Rex Allen

Birth Name:

Rex Elvie Allen

Birth Place:

Willcox, Arizona, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Music department, Writer

Was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame and became the first recipient of the Golden Boot Award in 1983
Began performing as a child with his father at local dances, where he sang and played the guitar
Made his screen acting debut in the film "The Arizona Cowboy" in 1950
Started out as a featured singer on "The National Barn Dance" radio program, which earned him a contract with Mercury Records
Quote: "(On the difference between the country and western genres): "Western songs are about nature, cattle, ranching and that kind of thing - but there are no three-way love affairs in them․""
After retiring from the film industry, he returned to Willcox, Arizona and founded the Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum and the Cowboy Hall of Fame
Best known as a singing cowboy in films like "Colorado Sundown" in the 1950s and for his role as Dr․ Bill Baxter in "Frontier Doctor․"
Was the narrator of the 1973 animated film "Charlotte's Web" as well as several nature documentary films during the 1960s
Wrote nearly 300 songs during his career, including the hits "Streets of Laredo" and "I Won't Need my Six-Gun in Heaven․"
Was the voice of Disney's Carousel of Progress, which was first presented at the 1964 World's Fair and is now at Walt Disney World

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