Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, ...

Boots worn by actor Fess Parker as the title character of the television series Daniel Boone. Daniel Boone was an adventure series that aired on NBC for 165 episodes from September 24, 1964, to May 7, ...

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1950s and 1960s introduced Americans to television and riveted audiences with tales of the frontier. One of the most noted ...

Actor Fess Parker, who became every baby boomer's idol in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman ...