Gene Autry
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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.
Acting
TV
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
TV
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1951
Movie
The Phantom Empire
as Gene Autry
1935
Movie
Oh, Susanna
as Gene Autry aka Tex Smith
1936
Movie
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Self - Sings (archive sound)
1991
Movie
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
as Self
1937
Movie
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Gene Autry
1949
Movie
The Big Show
as Gene Autry/Tom Ford
1936
Movie
Radio Ranch
as Gene Autry
1940
Movie
The Old Barn Dance
as Gene Autry
1938
Movie
In Old Santa Fe
as Gene Autry
1934
Movie
Rim of the Canyon
as Gene Autry / Steve Autry
1949
Movie
Melody Ranch
as Cornelius J. Courtney
1940
Movie
Ridin' on a Rainbow
as Gene Autry
1941
TV
The Gene Autry Show
as Gene Autry
1950
TV
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
TV
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
Movie
Night Stage to Galveston
as Gene Autry
1952
Movie
On Top of Old Smoky
as Gene Autry
1953
Movie
Public Cowboy No. 1
as Helen Morgan
1937
Movie
The Cowboy and the Indians
as Gene Autry
1949
Movie
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Gene Autry
1947
Movie
Ride, Ranger, Ride
as Gene Autry
1936
Crew
TV
Annie Oakley
Executive Producer
1954
TV
The Gene Autry Show
Producer
1950
TV
The Range Rider
Producer
1951
Movie
Riders in the Sky
Executive Producer
1949
Movie
Indian Territory
Executive Producer
1950
Movie
Gene Autry and the Mounties
Executive Producer
1951
TV
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Producer
1955
Movie
Beyond the Purple Hills
Executive Producer
1950
Movie
The Blazing Sun
Executive Producer
1950
Movie
Sierra Sue
Lyricist
1941