Daniel Boone
Genre	Action/Adventure
Starring	Fess Parker Ed Ames
Composer(s)	Alexander Courage Ken Darby Irving Getz Leigh Harline Joseph Mullendore Lyn Murray Lionel Newman Herman Stein Fred Steiner Leith Stevens Harry Sukman
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	165
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aaron Rosenberg
Producer(s)	Barney Rosenzweig Ted Schilz George Sherman Joseph Silver
Running time	60 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 24, 1964 – September 10, 1970

Daniel Boone is an American action/adventure television series that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. The title role was played by Fess Parker. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's American Indian friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone sidekick Yadkin in season one only. Actor and former NFL football player Roosevelt Grier made regular appearances in the 1969 to 1970 season.^[1] The show was broadcast "in Living Color," beginning in Fall, 1965, the second season. It was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah. The action genre is a class of creative works characterised by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. ... A personification of adventure as represented by a statue in The American Adventure in the World Showcase pavilion of Walt Disney Worlds Epcot. ... Fess Parker (born August 16, 1924) is an American film and television actor. ... Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick on July 9, 1927) is an American popular singer and actor. ... Alexander Courage (December 10, 1919 – May 15, 2008) was a 20th century American orchestrator, arranger and composer of music, primarily for television and motion pictures. ... Ken Darby is an Academy Award winning composer, he has shared in winning an Academy Award for Original Music Score 3 times and being nominated for three others: Awarded Scoring of a Musical Picture The King and I (1956) (with Alfred Newman) Nominated Scoring of a Musical Picture Gigi (1958... Leigh Harline (March 26, 1907 - December 10, 1969) was an award-winning film composer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Born in New Haven, Conn. ... Herman Stein (born August 9, 1915, in Philadelphia, PA - died March 15, 2007, in Los Angeles, CA) was an American composer who wrote music for many of Universal Studios 1950s science-fiction and horror films,. Herman Stein at the Internet Movie Database Categories: | | ... American composer, conductor, orchestrator and arranger for television, radio and film, born February 24, 1923, in New York, New York. ... Leith Stevens (September 13, 1909 - July 23, 1970) was an American composer. ... Aaron Rosenberg (born August 26. ... Barney Rosenzweig at an April 2007 book fair in Los Angeles Barney Rosenzweig (born December 23, 1937 in Los Angeles, California) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winning television producer. ... George Sherman (July 14, 1908-March 15, 1991) was a prolific film director of action movies beginning in the 1930s. ... This article is about the television network. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The action genre is a class of creative works characterised by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. ... A personification of adventure as represented by a statue in The American Adventure in the World Showcase pavilion of Walt Disney Worlds Epcot. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the television network. ... 20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio, a subsidiary of News Corporation. ... Fess Parker (born August 16, 1924) is an American film and television actor. ... Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick on July 9, 1927) is an American popular singer and actor. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States and their history after European contact, chiefly in what is now the United States. ... Albert Salmi (born March 11, 1928; died April 23, 1990) was an American actor. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... This article or section should be merged with Rosey Grier Roosevelt (Rosey) Grier (born 14 July 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American football player, actor, and Christian minister. ... This article is about the U.S state. ... Kanab is a city in Kane County, Utah, United States. ...

Background

Daniel Boone was one of two iconic historical figures played by Fess Parker. He previously appeared as Davy Crockett in a series of episodes of the Disney anthology television series, to considerable acclaim. For his role as Boone, which lasted far longer but had arguably less impact, Parker again wore a raccoon hide coonskin cap, which had been popularized years earlier by the Crockett shows. Daniel Boone's headgear was even mentioned in the show's theme song: "From the coonskin cap on the top of ol' Dan...."^[2] although the real life Daniel Boone did not actually wear a coonskin cap. This article is about the American pioneer. ... Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title King of the Wild Frontier. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the... The first incarnation of the Disney anthology television series, commonly called The Wonderful World of Disney, premiered on ABC on October 27, 1954 under the name Disneyland. ... Coonskin cap A coonskin cap is a cap fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon. ...

