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OUR SPECIAL GUESTS OVER THE YEARS

Thanks to festival volunteer Jimmie Covington we have a record of the  hundreds of guests who have attended our festival over the decades since its inception in 1972.


Below you will first find all our guests listed by year of attendance. Below that you will find all of our guests listed in alphabetical order.  

GUEsTS BY YEAR

GUESTS 2024

GUESTS 2024

GUESTS 2024

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel

Olive Branch, MS


Darby Hinton

Buck Taylor

GUESTS 2023

GUESTS 2024

GUESTS 2024

 Held at Whispering Woods Hotel

Olive Branch, MS


Mo Brings Plenty

Tony Cameron

Erick Estrada

Diamond Farnsworth

Robert Fuller

Clifford Happy

Margueritte Happy

Darby Hinton

Terence Knox

Wyatt McCrea

Robert Pine

Jennifer Savidge

Buck Taylor

Patrick Wayne

Larry Wilcox

Rob Haynes & Band - (ENT)


GUESTS 2022

GUESTS 2024

GUESTS 2022

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel

Olive Branch, MS 


Robert Carradine

Diamond Farnsworth

Robert Fuller

Karolyn Grimes

Darby Hinton

Claude Jarman, Jr.

Jerry Mathers

Wyatt McCrea

Chris Mitchum

Bo Svenson

Patrick Wayne

Rob Haynes & Band - (ENT)

GUESTS 2021

GUESTS 2021

GUESTS 2022

Covid Cancellation



GUESTS 2020

GUESTS 2021

GUESTS 2020

Covid Cancellation



GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2019

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS


John Buttram - MC

Alex Cord

Angie Dickinson

Diamond Farnsworth

Robert Fuller

Karolyn Grimes

Marguerite Happy

Darby Hinton

Randolph Mantooth

Wyatt McCrea

Christopher Mitchum

Buck Taylor

Patrick Wayne

Rob Word

Rob Haynes & Band - (ENT)

GUESTS 2018

GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2019

 Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


John Buttram - MC

Robert Carradine

Diamond Farnsworth

Robert Fuller

Darby Hinton

Randolph Mantooth

Christopher Mitchum

Conrad Palmisano

Dean Smith

Buck Taylor

Patrick Wayne

Dawn Wells

Rob Haynes & Band - (ENT)

GUESTS 2017

GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2017

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


Bruce Boxleitner

John Buttram – MC

Tommy Cook

Diamond Farnsworth

Ed Faulkner

Robert Fuller

Darby Hinton

Bernie Kopell

Kent McCord

Robert Pine

Nancy Stafford

Buck Taylor

Rob Haynes &

The Memphis Flash - (ENT)

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2017

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


Beth Brickell

John Buttram - MC

Alex Cord

Ron Ely

Robert Fuller

Mark Goddard

Brett Halsey

Darby Hinton

Barry Livingston

Stanley Livingston

Anne Lockhart

Wyatt McCrea

Tom Nardini

Andrew Prine

Jon Provost

Parker Stevenson

Jon Walmsley (ENT)

GUESTS 2015

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2015

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


Julie Adams

Rex Allen Jr. - (ENT)

Alison Arngrim

Luster Bayless

John Buttram - MC

Robert Colbert

Don Collier

James Darren

Terrie Davis

Geoff Deuel

Robert Fuller

Les Gilliam

Lee Meriwether

Jeff Osterhage

Rudy Ramos

Roberta Shore

Connie Stevens

Charlotte Stewart

Buck Taylor

GUESTS 2014

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2015

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


John Buttram – (MC)

Edd Byrnes

Robert Colbert

Robert Conrad

Henry Darrow

Dennis Devine

Robert Fuller

Clu Gulager

Ruta Lee

Michael McGreevey

Buck Taylor

Clint Walker

Jon Walmsley (ENT)

 

Special Guest: Luster Bayless

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2013

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS


James Best

John Buttram – (MC)

Don Collier

Tim Considine

Alex Cord

Johnny Crawford – (ENT)

Bob Daniel (grandson of Brace Beemer)

Henry Darrow

James Drury

Robert Fuller

Dan Haggerty

Robert Loggia

Lisa Lu

Dawn Moore (daughter of Clayton Moore)

Terry Moore

Tommy Nolan

Gregg Palmer

Rudy Ramos

Duncan Regehr

David Stollery

Don Shanks

Guy Williams, Jr.

GUESTS 2012

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2013

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS


Rex Allen, Jr. – (ENT)

Randy Boone

Charles Briles

John Buttram – (ENT)

Veronica Cartwright

Bobby Clark

Gary Clarke

Don Pedro Colley

Jeff Connors

Johnny Crawford

Robert “Bobby” Crawford, Jr.

