Friday, March 19, 2010

Fess Parker, who starred as Davy Crockett...

...in the 1950s, died at age 85. Among his other accomplishments, Parker beat out a future president of the United States for the role of Crockett:

Disney had been searching for a quintessential American type to play the rough-hewn hero of the Alamo and had considered established stars like [James Arness], Glenn Ford, Sterling Hayden and Ronald Reagan before deciding [on Parker].

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