Fess Parker
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Parker in 1968
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Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. August 16, 1924 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 18, 2010 (aged 85) Santa Ynez, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California |
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| Years active | 1950–2007 |
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| Home town | San Angelo, Texas |
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| Spouse(s) | Marcella Belle Rinehart (m. 1960–2010; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of Davy Crockett in the Walt Disney 1955–1956 TV miniseries and as Daniel Boone in a television series from 1964 to 1970. He was also known as a winemaker and resort owner-operator.
The Fess Parker Winery is one of the wineries along the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail.
Fess Parker was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised on a farm in Tom Green County near San Angelo. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the latter part of World War II, hoping to become a pilot. He was turned down because he was too tall at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m). He then tried to become a radioman gunner, but he was found too big to fit comfortably into the rear cockpit. He was finally transferred to the Marine Corps as a radio operator and shipped out for the South Pacific shortly before the atom bomb ended the war.
Discharged in 1946, he enrolled at Hardin-Simmons University on the GI Bill. After an automobile collision, he was stabbed in the neck by the other driver during an argument. He was an active member of the H-SU Players Club and transferred to the University of Texas in 1947 as a history major and continued to be active in drama. Parker graduated from UT in 1950 with a degree in history. He had been initiated into the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Having one year remaining on his GI Bill, he studied drama at the University of Southern California, where he studied for a master's degree in theater history.
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