Henry Darrow

James Drury

Ed Faulkner

Darby Hinton

L.Q. Jones

Sara Lane

Don Quine

Hugh O’Brian

Diane Roter

Roberta Shore

Clint Walker

Johnny Western – (ENT)

 

(via live phone hookup)

Rex Reason

 

(via “in-person) surprise visit

Jon Valsted

GUESTS 2011

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2011

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS


Jimmy Baird

Randy Boone

Peter Brown

John Buttram – (ENT)

Gary Clarke

Bobby Crawford

Michael Dante

Bobby Diamond

James Drury

Peter Ford

Robert Fuller

James Hampton

High Riders Band – (ENT)

Dennis Holmes

Barbara Luna

Roger Mobley

Tony Numkena

Don Quine

Dustin Rogers – (ENT)

Dusty Rogers – (ENT)

John Saxon

Roberta Shore

William Smith

James Stacy

Johnny Washbrook

Robert Wolders

 

(via “in-person) surprise visit

Roy Thinnes

Jon Valsted

 

(via live phone hookup)

Earl Holliman

Sara Lane


GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2019

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS


John Buttram - MC

Alex Cord

Angie Dickinson

Diamond Farnsworth

Robert Fuller

Karolyn Grimes

Marguerite Happy

Darby Hinton

Randolph Mantooth

Wyatt McCrea

Christopher Mitchum

Buck Taylor

Patrick Wayne

Rob Word

Rob Haynes & Band - (ENT)

GUESTS 2018

GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2019

 Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


John Buttram - MC

Robert Carradine

Diamond Farnsworth

Robert Fuller

Darby Hinton

Randolph Mantooth

Christopher Mitchum

Conrad Palmisano

Dean Smith

Buck Taylor

Patrick Wayne

Dawn Wells

Rob Haynes & Band - (ENT)

GUESTS 2017

GUESTS 2019

GUESTS 2017

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


Bruce Boxleitner

John Buttram – MC

Tommy Cook

Diamond Farnsworth

Ed Faulkner

Robert Fuller

Darby Hinton

Bernie Kopell

Kent McCord

Robert Pine

Nancy Stafford

Buck Taylor

Rob Haynes &

The Memphis Flash - (ENT)

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2017

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


Beth Brickell

John Buttram - MC

Alex Cord

Ron Ely

Robert Fuller

Mark Goddard

Brett Halsey

Darby Hinton

Barry Livingston

Stanley Livingston

Anne Lockhart

Wyatt McCrea

Tom Nardini

Andrew Prine

Jon Provost

Parker Stevenson

Jon Walmsley (ENT)

GUESTS 2015

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2015

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


Julie Adams

Rex Allen Jr. - (ENT)

Alison Arngrim

Luster Bayless

John Buttram - MC

Robert Colbert

Don Collier

James Darren

Terrie Davis

Geoff Deuel

Robert Fuller

Les Gilliam

Lee Meriwether

Jeff Osterhage

Rudy Ramos

Roberta Shore

Connie Stevens

Charlotte Stewart

Buck Taylor

GUESTS 2014

GUESTS 2016

GUESTS 2015

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS 


John Buttram – (MC)

Edd Byrnes

Robert Colbert

Robert Conrad

Henry Darrow

Dennis Devine

Robert Fuller

Clu Gulager

Ruta Lee

Michael McGreevey

Buck Taylor

Clint Walker

Jon Walmsley (ENT)

 

Special Guest: Luster Bayless

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2013

Held at Sam's Town Hotel, Tunica, MS


James Best

John Buttram – (MC)

Don Collier

Tim Considine

Alex Cord

Johnny Crawford – (ENT)

Bob Daniel (grandson of Brace Beemer)

Henry Darrow

James Drury

Robert Fuller

Dan Haggerty

Robert Loggia

Lisa Lu

Dawn Moore (daughter of Clayton Moore)

Terry Moore

Tommy Nolan

Gregg Palmer

Rudy Ramos

Duncan Regehr

David Stollery

Don Shanks

Guy Williams, Jr.

GUESTS 2012

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2013

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel

Olive Branch, MS


Rex Allen, Jr. – (ENT)

Randy Boone

Charles Briles

John Buttram – (ENT)

Veronica Cartwright

Bobby Clark

Gary Clarke

Don Pedro Colley

Jeff Connors

Johnny Crawford

Robert “Bobby” Crawford, Jr.

