Personal Info
Birth date
1907-09-29 (117 Years)
Day of death
1998-10-02
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Near Tioga, Texas, USA
Also known as
Orvon Grover Autry
The Singing Cowboy
Bob Clayton
Johnny Dodds
Gene Autry
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.
Filmography
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
Overview:
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.The Gene Autry Show
4.2
Overview:
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.What's My Line?
6.9
Overview:
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.Annie Oakley
5.2
Overview:
Annie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in syndication, for a total of 81 black and white episodes, each 25 minutes long. ABC showed reruns on Saturday and Sunday daytime from 1959 to 1960 and from 1964 to 1965.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Buffalo Bill Jr.
5
Overview:
Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American Western television series starring Dickie Jones that aired in syndication from March 1, 1955, until September 21, 1956.The Phantom Empire
5.5
Overview:
When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.Riders of the Whistling Pines
5
Overview:
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.Rim of the Canyon
4.4
Overview:
20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by Marshal Steve Autry. 20 years later, the men bust out of prison and return to the ghost town where they stashed their treasure searching. Steve's grandson picks up where Steve left off to foil the plans of the outlaws.Boots and Saddles
4
Overview:
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls for a race to decide the winner. But that night Neale has Autry's stable burned.The Big Show
4.2
Overview:
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.In Old Santa Fe
5
Overview:
Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and has the stage robbed, Kentucky finds the outlaws and brings them in. Tracy frames him for the murder of the driver but his pal Cactus gets him out of jail. He returns just as Chandler shoots Tracy and Kentucky finds himself arrested for another murder.Git Along Little Dogies
6
Overview:
When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railraod to town.Mule Train
5
Overview:
A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is the last thing the badmen of Trail End want, as they have a monopoly of the wagons needed to haul rocks to the site. A pretty sheriff notwithstanding, it's a job for a singing marshal.The Range Rider
6.8
Overview:
The Range Rider is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from 1951 to 1953. A single lost episode surfaced and was broadcast in 1959. The Range Rider was also broadcast on British television during the 1960s, and in Melbourne, Australia during the 1950s.Riders in the Sky
5.2
Overview:
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawalla Jones but decides instead to help Anne Lawson clear her father, rancher Ralph Lawson, of a false murder charge. He looks for the three witnesses who can testify that Lawson shot only in self defense in killing a gambler, but the witnesses are terrorized by another gambler, town boss Rock McCleary, who shoots witness Pop Roberts Morgan. Fatally wounded, Pop gives Gene the information needed to clear Lawson, then dies crying the "Ghost Riders" are coming for him. Gene then heads for a showdown with McCleary.Winning of the West
5.5
Overview:
A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.Bells of Capistrano
6
Overview:
America's favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this vintage tale as an up-and-coming rodeo singer caught in the middle of two rival companies, both angling to ride the talented crooner to riches. Featuring several memorable musical performances from Autry, including renditions of "Forgive Me" and "In Old Capistrano," this rousing Western co-stars Smiley Burnette, Virginia Grey and Lucien Littlefield.Public Cowboy No. 1
6
Overview:
Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology such as, airplanes, radios and refrigerated trucks to steal the cows, butcher them in the field and ship them out before getting caught. This causes the town to bring in a modern NYC detective to catch the crooks, but will Autry and Frog be permanently out of a job?The Cowboy and the Indians
6.8
Overview:
Finding Indians stealing from his ranch, Gene learns they are suffering from malnutrition. Store owner Martin is cheating them and now he is after the Chief's valuable necklace. When the dying chief is found, having been attacked and robbed, Martin blames Lakhona who would become the new chief. When Gene helps Lakhona they soon find themselves fleeing from the law.Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
