In 1932 he married Ina May Spivey (who died in 1980) and In 1981 he married Jacqueline Ellam, who had been his banker
John Wayne made approximately 200 films in his career. No other actor can even come close to that total.
Yes, they are 1st cousins-once-removed. Alan Autry has a radio show on KYNO am. On Monday March 2, 2009 one of his guests asked if they were related. Alan said that he was told as a child that he was related to Gene. He did not know how or if it was true. When he was on In the Heat of the Night he received a phone call from someone in Gene's office. Gene wanted to know if they were related. Alan told them he did not know. Gene hired a genealogist to look into it and found that Alan's paternal grandfather and Gene's dad were brother's. Alan did not know much about his family history because he was raised by his mother Verna and stepfather. He did not meet his real dad Carl Autry until he was 28.
Lester Alvin 'Smiley' Burnette was Autry's most remembered sidekick, but Sterling Holloway (who later provided a number of voices for Disney's animated films) and Pat Buttram also hung about with Autry in a number of films.
Ted died in St Ignace, Michigan in the 1970's. A member of the Presbyterian Church and a wonderful teacher. Ted's wife a classical Viola and Piano player accompanied him for several years like Les Paul and May Ford. He was a crooner and sounded just like Bing Crosby. He was my first guitar teacher, I will never forget him.
He also played behind Perry Como.
He taught me from the music tracks on the movies South of the Border and San Antonio Rose along with Yellow Bird. He had a great 1940 Gibson L5 blonde guitar with floating De Armound pick ups.
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I contacted an Alan Parsons FanClub sometime ago the source escapes me,however, the reply I received indicated that Alan Parsons father was a man named Denys Parsons who was a former scientist.He worked on the developement of the HoverCraft and was later a press agent for the Britsh Library. My own reseach showed that he had written a book called "The Directory of Tunes and Musical Themes" I contacted an Alan Parsons FanClub sometime ago the source escapes me,however, the reply I received indicated that Alan Parsons father was a man named Denys Parsons who was a former scientist.He worked on the developement of the HoverCraft and was later a press agent for the Britsh Library. My own reseach showed that he had written a book called "The Directory of Tunes and Musical Themes"
There is a wealth of information by Nick Niles in the Gun Digest book of Guns and Prices 2005 Edition, ISBN #0-89689-324-3 and library of congress # 2005906853 Models, prices, and history. Also acomplete listofALL the names associated with Crescent F.A. Co
"Here Comes Santa Claus" was written by Gene Autry and published in1947. Autry first recorded the song in 1947.