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Overview
Mini Biography:
A former college athlete at the University of Texas, Fess studied Drama... moreTrivia:
Best remembered by the public as Disney's Davy Crockett. moreAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
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Filmography
Actor:
- The Fess Parker Show (1974) (TV) .... Fess Hamilton
- Climb an Angry Mountain (1972) (TV) .... Sheriff Elisha Cooper
- "Daniel Boone" .... Daniel Boone (94 episodes, 1964-1970)
- The Homecoming (1970) TV episode .... Daniel Boone
- Sunshine Patriots (1970) TV episode .... Daniel Boone
- Hannah Comes Home (1969) TV episode .... Daniel Boone
- Target Boone (1969) TV episode .... Daniel Boone
- The Traitor (1969) TV episode .... Daniel Boone
(89 more) - "The Red Skelton Show" .... Davy Crockett (1 episode, 1970)
... aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title)
- He Died with His Boots on Cause He Had Cold Feet to Start or He Died with His Boots Off, That's Why He Stubbed His Toe (1970) TV episode .... Davy Crockett - Smoky (1966) .... Clint Barkley
- Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966) .... Daniel Boone
- "Burke's Law" .... Herman Sitwell (1 episode, 1964)
... aka "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (USA: new title)
- Who Killed WHO IV? (1964) TV episode .... Herman Sitwell - "Destry" .... Clarence Jones (1 episode, 1964)
- Destry Had a Little Lamb (1964) TV episode .... Clarence Jones - "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Sheriff Ben Wister (1 episode, 1963)
- Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (1963) TV episode .... Sheriff Ben Wister - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" .... Sen. Eugene Smith / ... (25 episodes, 1962-1963)
- The Lobbyist (1963) TV episode .... Senator Eugene Smith
- High Society (1963) TV episode .... Sen. Eugene Smith
- To Be or Not to Be (1963) TV episode .... Sen. Eugene Smith
- Kid from Brooklyn (1963) TV episode .... Sen. Eugene Smith
- Citizen Bellows (1963) TV episode .... Sen. Eugene Smith
(20 more) - Hell Is for Heroes (1962) .... Sgt. Pike
- "Death Valley Days" .... Curt Morrison / ... (2 episodes, 1954-1962)
... aka "Call of the West" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "The Pioneers" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Trails West" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Western Star Theater" (USA: syndication title)
- Miracle at Whiskey Gulch (1962) TV episode .... Reverend Joel Todd
- The Kickapoo Run (1954) TV episode .... Curt Morrison - Merman on Broadway (1961) (TV)
- "General Electric Theater" .... Jonathan West (1 episode, 1960)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- Aftermath (1960) TV episode .... Jonathan West - The Jayhawkers! (1959) .... Cam Bleeker
- Alias Jesse James (1959) (uncredited) .... Davy Crockett
- The Hangman (1959) .... Sheriff Buck Weston
- "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
- The Hasty Hanging (1958) TV episode - The Light in the Forest (1958) .... Del Hardy
- "Playhouse 90" .... Pvt. Linus Powell (1 episode, 1958)
- Turn Left at Mount Everest (1958) TV episode .... Pvt. Linus Powell - Old Yeller (1957) .... Jim Coates
- Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956) .... John 'Doc' Grayson
- "Disneyland" .... Davy Crockett / ... (7 episodes, 1954-1956)
... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
- Along the Oregon Trail (1956) TV episode .... John 'Doc' Grayson
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1955) TV episode .... Davy Crockett
- Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955) TV episode .... Davy Crockett
- The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland/A Tribute to Mickey Mouse (1955) TV episode .... Davy Crockett
- Davy Crockett at the Alamo (1955) TV episode .... Davy Crockett
(2 more) - The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) .... James J. Andrews
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title) - "City Detective" .... Tony (1 episode, 1955)
- Hearts and Flowers (1955) TV episode .... Tony - Battle Cry (1955) .... Pvt. Speedy
- The Bounty Hunter (1954) (uncredited) .... Wild Cowboy at Finale
- Them! (1954) .... Alan Crotty
... aka Them (USA: poster title) - "Annie Oakley" .... Les Clinton - The Texas Sandman / ... (2 episodes, 1954)
- Annie and the Texas Sandman (1954) TV episode .... Les Clinton - The Texas Sandman
- Annie and the Mystery Woman (1954) TV episode .... Tom Conrad - Newspaper Publisher - Dragonfly Squadron (1954) .... Texas Lieutenant
- "Stories of the Century" .... Grat Dalton (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "The Fast Guns" (USA: reissue title)
- The Dalton Gang (1954) TV episode .... Grat Dalton - "Dragnet" .... Harkness (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Badge 714" (USA: syndication title)
- The Big Winchester (1954) TV episode .... Harkness - Thunder Over the Plains (1953) .... Kirby
- Island in the Sky (1953) (uncredited) .... Fitch's co-pilot
- The Kid from Left Field (1953) .... McDougal
