"company developed three episodes on Crockett – ""Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter"", ""Davy Crockett Goes to Congress"", and ""Davy Crockett at the Alamo"" – starring Fess Parker as Crockett. According to historians Randy Roberts and James Olson, ""by the end of the three shows, Fess Parker would be very well known, the power of television would be fully recognized, and Davy Crockett would be the most famous frontiersman in American history."" The shows sparked heated debate, with many questioning whether Crockett was really deserving of the amount of attention that he was receiving. Letter writers also questioned the series' historical accuracy."
"Davy Crockett David ""Davy"" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet ""King of the Wild Frontier"". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas Revolution. Crockett grew up in East Tennessee, where he gained a reputation for hunting and storytelling. He was made a colonel in the militia of Lawrence County, Tennessee and was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. In 1827, he was elected to the U.S. Congress where"
"and directed by Francis D. Lyon, the 85-minute full-color film also features Jeffrey Hunter, John Lupton, Kenneth Tobey, Don Megowan, and Slim Pickens. Paul J. Smith composed the score. Filmed in Georgia and North Carolina, along the now abandoned Tallulah Falls Railway, it was released in U.S. theaters by Buena Vista Distribution Company on June 8, 1956, and capitalized on Parker's growing fame as an actor from his portrayal of Davy Crockett. The film reteamed him with Jeff York (Mike Fink). On March 25, 1863, Cpl. William Pittenger, along with 7 other soldiers, are summoned to the US War Department"
"acting as one of the train's Native American scouts. After the passengers narrowly survive a series of ambushes from Native Americans, they come to believe that a spy is on board, helping plot the attacks. Suspicions fall on Davy's innocent partner, Red Hawk (Philip Reed), so he and Davy set out to find the real culprit. The New York Times film critic wrote the movie ""should warm the cockles of the hearts of 10 year olds"". Davy Crockett, Indian Scout Davy Crockett, Indian Scout is a 1950 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring George Montgomery and Ellen"
"of the Wild Frontier"". First recorded and introduced on the television series ""Disneyland"" in 1954, it has been covered by a number of artists, most notably Tennessee Ernie Ford. The song's lyrics say Crockett was ""born on a mountaintop in Tennessee"", but his actual birthplace was Limestone, Tennessee, the home of Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park. In addition to his renowned frontier exploits and military service, Crockett served East Tennessee as a state legislator and Congressman. The folk hero Daniel Boone, who helped explore East Tennessee, was honored in the soundtrack for the television series ""Daniel Boone"", which ran from"
"Davy Crockett, Indian Scout Davy Crockett, Indian Scout is a 1950 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring George Montgomery and Ellen Drew. Wartime hero Johnny McKee had a small role in the film, as did Jim Thorpe. The film was shot at the Motion Picture Centre, with filming commencing June 1948. Much of the footage was taken from the 1940 movie ""Kit Carson"", starring Jon Hall, Dana Andrews, and Clayton Moore. During the 1840's a wagon train is headed west with Davy Crockett (George Montgomery), a young man who shares a name with his famous frontiersman uncle,"
"1939, Lancaster suffered a hand injury that ended their act. They would later reunite. He co-starred with Lancaster in nine films, including ""The Flame and the Arrow"" (1950), ""The Crimson Pirate"" (1952), ""Run Silent, Run Deep"" (1958), ""The Scalphunters"" (1968) and ""The Island of Dr. Moreau"" (1977). He played a mute character in several films such as ""The Flame and the Arrow"", ""The Crimson Pirate"", ""Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"" (1955), and the TV series ""The Count of Monte Cristo"" mostly because his thick Brooklyn accent would have been out of place. He also played the ""gremlin"" on"
"lead actor in ""Tobacco Road"", he developed the country character he would later be typecast as throughout his career. Hunnicutt often found himself cast as a character much older than himself. Hunnicutt's first film was ""Wildcat"" (1942). He appeared in a number of films in the early 1940s before returning to the stage. In 1949 he moved back to Hollywood and resumed his film career. He played a long string of supporting role characters—sympathetic, wise rural types, as in ""The Red Badge of Courage"" (1951), ""The Lusty Men"" (1952),""The Kettles in the Ozarks"" (1955), ""The Last Command"" (1955, as Davy"
