Western Leone spaghetti westerns. In 1970, a fortress was built a short distance from Western Leone. This structure was used as a set for "El Condor" and later films. The fortress fell into disrepair by 1986. Western Leone Western Leone is a Western-style theme park in the province of Almeria, Andalusia (Spain). Located at the 378.9 km mark on the A-92 motorway, it is the smallest of three such theme parks in the Tabernas Desert; the other two are Mini Hollywood and Texas Hollywood. Western Leone was originally built to film Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968); the
Singing cowboy of the Sons of the Pioneers singing group, made a series of Westerns at Columbia Pictures accompanied by the Hoosier Hot Shots. He also appeared in numerous John Ford films as a basically non-singing supporting player, including "The Searchers", and later played "Festus Hagen" on the television series "Gunsmoke" for eleven seasons. Rex Allen made his debut in films with Republic Pictures' "The Arizona Cowboy" in 1950. He is credited with making the last theatrical singing cowboy Western "Phantom Stallion" in 1954. Other notable actors who became famous as singing cowboys were Jimmy Wakely and John 'Dusty' King who appeared