Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was an American film and television actor whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps. After his acting career, Parker devoted much of his time to operating his Fess Parker Family Winery and Vineyards in Los Olivos, California