6
Overview:
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and big band stars Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis, and the Kay Thompson Singers. Songs include "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm," "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," "Heaven?," "I Owe You," and "It's Round-up Time in Reno."My Music: A Classic Christmas
7.5
Overview:
Gavin MacLeod and Marion Ross host a Christmas celebration that features classic performances of popular holiday standards and traditional carols performed, throughout decades past, by an array of artists, including Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, Brenda Lee, Eddy Arnold, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Mitch Miller and the Gang, Gene Autry, Jimmy Boyd, the Supremes, Rosemary Clooney, the Lennon Sisters, Burl Ives, Mahalia Jackson, Mitzi Gaynor, Julie Andrews, the Beach Boys, the Carpenters, Jose Feliciano, the Drifters, Ronnie Spector, the Harry Simeone Chorale, and David Bowie.Down Mexico Way
NYR
Overview:
Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a "special", to be promoted separately from Autry's regular B-western series as an A-picture attraction. The story gets under way when a pair of con artists, Gibson (Sidney Blackmer) and Allen (Joe Sawyer), breeze into the town of Sage City claiming to be movie producers. The two scoundrels promise to film a movie in the little burg on the condition that the townsfolk pony up the necessary production fees.Gaucho Serenade
6
Overview:
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has hitched a ride, thinking that Gene and Frog were sent by his father to meet him. Ronnie thinks his father is a big rancher in the west and doesn't know that his father, Alfred Willoughby, is serving time in San Quentin prison because of a frame-up by the officials of a packing company. To keep the father from testifying against them, the packing company officials, Carter, Jenkins and Martin, have arranged for the boy to be kidnapped. Along the way a runaway bride, Joyce Halloway, and her young sister Patsy join the troupe.Ridin' on a Rainbow
5
Overview:
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money on the boat and tells his daughter Patsy to bring it to him at a later stop on the river. Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to the showboat where he becomes a performer. Gene and Frog try to find the money while helping Patsy and her father.The Big Sombrero
5
Overview:
Gene is hired to be foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by Jim Garland, who is handling all the business affairs of the owner, Estrellita Estrada, who is more interested in going to America than taking care of her Mexican holdings. Gene, discovering Garland's plan to run all the Mexican rancheros off the ranch, turns against his boss and shortly finds himself in the middle of cattle stampedes and an avalanche started by Garland's men.Gay, Gay Hollywood
NYR
Overview:
The short shows various clips from Hollywood feature films that, like the title of the film, are full of double entendre. It includes a segment from a Little Rascals short, a performance by Glen Campbell (who ironically was a well-known homophobe), and a segment from a Gene Autry singing cowboy western, as well as a Jerry Lewis bit with Jerry in drag.Rovin' Tumbleweeds
4.5
Overview:
Rancher Autry takes a job singing on the radio to aid farmers and ranchers whose lands were destroyed by raging floods. Blaming crooked politicians, he goes to Washington and tries to put through a food control bill and finds he has a lot to learn. In this classic release, Gene introduces his immortal theme song, "Back in the Saddle Again," which has gone on to become a piece of American History.Wagon Team
6
Overview:
Gene Autry is back in the saddle again as an undercover detective in this action-packed Western complete with a showdown. Gene poses as a jailbird to wangle the truth from a boy (Dick Jones) suspected of stealing an Army payroll. When the youngster escapes from lockup and rejoins his family's medicine show, intrigue is in the wind as Gene tries to solve the mystery of the missing money and to save the lad from a vicious mob. Pat Buttram co-stars.Acting
2019My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self (archive footage)
2003Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2000Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs as (archive footage)
1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio as Self - Sings (archive sound)
1991The Republic Pictures Story as Self