"Fess Parker Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (born F.E. Parker; 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 for being a winemaker and resort owner-operator. Parker was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised on a farm in Tom Green County near San Angelo. His father, a tax assessor, had the same first name which had been given to him in honor of the"
"purchasing agent for the park, which was officially established on 15 June 1934. During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and other federal organizations made trails, fire watchtowers, and other infrastructure improvements to the park and Smoky Mountains. It was also a site for filming of parts of Disney's hit 1950s TV series, ""Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"". This park was designated an International Biosphere Reserve in 1976, was certified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983, and became a part of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve in 1988. A 75th anniversary"
"Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American western adventure film co-produced and directed by Albert C. Gannaway and Ismael Rodríguez and starring Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr. and Faron Young. The film was shot in Trucolor in Mexico. It was released by Republic Pictures at the height of the ""Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"" craze. Set in 1775, during the American War of Independence, the settlement of Boonesborough, Kentucky, is besieged by both hostile Shawnee Indian tribes and the British. Frontiersman Daniel Boone and his family must fight for survival when overtures of"
"The Last Frontier (1955 film) The Last Frontier is a 1955 American Western directed by Anthony Mann and starring Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, and Anne Bancroft. The film is set during the American Civil War at an isolated army base at the far reaches of the American frontier, where the Indians still far outnumber the whites. ""The Last Frontier"" was filmed in Technicolor and CinemaScope. On television, it has been shown retitled as ""Savage Wilderness"". Trapper Jed Cooper (Victor Mature) and his two best friends Gus (James Whitmore) and Mungo (Pat Hogan) are relieved of their possessions by"
"to February 1955. In the episodes, which once again made Crockett into one of the most popular men in the country, the frontier hero was portrayed wearing a coonskin cap. The show spawned several ""Disneyland"" Davy Crockett sequels as well as other similar shows and movies, with many of them featuring Parker as the lead actor. Parker went on to star in a ""Daniel Boone"" television series (1964-1970), again wearing a coonskin cap. Crockett's new popularity initiated a fad among boys all over the United States as well as a Davy Crockett craze in the United Kingdom. The look of"
"staff to present cutting-edge science and technology, and to predict possible futures, such as futuristic automobiles and highways. This format remained basically unchanged through the 1980s, though new material was scarce in later years. Other episodes were segments from Disney films such as ""Seal Island"" and ""Alice in Wonderland"", or cartoons of Donald Duck and other Disney standbys. The program spawned the Davy Crockett craze of 1955 with the airing of a three-episode series (not shown over the course of consecutive weeks) about the historical American frontiersman, starring Fess Parker in the title role. Millions of dollars of merchandise relating"
"volume 2, where Crockett fights for Emperor Napoleon I of Louisiana in a conflict analogous to the War of 1812. Columbia Features syndicated a comic strip, ""Davy Crockett, Frontiersman"", from June 20, 1955 until 1959. Stories were by France Herron and the artwork was ghosted in early 1956 by Jack Kirby. Numerous books have been written about David Crockett, including the first one that bears his name as its author. Davy Crockett David ""Davy"" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture"
"as the title role in ""Davy Crockett, Indian Scout"" for Edward Small. He went back to Fox for ""Dakota Lil"" (1950) and made ""The Iroquois Trail"" (1950) and ""The Texas Rangers"" (1951) for Small. Montgomery tried a swashbuckler at Fox, ""The Sword of Monte Cristo"" (1951), then returned to Small for ""Indian Uprising"" (1951) and ""Cripple Creek"" (1952), ""Gun Belt"" (1953), and ""The Lone Gun"" (1954). For Sam Katzman he made ""The Pathfinder"" (1952), ""Fort Ti"" (1952), ""Jack McCall, Desperado"" (1953), ""The Battle of Rogue River"" (1954), and ""Seminole Uprising"" (1955). Montgomery worked for other producers: ""Robbers' Roost"" (1955); ""Huk!"""
