Gene Autry
Known for: Acting
Born: September 29, 1907
Died: October 2, 1998
Place of birth: Near Tioga, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed The Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician and rodeo performer who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted The Gene Autry Show television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero - honest, brave, and true. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to carry country music to a national audience. In addition to his signature song, "Back in the Saddle Again", and his hit "At Mail Call Today", Autry is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs, most especially his biggest hit "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" as well as "Frosty the Snowman", "Here Comes Santa Claus", and "Up on the House Top". Autry is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film, television, music, radio, and live performance.
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Filmography
107 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.5
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
NR
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
6.0
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
10.0
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
7.6
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
NR
The Republic Pictures Story
1991
NR
A Statlers Christmas Present
1985
NR
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
8.5
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
7.5
It's Showtime
1976
NR
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
6.0
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
5.5
Annie Oakley
1954
6.5
Last of the Pony Riders
1953
6.5
Saginaw Trail
1953
6.5
Pack Train
1953
6.5
Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953
6.2
On Top of Old Smoky
1953
6.0
Winning of the West
1953
7.0
Blue Canadian Rockies
1952
6.3
Wagon Team
1952
7.0
The Old West
1952
6.5
Barbed Wire
1952
9.0
Apache Country
1952
5.8
Night Stage to Galveston
1952
10.0
Valley of Fire
1951
9.0
Hills of Utah
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
7.5
Silver Canyon
1951
6.0
Whirlwind
1951
7.0
The Range Rider
1951
7.0
Texans Never Cry
1951
8.0
Gene Autry and the Mounties
1951
10.0
The Blazing Sun
1950
5.0
Indian Territory
1950
9.0
Beyond the Purple Hills
1950
4.7
The Gene Autry Show
1950
6.0
Hoedown
1950
5.5
Cow Town
1950
6.0
Mule Train
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.5
Sons of New Mexico
1949
6.4
Riders in the Sky
1949
7.0
The Cowboy and the Indians
1949
5.2
Rim of the Canyon
1949
5.7
The Big Sombrero
1949
5.7
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949
6.5
Loaded Pistols
1948
6.5
The Strawberry Roan
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.3
The Last Round-up
1947
7.0
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947
6.5
Saddle Pals
1947
3.1
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947
7.5
Trail to San Antone
1947
10.0
Sioux City Sue
1946
7.0
Bells of Capistrano
1942
8.5
Call of the Canyon
1942
5.5
Stardust on the Sage
1942
8.5
Home in Wyomin'
1942
9.0
Heart of the Rio Grande
1942
6.5
Cowboy Serenade
1942
7.0
Sierra Sue
1941
10.0
Down Mexico Way
1941
9.0
Under Fiesta Stars
1941
7.0
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
9.0
The Singing Hill
1941
6.0
Back in the Saddle
1941
5.9
Ridin' on a Rainbow
1941
6.4
Rodeo Dough
1940
6.2
Melody Ranch
1940
5.5
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
7.5
Carolina Moon
1940
6.5
Gaucho Serenade
1940
5.6
Radio Ranch
1940
7.0
Shooting High
1940
6.0
Rancho Grande
1940
6.0
South of the Border
1939
5.7
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
6.3
In Old Monterey
1939
7.0
Colorado Sunset
1939
6.0
Mountain Rhythm
1939
4.5
Blue Montana Skies
1939
7.0
Mexicali Rose
1939
7.5
Home on the Prairie
1939
7.0
Western Jamboree
1938
10.0
Rhythm of the Saddle
1938
10.0
Prairie Moon
1938
6.0
Man from Music Mountain
1938
9.0
Gold Mine in the Sky
1938
4.7
The Old Barn Dance
1938
6.5
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937
5.5
Springtime in the Rockies
1937
6.5
Boots and Saddles
1937
6.7
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937
6.2
Public Cowboy No. 1
1937
5.8
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937
7.0
Git Along Little Dogies
1937
7.8
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937
7.5
The Old Corral
1936
5.2
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
4.7
The Big Show
1936
6.2
Oh, Susanna
1936
5.8
Guns and Guitars
1936
4.5
The Singing Cowboy
1936
9.0
Comin' 'Round the Mountain
1936
6.0
Red River Valley
1936
7.5
The Singing Vagabond
1935
6.4
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
5.3
Melody Trail
1935
7.5
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
5.8
The Phantom Empire
1935
6.5
Mystery Mountain
1934
5.8
In Old Santa Fe
1934