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Orvon Grover " Gene " Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
Apr 30, 2024 · Gene Autry was an American actor, singer, entrepreneur, one of Hollywood’s premier singing cowboys, and the best-selling country and western recording artist of the 1930s and early ’40s. His hit songs include ‘That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine,’ ‘Tumbling Tumbleweeds,’ and ‘Back in the Saddle Again.’.
Actor: The Gene Autry Show. After high school Gene Autry worked as a laborer for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in Oklahoma. Next he was a telegrapher.
Composer, songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again","That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine"), actor, author and businessman, educated at Ravia (Oklahoma) High School. He was a telegrapher for the Frisco Railroad, and first appeared on radio in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Later he had his own radio show on CBS.
May 7, 2024 · Known as America's Favorite Singing Cowboy, Gene Autry's career spanned some 70 years in the entertainment industry. He became famous in radio, records, film, television, and live tour performances including rodeo.
Singing Cowboy Gene Autry sings his signature song "Back in the Saddle Again" from his movie "Back in the Saddle" from Republic Pictures 1941.© Autry Qualifi...
Entertainer Gene Autry joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and became Sgt. Gene Autry. During the war, he ferried fuel, ammunition, and arms in the China-India-Burma theater of war and flew over the Himalayas, the hazardous air route known as "The Hump."
Jun 1, 2023 · While unquestionably the best-selling country & western artist from the onset of the Great Depression through the close of World War II, Gene Autry was so much more. His status as a top box-office attraction of Hollywood westerns brought his music to the attention of a vast audience otherwise unfamiliar with country music.
Gene Autry. America's Favorite Singing Cowboy. Known as "America's Favorite Singing Cowboy," Gene Autry is the only entertainer to have five stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, one each for radio, records, film, television and live theatrical performance (including rodeo).
Oct 3, 1998 · Gene Autry, America's first singing cowboy of the movies and a multimillionaire businessman, died yesterday at his home in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, said Karla Buhlman, vice...
