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Rex Allen(1920-1999)

  • Actor
  • Music Department
  • Writer
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Rex Allen in Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
Trailer for this classic animated tale
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Laulava porsas (1973)
6 Videos
89 Photos
Rex Allen started out as a singer in vaudeville, and sang on numerous radio shows before hooking up with a traveling rodeo show. He signed with Republic Pictures and became a popular singing cowboy, and was often paired with sidekick Slim Pickens. He starred in his own western TV series, Frontier Doctor (1956) and in the 1960s was the narrator on many nature documentaries for Walt Disney.
BornDecember 31, 1920
DiedDecember 17, 1999(78)
BornDecember 31, 1920
DiedDecember 17, 1999(78)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins

Photos89

Roy Rogers, Rex Allen, Gordon Jones, and Trigger in Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
Rex Allen, Trevor Bardette, and Michael Carr in Hills of Oklahoma (1950)
Buddy Ebsen, Stanley Andrews, Rex Allen, Roy Barcroft, and Duke Taylor in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Buddy Ebsen, Rex Allen, and Louis Mason in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Buddy Ebsen, Rex Allen, and Edwin Rand in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Buddy Ebsen, Rex Allen, Roy Barcroft, Penny Edwards, Robert Karnes, Sarah Padden, and Forrest Taylor in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Rex Allen in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Rex Allen, Nestor Paiva, and Estelita Rodriguez in South Pacific Trail (1952)
Buddy Ebsen and Rex Allen in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Rex Allen in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Rex Allen and Penny Edwards in Utah Wagon Train (1951)
Buddy Ebsen and Rex Allen in Utah Wagon Train (1951)

Known for:

George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
Tomorrowland
6.4
  • Soundtrack("There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow")
  • 2015
Michael Hall in The Last Musketeer (1952)
The Last Musketeer
6.5
  • Rex Allen
  • 1952
Slim Pickens, Rex Allen, and Koko in Border Saddlemates (1952)
Border Saddlemates
7.0
  • Dr. Rex Allen
  • 1952
Rex Allen, Bonnie DeSimone, and Mary Ellen Kay in Rodeo King and the Senorita (1951)
Rodeo King and the Senorita
6.9
  • Rex Allen
  • 1951

Credits

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Actor

  • Hold the Back Page (1985)
    Hold the Back Page
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Bowls umpire
    • 1986
  • Foods and Fun: A Nutrition Adventure (1980)
    Foods and Fun: A Nutrition Adventure
    6.6
    Short
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1980
  • Footloose Fox
    Short
    • Narrator
    • 1979
  • Disneyland (1954)
    Disneyland
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Narrator
    • Narrator (segment "Arizona Sheepdog")
    • 1957–1978
  • The Secret of Old Glory Mine
    TV Movie
    • Narrator
    • 1976
  • Steven Benally Jr. in The Secret of Navajo Cave (1976)
    The Secret of Navajo Cave
    5.4
    • Narrator
    • 1976
  • A Martinez in Starbird and Sweet William (1973)
    Starbird and Sweet William
    5.8
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1973
  • Paul Lynde, Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Danny Bonaduce, Pamelyn Ferdin, Joan Gerber, Dave Madden, Don Messick, Martha Scott, John Stephenson, Herb Vigran, and William B. White in Laulava porsas (1973)
    Laulava porsas
    6.9
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1973
  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in Virginialainen (1962)
    Virginialainen
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Square Dance Caller
    • 1971
  • Puuma nimeltään Charlie (1967)
    Puuma nimeltään Charlie
    6.7
    • Narrator
    • 1967
  • Adele Palacios in Run, Appaloosa, Run (1966)
    Run, Appaloosa, Run
    6.7
    • Narrator
    • 1966
  • Swamp Girl (1971)
    Swamp Country
    5.3
    • Sheriff Jim Turner
    • 1966
  • A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood (1965)
    A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood
    7.0
    Short
    • Narrator
    • 1965
  • Uskomaton seikkailu (1963)
    Uskomaton seikkailu
    7.0
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1963
  • Yellowstone Cubs (1963)
    Yellowstone Cubs
    6.7
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1963

Music Department

  • Tom Ewell, Leonard Frey, Joel Higgins, Meeno Peluce, and Carlene Watkins in Best of the West (1981)
    Best of the West
    7.7
    TV Series
    • singer: theme song
    • 1981
  • Marines, Let's Go (1961)
    Marines, Let's Go
    4.5
    • singer: title theme (uncredited)
    • 1961

Writer

  • Disneyland (1954)
    Disneyland
    8.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1967

Videos6

The Yellowstone Cubs
Clip 1:06
The Yellowstone Cubs
The Yellowstone Cubs
Clip 1:02
The Yellowstone Cubs
The Yellowstone Cubs
Clip 2:05
The Yellowstone Cubs
The Legend of Lobo
Clip 1:13
The Legend of Lobo
The Legend of Lobo
Clip 1:31
The Legend of Lobo
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Trailer 3:42
Charlotte's Web (1973)

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Cactus Rex
  • Height
    • 1.82 m
  • Born
    • December 31, 1920
    • Willcox, Arizona, USA
  • Died
    • December 17, 1999
    • Tucson, Arizona, USA(run over by car)
  • Spouses
      Virginia HudsonNovember 25, 1992 - 1999 (divorced)
  • Relatives
      Cactus Mack(Cousin)
  • Other works
    He performed the voice of the father in Disneyland's "Carousel of Progress" attraction.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Had a heart attack and fell down behind his caretaker's car, which was parked in the driveway of his home, and which ran over him later. Apparently, the car actually killed him.
  • Quotes
    My dad was a fiddle player. He used to play for all the dances and stuff, and I learned to play guitar when there was nobody to accompany him. And then I sang in all the church choirs and glee clubs in the school. Basically, all I ever wanted to do was try to be a singer and make a living at that. And then, went into radio and the recording field, and had a few hit records. Roy Rogers was getting ready to leave Republic Pictures and get into television, and they were looking around for another poobah in a white hat, so I got my foot in the door there.
  • Nicknames
    • The Arizona Cowboy
    • The Voice of the West
  • Salary
    • The Arizona Cowboy
      (1950)
      $100 per week

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