Henry Darrow

James Drury

Ed Faulkner

Darby Hinton

L.Q. Jones

Sara Lane

Don Quine

Hugh O’Brian

Diane Roter

Roberta Shore

Clint Walker

Johnny Western – (ENT)

 

(via live phone hookup)

Rex Reason

 

(via “in-person) surprise visit

Jon Valsted

GUESTS 2011

GUESTS 2013

GUESTS 2011

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel 

Olive Branch, MS


Jimmy Baird

Randy Boone

Peter Brown

John Buttram – (ENT)

Gary Clarke

Bobby Crawford

Michael Dante

Bobby Diamond

James Drury

Peter Ford

Robert Fuller

James Hampton

High Riders Band – (ENT)

Dennis Holmes

Barbara Luna

Roger Mobley

Tony Numkena

Don Quine

Dustin Rogers – (ENT)

Dusty Rogers – (ENT)

John Saxon

Roberta Shore

William Smith

James Stacy

Johnny Washbrook

Robert Wolders

 

(via “in-person) surprise visit

Roy Thinnes

Jon Valsted

 

(via live phone hookup)

Earl Holliman

Sara Lane


GUESTS 2010

GUESTS 2010

GUESTS 2011

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS


Jennings Barnett – (ENT)

John Buttram – (ENT)

Jeff Connors

Pat Devon

Lou Elias

Robert Fuller

Les Gilliam – (ENT)

Ty Hardin

Darby Hinton

Will Hutchins

Dick Jones

Andy Klyde

Dirk London

Hugh O’Brian

Jan Shepard

William Smith

James Stacy

Mitch Vogel

Clint Walker

Johnny Western – (ENT)

 

(via live phone hookup)

George Kennedy

Robert Horton

Sharon Ferrell

GUESTS 2009

GUESTS 2010

GUESTS 2009

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS


Peter Brown

Carla Borelli

Don Collier

Jeff Connors

Henry Darrow

James Drury

Robert Fuller

Ty Hardin

Les Gilliam – (ENT)

Anne Helm

Will Hutchins

Donald May

Jan Merlin

Denny Miller

Johnny Washbrook

Sharon Willing

 

(via live phone hookup)

Linda Cristal

Jeanne Epper (stuntwoman)

Jimmy Hawkins

Kelo Henderson

Robert Horton

Clint Walker

GUESTS 2008

GUESTS 2010

GUESTS 2009

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS 


Claudia Barrett

Jeffrey Breslauer

Michael Chapin

Bob Hoy

Dick Jones

Kenny Miller

Laurie Mitchell

Gregory Moffett

Noel Neill

Gregg Palmer

GiGi Perreau

Janine Perreau

Lanny Rees

Beverly Washburn

 

(via live phone hookup)

Jack Larson

GUESTS 2007

GUESTS 2007

GUESTS 2007

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS

 

Carol Adams

Luster Bayless

Adrian Booth

Don Collier

Jimmy George

Bill Hale

Ty Hardin

Whitey Hughes

Mickey Kuhn

Caren Marsh

Lisa Montell

Gregg Palmer

Tom Reese

Don “Brown Jug” Reynolds

Jean Rouverol

Jean Van

Johnny Western

 

(via live phone hookup)

Monte Hale

GUESTS 2006

GUESTS 2007

GUESTS 2007

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS 


Frank Bank

Dorinda Clifton

Robert Easton

Shirley Eaton

Karolyn “Zuzu” Grimes

James Hampton

Teddy Infuhr

Jerry “The King” Lawler

Elizabeth MacRae

Noel Neill

Ken Osmond

Gregg Palmer

Maggie Peterson

Jon Provost

Don “Brown Jug” Reynolds

GUESTS 2005

GUESTS 2007

GUESTS 2005

Held at Whispering Woods Hotel, Olive Branch, MS 


Claudia Barrett

Roman Gabriel

Nancy Gilbert

Dorothy Green

Ty Hardin

Marie Harmon

Dick Jones

Barbara Knudson

Marjorie Lord

Donna Martell

Denny Miller

Tim O’Connor

Tom Reese

Kasey Rogers

William Smith

Lana Wood

GUESTS 2004

GUESTS 2004

GUESTS 2005

Holiday Inn Memphis Airport, 2240 Democrat Rd, TN


Julie Adams

Tara Ashton

John Calvert

Kim Darby

Margia Dean

Myrna Dell

Mason Alan Dinehart III

Robert Dix

Sally Fraser

Gary Gray

Jerry “The King” Lawler

Joel Marston

Noel Neill

Barry Nelson

Ed Nelson

Rita Quigley

Nancy Saunders

Layne Tom, Jr.

GUESTS 2003

GUESTS 2004

GUESTS 2003

Holiday Inn Memphis Airport,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Lee Aaker

Joan Evans

Gary Gray

Brett Halsey

David Hedison

Ralph Hodges

Suzanna Leigh

Gloria Marlen

Dallas McKennon

Harry McKim

Jean Porter

Shirley Jean Rickert

Mark Roberts (aka Robert Scott)

Jacqueline White

GUESTS 2002

GUESTS 2004

GUESTS 2003

Holiday Inn Memphis Airport,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 

 

Michael Chapin

Tommy Cook

Gary Gray

Teddy Infuhr

Eileen Janssen

Kay Linaker

Danny Morton

Jean Rouverol

Miriam Seegar

Marion Shilling

GUESTS 2001

GUESTS 2001

GUESTS 2001

Holiday Inn Memphis Airport,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Kathryn Adams

