Rex Elvie Allen (December 31, 1920 â€" December 17, 1999), known as
"the Arizona Cowboy", was an American film and television actor,
singer and songwriter; he was also the narrator of many Disney nature
and Western productions. For his contributions to the film industry,
Allen received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
1975, located at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard.Allen was born to Horace E.
Allen and Luella Faye Clark on a ranch in Mud Springs Canyon, forty
miles from Willcox in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona. As a boy
he played guitar and sang at local functions with his fiddle-playing
father until high-school graduation when he toured the Southwest as a
rodeo rider. He got his start in show business on the East Coast.Allen
began his singing career on radio station KOY in Phoenix, Arizona,
after which he became better known as a performer on the National Barn
Dance on WLS in Chicago.
"the Arizona Cowboy", was an American film and television actor,
singer and songwriter; he was also the narrator of many Disney nature
and Western productions. For his contributions to the film industry,
Allen received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
1975, located at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard.Allen was born to Horace E.
Allen and Luella Faye Clark on a ranch in Mud Springs Canyon, forty
miles from Willcox in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona. As a boy
he played guitar and sang at local functions with his fiddle-playing
father until high-school graduation when he toured the Southwest as a
rodeo rider. He got his start in show business on the East Coast.Allen
began his singing career on radio station KOY in Phoenix, Arizona,
after which he became better known as a performer on the National Barn
Dance on WLS in Chicago.
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