Never knew Davy Crockett was a Longhorn

[HousHorn09]

Well, the actor who portrayed Davy Crockett - Fess Parker was. I hadn't seen this posted so forgive me if it has.

RIP Fess.
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[Family Jules]

Kick ***!

Jules

 

[Dogbert]

My dad went to high school with Parker in San Angelo. The Fess Parker Winery in California has some very good wine too.

 

[OrangeRB]

I've stayed at the Red Lion in Santa Barbara which he owned and is very nice.

 

[FWHORN]

One of my wife's college roommates was married at his winery near Buellton, CA. Incredibly pretty vineyard and grounds.

 

[cochamps]

I still have my Davy Crockett coffee mug from the 50's, but the coonskin cap is long gone. That show was a big deal. RIP Mr. Parker.

 

[Texas___Fight]

 

[yelladawgdem]

Biltmore in North Carolina is a profitable working winery. It was one of the Vanderbilt mansions, You can find Anderson Cooper there checking out the Cuban grape pickers.

 

[WorsterMan]

Well of course he was. RIP FP

 

[ImissWallyPryor]

RIP, Fess. You never had to fake the accent.

Another former Horn actor from that era is Ron Ely. He played Tarzan in some of the 60s versions. He's who I remember as Tarzan because I was a little kid at that time. He also played Doc Savage in the 70s movie about the 60s comic book character.

I read in Alcalde (might have been somewhere else) that he played football at Texas in the 50s, but I can't find him listed anywhere official. Maybe he was a walk-on tackling dummy.

 

[HousHorn09]

Ron Ely? No ****? I was an avid Tarzan viewer and Doc Savage was my favorite movie back in the day. Used to collect the comic book & when they brought out that movie... well, suffice to say there was no keeping me away from it. Wow... haven't seen it in many years.

Thanks for the memory jog.

 

[cochamps]

Eli Wallach was another Horn actor.

 

[LonghornRon]

I remember getting Fess Parker's autograph at halftime of the '68 Arkansas game on the track behind the Longhorn bench. He signed quite a few that night.

 

[Horn87]

The Alcalde had a publication a few yrs back that had famous former Longhorns, and remember Fess Parker, Ron Ely, among others listed--also the guy who was on Magnum PI--what was his name?? Higgins, was his name on the show..,

 

[MarylandHorn]

Higgins of Magnum PI was played by John Hillerman, born in Denison, TX, and attended UT for 3 years before joining the USAF. The accent was fake... He was also in High Plains Drifter, The Last Picture Show, and Blazing Saddles, where no fake accent was necessary.

 

[cochamps]

I think Eli Wallach was in High Plains Drifter as well. I know he was in several of the "spaghetti westerns" starring Clint Eastwood.

 

[LITNIN HORN]

Never heard that Ron Ely played football at UT...he was born in Hereford, TX and attended UT in the '50s...he was in the ROTC.