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He quite the Daniel Boone show to pursue his singing career.
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Actor Ed Ames was on the Daniel Boone television series in the 1960's.
The name of his friend was Mingo who was played by Ed Ames.
Jessie Daniel Ames died in 1972.
Jessie Daniel Ames was born in 1883.
Ed Ames sang "My Cup Runneth Over." Ed was a member of the popular Ames Brothers singing group of the '40s and '50s, and he starred on the "Daniel Boone" TV show as the Oxford-educated Cherokee friend of Daniel Boone named Mingo. He was an accomplished knive-thrower, and he once demonstrated this skill on the Johnny Carson show - with Johnny as the target! Needless to say, he didn't hit Johnny, but he did create a memorable TV moment.
The name of his friend was Mingo who was played by Ed Ames.
His brothers Joe, Vic and Gene are all deceased.
Daniel Boone is an American action/adventure television series that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. The title role was played by Fess Parker. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's American Indian friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone sidekick Yadkin in season one only. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968-1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Roosevelt Grier made regular appearances in the 1969 to 1970 season.[1] The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall, 1965, the second season. It was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.by jjraskew0792
Jessie Daniel Ames had an impact on African Americans by fighting against the lynching of black people. She enlisted the help of other white woman who publicly spoke out against the lynching's. Together, they were successful in lowering the number of lynching's that took place in the 1930s and 1904s.
Blanche Ames Ames died in 1969.