gene autry

     

This singing movie cowboy's Western Heritage Museum in Los Angeles has memorabilia from his films

Trivia about gene autry

  • It was once said of this singing cowboy: he "used to ride off into the sunset. Now he owns it"
  • Until his death in 1998, this singing cowboy was vice president of baseball's American League
  • Roy wasn't a star yet when he had a fight scene with this older singing cowboy in the 1930s film "The Old Corral"
  • This cowboy star's "Melody Ranch" program features Pat Buttram & the Cass County Boys
  • In 1997 some of country music's biggest names celebrated this "Singing Cowboy's" 90th birthday
  • The address of Angel Stadium is on a street named for this singing cowboy
  • This movie cowboy's '50s TV series was so popular that his horse Champion got his own series, too
  • This cowpuncher was a star of westerns & music & has 5 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
  • In 1983 this singing cowboy & sports owner got one of the first Golden Boots, given for work in Westerns
  • On Nov. 16, 1941 Berwyn, Oklahoma was renamed for this singing cowboy who owned land there
  • In the 1940s this singing cowboy took his animal co-star Champion on airplane flights
  • The Museum of the American West in Los Angeles is part of the complex named for this singing cowboy
  • Periodically, his Western Heritage Museum in Griffith Park hosts Western serenades
  • The movie star who founded L.A.'s Museum of Western Heritage