee (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself - Rose Bowl Parade-Rodeo-Singer
 
1940/I Unusual Occupations (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 7 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 13 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (27 titles)
2011 The Joy of Country (TV movie)
 
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video)
Himself
 
2009 The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
2007 Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen (TV documentary)
 
2007 The Last Western (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 My Music: Country Pop Legends (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Christmas in Tinseltown (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Christmas from Hollywood (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (TV documentary)
Himself/Gene Autry (from The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)) (uncredited)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1997 The Fifties
Himself (at the microphone) (uncredited)
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1991 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (documentary)
Himself - Sings (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1986 Bad Girls in the Movies (documentary)
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1984 Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee (video documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Gene Autry
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 Mondo Hollywood (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Cowboy Stars (documentary short)
Himself
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Memories in Uniform (documentary short)
Himself
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1940 Men with Steel Faces
Gene Autry
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1957) Unsold pilot: Produced a pilot for CBS for a TV version of his hit radio series "Melody Ranch", which co-starred Gail Davis. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 6 Print Biographies  | 9 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Bob Clayton | Johnny Dodds

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Errol Flynn] He spent more time on a bar stool, or in court, or in the headlines, or in bed, than anyone I knew. See more »

Trivia:

The California/Anaheim Angels franchise retired #26 in his honor. See more »

Trademark:

Song: "Back in the Saddle Again", horse: Champion See more »

Nickname:

The Singing Cowboy See more »

Star Sign:

Libra