Rex Allen
Born: December 31, 1920 * (as Rex Elvie Allen) (in Mud Springs Canyon, 40 ml from Willcox, AZ)
Died: December 17, 1999
Spouse(s):* Doris Winsor (? - ?) (divorced) (1 child)
Bonnie Linder (married August 25, 1946 - c. 1979, divorced)
Jean Heldenbrand (married 1 1/2 years, divorced)
Virginia Hudson (November 25, 1992 - 1999, divorced)
Children: Rex Allen Jr. (born 1947)
Curtis (born c. 1949)
Mark (born c. 1953)
Bonita (born c. 1963)
Rexina?
Parents: Horace E. Allen, Luella Faye Clark
Movies:
1950
Arizona Cowboy
Hills of Oklahoma
Redwood Forest Trail
Under Mexicali Stars
Trail of Robin Hood (guest appearence in Roy Rogers film)
1951
Silver City Bonanza
Thunder in God's country
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Utah Wagon Train
1952
Colorado Sundown
The Last Musketeer
Border Saddlemates
Old Oklahoma Plains
South Pacific Trail
I Dream of Jeanie
1953
Old Overland Trail
Iron Mountain Trail
Down Larado Way
Shadows of Tombstone
Red River Shore
Sweethearts on Parade (singing voice, uncredited)
1954
Phantom Stallion
Rails Into Laramie
1960
For the Love of Mike
The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon (Narrator)
1961
Tomboy and the Champ
1962
The Legend of Lobo (Narrator)
1963
The Incredible Journey (Narrator)
Yellowstone Cubs (Narrator)
1966
Run, Appaloosa, Run (Narrator)
Swamp Country
1967
Charlie, the Lonsome Cougar (Narrator)
1973
Charlotte's Web (Narrator)
1976
The Secret of Old Glory Mine (Narrator)
The Secret of Navajo Cave/Legend of Cougar Canyon (Narrator)
TV Shows:
About Faces
- Episode dated April 6 (1960)
Church Street Station
- Dottie West (1986)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
- Episode #3.14 (1959)
Five Star Jubilee
- Episode dated May 12 (1961)
Frontier Doctor, regular
Hee Haw
- Episode #12.23 (1981)
Hold the Back Page (TV Mini-Series)
- Fathers, Sons and Lovers (1986)
The Jimmy Dean Show
- Episode dated February 14 (1965)
The Lux Show
- Episode #1.18 (1958)
Music Country U.S.A.
- Episode #1.3 (1974)
Ozark Jubilee
- Episode dated May 7 (1960)
The Red Skelton Hour
- Freddie the Star (1957)
The Rosemary Clooney Show
- Episode #1.21 (1956)
Spotlight
- Episode dated November 12 (1977)
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress (Single episode TV series) (1964)
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color **
- Walt Disney World’s 15th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
- The Shaggy D.A. (1978)
- The Secret of Old Glory Mine (1976)
- Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon (1974)
- The Yellowstone Cubs (1965)
- An Otter in the Family (1965)
- The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon (1963)
- The Horse of the West (1957)
- The Best Doggoned Dog in the World (1957) (segment “Arizona Sheepdog”)
The Woody Woodbury Show
- Episode #1.25 (1967)
The Virginian
- Tate, Ramrod (1971)
Other Film Work:
1959
Disneyland '59 (TV Movie documentary)
1961
The Saga of Windwagon Smith (Short)
1965
A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood (Short)
1966
Born to Buck (Documentary)
1974
Vanishing Wilderness (Documentary)
1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (TV Movie documentary)
1980
Foods and Fun: A Nutrition Adventure (Short, voice)
1987
This Is Your Life: Barbara Mandrell (TV Special)
1989
Take Willy with Ya (Documentary)
Regular Shows:
Frontier Doctor (Sept. 1958 - Jun. 1959, 39 episodes)
Rex Allen went from starring in children-oriented Westerns on the big screen, to starring in adult-oriented Westerns on the small screen.
Rex's character was Dr. Bill Baxter, who administered medical relief (and candy jaw breakers -- "the best thing for expectant fathers") to those living on the frontier in the first decade of the 20th century. Doc Baxter could do his fair share of detective work, too, when a medical case turned into a criminal case -- which was just nearly every week.
Frontier Doctor on DVD: (From Alpha Home Video)
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
Volume 7
Volume 8
Volume 9
* Facts concerning Allen's actual birthdate and number of marriages are hazy. Sometimes his birthday is listed as 1924. Wives vary in number from three to five. In Rex's autobiography, he uses the 1920 birthdate, and acknowledges only two wives -- Bonnie and Jean (the book was published in 1989, before he married Virginia Hudson).
** Several of these programs are also listed as feauture-length films.
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