Veronica Carlson

Sam Edwards

Ann Gillis

Gary Gray

Kim Hunter

Wright King

Jon Locke

Jerry Maren

Peggy Stewart

William Windom

GUESTS 2000

GUESTS 2001

GUESTS 2001

Holiday Inn Memphis Airport,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 

 

Troy Donahue

Johnny Duncan

Fred Foy

Beverly Garland

Rick Jason

Janet Lake

Teala Loring

Pepper Rodgers (coach)

Ed Nelson

Debra Paget

Robert Pine

Peggy Stewart

Beverly Washburn

GUESTS 1999

GUESTS 2001

GUESTS 1999

Holiday Inn Memphis Airport,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


John Alvin

Shirley Eaton

Robert Fuller

Beverly Garland

Janet Lake

Caren Marsh

Paul Picerni

Rex Reason

Brad Slaven

Peggy Stewart

Yvette Vickers

Deborah Walley

Johnny Western

Morgan Woodward

GUESTS 1998

GUESTS 1998

GUESTS 1999

Hollywood Hotel and Casino Tunica, MS


Adrian Booth

Conrad Brooks

Craig Chambers – (ENT)

Frances Dee

Richard Eyer

Bruce Gordon

Robert Horton

Suzanna Leigh

Joan Leslie

Sean McClory

Jody McCrea

Charlie Rich, Jr. (ENT)

Karen Sharpe

Warren Stevens

Gregory Walcott

GUESTS 1997

GUESTS 1998

GUESTS 1997

Best Western Memphis Airport Hotel,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Frank Coughlan, Jr.

Audrey Dalton

Richard Devon

Gene Evans

Anne Francis

Darryl Hickman

Marsha Hunt

James MacArthur

Kevin McCarthy

Debra Paget

Dale Robertson

Gene Rutherford

Peggy Stewart

Jerry Van Dyke

GUESTS 1996

GUESTS 1998

GUESTS 1997

Best Western Memphis Airport Hotel,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Eddie Bond – (ENT)

Dale Berry – (ENT)

Kathleen Crowley

Jack Elam

Gene Evans

Burt Kennedy

Sue Ane Langdon

Heather Lowe

Lori Nelson

Kenny Miller

Michael Pate

Charles B. Pierce

Andrew Prine

Ann Robinson

Gene Rutherford

Jeremy Slate

Peter Stewart

“Red” West

GUESTS 1995

GUESTS 1995

GUESTS 1995

Best Western Memphis Airport Hotel,  2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Richard Anderson

Conrad Brooks

Johnny Crawford

Gene Evans

Gary Gray

Dwayne Hickman

Ben Johnson

Sue Ane Langdon

Irene Manning

Gene Rutherford

Stella Stevens

Peggy Stewart

Gale Storm

Audrey Totter

Johnny Western

GUESTS 1994

GUESTS 1995

GUESTS 1995

Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, 

250 North Main, Memphis, TN


Chris Alcaide

Keith Andes

Edd Byrnes

Gene Evans

Ben Johnson

Richard Martin

Russ McCubbin

Audrey Meadows

Terry Moore

Elaine Riley

Peggy Stewart

Elena Verdugo

Johnny Western

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

GUESTS 1993

GUESTS 1995

GUESTS 1993

Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, 

250 North Main, Memphis, TN


Russell Arms

Carla Borelli

Kathleen Crowley

Penny Edwards

Gene Evans

Beverly Garland

Lash LaRue

John Lupton

Beth Marion

Donald May

Russ McCubbin

Eleanor Stewart

Peggy Stewart

Western Playboys – (ENT)

GUESTS 1992

GUESTS 1992

GUESTS 1993

Memphis Airport Hotel, 

2240 Democrat Rd, TN


Jane Adams

James Drury

Ed Kemmer

Keith Larsen

Lash LaRue

Lucille Lund

Jan Merlin

John Pickard

Plato Skouras (Producer)

Frankie Thomas, Jr.

GUESTS 1991

GUESTS 1992

GUESTS 1991

Memphis Airport Hilton Inn, 

2240 Democrat Rd, TN


Gregg Barton

James Best

Peter Breck

Gene Evans

Barbara Fuller

James Griffith

Lash LaRue

Spanky McFarland

John Mitchum

Robert Rockwell

Tommy Scott

Peggy Stewart

Linda Stirling

Bob Terhune

Men of the West – (ENT)

GUESTS 1990

GUESTS 1992

GUESTS 1991

 Memphis Airport Hilton Inn, 2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Claude Akins

Bob Brown (leather crafter)

Aneta Corsaut

Myron Healey

Tommy Ivo

Lash LaRue

Betty Lynn

Irish McCalla

Pauline Moore

Hank Penny

Johnny Sheffield

Hal Smith

Peggy Stewart

Helen Talbot

Men of the West – (ENT)

GUESTS 1989

GUESTS 1989

GUESTS 1989

Memphis Airport Hilton Inn, 

2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Lee Aaker (imposter)

