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Mar 18, 2010 · Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and ...
Mar 18, 2010 · Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was born Aug. 16, 1924, in Fort Worth, Texas - Parker loved to point out Crockett's birthday was Aug. 17. He played football at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene but was ...
Mar 18, 2010 · Actor Fess Parker, who became every baby boomer’s idol in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family ...
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Fess Parker. Highest Rated: 100% Old Yeller (1957) Lowest Rated: 17% Untamed Frontier (1952) Birthday: Aug 16, 1924. Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, USA. With his lanky frame, humble demeanor and ...
Mar 18, 2010 · Actor Fess Parker, who played American frontier heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, died Thursday. He was 85. Parker died of natural causes at his Santa Ynez Valley home in California. In later ...
