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Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry, 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. Autry was the owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997.
Birth Name
Orvon Grover Autry
Born
Sunday, 29 September 1907
Died
Friday, 02 October 1998
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Country Music | Self | 2019 |
| TV's Western Heroes | Self | 2013 |
| Artbound | Self | 2012 |
| It Happened in Hollywood | Self | 2009 |
| The 51st Annual Grammy Awards | Self - Honoree | 2009 |
| Christmas from Hollywood | Self | 2003 |
| Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | Self / Gene Autry (from The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)) | 2003 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Special Memorial Tribute | 1999 |
| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Self - Sings | 1992 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Country Music | Self | 2019 |
| TV's Western Heroes | Self | 2013 |
| Artbound | Self | 2012 |
| It Happened in Hollywood | Self | 2009 |
| The 51st Annual Grammy Awards | Self - Honoree | 2009 |
| Christmas from Hollywood | Self | 2003 |
| Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | Self / Gene Autry (from The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)) | 2003 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Special Memorial Tribute | 1999 |
| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | Self - Sings | 1992 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Self | 1991 |
| Disney Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs | (singing voice) (archive sound) | 1988 |
| Talking Pictures | Self | 1988 |
| The West That Never Was | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Bad Girls in the Movies | Cowboy | 1986 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Salute! | Self | 1983 |
| Late Night with David Letterman | Self | 1982 |
| Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) / Gene Autry | 1976 |
| It's Showtime | Self | 1976 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! | Self | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self / Gene Autry (clip from Back in the Saddle (1941)) | 1963 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| The Big Record | Self | 1957 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Singer / Self - Guest | 1956 |
| Wide Wide World | Self | 1955 |
| Ozark Jubilee | Singer / Self - Host | 1955 |
| Last of the Pony Riders | Gene Autry | 1953 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| Saginaw Trail | Gene Autry | 1953 |
| Pack Train | Gene Autry | 1953 |
| Goldtown Ghost Riders | Gene Autry | 1953 |
| On Top of Old Smoky | Gene Autry | 1953 |
| Winning of the West | Gene Autry | 1953 |
| Blue Canadian Rockies | Gene Autry | 1952 |
| Wagon Team | Gene Autry | 1952 |
| Barbed Wire | Gene Autry | 1952 |
| Apache Country | Gene Autry | 1952 |
| Night Stage to Galveston | Gene Autry | 1952 |
| Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Gene Autry | 1952 |
| The Old West | Gene Autry | 1952 |
| Valley of Fire | Marshal Gene Autry / Gene Autry | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Self | 1951 |
| The Hills of Utah | Dr. Gene Autry | 1951 |
| Silver Canyon | Gene Autry | 1951 |
| Whirlwind | Gene Autry aka The Whirlwind / Gene Autry | 1951 |
| Texans Never Cry | Gene Autry / Ranger Gene Autry | 1951 |
| Gene Autry and the Mounties | Marshal Gene Autry / Gene Autry | 1951 |
| The Blazing Sun | Gene Autry | 1950 |
| Indian Territory | Gene Autry | 1950 |
| Beyond the Purple Hills | Sheriff Gene Autry / Gene Autry | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | Gene Autry / Sheriff Gene Autry / Marshal Gene Autry / Sergeant Gene Autry | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| Hoedown | Gene Autry | 1950 |
| Cow Town | Gene Autry | 1950 |
| Mule Train | U.S. Marshal Gene Autry | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Sons of New Mexico | Gene Autry | 1949 |