Arkansas Slim Andrews

James Brown

Sunset Carson

Ben Cooper

Jeff Corey

Donald Curtis

Tommy Farrell

Frankie Ford – (ENT)

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Lash LaRue

Betty Lynn

Jane Nigh

Don “Brown Jug” Reynolds

Hal Smith

Peggy Stewart

Margaret Whiting

Sheb Wooley

GUESTS 1988

GUESTS 1989

GUESTS 1989

Memphis Airport Hilton Inn, 

2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Gregg Barton

Polly Burson

Thomas Carr

Sunset Carson

Carolina Cotton

Eddie Dean

Buddy Ebsen

Tommy Farrell

Evelyn Finley

Lois Hall

Lash LaRue

James Lydon

Walter Reed

Peggy Stewart

Ruth Terry

Virginia Vale

GUESTS 1987

GUESTS 1989

GUESTS 1987

Memphis Airport Hilton Inn, 

2240 Democrat Rd, TN 


Bob Allen

Bill Black Combo – (ENT)

Macdonald Carey

Eddie Dean

Victor French

Coleen Gray

Tito Guizar

Eddie Hodges

Dick Jones

Janet Leigh

Jock Mahoney

Monte Montana

Ann Rutherford

Jerry Van Dyke

 

(via “in-person” surprise visit)

John Calvert

Lawrence Tierney

GUESTS 1986

GUESTS 1986

GUESTS 1987

Hyatt Regency, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd, Memphis, TN 


Billy Benedict

Meg Brown (Wilson) – (ENT)

Frank Coughlan, Jr.

Fritz Feld

Verna Hillie

Anne Jeffreys

Bob Kenny (MC & Magic)

A.C. Lyles

George Montgomery

Kenneth Tobey

Forrest Tucker

Dick Wilson – (MC)

Marie Windsor

Morgan Woodward

GUESTS 1985

GUESTS 1986

GUESTS 1985

Hyatt Regency, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd, Memphis, TN 


Macdonald Carey

Gene Evans

Verna Hillie

Will Hutchins

Bob Kenny (MC & Magic)

Guy Madison

Beth Marion

Sammy McKim

Jimmie Rogers

(Will’s son from “Hoppy” films)

Robert Shayne

Marion Shilling

Eleanor Stewart

Dick Wilson – (MC)

GUESTS 1984

GUESTS 1986

GUESTS 1985

Hyatt Regency, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd, Memphis, TN


Pat Buttram

William Campbell

Sunset Carson

Iron Eyes Cody

Lew DeWitt (Statler Bros.) – (ENT)

Gene Evans

Carol Forman

Victor French

Monte Hale

Huntz Hall

Jennifer Holt

Marc Lawrence

Doug McClure

Bill McKinney

Johnny Russell (Grand Ole Opry)

Fred Scott

Sheb Wooley

Morgan Woodward

GUESTS 1972 to 1983

GUESTS 1983

GUESTS 1983

GUESTS 1983

Holiday Inn Rivermont, 

Memphis, TN


John Agar

Henry Brandon

Pat Buttram

Harry Carey, Jr.

Sunset Carson

Anthony Caruso

“Iron Eyes” Cody

Eddie Dean

Evelyn Finley

Victor French

Ben Johnson

Jock Mahoney

Clayton Moore

Susan Oliver

John Russell

Neil Summers

Merle Travis

Richard Webb

 

Musical Stage Show featuring

Art Davis

Eddie Dean

Tommy Floyd

D.J. Fontana

Leon McAuliffe

Laura Lee McBride

Don McMinn

The Settlers

Merle Travis

GUESTS 1982

GUESTS 1983

GUESTS 1983

Holiday Inn Rivermont, 

Memphis, TN


Kirk Alyn

Steve Brodie

Pat Buttram

Harry Carey, Jr.

Sunset Carson

“Iron Eyes” Cody

Art Davis

Penny Edwards

Jennifer Holt

Ben Johnson

Jock Mahoney

Spanky McFarland

George Montgomery

Charles Starrett

Merle Travis

GUESTS 1981

GUESTS 1983

GUESTS 1981

Holiday Inn Rivermont, 

Memphis, TN


Arkansas Slim Andrews

Pat Buttram

“Iron Eyes” Cody

Elisha Cook, Jr.

