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Gene Autry
Near Tioga, Texas, USA
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, m…
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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.
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2019
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Movie Self (archive)
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2003
Christmas in Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Movie (archive footage)
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1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie Self - Sings (archive sound)
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1991
The Republic Pictures Story
Movie Self
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1985
A Statlers Christmas Present
Movie Self - Special Guest
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1980
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Movie Self
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1978
50 Years of Country Music
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie (archive footage)
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1976
It's Showtime
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1958
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Movie Self
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1955
Buffalo Bill Jr.
TV show Producer
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1954
Annie Oakley
TV show Executive Producer
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1953
Last of the Pony Riders
Movie Gene Autry
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1953
Saginaw Trail
Movie Gene Autry
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1953
Pack Train
Movie Gene Autry
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1953
Goldtown Ghost Riders
Movie Gene Autry
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1953
On Top of Old Smoky
Movie Gene Autry
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1953
Winning of the West
Movie Gene Autry
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1952
Blue Canadian Rockies
Movie Gene Autry
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1952
Wagon Team
Movie Gene Autry
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1952
The Old West
Movie Gene Autry
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1952
Barbed Wire
Movie Gene Autry
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1952
Apache Country
Movie Gene Autry
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1952
Night Stage to Galveston
Movie Gene Autry
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1951
Valley of Fire
Movie Gene Autry
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1951
The Red Skelton Show
TV show Self
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1951
Hills of Utah
Movie Dr. Gene Autry
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1951
Silver Canyon
Movie Gene Autry
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1951
Whirlwind
Movie Gene Autry aka The Whirlwind
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1951
The Range Rider
TV show Producer
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1951
Texans Never Cry
Movie Gene Autry
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1951
Gene Autry and the Mounties
Movie Gene Autry
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1950
The Blazing Sun
Movie Gene Autry
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1950
Indian Territory
Movie Gene Autry
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1950
Beyond the Purple Hills
Movie Gene Autry
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1950
The Gene Autry Show
TV show Gene Autry
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1950
Hoedown
Movie Gene Autry (voice) (uncredited)