1985A Statlers Christmas Present as Self - Special Guest
1980Gay, Gay Hollywood as Unknown
1976Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
1976It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
1956The Steve Allen Show (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Guest, Self - Singer
1953Last of the Pony Riders as Gene Autry
1953Saginaw Trail as Gene Autry
1953Pack Train as Gene Autry
1953Goldtown Ghost Riders as Gene Autry
1953On Top of Old Smoky as Gene Autry
1953Winning of the West as Gene Autry
1952Blue Canadian Rockies as Gene Autry
1952Wagon Team as Gene Autry
1952The Old West as Gene Autry
1952Barbed Wire as Gene Autry
1952Apache Country as Gene Autry
1952Night Stage to Galveston as Gene Autry
1951Valley of Fire as Gene Autry
1951Hills of Utah as Dr. Gene Autry
1951The Red Skelton Show (1 Episode) as Self
1951Silver Canyon as Gene Autry
1951Whirlwind as Gene Autry aka The Whirlwind
1951Texans Never Cry as Gene Autry
1951Gene Autry and the Mounties as Gene Autry
1950The Blazing Sun as Gene Autry
1950Indian Territory as Gene Autry
1950Beyond the Purple Hills as Gene Autry
1950The Gene Autry Show (95 Episodes) as Gene Autry
1950Hoedown as Gene Autry (voice) (uncredited)
1950Cow Town as Gene Autry
1950Mule Train as U.S. Marshal Gene Autry
1950What's My Line? (1 Episode) as Self
1949Sons of New Mexico as Gene Autry
1949Riders in the Sky as Gene Autry
1949The Cowboy and the Indians as Gene Autry
1949Rim of the Canyon as Gene Autry / Steve Autry
1949The Big Sombrero as Gene Autry
1949Riders of the Whistling Pines as Gene Autry
1948Loaded Pistols as Gene Autry
1948The Strawberry Roan as Gene Autry
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (3 Episodes) as Self
1947The Last Round-up as Gene Autry
1947Robin Hood Of Texas as Gene Autry
1947Saddle Pals as Gene Autry
1947Twilight on the Rio Grande as Gene Autry
1947Trail to San Antone as Gene Autry
1946Sioux City Sue as Gene Autry
1942Bells of Capistrano as Gene Autry
1942Call of the Canyon as Gene Autry
1942Stardust on the Sage as Gene Autry
1942Home in Wyomin' as Gene Autry
1942Heart of the Rio Grande as Gene Autry
1942Cowboy Serenade as Gene Autry
1941Sierra Sue as Gene Autry
1941Down Mexico Way as Gene Autry
1941Under Fiesta Stars as Gene Autry
1941Sunset in Wyoming as Gene Autry
1941The Singing Hill as Gene Autry
1941Back in the Saddle as Gene Autry
1941Ridin' on a Rainbow as Gene Autry
1940Rodeo Dough as Gene Autry
1940Melody Ranch as Cornelius J. Courtney
1940Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Gene Autry
1940Carolina Moon as Gene Autry
1940Gaucho Serenade as Gene Autry
1940Men with Steel Faces as Gene Autry
1940Shooting High as Will Carson
1940Rancho Grande as Gene Autry
1939South of the Border as Gene Autry
1939Rovin' Tumbleweeds as Gene Autry
1939In Old Monterey as Gene
1939Colorado Sunset as Gene Autry
1939Mountain Rhythm as Gene Autry
1939Blue Montana Skies as Gene Autry
1939Mexicali Rose as Gene Autry
1939Home on the Prairie as Gene Autry
1938Western Jamboree as Gene Autry
1938Rhythm of the Saddle as Gene Autry
1938Prairie Moon as Gene Autry
1938Man from Music Mountain as Gene Autry
1938Gold Mine in the Sky as Gene Autry
1938The Old Barn Dance as Gene Autry
1937Manhattan Merry-Go-Round as Self
1937Springtime in the Rockies as Gene Autry
1937Boots and Saddles as Gene Autry
1937Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge as Gene Autry
1937Public Cowboy No. 1 as Helen Morgan
1937Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm as Gene Autry
1937Git Along Little Dogies as Gene Autry
1937Round-Up Time in Texas as Gene Autry
1936The Old Corral as Sheriff Gene Autry
1936Ride, Ranger, Ride as Gene Autry
1936The Big Show as Gene Autry/Tom Ford
1936Oh, Susanna as Gene Autry aka Tex Smith
1936Guns and Guitars as Gene Autry
1936The Singing Cowboy as Gene Autry
1936Comin' 'Round the Mountain as Gene Autry
1936Red River Valley as Gene Autry
1935The Singing Vagabond as Captain Tex Autry
1935The Sagebrush Troubadour as Gene Autry
1935Melody Trail as Gene Autry
1935Tumbling Tumbleweeds as Gene Autry
1935The Phantom Empire as Gene Autry
1934Mystery Mountain as Teamster Thomas (ch's 6-8) (uncredited)
1934In Old Santa Fe as Gene Autry
Production
1955Buffalo Bill Jr. (42 Episodes) ... Producer
1954Annie Oakley (74 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
1951The Range Rider (77 Episodes) ... Producer
1951Gene Autry and the Mounties ... Executive Producer
1950The Blazing Sun ... Executive Producer
1950Indian Territory ... Executive Producer
1950Beyond the Purple Hills ... Executive Producer
1950The Gene Autry Show (95 Episodes) ... Producer
1949Riders in the Sky ... Executive Producer
Writing
1941Sierra Sue ... Lyricist