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Mar 19, 2010 · March 19, 2010. Fess Parker, whose television portrayal of the American frontiersman Davy Crockett catapulted him to stardom in the mid-1950s and inspired millions of children to wear coonskin ...
About Us The Fess Parker Family Portfolio. Our hospitality portfolio is anchored by the Fess Parker Winery, which was established in 1989. Distributed nationally and internationally, the winery, with its highly trained team of tasting room consultants and gracious terrace and grounds, is a top destination for visitors to Santa Barbara Wine Country.
Fess Parker purchases a 714-acre ranch on what is now known as the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail, just down the street from his winery in Los Olivos. 1989. The first vines planted on the ranch are Riesling, and the first Fess Parker wine is bottled at Wente Brothers. 1991.
In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Fess Parker (1924-2010) talks about his childhood in Texas and his eventual journey to Hollywood after a visit during his military service in World War II. He discusses his early roles in filmed Westerns and his early television roles, including Dragnet and Annie Oakley. Parker talks about being hired by Disney in 1954 to play the lead in Davy Crockett, and he expounds on the show becoming a pop culture phenomenon and the impact of the show. He recounts ...
Mar 18, 2010 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of Davy Crockett in the Walt Disney 1954–1955 TV miniseries, which aired on ABC, and as Daniel Boone in an NBC television series from 1964 to 1970. He was also known as a winemaker and resort owner-operator.
Fess founded the Fess Parker Family Winery and Vineyards in Los Olivos, California, where he could often be found signing his autograph for wine and Disney lovers alike. Fess Parker passed away on March 18, 2010, at his home near Santa Barbara, California. In the mid-1950s, when Fess Parker first donned a coonskin cap to play the historical ...
