Davy Crockett - King Of The Wild Frontier

Starring: Buddy Ebsen, Fess Parker Original UK Premiere: 1955 Dvd Release: 17th January, 2005 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Buddy Ebsen was an American actor best remembered for his role in the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. He began his career as a dancer, making his film debut in 1935 s Broadway Melody of 1936 & starring in various screen musicals including 1938 s My Lucky Star. Ebsen was originally cast as the Tin Man in the 1938 classic The Wizard of Oz. He recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals & started filming with the rest of the cast. He was rushed to the hospital nine days after filming began, when his lungs seized after a week of inhaling aluminum dust from the dangerously experimental tin makeup. While Ebsen was in the hospital for two weeks, recovering from a near-fatal allergic reaction to the dust, he was silently replaced by Jack Haley. Haley didnt run the same risk because the makeup was changed in the meantime from a dust to a paste. Ebsens career may have been damaged by losing the Wizard of Oz part; he appeared only in minor Westerns for many years after this incident. From 1941 to 1946 he served as a lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard. Posters Of Petticoat Junction

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Fess Parker is an American film & television actor. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Parker is best known for his role playing frontiersmen Davy Crockett & Daniel Boone as well as starting a fad of wearing coonskin hats. He served as a radioman in the Marine Corps at the end of World War II after being rejected as an aviator for being too tall. After being discharged, he was stabbed in the neck by a drunken driver during a post-collision argument. Parker required many months of rehabilitation, but he was unable afterwards to participate in collegiate sports as much as he wanted. Parker graduated from the University of Texas in 1950 with a history degree. He studied at the University of Southern California, earning a graduate degree in drama. He began his show business career in the play, Mister Roberts, in 1951 & was subsequently hired by the Disney Studios in 1954 to play historic figure Crockett. He also made guest appearances on television programs & composed & sang music. He married Marcella Rinehart in 1960 & the couple has two children. Posters Of Fess Parker

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