Gene Autry
- Acting
- September 29, 1907 · Near Tioga, Texas, USA
- October 2, 1998
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed The Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician and rodeo performer who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted The Gene Autry Show television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero - honest, brave, and true. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to carry country music to a national audience. In addition to his signature song, "Back in the Saddle Again", and his hit "At Mail Call Today", Autry is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs, most especially his biggest hit "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" as well as "Frosty the Snowman", "Here Comes Santa Claus", and "Up on the House Top". Autry is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film, television, music, radio, and live performance.
Known for
Filmography
- My Music: A Classic Christmas · Self
- Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown · Self
- Christmas from Hollywood · Self
- Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs · (archive footage)
- Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio · Self
- The Republic Pictures Story · Self
- A Statlers Christmas Present · Self
- Gay, Gay Hollywood · Self
- 50 Years of Country Music · Self
- Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · (archive footage)
- It's Showtime · Self
- The Western: A Lost TV Special · Self
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- Buffalo Bill Jr. · Producer
- Annie Oakley · Executive producer
- Last of the Pony Riders · Gene Autry
- Saginaw Trail · Gene Autry
- Pack Train · Gene Autry
- Goldtown Ghost Riders · Gene Autry
- On Top of Old Smoky · Gene Autry
- Winning of the West · Gene Autry
- Blue Canadian Rockies · Gene Autry
- Wagon Team · Gene Autry
- The Old West · Gene Autry
- Barbed Wire · Gene Autry
- Apache Country · Gene Autry
- Night Stage to Galveston · Gene Autry
- Valley of Fire · Gene Autry
- Hills of Utah · Dr. Gene Autry
- The Red Skelton Show · Self
- Silver Canyon · Gene Autry
- Whirlwind · Gene Autry aka The Whirlwind
- The Range Rider · Producer
- Texans Never Cry · Gene Autry
- Gene Autry and the Mounties · Gene Autry, Executive producer
- The Blazing Sun · Gene Autry, Executive producer
- Indian Territory · Gene Autry, Executive producer
- Beyond the Purple Hills · Gene Autry, Executive producer
- The Gene Autry Show · Gene Autry, Producer
- Hoedown · Gene Autry (voice) (uncredited)
- Cow Town · Gene Autry
- Mule Train · U.S. Marshal Gene Autry
- What's My Line? · Self
- Sons of New Mexico · Gene Autry
- Riders in the Sky · Gene Autry, Executive producer
- The Cowboy and the Indians · Gene Autry
- Rim of the Canyon · Gene Autry / Steve Autry
- The Big Sombrero · Gene Autry
- Riders of the Whistling Pines · Gene Autry
- Loaded Pistols · Gene Autry
- The Strawberry Roan · Gene Autry
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- The Last Round-up · Gene Autry
- Robin Hood Of Texas · Gene Autry
- Saddle Pals · Gene Autry
- Twilight on the Rio Grande · Gene Autry
- Trail to San Antone · Gene Autry
- Sioux City Sue · Gene Autry
- Bells of Capistrano · Gene Autry
- Call of the Canyon · Gene Autry
- Stardust on the Sage · Gene Autry
- Home in Wyomin' · Gene Autry
- Heart of the Rio Grande · Gene Autry
- Cowboy Serenade · Gene Autry
- Sierra Sue · Gene Autry, Lyricist
- Down Mexico Way · Gene Autry
- Under Fiesta Stars · Gene Autry
- Sunset in Wyoming · Gene Autry
- The Singing Hill · Gene Autry
- Back in the Saddle · Gene Autry
- Ridin' on a Rainbow · Gene Autry
- Rodeo Dough · Gene Autry
- Melody Ranch · Cornelius J. Courtney
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride · Gene Autry
- Carolina Moon · Gene Autry
- Gaucho Serenade · Gene Autry
- Radio Ranch · Gene Autry
- Shooting High · Will Carson
- Rancho Grande · Gene Autry
- South of the Border · Gene Autry