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Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
In 1950, his radio show was adapted to TV as The Gene Autry Show, which ran until 1956 on CBS. After the early 1960s, he largely retired from performing to concentrate on his business interests.
Eunice Fay McKenzie (February 19, 1918 – April 16, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry in the early 1940s in five horse opera features.
Buttram co-starred with Autry in more than 40 films and in over 100 episodes of his television show. Buttram's first Autry film was The Strawberry Roan in 1948. In the late 1940s, Buttram joined Autry on his radio show Melody Ranch and then on television with The Gene Autry Show. During the first television season, Buttram went by Pat or ...
Jackie Autry (born Jacqueline Evelyn Ellam; October 2, 1941 [1] [2]) is an American former owner of the Los Angeles Angels and widow of Gene Autry, as well as an actor, singer and businesswoman. Early life
Gene Autry also recorded several such titles in his early years, such as Wild Cat Mama, She's a Low-Down Mama or Do Right Daddy Blues (1931), which reads "You can feel of my legs, you can feel of my thighs, but if you feel my legs you got to ride me high." Unlike others, however, Autry broke completely with these "smut songs" shortly afterwards.
For his Columbia films, Autry chose Sterling Holloway as his sidekick for five films, and then Pat Buttram for sixteen films. Burnette returned for the last six films released in 1953. [2] From 1950 to 1955, Autry appeared in 91 episodes of The Gene Autry Show television series. [3] [4] Buttram played his sidekick in 83 of the 91 episodes. [5]
Storey was born on April 20, 1918, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [4] Her father, William Storey, [5] was a forest ranger; [6] her mother was Lareta Storey. [4] Her acting interests were evident early when, as a little girl, she put on shows in her family's backyard.