Fess Parker

Fess Parker (born August 18, 1925) is an American film and television actor. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Parker is best known for his role playing frontiersmen Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone as well as starting a fad of wearing coonskin hats. He served as a radioman in the Marine Corps at the end of World War II after being rejected as an aviator for being too tall (He is six feet, five inches).

After being discharged, he was stabbed in the neck by a drunken driver during a post-collision argument. Parker required many months of rehabilitation, but he was unable afterwards to participate in collegiate sports as much as he wanted.

Parker graduated from the University of Texas in 1950 with a history degree. He studied at the University of Southern California, earning a graduate degree in drama. He began his show business career in the play, Mister Roberts, in 1951 and was subsequently hired by the Disney Studios in 1954 to play historic figure Crockett. He also made guest appearances on television programs and composed and sang music.

He married Marcella Rinehart in 1960, and the couple has two children. Fess Parker retired from the film industry in the early 1970s, after the end of the television series about Boone.

Parker currently owns and operates a family winery, Fess Parker Winery and Vineyard, near Santa Barbara, California along with some hotels.

Some films featuring Fess Parker

  • Untamed Frontier (1952)
  • Springfield Rifle (1952) -- not credited.
  • Them (1954)
  • Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
  • Old Yeller (1957)
  • The Light in the Forest (1958)
  • The Jayhawkers (1959)
  • Hell is for Heros (1962)

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Parker currently owns and operates a family winery, Fess Parker Winery and Vineyard, near Santa Barbara, California along with some hotels. In 1996, Carter published her memoirs, entitled Trying to Get to Heaven. Fess Parker retired from the film industry in the early 1970s, after the end of the television series about Boone. They live in Beverly Hills, California. He married Marcella Rinehart in 1960, and the couple has two children. Two years later, she divorced Hearn and married again to actor Hal Holbrook, who is most noted for his appearances as Mark Twain. He also made guest appearances on television programs and composed and sang music. She divorced Arthur Carter in 1977 and married actor Gene Hearn.

He began his show business career in the play, Mister Roberts, in 1951 and was subsequently hired by the Disney Studios in 1954 to play historic figure Crockett. She is known for her Southern pride, which is evident in her product endorsements, like her appearance in commercials for Southern Bell (later BellSouth). He studied at the University of Southern California, earning a graduate degree in drama. She also starred in several musicals and plays on Broadway. Parker graduated from the University of Texas in 1950 with a history degree. From 1999 to 2002, she portrayed brash Southern attorney Randi King on the series Family Law. Parker required many months of rehabilitation, but he was unable afterwards to participate in collegiate sports as much as he wanted. However, she is best known for appearing as outspoken Julia Sugarbaker in the 1980s television program Designing Women, set in Atlanta.

After being discharged, he was stabbed in the neck by a drunken driver during a post-collision argument. Carter first became famous for her role as Brandy Henderson on the soap opera The Edge of Night. He served as a radioman in the Marine Corps at the end of World War II after being rejected as an aviator for being too tall (He is six feet, five inches). She returned to acting at age 35. Parker is best known for his role playing frontiersmen Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone as well as starting a fad of wearing coonskin hats. In 1967 she married businessman Arthur Carter, with whom she had two daughters. Following the birth of her daughters, she left acting for eight years to focus on raising her children. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She moved to New York in 1963 and got a part in a production of A Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare.

Fess Parker (born August 18, 1925) is an American film and television actor. In 1960, Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of Carousel. Hell is for Heros (1962). She is a graduate of Memphis State (now University of Memphis) with a degree in English. The Jayhawkers (1959). She attended college at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College). The Light in the Forest (1958). Carter was born in McLemoresville, Tennessee and spent many of her early years in Memphis, Tennessee.

Old Yeller (1957). Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress noted for her portrayal of Southern women. Great Locomotive Chase (1956). Them (1954). Springfield Rifle (1952) -- not credited.

Untamed Frontier (1952).