Parker's Boone was less of an explorer and more a family man than Parker's Crockett. Boone's wife Rebecca (played by Patricia Blair) and son Israel (Darby Hinton) were often featured in the stories. In reality, Boone had ten children. During the first two seasons, his daughter Jemima was shown (played by Veronica Cartwright), but she disappeared with no explanation toward the end of the second season. Western actor Chris Alcaide appeared twice on the series, once as an Indian, Flathead Joseph. Rebecca (Bryan) Boone (June 9, 1739 â€“ March 18, 1813) was an American pioneer and the wife of famed frontiersman Daniel Boone. ... Patricia Blair (born January 15, 1931) is an American television and film actress, primarily on 1950s and 1960s television. ... Darby Hinton (born August 19, 1957) is an American actor and film maker initially cast in commercials when he was only six months old. ... Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1950 in Bristol, England) is an actress. ... Christopher Chris Alcaide (October 22, 1923—June 30, 2004) was an American actor particularly known for his role in television westerns. ...

The series was set in the 1770s, just before and during the American Revolution, and mostly centered on adventures in and around Boonesborough, Kentucky. Some aspects of the show were less than historically faithful, which at one point led the Kentucky legislature to condemn the inaccuracies. This article is about political and social developments, including the origins and aftermath of the war. ... Boonesborough, Kentucky is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, located in the central part of the state along the Kentucky River. ...

Inconsistencies included episodes such as "The Aaron Burr Story," a second-season episode in which the former Vice President of the United State visits Boonesborough. The episode was based on Burr's raising an armed group, allegedly to commit treason, in 1806, while another episode in the second season hinged on allegations that the Boonesborough settlers were planning insurrection against the British Crown, prior to the American Revolution. Still other episodes took place during the Revolution. No explanation was made for the 30-year discrepancy. This article is about political and social developments, including the origins and aftermath of the war. ...

The character Mingo was half-Cherokee and highly educated, somewhat in the Tonto mold but with updated sensibilities and without the broken English. (A graduate of Oxford University, Mingo passed as a British officer in at least two episodes, and sang opera in another.) Singer Ed Ames' role as Mingo led to an infamous tomahawk-throwing demonstration on The Tonight Show that was rerun on anniversary clip shows for decades afterward. In reality, the Mingo were a small group of natives (and not one man) who were related to the Iroquois.^[3] This page contains special characters. ... Tonto was the sidekick of The Lone Ranger, the popular Western character created by Fran Striker. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In television, a clip show is an episode of a series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes, generally depicted as a sequence of flashbacks given plausibility by a frame tale. ... This article is about the Native American tribe. ... For other uses, see Iroquois (disambiguation). ...

Another television treatment of the life of Daniel Boone appeared on the Disney anthology series in 1960, with Dewey Martin starring as Boone. This four part series did not have remotely the same impact as the Crockett shows. Unsurprisingly, Fess Parker's Daniel Boone is much better remembered today than Martin's. Dewey Martin is an American film and television actor. ...

DVD info

Two boxed season sets of Daniel Boone starring Fess Parker were released on DVD on September 26, 2006 —interestingly, a full 186 years to the day of the American pioneer/hunter's death. A third season boxed set was released on May 8, 2007 followed by a fourth season boxed set on June 19, 2007. A fifth season boxed set followed in August. Season six was on DVD on November 18, 2008.^[4] is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Cumberland Gap
• Dragging Canoe
• Elizabethton, Tennessee
• Fort Watauga
• Richard Henderson
• Sycamore Shoals
• Transylvania Purchase
• Watauga River
• The Wilderness Road
• Young Dan'l Boone

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References

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External links

• Daniel Boone at the Internet Movie Database
• Daniel Boone at TV.com
• Daniel Boone TV Series
• Daniel Boone (1960 miniseries) at the Internet Movie Database