Rex Allen
Born: December 31, 1920,
Willcox, Arizona
Died: December 17, 1999 (aged 78), Tucson,
Arizona
 Rex
Allen (Rex Elvie Allen)
was an American actor, singer, and songwriter who is
particularly known as the narrator in many Walt Disney
nature and Western productions. For contributions to the
recording industry, Rex Allen was honored with a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
What do you know about Rex
Allen. Try this quick quiz.
1. From a successful singing
career, Republic Pictures hires him as a possible
replacement for the departing Roy Rogers. In 1950, he
makes his first film. What is the name of the Western?
- The Arizona Cowboy
- Ambush
- The Baron of Arizona
2. Early in his singing career, he
had a nickname. What was it?
- The Arizona Singer
- Cactus Rex
- Saguaro Sam
3. Who was NOT a Rex
Allen Sidekick?
- Buddy Ebsen
- Fuzzy Knight
- Pinky Lee
4. I Dream of Jeanie is a movie
about the life and career of famed American composer
Stephen Foster. Rex is the narrator.
5. He would become the narrator of
many Disney wildlife films. However, which film is his
most noted?
- Charlotte's Web
- Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
- A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood
6. What was his horse’s name?
7. In 1958, he stars in a TV
series. What was the series?
- Frontier Doctor
- Bonanza
- The Rifleman
8. One of Allen's most successful
singles was "Don't Go Near the Indians," which reached
the top 5 of Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles
chart in November 1962.
9. In the 1953 Shadows of
Tombstone, Rancher Rex Allen captures a bandit,
Delgado (Ric Roman), a henchman for crooked Sheriff Webb
(Emory Parnell) and saloon owner Mike, who run the town
to suit themselves, but Rex forces the sheriff to jail
Delgado. Who plays the saloon owner Mike?
- Roy Barcroft
- Parnell Roberts
- Slim Pickens
10. In 1983, he was inducted into
the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National
Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
11. Allen died in Tucson, Arizona,
of a massive coronary, causing him to collapse in his
driveway. He suffered additional injuries when his
caretaker accidentally ran over him in the driveway of
his home.
12. Where is Rex Allen buried?
- Cremated, his ashes were
scattered near Willcox, AZ
- Saguaro Cemetery, Tucson, AZ
- Allen Family Cemetery, Willcox,
AZ
Rex Allen Answers
- The Arizona Cowboy
- Cactus Rex
- Pinky Lee
- Fact
- Charlotte's Web
- KoKo
- Frontier Doctor
- Fact
- Roy Barcroft
- Fact
- Fact
- Cremated, his ashes were
scattered near Willcox, AZ
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