- Take Me to Town (1953) (uncredited) .... Long John
- Springfield Rifle (1952) (uncredited) .... Jim Randolph
- Untamed Frontier (1952) .... Clem McCloud
- No Room for the Groom (1952) (uncredited) .... Cousin Ben
- Harvey (1950) (uncredited) .... Voice of Leslie the Chauffeur
Director:
- "Daniel Boone" (5 episodes, 1968-1970)
- An Angel Cried (1970) TV episode
- Hannah Comes Home (1969) TV episode
- The Patriot (1968) TV episode
- The Plague That Came to Ford's Run (1968) TV episode
- Then Who Will They Hang from the Yardarm If Willy Gets Away? (1968) TV episode
Soundtrack:
- Back to the Future (1985) (performer: "THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT", "THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT" (uncredited))
- Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956) (performer: "The Ballad of John Colter", "Wringle Wrangle") ("I'm Lonely My Darlin'")
Thanks:
- 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic (2002) (V) (special thanks)
- A Conversation with Fess Parker (2001) (V) (thanks)
- Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001) (TV) (grateful acknowledgment)
Self:
- Directed by Norman Foster (2006) (V) .... Himself
- "CBS News Sunday Morning" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka "Sunday Morning"
- Episode dated 27 February 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Alamo Mania (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic (2002) (V) .... Himself
- A Conversation with Fess Parker (2001) (V) .... Himself
- Disney Through the Decades (2001) (V) .... Host - 1950's
- The De la Peña Diary (2000) (V) .... Himself
- Best Doggone Dog in the West: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Old Yeller' (1997) (V) .... Himself - Host
- The Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic (1994) (TV) .... Himself
- NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Dean Martin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
... aka "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 28 September 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself - "The Andy Williams Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode dated 17 March 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "Today" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1964-1969)
... aka "NBC News Today" (USA: promotional title)
... aka "The Today Show" (USA)
- Episode dated 25 August 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 September 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode #1.7 (1968) TV episode .... Himself - "The London Palladium Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode #2.6 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - "The Danny Kaye Show" .... Himself-Guest (1 episode, 1965)
- Episode dated 6 October 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself-Guest - "What's This Song?" .... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode dated 28 December 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
... aka "The Best of Carson" (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 14 September 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - "Startime" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
... aka "Ford Startime"
... aka "Lincoln-Mercury Startime"
- Merman on Broadway (1959) TV episode .... Himself - "Disneyland" .... Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1957)
... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
- The Fourth Anniversary Show (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker (1956) TV episode .... Himself/James J Andrews
- The Disneyland Story (1954) TV episode .... Himself - "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #10.18 (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #9.24 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Disneyland, U.S.A. (1956) .... Himself - as Davy Crockett
- "The George Gobel Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode #3.3 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Dateline: Disneyland (1955) (TV) .... Himself / 'Davy Crockett'
Archive Footage:
- Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years (2005) (uncredited) .... Himself/Davy Crockett
- Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1986) (V) .... Davy Crockett
-
"Disneyland"
- Old Yeller: Part 2 (1980) TV episode .... Jim Coates
- Old Yeller: Part 1 (1980) TV episode .... Jim Coates
- The Light in the Forest: True Son's Revenge (1961) TV episode .... Del Hardy
- The Light in the Forest: Return of the True Son (1961) TV episode .... Del Hardy
- Andrews' Raiders: Escape to Nowhere (1961) TV episode .... James J. Andrews
(3 more) - Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) .... Davy Crockett
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) .... Davy Crockett
Additional Details
Other Works:
Recordings (notable singles): "Ballad of Davy Crockett" [from Disney film _Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier_](Columbia, 1955); "Wringle Wrangle" [from Disney film _Westward Ho, the Wagons_] (Disneyland, 1957). morePublicity Listings:
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