Daniel Boone TV show is an American action-adventure television series. The main series character was Fess Parker as Daniel Boone. The series ran on NBC for 165 episodes from September 24, 1964, to May 7, 1970.
The show began airing “in living color” in 1965 for the second season and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
A previous television series based on Daniel Boone aired in 1960. It was the Walt Disney Presents anthology, with Dewey Martin as Boone.
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Daniel Boone TV show Cast
Fess Parker
Fess Parker played the role of historical figure Daniel Boone.
The brilliant actor Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was born on the 16th of August, 1924. Actor Fess was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for his roles as Davy Crockett in the Walt Disney 1954–1955 ABC TV miniseries. His Daniel Boone in an NBC television series from 1964 to 1970 is also commendable. He was also a vintner and a resort owner/operator.
Fess Parker Wife
On January 18, 1960, Parker married Marcella Belle Rinehart. Fess Elisha Parker III and Ashley Allen Rinehart were their two children. Together they had 11 grandkids and a great-grandson.
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On March 18, 2010, Parker died of natural causes at his house in Santa Ynez, California, near the Fess Parker Winery.
Net Worth
Actor Fess Parker’s net worth was $20 million. Parker, in addition to performing, was a winemaker and resort, owner and operator. Businessman Fess joined the Marine Corps because he was too big to be a pilot or radioman gunner. Parker graduated from the University of Southern California with a master’s degree in theater history. In 1951, he earned $32 a week as an extra in the play Mister Roberts.
Patricia Blair
Patricia Blair played the character of Rebecca Boone – Daniel’s wife.
Born January 15, 1933, Patricia Blair was an American television and film actress who appeared mostly on television in the 1950s and 1960s. In addition, she is most remembered for her role as Rebecca Boone in all six seasons of NBC’s Daniel Boone, with Fess Parker, Darby Hinton, Veronica Cartwright, and Ed Ames. She featured in a couple of modest films and television spots after the series concluded in 1970.
Her final performance in a feature film was in 1979 when she played a fashion narrator in Robert Redford’s The Electric Horseman. Later in her career, she organized trade exhibitions in New York and New Jersey.
Patricia Blair Husband
Blair, 32, married 42-year-old estate entrepreneur Martin S. Colbert in Los Angeles, California, on February 14, 1965. In 1993, the couple divorced.
Death
Blair died of breast cancer at the age of 80 at her home in North Wildwood, New Jersey.
Patricia Blair’s net worth was estimated at $5 million at the time of her death. Similarly, her revenues are primarily derived from starring parts in films and television programs.
Daniel Boone (1964 TV series) Other Character
- Veronica Cartwright as Jemima Boone – Boone’s daughter
- Darby Hinton as Israel Boone – Boone’s son.
- Ed Ames as Mingo – Boone’s companion and an Oxford-educated half-British Native American.
Daniel Boone TV show Synopsis
Actor Fess Parker portrayed two major historical people, including Daniel Boone.
The series follows Daniel Boone as he undertakes surveys and expeditions near Boonesborough, encountering friendly and dangerous Indians immediately before and during the Revolutionary War. The TV program lasted six seasons and 165 episodes.
The theme song, written by Vera Matson and Lionel Newman, was included in three different versions in the show’s main title.
Daniel Boone TV show Review
Fess Parkers’ program had an outstanding cast, dialog, and plots. Actor Fess made all of the decisions, and the result was incredible values, teachings, personal connections, and long-lasting beneficial changes that demonstrate the profound growth of characters, stories, and history. Many tales, however loosely based on reality, show historical truth but not in chronological sequence.
IT is one of the best television series. Likewise, this excellent series taught young people the significance of traditional values, which is uncommon these days. A very family-friendly piece that also included history and how things were back then.
