Parker : Actually, it was what happened after that [that led to Parker's leaving Disney]. I was signed for 350 dollars a week, and by the time I was in my second year I may have been [up to] 500 dollars, I don't know. But I was still modestly paid. They had sent me all over the world and exploited me in every way possible, and I'd done everything I could for the opportunity. I wasn't consulted about The Searchers . michaelbarrier
Fess Parker, who was then 30 years old, had been chosen by Walt Disney himself to play Crockett. www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Parker/interview_fess_p...
