Although actually born in what was then the semi-autonomous region known as The State of Franklin, whom did Fess Parker claim was born on a mountaintop in Tennessee?
Fess Parker married Marcella Belle Rinehart on January 18, 1960. They had two children, Fess Elisha Parker III and Ashley Allen Rinehart, along with 11 grandchildren and a great-grandson. Parker died of natural causes on March 18, 2010, at his home in Santa Ynez, California, near the Fess Parker Winery. Fess Parker Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (born F.E. Parker; 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 1955–1956 TV miniseries and as Daniel Boone in a television series from 1964 to 1970. He was
Fess Parker Turning down the title role of "McCloud", Parker retired from acting at the age of 49 after a sitcom pilot called "The Fess Parker Show" was broadcast on March 28, 1974, but was not subsequently picked up by the network. Fess Parker was nominated for best new personality Emmy in 1954, but lost to George Gobel. He was never nominated again, nor was his show "Daniel Boone". In 1991, he was named a Disney Legend. In 2003, Parker received the Texas Cultural Trust's "Texas Medal of Arts Award", established only the year before. For his work with Disney, Parker was