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RIP Fess Parker
« on: March 18, 2010, 02:43:33 PM »
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 05:56:38 PM »
Fess Parker was an excellent actor.  Rest in Everlasting Peace, Fess Parker.
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 06:11:51 PM »
A hero of mine and the inspiration for my life long Living History interest.
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 06:13:00 PM »
He was one of my hero's as a kid.  Him and the Lone Ranger.  Feeling kind of old now.
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 06:16:37 PM »
Yep thats a bummer! I had a coon skin cap like his when I was a youngun. Makes ya feel old when your hereos are dying of old age!
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 08:00:07 PM »

 Isn't that the turth Oldshooter, Fess Parker is only few years older than Me.
 Marvin
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2010, 02:54:27 AM »
ummm ,that just a part of life..reading about it sure took me dn memory lane though..
 fess an  his side kick ,played by buddy something [i think] sure gave us a hero as kids did n t they..
 i ll never forget a little red headed neighbor girl,singing,, davey ,davey socket ,king o de wild frontier..
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2010, 02:59:58 AM »
Fess Parker wasn't my hero, but he was an actor that played "the part of" one of my favorite heros.
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2010, 03:15:00 AM »
You were correct slim rem 7

Davy's sidekick,(George Russel) was played by Buddy Ebson.

And, no, my memory isn't that good.

I did find out that a YaHoo search on Davy Crockett gets you 1.870,000 results.  http://www.film.com/tv/davy-crockett/21323050 
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2010, 03:26:33 AM »
yea buddy ebson.. always liked him ,an the characters he played.. i recon he s most famous for playin pa on the beverly hilbillys..but he was a good actor..at least i could believe his various characters..barnaby jones an such..slim
 ps.. had that real ,, don t make a foolish mistake look .. when he was dealing with the bad guys. :)
 i remember a red headed guy from texas ,that i knew in boot camp..he had that look in his eyes ,,and you knew he wasn t playin..otherwise ,he s nicest guy you could meet..but don t read weakness into his being a good fella an easy to get along with...if you did ,you was gonna be baptised in his some red headed fire.. :)
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2010, 03:41:56 AM »
RIP........Fess
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2010, 03:54:36 AM »
He played clean parts , never offended anyone . Up there with John wayne as far as respect for his trade goes.
 Dee that your jeep ?
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2010, 04:22:29 AM »
Quote from: SHOOTALL on March 19, 2010, 03:54:36 AM
Dee that your jeep ?

Yep SHOOTALL. That's mine. It looks better than me, so I replace me with it.
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2010, 06:19:05 AM »
 Shouldn't this be moved to the Muzzleloader Forum?  ;D I remember my coonskin hat and my moms broom for my rifle. RIP Fess, you brought joy to lots of  kids in your life.
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2010, 06:49:15 AM »
I was glued to the set when Daniel Boone was on. In a kids eyes He was bigger than life. 
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2010, 07:13:18 AM »
I remember when Disney came to the Hermitage to film part of the Davy Crockett series.   We went up to watch, but they would not let us close enough to see anything.  But later seeing it on TV I was impressed knowing I had walked the same rooms the real Davy Crockett had walked in, there in the old Hermitage.  At the time was not too impressed with Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett was the man.

Will always remember Fess Parker's portrayal of Davy Crockett.  Danial Boone was a little after my TV viewing time, I was in the AF by then and did not watch a lot of TV.   
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2010, 07:49:44 AM »
Dee nice jeep !  ;D
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2010, 09:25:03 AM »
Many of us owe thanks to our love of American History to Fess Parker...
He is who has inspired me to give talks to schools and clubs about Colonial
America to young folks...

In a bit of irony...Daniel Boone died at 85...Fess Parker died at 85...

Thanks Fess...We'll see you over the next hill...

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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2010, 01:46:28 PM »
It confused me a bit, as a kid, when Fess played both Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. I soon got over it. I've seen Fess Parker in a lot of other movies ie Westward Ho! The Wagons! Always the same delivery, always the same ethics and morals - stuff a kid could get ahold of and take to heart.

We'll meet again, when my time comes...Go with GOD, Fess Parker, you have earned that.
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Re: RIP Fess Parker
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2010, 03:51:50 PM »
I took my handle from a tv character he plaid I don't think I missed a one of them he is the reason I got into black powder shooting he is the reason I studied the American Indians he was my hero may he rest in peace fess Parker D Crockett
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