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Related: About this forumOn this day, December 31, 1920, film, TV, and singing cowboy star Rex Allen was born.
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Film, TV & singing Cowboy star Rex Allen was #BornOnThisDay, Dec. 31, 1920. Was the narration for the 1973 animated film Charlotte's Web. Passed in 1999,(age 78) fell behind his parked car, due to a mild #heartattack, his caregiver unknowingly drove over him in the driveway.#RIP
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Colorado Sundown (1952) | Western Film | Rex Allen, Koko, Mary Ellen Kay
Hollywood Classics
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Watch the 1952 Hollywood classic movie, Colorado Sundown.
Rancher helps a friend claim a spread he's inherited, only to get involved in his murder.
Movie Name: Colorado Sundown
Stars: Rex Allen, Koko, Mary Ellen Kay
Director: William Witney
Hollywood Classics
56.4K subscribers
58,853 views Aug 2, 2021
Watch the 1952 Hollywood classic movie, Colorado Sundown.
Rancher helps a friend claim a spread he's inherited, only to get involved in his murder.
Movie Name: Colorado Sundown
Stars: Rex Allen, Koko, Mary Ellen Kay
Director: William Witney
Wandering Buckaroo Yodel -- Rex Allen and Slim Pickens
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[true title of the song unknown] This is a song from Rex Allen's 1953 film "The Old Overland Trail". Rex had tremendous range and a very clear yodel, as demonstrated here.
To read more about Rex Allen, visit:
http://www.bobnolan-sop.net/Biographi... {the link doesn't work anymore}
Ken Carson Tribute
1.26K subscribers
64,881 views Mar 16, 2013
[true title of the song unknown] This is a song from Rex Allen's 1953 film "The Old Overland Trail". Rex had tremendous range and a very clear yodel, as demonstrated here.
To read more about Rex Allen, visit:
http://www.bobnolan-sop.net/Biographi... {the link doesn't work anymore}
Rex Allen - Streets of Laredo
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Rex Allen Streets of Laredo live Perfomance
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When The Cowboy Sings
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Rex Allen Streets of Laredo live Perfomance
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Rex Allen - Cowpoke
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On this day, December 31, 1920, film, TV, and singing cowboy star Rex Allen was born. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2022
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Ptah
(33,549 posts)1. Hometown, Willcox, AZ
Kali
(55,921 posts)2. my Grampa (and almost every other old timer from around here)
is in the Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame
https://www.rexallenmuseum.org/CHF_020.php?inductee=CHF/CHF_037
there are errors in that bio, Billy Fourr was my Grampa's Grandfather, not his wife's. the stage stop is on the old 4F (Fourr) ranch not this one.