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Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (born F. E. Parker Jr.; August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of the title characters in the Walt Disney television miniseries Davy Crockett (1954–55; ABC) and the television series Daniel Boone (1964–70; NBC).
Fess Parker was a former college athlete who became a Disney star as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. He also appeared in movies like The Great Locomotive Chase and Back to the Future, and retired from Hollywood in 1973.
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Fess Parker was an American actor who starred in the Disney series Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. He retired from Hollywood in 1973 and became a successful real estate developer in California.
- August 16, 1924
- March 18, 2010
Mar 19, 2010 · 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 spurred a nationwide run on...
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Mar 19, 2010 · Fess Parker, whose television portrayal of the American frontiersman Davy Crockett catapulted him to stardom in the mid-1950s and inspired millions of children to wear coonskin caps in one of...
Mar 18, 2010 · Fess Parker, the start of Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, in the 1950s and '60s has died. He was 85. He later became a developer along California's central coast and grew grapes for...
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Mar 18, 2010 · Texas-born actor, Fess Parker, who made coonskin caps cool in his star portrayal of Davy Crockett in the mid-1950s TV series, died today, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 85.
