Biography francis marion swamp fox disney
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Biography francis marion swamp fox disney
The Swamp Fox (TV series)
American television series
| The Swamp Fox | |
|---|---|
| Production company | Walt Disney Studios |
| Release | October 23, 1959 (1959-10-23) – January 16, 1961 (1961-01-16) |
The Swamp Fox is a television miniseries produced by Walt Disney Studios and starring Leslie Nielsen as American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion.[1][2] The show was based on the 1959 book Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion by Robert D.
Bass.[3]
The theme song ("Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail on his hat..."[4]) was sung by Nielsen as well.[5]Myron Healey played Marion's top aide, Maj./Col. Peter Horry.
One of the Swamp Fox's adversaries was Colonel Banastre Tarleton, played by John Sutton. Patrick Macnee played a British captain, Tim Considine played Marion's nephew Gabe Marion and Slim Pickens played Plunkett, one of the Swamp Fox's men.
Hal Stalmaster appeared in three of the eight episodes