Louise Currie

Art Davis

Eddie Dean

Victor French

Jennifer Holt

Ben Johnson

Lash LaRue

George Montgomery

Cecilia Parker

Harvey Parry

Neil Summers

Tex Terry

Merle Travis

Joan Woodbury

GUESTS 1980

GUESTS 1980

GUESTS 1981

Holiday Inn Rivermont, 

Memphis, TN


Pat Buttram

Yakima Canuutt

Art Davis

Penny Edwards

Richard Farnsworth

D.J. Fontana – (ENT)

Monte Hale

Ben Johnson

George O’Brien

Cecilia Parker

Charles Starrett

Neil Summers

Jimmy Wakely

Deborah Winters

GUESTS 1979

GUESTS 1980

GUESTS 1979

Holiday Inn Rivermont, 

Memphis, TN


Kirk Alyn

Arkansas Slim Andrews

James Best

Art Davis

Eddie Dean

Monte Hale

Neil Summers

Al Wyatt (stuntman)

GUESTS 1978

GUESTS 1980

GUESTS 1979

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GUESTS 1977

GUESTS 1977

GUESTS 1977

Holiday Inn Rivermont, 

Memphis, TN


Arkansas Slim Andrews

Pat Buttram

Dr. Warren Cheney – (ENT)

“Iron Eyes” Cody

Art Davis

Penny Edwards

Monte Hale

Myron Healey

Chester “Lum” Lauck

Jock Mahoney

Neil Summers

Foy Willing

GUESTS 1976

GUESTS 1977

GUESTS 1977

Holiday Inn Rivermont, 

Memphis, TN


Kirk Alyn

Arkansas Slim Andrews

Buster Crabbe

Art Davis

Chester “Lum” Lauck

Jock Mahoney

Mike Mazurki

Louise Stanley

Foy Willing

GUESTS 1975

GUESTS 1977

GUESTS 1975

Albert Pick Hotel Motor Inn, Memphis, TN


Arkansas Slim Andrews

Smith Ballew

Jim Bannon

Buster Crabbe

Art Davis

Kirby Grant

Leigh Snowden

Foy Willing

GUESTS 1974

GUESTS 1974

GUESTS 1975

Sheraton-Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN 


Jim Bannon

Billy Benedict

Johnny Bond

Eddie Dean

Penny Edwards

Dorothy Fay

Monte Hale

Russell Hayden

Myron Healey

I. Stanford Jolley

Lash LaRue

Dave Sharpe

Bob Steele

Peggy Stewart

Eddy Waller

GUESTS 1973

GUESTS 1974

GUESTS 1973

Sheraton-Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN 


Sunset Carson

Dorothy Fay

Kirby Grant

Monte Hale

Russell Hayden

Lash LaRue

Ron Ormond

Tex Ritter

Peggy Stewart

GUESTS 1972

GUESTS 1974

GUESTS 1973

Sheraton-Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN


Don “Red” Barry

Sunset Carson

Russell Hayden

Lash LaRue

Max Terhune

FESTIVAL GUESTS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

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Lee Aaker (2003)

Lee Aaker (Fake) (1989)

Claude Akins (1990)

Carol Adams (2007)

Jane Adams (1992)

Julie Adams (2004, 2015)

Kathryn Adams (2001)

John Agar (1983)

Chris Alcaide (1994)

Bob Allen (1987)

Rex Allen, Jr.- ENT. (2012, 2015)

John Alvin (1999)

Kirk Alyn (1976, 1979, 1982)

Richard Anderson (1995)

Keith Andes (1994)

Arkansas Slim Andrews (1975-77, 1979, 1981, 1989)

Russell Arms (1993, 2005)

Alison Arngrim (2015)

Tara Ashton (2004)



B

A

A

  Jimmy Baird (2011)

Smith Ballew (1975)

Frank Bank (2006)

Jim Bannon (1974-75)

Jennings Barnett - ENT. (2010)

Claudia Barrett (2005, 2008)

Don "Red" Barry (1972)

Gregg Barton (1988, 1991)

Luster Bayless (2007, 2014-17)

Billy Benedict (1974, 1986)

Dale Berry - ENT. (1996)

James Best (1979, 1991, 2013)

Bill Black Combo - ENT. (1987)

Eddie Bond - ENT. (1996) 

Johnny Bond (1974)

Randy Boone (2011-12)

Adrian Booth (1998, 2007)

Carla Borelli (1993, 2009)

Bruce Boxleitner (2017)

Henry Brandon (1983)

Peter Breck (1991)

Jeffrey Breslauer (2008)

Beth Brickell (2016)

Charles Briles (2012)

Mo Brings Plenty (2023)

Steve Brodie (1982)

Conrad Brooks (1995, 1998)

Bob Brown (leathercrafter) (1990)

James Brown (1989)

Meg Brown (Wilson) - ENT (1987)

Peter Brown (2009, 2011) 

Polly Burson (1988)

John Buttram - ENT. (2010-19)

Pat Buttram (1977, 1980-84) 

Edd Byrnes (1994, 2014) 

C

A

C

  John Calvert (1987 - surprise visit, 2004)

Tony Cameron (2023)

William Campbell (1984)

Yakima Canutt (1980)

Harry Carey Jr. (1982-83)

MacDonald Carey (1985, 1987)

Veronica Carlson (2001)

Thomas Carr (1988)

Robert Carradine (2018, 2022)

Sunset Carson (1972-73, 1982-84, 1988-89)

Veronica Cartwright (2012)

Anthony Caruso (1983)