"Todish ""et al."", ""there can be little doubt that most Americans have probably formed many of their opinions on what occurred at the Alamo not from books, but from the various movies made about the battle."" The first film version of the battle appeared in 1911, when Gaston Melies directed ""The Immortal Alamo"", which has since been lost. Through the next four decades several other movies were released, variously focusing on Davy Crocket, Almeron Dickinson, and Louis Rose. The Alamo achieved prominence on television in 1955 with ""Walt Disney's Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier"", which was largely based"
"in 1953. Marlon Brando was sought for the title role. The role was eventually given to Victor Mature who had just signed a two-picture deal with Columbia. Filming was to have started in January 1955 but this was pushed back, in part so Mature could make ""Violent Saturday"". Production began 21 March 1955 on location in Mexico. The Last Frontier (1955 film) The Last Frontier is a 1955 American Western directed by Anthony Mann and starring Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, and Anne Bancroft. The film is set during the American Civil War at an isolated army base at"
"the command of Major General Andrew Jackson, portrayed by Basil Ruysdael. Along the way, Crockett kills a bear armed only with his knife. The second episode is ""Davy Crockett Goes to Congress"" (January 26, 1955): Crockett, with his companion Russel, travels to Tennessee, where he learns of the death of his wife, Polly Crockett, played by Helene Stanley. He wins a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives and later the United States House of Representatives. The third episode is ""Davy Crockett at the Alamo"" (February 23, 1955): Crockett and Russel join a gambler named Thimblerig (Hans Conreid) on their"
"also portrayed legendary frontiersman Jim Bowie on ABC's ""Davy Crockett"", a Walt Disney production, with Fess Parker in the title role. After Bowie's death in the series at the Battle of the Alamo, Tobey played a second character, Jocko, in the two final episodes of ""Davy Crockett"". Tobey then, in 1957, appeared in the syndicated religion anthology series ""Crossroads"" in the role of Mr. Alston in the episode ""Call for Help"" and as Jim Callahan in ""Bandit Chief"" in the syndicated western series ""The Sheriff of Cochise"". Later that same year, Tobey starred in the television series ""The Whirlybirds"", a"
"Davy Crockett – In Hearts United Davy Crockett – In Hearts United is a 1909 American silent film starring Charles K. French as Davy Crockett, with Evelyn Graham, Charles Bauman, Charles W. Travis and Charles Inslee. The film was directed by Fred Balshofer and distributed by New York Motion Picture Co. It was commercially released on June 4, 1909 in the United States. This is believed to be the first movie ever made about Davy Crockett. The fictional romance depicted frontiersman Crockett rescuing a woman named Anna in mid-ceremony from marriage to a man she didn't love. She and Crockett"
"Davy Crockett in, as well as direct, the three-hour-plus Todd-AO production ""The Alamo"", released by United Artists, that featured many elements of ""The Last Command"" in its screenplay. Yates decided to rework the Alamo project with other actors. Republic were not making many films in 1954 but the Alamo project was key to the year. The movie was also known as ""The Unconquered Territory"", ""The Texian"", ""The Alamo"" and ""San Antonio Bexar"". Frank Lloyd became attached to direct. Filming started February 1955. Max Steiner's theme song for ""The Last Command"", ""Jim Bowie,"" is sung by musical star Gordon MacRae, who"
"Davy Crockett (play) Davy Crockett, or Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead is an 1872 American play which became very popular in its time, inspired by the frontiersman of the same name. It was written by Frank Murdoch, and the lead role was played by Frank M. Mayo. Crockett arrives at his home in the woods and learns that ""Little Nell"" (properly named Eleanor Vaughn), his childhood love interest, has returned from abroad, along with her guardian and fiancé. As that group travels to their intended destination at the fiancé's uncle's estate, Crockett offers shelter in hunting hut. The"
"Jocko's wife coaxes him to stay and defend the fort, despite her disability. His other film credits included ""The Naked Jungle"" (1954), ""The Raid"" (1954), ""Jubal"" (1956), ""The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll"" (1957), ""Blood Arrow"" (1958), ""The Left Handed Gun"" (1958), ""The Buccaneer"" (1958), ""The Hanging Tree"" (1959), ""The Oregon Trail"" (1959), ""One-Eyed Jacks"" (1961), ""The Premature Burial"" (1962), """" (1963), ""The Haunted Palace"" (1963), ""The Omega Man"" (1971) and ""Rage"" (1972). Dierkes died on January 8, 1975 from emphesyma in Los Angeles, California. John Dierkes John Dierkes (February 10, 1905 – January 8, 1975) was an American actor who"
"Frontier"". First recorded and introduced on the television series ""Disneyland"" in 1954, it has been covered by a number of artists, most notably Tennessee Ernie Ford. The song's lyrics say Crockett was ""born on a mountaintop in Tennessee"", but his actual birthplace was Limestone, Tennessee, the home of Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park. In addition to his renowned frontier exploits and military service, Crockett served Tennessee as a state legislator and Congressman. The folk hero Daniel Boone, who helped explore East Tennessee, was honored in the soundtrack for the television series ""Daniel Boone"", which ran from 1964 until 1970. The"
"the Frontier"". Buntline claims that Earp can beat any cowboy in a variety of competitive activities, including shooting. Miles Breck (Grant Withers) of the Lazy Q outfit bets Buntline $10,000 that his men can beat Earp in selected challenges. On May 7, 1957, the actor Ian MacDonald played Dull Knife, a Cheyenne chief, in the episode ""Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom"". In the story line, Dull Knife leads his tribe from its reservation in Oklahoma Territory to their homeland in Montana, to which they claim the U.S. government had promised them. Steve Pendleton appeared as Army Major Benteen. Pendleton also"
"Bounty Hunter"" and ""Battle Cry"". In 1954, he appeared as Grat Dalton in the Jim Davis syndicated Western anthology series ""Stories of the Century"" in the episode ""The Dalton Brothers"". According to Parker himself, when the Walt Disney Company was seeking an actor to play Davy Crockett, James Arness, later cast as Marshal Matt Dillon on CBS's ""Gunsmoke"", was first considered for the title role. Parker had recently graduated to being a contract weekly actor, but listened to his agent and appeared in a Warner Bros. science fiction film about giant ants called ""Them!"", which required only one day's work."
