Fess Parker; Walt's People: Volume 5 - Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him, 2007-06-20

Fess Parker and raccoonsOn December 15, 1954, during its first season, the Disneyland TV show aired an episode called "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter." It was the first of three episodes about the legendary frontiersman. Fess Parker, who was then 30 years old, had been chosen by Walt Disney himself to play Crockett. Disney had spotted Parker in a 2 1/2-minute bit part in a science-fiction thriller called Them!, about huge mutated ants that were threatening the American Southwest. […]

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1 - Hugh Harman (Michael Barrier)
2 - Nadine Missakian (Dave Smith)
3 - Ward Kimball (Rick Shale)
4 - Erwin Verity (Dave Smith, Rick Shale)
5 - James Algar (Richard Hubler)
6 - Winston Hibler (Richard Hubler)
7 - Bill Anderson (Richard Hubler)
8 - Bill Walsh (Richard Hubler)
9 - Bill Walsh (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
10 - George Bruns (Richard Hubler)
11 - Buddy Baker (John Burlingame)
12 - Buddy Baker (Jérémie Noyer)
13 - Fess Parker
14 - Walt Stanchfield (Christian Renaut)
15 - Marc Davis (Richard Hubler)
16 - Alice Davis (Dave Oneil)
17 - T. Hee (Richard Hubler)
18 - Maurice Noble (Harry McCracken)
19 - Al Dempster (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
20 - Walt Peregoy (Bob Miller)
21 - Taking My Best Shot - Working on Disney's "The Saga of Windwagon Smith" (Floyd Norman)
22 - The Making of The Jungle Book - as remembered by Floyd Norman (Floyd Norman)
23 - Bill Evans (Jim Korkis)
24 - Jack Bradbury (Alberto Becattini)
25 - Lynn Karp (Alberto Becattini)
26 - Dave Michener (Didier Ghez)
27 - In Memory of Vance Gerry (John Musker)
28 - Vance Gerry (Charles Solomon)
29 - Vance Gerry (Christian Renaut)
30 - Ron Clements and John Musker (Clay Kaytis)

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