Craig Chambers - ENT. (1998)

Michael Chapin (2002, 2008)

Dr. Warren Cheney (1977)

Bobby Clark (2012)

Gary Clarke (2011-12)

Dorinda Clifton (2006)

"Iron Eyes" Cody (1977, 1981-84)

Robert Colbert (2014, 2015)

Don Collier (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)

Don Pedro Colley (2012)

Jeff Connors (2009-10, 2012)

Robert Conrad (2014)

Tim Considine (2013)

Elisha Cook, Jr. (1981)

Tommy Cook (2002, 2017)

Ben Cooper (1989)

Alex Cord (2013, 2016, 2019)

Jeff Corey (1989)

Aneta Corsaut (1990)

Carolina Cotton (1988)

Frank Coughlan, Jr. (1986, 1997)

Buster Crabbe (1975-76)

Robert "Bobby" Crawford (2011-12)

Johnny Crawford (1995, 2012-13)

Linda Cristal (2009 - phone)

Kathleen Crowley (1993, 1996)

Louise Currie (1981)

Donald Curtis (1989) 

D

D

C

  

Audrey Dalton (1997)

Bob Daniel (2013)

Michael Dante (2011)

Kim Darby (2004)

James Darren (2015)

Henry Darrow (2009, 2012-14)

Art Davis (1975-77, 1979-83)

Terrie Davis (2015)

Lew De Witt - ENT. 

(Statler Brothers) (1984)

Eddie Dean (1974, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987-88)

Margia Dean  (2004)

Frances Dee (1998)

Myrna Dell (2004)

Geoff Deuel (2015)

Dennis Devine (2014)

Pat Devon (2010)

Richard Devon (1997)

Bobby Diamond (2011)

Angie Dickinson (2019)

Mason Alan Dinehart III (2004)

Robert Dix (2004)

Troy Donahue (2000)

James Drury (1992, 2009, 2011-13)

Johnny Duncan (2000)

E

D

E

  

Robert Easton (2006)

Shirley Eaton (1999, 2006)

Buddy Ebsen (1988)

Penny Edwards (1974, 1977, 1979-80, 1982, 1993)

Sam Edwards (2001)

Jack Elam (1996)

Lou Elias (2010)

Ron Ely (2016)

Jeanne Epper (stuntwoman) (2009  by phone)

Erick Estrada (2022)

Gene Evans (1984-85, 1991, 1993-97)

Joan Evans (2003)

Richard Eyer (1998)

F

D

E

  

Ed Faulkner (2012, 2017)

Diamond Farnsworth (2022-23)

Tommy Farrell (1988-89)

Dorothy Fay (1973-74)

Fritz Feld (1986)

Evelyn Finley (1983)

Tommy Floyd - ENT. (1983)

Frankie Ford - ENT. (1989)

D.J. Fontana - ENT. (1980, 1983)

Peter Ford (2011)

Carol Forman (1984)

Fred Foy (2000)

Anne Francis (1997)

Diamond Farnsworth (2017-2019)

Richard Farnsworth (1980)

Sally Fraser (2004)

Victor French(1981, 1983-84, 1987)

Barbara Fuller (1991)

Robert Fuller (1999, 2009-11, 2013-19, 2022-23)

G

I

G

  

Roman Gabriel (2005)

Beverly Garland (1993, 1999-2000)

Jimmy George (2007)

Nancy Gilbert (2005)

Les Gilliam - ENT. (2009-10, 2015)

Ann Gillis (2001)

Mark Goddard (2016)

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (1989)

Bruce Gordon (1998)

Kirby Grant (1973, 1975)

Coleen Gray (1987)

Gary Gray (1995, 2001-04)

Dorothy Green (2005)

James Griffith (1991)

Karolyn "Zuzu" Grimes(2006, 2019, 2022)

Tito Guizar (1987)

Clu Gulager (2014)

H

I

G

  

Dan Haggerty (2013)

Bill Hale (2007)

Monte Hale (1973-74, 1977, 1979-80, 1984, 

2007 - phone)

Huntz Hall (1984)

Lois Hall (1988)

Brett Halsey (2003, 2016)

James Hampton (2006, 2011)

Marguerite Happy (2019, 2023)

Clifford Happy (2019, 2023)

Ty Hardin (2005, 2007, 2009-10)

Marie Harmon (2005)

Jimmie Hawkins (2009) (phone)

Russell Hayden (1972-74)

Myron Healey (1974, 1977, 1990)

David Hedison (2003)

Anne Helm (2009)

Kelo Henderson (2009) (phone)

Darryl Hickman (1997)

Dwayne Hickman (1995)

High Riders Band - ENT. (2011)

Verna Hillie (1985-86)

Darby Hinton (2010, 2012, 2016-19, 2022-23)

Eddie Hodges (1987)

Ralph Hodges (2003)

Earl Holliman (2011 - phone)

Dennis Holmes (2011)