"The Vanishing American (1955 film) The Vanishing American is a 1955 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Alan Le May. It is based on the 1925 novel ""The Vanishing American"" by Zane Grey. The film stars Scott Brady, Audrey Totter, Forrest Tucker, Gene Lockhart, Jim Davis and John Dierkes. The film was released on November 17, 1955, by Republic Pictures. Marion Warner inherits a ranch from an uncle. Stranded in the desert, she encounters Blandy, a white man raised by Navajos who believes her land actually belongs to the Indians. A trading post owner, Morgan, aided"
"peace fail and culminate in a frontal assault on the fort. Albert C. Gannaway composed the music for three songs for the film, with lyrics by Hal Levy. Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American western adventure film co-produced and directed by Albert C. Gannaway and Ismael Rodríguez and starring Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr. and Faron Young. The film was shot in Trucolor in Mexico. It was released by Republic Pictures at the height of the ""Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"" craze. Set in 1775, during the American War of Independence, the"
"took over from band-leader Kay Kyser as host of the TV version of NBC quiz show ""College of Musical Knowledge"" when it returned briefly in 1954 after a four-year hiatus. He became a household name in the U.S., largely as a result of his portrayal in 1954 of the 'country bumpkin', ""Cousin Ernie"", on three episodes of ""I Love Lucy"". In 1955, Ford recorded ""Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"" (which reached number 4 on the country music chart) with ""Farewell to the Mountains"" on side B. Ford scored an unexpected hit on the pop charts in 1955 with"
"continued to edit for MGM productions through about 1949. Schaeffer was nominated for an Academy Award for the small scale drama ""The Well"" (1951), which was independently produced. The film was directed by Russell Rouse, and initiated their extended collaboration on seven films. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the Disney television program ""Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter"" (1954). Schaeffer subsequently wove the footage from the first three ""Davy Crockett"" broadcast programs into the feature film ""Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"" (1955). He also worked on the classic chiller ""The Tingler"" (directed by William Castle-1959). Schaeffer's final"
"John in ""Barbed Wire"". In 1953, Fawcett continued as Dr. Fairchild in ""Neanderthal Man"" and as Orin Hadley in ""Run for the Hills"". In 1954, he was Rocky Ford in ""Riding with Buffalo Bill"" and as Old Pickup Driver in ""Gang Busters"". In 1955, Fawcett was Cubby Crouch in ""Seminole uprising"". In 1956, he portrayed Jergens in ""Canyon River"", Matthew Barnes in ""Dakota Incident"", and ""Pa Stockdale"" to Andy Griffith's character in ""No Time for Sergeants"". He was also featured in archival footage on the children's program ""The Gabby Hayes Show"". He also appeared in Disney's TV miniseries ""Davy Crockett""."
"Stick in Walt Disney's ""Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter"" starring Fess Parker. In 1955, at thirty-four, Hogan played the role of 20-year-old Crawford Goldsby, or the notorious outlaw Cherokee Bill, in the syndicated television series, ""Stories of the Century"", starring and narrated by Jim Davis. Pierre Watkin had an uncredited role as Judge Isaac Parker, who sentenced Goldsby to be hanged, after he initially received a 45-year prison sentence but escaped and committed more crimes. Hogan then portrayed Black Cloud in the CBS series ""Brave Eagle"" (1955–56) starring Keith Larsen in the title role. In the 1950s and 1960s, he guest-starred"