Fess Parker
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- born: 16/Aug/1924 (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
Biography
Fess Elisha Parker Jr. is an American film and television actor best known for his 1950s portrayals of Davy Crockett for Walt Disney, as well as a wine maker and resort owner-operator.
He began his show business career in the play, "Mister Roberts", in 1951 and was subsequently hired by the Walt Disney Studios in 1954 to play historic figure Crockett. He also made guest appearances on television programs, and composed and sang music.
From 1964-1970 he starred in the NBC series "Daniel Boone". Parker retired from the film industry in the 1970s, after the short-lived 1974 sitcom "The Fess Parker Show".
Parker currently owns and operates a family winery, Fess Parker Winery and Vineyard, near Santa Barbara, California along with two hotels, the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort which he designed and developed in Santa Barbara, and the Fess Parker's Wine Country Inn and Spa in nearby Los Olivos, California which he owns and manages.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (08/Nov/1963) - cast: Sheriff Ben Wister