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Dale Evans Rogers (born Frances Octavia Smith; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She was the second wife of singing cowboy film star Roy Rogers .
Rogers and Evans' famous theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Evans; they sang it as a duet to sign off their television show. In fall 1962, they cohosted a comedy-Western-variety program, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, aired on ABC. It was cancelled after three months, losing in the ratings to The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS.
The show's theme song, “Happy Trails”, was written by Dale Evans and sung by her and Rogers over the end credits of each episode. [2] The show received an Emmy nomination in 1955 for Best Western or Adventure Series, but it lost out to the syndicated Stories of the Century, an anthology series starring and narrated by Jim Davis. [4]
South of Caliente is a 1951 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers.. One highlight of the film is the gypsy dance as done by Lillian Molieri (aka Lupe Mayorga).
George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (7 May 1885 – 9 February 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered, cantankerous, but ever-loyal and brave comic sidekick of the cowboy stars William Boyd, Roy Rogers and John Wayne.
Art Evans, a film and television actor known for his roles in “Die Hard 2” and “Fright Night,” died Dec. 21. He was 82. Evans’ death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Erica Huntzinger.
Art Evans, the actor who starred in films like Die Hard 2 and A Soldier's Story, has died at age 82.. Evans died Saturday, Dec. 21, Deadline reported, adding that the actor's rep said the cause ...
The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was a musical variety series that aired Saturday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on ABC from September 29, 1962 [2] until December 22, 1962. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The series was called "a very wholesome musical variety hour" [ 2 ] and one reviewer referred to it as "A kind of Lawrence Welk with spurs."