Job Actor * Winemaker * Resort owner-operator
Years active 1950-2007
Top Roles Voice of Leslie the Chauffeur, Pvt. Speedy, Sheriff Buck Weston, Davy Crockett, Cam Bleeker
Top GenresWestern, Drama, War, Comedy, Family, Action
Top TopicsDisney, Book-Based, Civil War
Top Collaborators (Producer), , , (Director)
Shares birthday with Ann Blyth, Mae Clarke, Glenn Strange  see more..

Fess Parker Overview:

Actor, Fess Parker, was born Fess Elisha Parker Jr. on Aug 16, 1924 in Fort Worth, TX. Parker died at the age of 85 on Mar 18, 2010 in Santa Ynez, CA .

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On October 22, 1991, Parker received the Disney Legends Award for living up to the Disney principals of imagination, skill, discipline, craftsmanship and magic.

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Fess Parker Quotes:

Jim Coates: Now and then, for no good reason, life will haul off and knock a man flat.


[as the raiders are climbing into the boxcar, Andrews notices that a Confederate soldier is watching them]
James J. Andrews: Come on, boys. When it's orders from Beauregard, we can't keep the General waiting.
[Confederate soldier walks away]


Chief Red Stick: Why you no kill me?
Davy Crockett: Maybe because of another law. We have trouble living up to it, but it ain't bad for red man or white man: thou shall not kill.


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Fess Parker Facts
Walt Disney would not let Parker out of his contract, so he had to turn down a part in The Searchers (1956).

Longtime friend of Ronald Reagan.

Has two children, Fess Elisha III (Fess Parker) and Ashley Allen Rinehart.

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