Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (August 26, 1924 - March 18, 2010) was an American actor from Fort Worth, Texas. He was best known for playing the titular characters in Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.
He was married to Marcella Belle Rinehart and they had two children.
Parker died of natural causes at the age of 85 in 2010.
Film Roles
- Harvey as Leslie (Uncredited Role, voice)
- No Room For The Groom as Cousin Ben (uncredited)
- Untamed Frontier as Clem McCloud
- Springfield Rifle as Jim Randolph (uncredited)
- Man On A Tightrope as Checkpoint Soldier (uncredited)
- Take Me To Town as Long John (uncredited)
- The Kid From Left Field as McDougal
- Island In The Sky as Fitch's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
- Thunder Over The Plains as Kirby
- Dragonfly Squadron as Texas Lieutenant (uncredited)
- Them! as Alan Crotty
- The Bounty Hunter as Interloper (uncredited)
- Battle Cry as Pvt. Speedy
- The Great Locomotive Chase as James J. Andrews
- Westward Ho The Wagons as John 'Doc' Grayson
- Old Yeller as Jim Coates
- The Light In The Forest as Del Hardy
- The Hangman as Sheriff Buck Weston
- Alias Jesse James as Davy Crockett (uncredited)
- The Jayhawkers as Cam Bleeker
- Hell Is for Heroes as Sgt. Pike
- Smoky as Clint Barkley
- Climb An Angry Mountain as Sheriff Elisha Cooper
Television Roles
- Dragnet as Officer Harkness (1 episode)
- Stories Of The Century as Grat Dalton (1 episode)
- Annie Oakley as Len Clinton/Tom Conrad (2 episodes)
- My Little Margie as The All American (1 episode)
- Death Valley Days as Preacher Joel H. Todd/Cort Morrison (2 episodes)
- Davy Crockett (1954) as the title character.
- City Detective as Tony (1 episode)
- Mr Smith Goes To Washington as Sen. Eugene Smith
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Sheriff Ben Wister (1 episode)
- Destry as Clarence Jones (1 episode)
- Burke's Law as Herman Sitwell (1 episode)
- Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
- The Red Skelton Hour as Davy Crockett (1 episode)
Director
- Daniel Boone (5 episodes)