| Riders in the Sky | Gene Autry | 1949 |
| The Cowboy and the Indians | Gene Autry | 1949 |
| Rim of the Canyon | Marshal Steve Autry / Gene Autry | 1949 |
| Riders of the Whistling Pines | Gene Autry | 1949 |
| The Big Sombrero | Gene Autry | 1949 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
| Loaded Pistols | Gene Autry | 1948 |
| The Strawberry Roan | Gene Autry | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Last Round-up | Gene Autry | 1947 |
| Robin Hood of Texas | Gene Autry | 1947 |
| Saddle Pals | Gene Autry | 1947 |
| Twilight on the Rio Grande | Gene Autry | 1947 |
| Trail to San Antone | Gene Autry | 1947 |
| Sioux City Sue | Gene Autry | 1946 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform | Self | 1943 |
| Bells of Capistrano | Gene Autry | 1942 |
| Call of the Canyon | Gene Autry | 1942 |
| Stardust on the Sage | Gene Autry | 1942 |
| Home in Wyomin' | Gene Autry | 1942 |
| Heart of the Rio Grande | Gene Autry | 1942 |
| Cowboy Serenade | Gene Autry | 1942 |
| Sierra Sue | Gene Autry | 1941 |
| Down Mexico Way | Gene Autry | 1941 |
| Under Fiesta Stars | Gene Autry | 1941 |
| Sunset in Wyoming | Gene Autry | 1941 |
| The Singing Hill | Gene Autry | 1941 |
| Back in the Saddle | Gene Autry | 1941 |
| Ridin' on a Rainbow | Gene Autry | 1941 |
| Melody Ranch | Gene Autry / Cornelius J. Courtney | 1940 |
| Rodeo Dough | Gene Autry | 1940 |
| Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Gene Autry | 1940 |
| Carolina Moon | Gene Autry | 1940 |
| Gaucho Serenade | Gene Autry | 1940 |
| Men with Steel Faces | Gene Autry | 1940 |
| Shooting High | Will Carson | 1940 |
| Rancho Grande | Gene Autry | 1940 |
| South of the Border | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| In Old Monterey | Gene Autry / Gene | 1939 |
| Colorado Sunset | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Mountain Rhythm | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Blue Montana Skies | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Mexicali Rose | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Home on the Prairie | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Western Jamboree | Gene Autry | 1938 |
| Rhythm of the Saddle | Gene Autry | 1938 |
| Prairie Moon | Gene Autry | 1938 |
| Man from Music Mountain | Gene Autry | 1938 |
| Gold Mine in the Sky | Gene Autry | 1938 |
| The Old Barn Dance | Gene Autry | 1938 |
| Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Gene Autry | 1937 |
| Springtime in the Rockies | Gene Autry | 1937 |
| Boots and Saddles | Gene Autry | 1937 |
| Public Cowboy No. 1 | Deputy Sheriff Gene Autry / Helen Morgan | 1937 |
| Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge | Gene Autry | 1937 |
| Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm | Gene Autry | 1937 |
| Git Along Little Dogies | Gene Autry | 1937 |
| Round-Up Time in Texas | Gene Autry | 1937 |
| The Old Corral | Sheriff Gene Autry | 1936 |
| The Big Show | Tom Ford / Gene Autry / Gene Autry/Tom Ford | 1936 |
| Ride, Ranger, Ride | Texas Ranger Gene Autry / Gene Autry | 1936 |
| Oh, Susanna! | Gene Autry / Gene Autry aka Tex Smith | 1936 |
| Guns and Guitars | Gene Autry | 1936 |
| The Singing Cowboy | Gene Autry | 1936 |
| Comin' 'Round the Mountain | Gene Autry | 1936 |
| Red River Valley | Gene Autry | 1936 |
| The Singing Vagabond | Captain Tex Autry | 1935 |
| Sagebrush Troubadour | Gene Autry | 1935 |
| Melody Trail | Gene Autry | 1935 |
| Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Gene Autry | 1935 |
| The Phantom Empire | Gene Autry | 1935 |
| Mystery Mountain | Thomas - Teamster [Ch. 6, 7] | 1934 |
| In Old Santa Fe | Gene Autry | 1934 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Buffalo Bill, Jr. | 1955 |
| Annie Oakley | 1954 |
| Saginaw Trail | 1953 |
| Death Valley Days | 1952 |
| The Gene Autry Show | 1950 |
| Riders in the Sky | 1949 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1942 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
