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Buck Owens (II) (1929–2006)

Soundtrack | Actor | Producer

Buck Owens is a true legend in country music. Along with fellow performers Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart, Buck helped popularize the Bakersfield Sound, or honky-tonk infused with electric instrumentation and rock influences. Growing up in Arizona, Buck picked cotton and learned to play the mandolin... See full bio »

Born:

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.
in Sherman, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Bakersfield, California, USA
George Jones and Buck Owens
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2009 Crazy Heart (performer: "Hello Trouble" 1962)
 
2009 Gentlemen Broncos (performer: "Act Naturally")
 
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
– Episode dated 23 July 2009 (2009) (performer: "Act Naturally")
 
2009 The Hangover (writer: "Rhythm and Booze")
 
2008-2009 The Marty Stuart Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.20 (2009) (writer: "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms")
– Episode #1.7 (2008) (writer: "Your Tender Loving Care")
 
2007 Las Vegas (TV series)
– The Glass Is Always Cleaner (2007) (writer: "Crying Time" - uncredited)
 
2006 Best of Country Live! (video) (performer: "Sam's Place", "Your Tender Loving Care")
 
2006 CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (TV documentary) (performer: "Act Naturally")
 
2006 Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (documentary) (performer: "Streets of Bakersfield")
 
2006 RV (performer: "Buckaroo")
 
2005 The Devil's Rejects (writer: "Satan's Gotta Get Along without Me" / performer: "Satan's Gotta Get Along without Me")
 
2004 Evolution of a Filipino Family (music: "Together Again" / lyrics: "Together Again")
 
2004 Dear Frankie (writer: "The Great White Horse" 1970)
 
2003 House of 1000 Corpses (writer: "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" / performer: "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass")
 
2003 Capturing the Friedmans (documentary) (performer: "Act Naturally")
 
2002 Jackass: The Movie (documentary) (performer: "Made In Japan")
 
2000 Remember the Titans ("Act Naturally")
 
2000 Big Eden (writer: "Together Again" / performer: "Together Again")
 
1999 Tumbleweeds (writer: "My Heart Skips a Beat" / performer: "My Heart Skips a Beat")
 
1994 Chasers (writer: "CRYIN' TIME" / performer: "CRYIN' TIME")
 
1993 The Beverly Hillbillies (writer: "TOGETHER AGAIN", "CRYING TIME")
 
1993 Indecent Proposal ("Cryin' Time")
 
1989 For All Mankind (documentary) (writer: "Act Naturally" / performer: "Act Naturally")
 
1985 Sweet Dreams (writer: "Foolin' 'Round")
 
1975 What's Behind the Groupies? (writer: "Big in Vegas" - uncredited / performer: "Big in Vegas" - uncredited)
 
1969-1972 Hee Haw (TV series)
– Episode #3.19 (1972) (performer: "Old Man Tucker")
– Episode #1.13 (1969) (writer: "Big in Vegas" - uncredited / performer: "Big in Vegas" - uncredited)
 
1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– The History of Country Music: Part 1 (1971) (writer: "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Tall Dark Stranger" / performer: "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Tall Dark Stranger", "Train Whistle Blues")
 
1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is (documentary) (writer: "Cryin' Time")
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1969) (performer: "Tall Dark Stranger")
 
1969 From Nashville with Music (writer: "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" / performer: "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Act Naturally")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #1.28 (1965) (writer: "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail")
– Episode #1.25 (1965) (writer: "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail")
 
1960 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV series short)
– Episode #4.13 (1960) (performer: "Above and Beyond")
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
2002 ChalkZone (TV series)
Chalk Dad
– Skrawl, The/Pie Day/Secret Passages (2002) … Chalk Dad (voice)
 
1981 Christmas at Sea World (TV movie)
 
1980 Murder Can Hurt You! (TV movie)
Sheriff Tim MacSkye
 
1969 From Nashville with Music
Buck Owens
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell (executive producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2012 Disappearing Bakersfield (in memory of)
 
2009 Desert Rose (short) (in memory of)
 
2006 Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (documentary) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (31 titles)
2006 Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 CMT: The Greatest - Greatest City Songs (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 The 37th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Buck Owens: Acting Naturally (2000) … Himself
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1996 30th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1994 The 29th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 The Academy of Country Music's Greatest Hits (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 An All Star Salute to Country Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 The 23rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1969-1986 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Episode #17.23 (1986) … Himself - Host
– Episode #17.17 (1986) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 4 January 1986 (1986) … Himself - Host
– Episode #17.11 (1985) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 9 November 1985 (1985) … Himself - Host
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1981 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Himself
– Hughie Hogg Strikes Again (1981) … Himself
 
1980 The Big Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1980) … Himself
 
1975 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 May 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 March 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Match Game 73 (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Guest Panelist / Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 1975 (1975) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 9 May 1975 (1975) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 8 May 1975 (1975) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 7 May 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 May 1975 (1975) … Himself - Guest Panelist
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1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– History of Country Music: Part 2 (1971) … Himself - Singer
– The History of Country Music: Part 1 (1971) … Himself - Singer
 
1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #24.11 (1970) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #23.26 (1970) … Himself - Singer
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.39 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.128 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself - Musical Guest (as Buck Owens & The Buckaroos)
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.238 (1969) … Himself (as Buck Owens and the Buckaroos)
– Episode #3.223 (1969) … Himself (as Buck Owens & The Buckaroos)
– Episode #3.213 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.30 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 Operation: Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.12 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Country Fair #4 (1968) … Himself (as Buck Owens & The Buckaroos)
 
1968 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.23 (1967) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1966 Buck Owens' Ranch Show (TV series)
Himself - Host
 
1964-1966 The Jimmy Dean Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 January 1966 (1966) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 22 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 August 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 September 1964 (1964) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 April 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1965 Country Music on Broadway
Himself
 
1960 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV series short)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #4.13 (1960) … Himself - Singer
 
1959 Cal's Corral (TV series)
Himself - Musician (1959-1972)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
 
2006 My Music: Country Pop Legends (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Best of Country Live! (video)
Himself
 
2006 CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 For All Mankind (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Offical Buck Owens Crystal Palace Web Page | See more »

Alternate Names:

Buck Owens & The Buckaroos | Buck Owens and the Buckaroos

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Got his nickname "Buck" at age three from a favorite horse. See more »

Trademark:

Always played a guitar that was painted in a striped pattern of red, white and blue. See more »

Nickname:

The Baron of Bakersfield See more »

Star Sign:

Leo