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Ferlin Husky

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
12

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 3, 1925 (100 years old)

Place of Birth
Cantwell, Missouri, USA

Ferlin Husky

Biography

Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen top-20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975; his versatility and matinee-idol looks propelled a seven-decade entertainment career.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Husky's hits included "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove", each reaching number one on the country charts. He also created a comic outspoken hayseed character, Simon Crum; and recorded under the stage name Terry Preston from 1948 to 1953. In 2010, Husky was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Known For

Acting

2007Opry Video Classics: Love Songsas
2007Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Chartsas Himself (archive footage)
1971Swamp Girlas Swamp Ranger
1967Hillbillys in a Haunted Houseas Woody Wetherby
1966Las Vegas Hillbillysas Woody Wetherby
1965Forty Acre Feudas Simon Crumb
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self
1958Country Music Holidayas Verne Brand
1957Mister Rock and Rollas Self
1957The Lux Showas Self
1957The Big Beatas
1948The Ed Sullivan Showas Self

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