Royal Dano Biography

Fast Facts

• Was honored as a veteran of Western films at the Tuolumne County Wild West Film Festival in 1993
• Made his screen acting debut with an uncredited role in the 1949 film "Reign of Terror․"
• Started out as a stage actor, appearing on Broadway in "Finian's Rainbow" in the 1940s
• Because of his hollow cheeks and lanky frame, he often portrayed Abraham Lincoln, including in an outdoor staging of "The Tall Kentuckian" in Louisville in 1953 in honor of the city's 175th anniversary
• Best known for his role as Ten Spot in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and as Deputy Sheriff Calvin Wiggs in "The Trouble with Harry․"
• Performed the song "We're Despicable (Plunderer's March)" in the 1962 TV movie "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol․"
• Was the voice of former President Lincoln in the Lincoln exhibits at Disneyland and Disney World