Changes: Rex Allen

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Rex Elvie Allen was an American film actor, singer, and songwriter.

He appeared as himself in the 1959 TV documentary Disneyland '59, the narrator of the featurettes The Wetback Hound, The Hound That Thought He Was A Raccoon, Yellowstone Cubs, A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood, and Run, Appaloosa, Run, the feature films The Legend of Lobo, The Incredible Journey and Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar, the Disneyland episodes "The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" and "The Horse of the West", the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode, "An Otter in the Family", the Wonderful World of Disney episodes "Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon", "The Secret of Old Glory Mine" and the announcer in Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration and the narrator and Windwagon Smith in The Saga of Windwagon Smith.

For the Disney parks, he provided the voice of the Father in the World's Fair and Disneyland versions of Carousel of Progress, the Grandpa and pre-show film narrator in the current version of the same show at Walt Disney World and the dog that sang "Who Shot the Hole in My Sombrero" in America Sings.

He can also be heard on the soundtrack of "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode, "Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair".

He died 15 days before his 79th birthday.

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+{{Infobox Real Person
-[[File:Rex_Allen.jpg|thumb|250px]]
+| name = Rex Allen
-'''Rex Allen''' (December 31, [[Pre-1922#1920|1920]] – December 17, [[1999]]) was an American film actor, singer and songwriter.
+| image = File:Rex_Allen.jpg
+| born = Rex Elvie Allen<br>[[December 31]], [[1920]]<br>Wilcox, [[Arizona]], [[United States]]
+| died = [[December 17]], [[1999]] (aged 78)<br>Tucson, Arizona, United States
+| othername = Cactus Rex
+| occupation(s) = Actor, singer, songwriter
+| years active = [[1948]]-[[1986]]
+| spouse = Bonnie Linder <br>(m. [[1946]]; div. 19??)<br>Doris Winsor <br>(m. 19??; div. 19??)<br>Virginia Hudson <br>(m. [[1992]]; div. [[1999]])
+| children = 5, including [[Wikipedia:Rex Allen, Jr.|Rex Allen, Jr.]]}}'''Rex Elvie Allen''' was an American film actor, singer, and songwriter.
-He appeared as himself in the 1959 TV documentary ''Disneyland '59'', the narrator in ''[[The Hound That Thought He Was A Raccoon]]'', ''[[The Legend of Lobo]]'', ''Yellowstone Cubs'', ''[[The Incredible Journey]]'', ''[[Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar]]'', the ''[[Disneyland (TV series)|Disneyland]]'' episodes "The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" and "The Horse of the West", the ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' episode "An Otter in the Family", the ''[[Disneyland (TV series)|Wonderful World of Disney]]'' episodes "Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon", "The Secret of Old Glory Mine", ''[[The Shaggy D.A.]]'' and ''Run, Appaloosa, Run'', the announcer in ''Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration ''and the narrator and Windwagon Smith in ''[[The Saga of Windwagon Smith]]''.
+He appeared as himself in the 1959 TV documentary ''Disneyland '59'', the narrator of the featurettes ''[[The Wetback Hound]]'', ''[[The Hound That Thought He Was A Raccoon]]'', ''[[Yellowstone Cubs]]'', ''[[A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood]]'', and ''[[Run, Appaloosa, Run]]'', the feature films ''[[The Legend of Lobo]]'', ''[[The Incredible Journey]]'' and ''[[Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar]]'', the ''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Disneyland]]'' episodes "The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" and "The Horse of the West", the ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' episode, "An Otter in the Family", the ''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Wonderful World of Disney]]'' episodes "Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon", "The Secret of Old Glory Mine" and the announcer in ''Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration ''and the narrator and Windwagon Smith in ''[[The Saga of Windwagon Smith]]''.
-For the Disney parks, he provided the voice of the Father in the World's Fair and Disneyland versions of [[Carousel of Progress]], the Grandpa and pre-show film narrator in the current version of the same show at Walt Disney World and the dog that sang "Who Shot the Hole in My Sombrero" in [[America Sings]].
+For the Disney parks, he provided the voice of the Father in the [[1964 New York World's Fair|World's Fair]] and [[Disneyland]] versions of [[Carousel of Progress]], the Grandpa and pre-show film narrator in the current version of the same show at [[Walt Disney World]] and the dog that sang "Who Shot the Hole in My Sombrero" in [[America Sings]].
-He can also be heard on the soundtrack of "[[There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow]]" in the ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' episode "Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair".
+He can also be heard on the soundtrack of "[[There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow]]" in the ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' episode, "[[Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair]]".
-[[Category:1920 births]]
+He died 15 days before his 79th birthday.
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Rex}}
+[[Category:1920s births]]
+[[Category:Carousel of Progress]]
 [[Category:Males]]
 [[Category:Deceased]]
 [[Category:Musicians]]
-[[Category:American film actors]]
-[[Category:American television actors]]
 [[Category:Singers]]
-[[Category:American voice actors]]
 [[Category:The Shaggy Dog]]
-[[Category:Disneyland entertainment]]
 [[Category:1990s deaths]]
+[[Category:Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]
+[[Category:Disneyland]]
+[[Category:Walt Disney World Resort]]
+[[Category:Songwriters]]
+[[Category:Disney Legends]]
+[[Category:Actors]]
+[[Category:American people]]
+[[Category:People from Arizona]]
+[[Category:Homeward Bound]]
+[[Category:America Sings]]