'Davy Crockett' Star Fess Parker Dies

TMZ ^ | 03/18/10

[Borges]

Fess Parker -- who played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone -- has died of natural causes ... a rep confirms with TMZ.

Parker -- who also starred in "Old Yeller" -- owned the DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara and the Wine Country Inn & Spa in Los Olivos, CA.

Parker married Marcella Rinehart in 1960. They had two kids.

He was 85.

[pissant]

Daniel Boone was a man, was a big man.....

[Lurker]

RIP Mr. Parker.

[Don Corleone]

With the rewriting of history now going on in the schools few children will ever know who Davy Crockett was. Sad. Sad also to lose a fine actor who portrayed him.

[CatOwner]

Sorry to hear this.

White House: Let's pass Healthcare in honor of Davy Crockett! /s

[BigFinn]

Met him a few years ago at his winery in Santa Barbara... super nice fellow. May he rest in God’s peace....

[oh8eleven]

Just damn. He gave us "boomer" kids many hours of great adventure.

[gimme1ibertee]

Fess Parker....God, he was HOT in his day! :P
RIP....Condolences to his family.

[reagan_fanatic]

RIP.

[newfreep]

He was "King of the wild frontier".

As a kid, I had the record and a coon skin cap.

[Dr. Ursus]

Old Yeller-that brings back memories.

[wagglebee]

Man, I thought he had died a long time ago.

RIP.

[Fiddlstix]

R.I.P
Bump

[donna]

He was six feet, six inches tall.

[Randy Larsen]

Davy, Davy Crockett...

King Of the wild frontier...

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

RIP Mr. Parker.

[newfreep]

Someone should change the text to read "Wolverines!"

[Stand Watch Listen]

[FlingWingFlyer]

RIP Davy. You taught me how to be an American. God bless you for that.

[Old Grumpy]

That’s sad. I grew up watching all the Davy Crokett episodes. Rest in peace, Mr. Parker.

[Paine in the Neck]

Daniel Boone was a man, was a big man.....

With an eye like an eagle and as tall as a mountain was he.
Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man.
He was brave, he was fearless and as tough as a mighty oak tree.

From the coonskin cap on the top of ol Dan to the heel of his rawhide shoe
The rippin'est roarin'est fightin'est man the frontier ever knew.

Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man.
And he fought for America to make all Americans free.
What a Boone. What a wonder. What a dream comer truer was he.

[Las Vegas Ron]

RIP Mr. Parker.

[mcmuffin]

A Great guy. R.I.P.

[henkster]

Don’t forget the made for TV classic “Killdozer.”

[Touch Not the Cat]

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RIP

[Candor7]

May the angels hold you in the palms of their hands Fess.

You brought so much happiness to American patriots.

[Biggirl]

RIP.

[TruthHound]

Am I the only one who can’t remember the actual theme...only the version we sang among friends (an extremely racist version)?

[jrg]

But the bear was bigger
so he ran like.......

[Ramius]

Aw... RIP. Many memories there.

[SJSAMPLE]

He has a small role in “Them” (giant ants).

[massgopguy]

Yeah, but could he hit a guy in the crotch with a thomashawk like Mingo?

[dennisw]

I can’t remember a single episode but that was a big show for me and I had a little coonskin cap. So did the other kids. Everyone ran around with cap pistols which are a no-no these days. Mothers pretty much tolerated cap guns though it got on their nerves. These days they get the boy put on Ritalin

RIP Fess. Davey Davey Crockett king of the wild frontier. Born on a mountaintop on Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the free (kinda patriotic message for the youngsters)

[Wpin]

Fess Parker provided me with many hours of pleasure watching his movies, his show, and dreaming of becoming a mountain man. Even as an adult I have thoroughly enjoyed his movies watching them again from time to time.

May the Lord God take Mr. Parker into his grace and hold him with all the love and compassion heaven holds.

[HospiceNurse]

Old Yeller still makes me cry.

[mewzilla]

Fess Parker also had a bit part in the movie THEM. He played a guy named Alan Crotty, who'd been locked up in an institution in order to keep him quiet. He was a hoot in that movie :)

[54skylark]

Wasnt Clint Walker in Killdozer? I am not sure

[a fool in paradise]

Traficant's gonna miss that man.

[Jvette]

Well, he’s number 3 then...

Merlin Olsen
Peter Graves
Fess Parker

May God bless them all, they were from such a different time. One that today seems so long ago as to have been a dream and not real.

[dennisw]

33 posts in 7 minutes.......

I guess Davey Crockett “resonated” with the boys (now old men) at least

[BallyBill]

Sad, but another star from my youth. Luckily lived to a ripe age.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“King of The River” also as I seem to recall. Mike Fink, was another character I believe.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

He did incredibly well investing in land in the Santa Ynez Valley. Nice tasting room at his vineyard, although the wine wasn’t that hot compared to some others along Foxen Canyon Road. The wine glasses that you got to keep after the tasting were etched with little coonskin caps.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

He was a good solid conservative, too. RIP.

[mcmuffin]

[Oldpuppymax]

I remember how BIG it was to have a coonskin hat. (And a Zorro sword set after the 1958-59 Disney Zorro series aired.)

[henkster]

By golly, you are right! It WAS Clint Walker. I got the two confused.

Fess, God Bless you. Not only were you a man’s man, you are off the hook for having “starred” in “Killdozer.”

[kidd]

The Disney channel would do well if it ran Daniel Boone reruns.

Better than the spoiled pre-teen type shows that make up their programming.

(yes, I know that’ll never happen)

[BallyBill]

Thanks, I needed that. I liked Traficant too, what a character.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Bummer. Great guy. Somewhere tucked away I have an autographed photo of Mr. Parker.