Jennifer Holt (1981-82, 1984)

Robert Horton (1998, 2009-10 -both by phone)

Bob Hoy (2008)

Whitey Hughes (2007)

Kim Hunter (2001)

Marsha Hunt (1997)

Will Hutchins (1985, 1997, 2009-10) 

I

I

I

  

Teddy Infuhr (2002, 2006)

Tommy Ivo (1990)

J

J

I

  

Eileen Janssen (2002)

Claude Jarman, Jr. (2022)

Rick Jason (2000)

Anne Jeffreys (1986)

Ben Johnson (1980-83, 1994-95)

I. Stanford Jolley (1974)

Dick Jones (1987, 2005, 2008, 2010)

L.Q. Jones (2012)

K

J

K

  

Ed Kemmer (1992)

Burt Kennedy (1996)

Bob Kenny - (MC & Magic) (1986-87)

Wright King (2001)

Andy Klyde (2010)

Terence Knox (2023)

Barbara Knudson (2005)

Bernie Kopell (2017-2018)

Mickey Kuhn (2007) 

L

J

K

  

Janet Lake (1999-2000)

Sara Lane (2011 - phone), 2012

Sue Ane Langdon (1995-96)

Keith Larsen (1992)

Jack Larson (2008) (phone)

Lash LaRue (1972-74, 1981, 1988-1993)

Chester "Lum" Lauck (1976-77)

Jerry "The King" Lawler(2004, 2006)

Marc Lawrence (1984)

Ruta Lee (2014)

Janet Leigh (1987)

Suzanna Leigh (1998, 2003)

Joan Leslie (1998)

Kay Linaker (2002)

Barry Livingston (2016)

Stanley Livingston (2016)

Jon Locke (2001)

Anne Lockhart (2016)

Robert Loggia (2013)

Dirk London (2010)

Marjorie Lord (2005)

Teala Loring (2000)

Heather Lowe (1996)

BarBara Luna (2011)

Lucille Lund (1992)

John Lupton (1993)

James Lydon (1988)

A. C. Lyles (1986)

Betty Lynn (1989-90)

Lisa Lu (2013)

GUESTS M-Z

M

M

M

  

Leon McAuliffe (1983)

James MacArthur (1997)

Elizabeth MacRae (2006)

Guy Madison (1985)

Jock Mahoney (1976-77, 1982-83, 1987)

Irene Manning (1995)

Randolph Mantooth (2018-2019)

Jerry Maren (2001)

Beth Marion (1985, 1993)

Gloria Marlen (2003)

Caren Marsh (1999, 2007)

Joel Marston (2004)

Donna Martell (2005)

Richard Martin (1994)

Jerry Mathers (2022)

Donald May (1993, 2009)

Mike Mazurki (1976)

Leon McAuliffe - ENT. (1983)

Laura Lee McBride - ENT. (1983)

Irish McCalla (1990)

Kevin McCarthy (1997)

Sean McClory (1998)

Doug McClure (1984)

Kent McCord (2017)

Jody McCrea (1998)

Wyatt McCrea (2016, 2019, 2022-23)

Russ McCubbin (1993-94)

Spanky McFarland (1982, 1991)

Michael McGreevey (2014)

Bill McKinney (1984)

Dallas McKennon (2003)

Harry McKim (2003)

Sammy McKim (1985)

Bill McKinney (1984)

Don McMinn - ENT. (1983)

Audrey Meadows (1994)

Men of the West - ENT. (1990-91)

Lee Meriwether (2015)

Jan Merlin (1992, 2009)

Kenny Miller (1996, 2008)

Denny Miller (2005, 2009)

Laurie Mitchell (2008)

Christopher Mitchum (2018-2019, 2022)

John Mitchum (1991)

Roger Mobley (2011)

Gregory Moffett (2008)

Monte Montana (1987)

Lisa Montell (2007)

George Montgomery (1981-82, 1986)

Clayton Moore (1983)

Dawn Moore (2013)

Pauline Moore (1990)

Terry Moore (1994, 2013)

Danny Morton (2002) 

N

M

M

  

Tom Nardini (2016)

Noel Neill (2004, 2006, 2008)

Barry Nelson (2004)

Ed Nelson (2000, 2004)

Lori Nelson (1996)

Jane Nigh (1989)

Tommy Nolan (2013)

Tony Numkena (2011) 

O

M

O

  

Hugh O'Brian (2010, 2012)

George O'Brien (1980)

Tim O'Connor (2005)

Susan Oliver (1983)

Ron Ormond (1973)

Ken Osmond (2006)

Jeff Osterhage (2015) 

P

P

O

  

Debra Paget (1997, 2000)

Gregg Palmer (2006-08, 2013)

Conrad Palmisano (2018)

Cecilia Parker (1980-81)

Harvey Parry (1981)

Michael Pate (1996)

Hank Penny (1990)

GiGi Perreau (2008)

Janine Perreau (2008)

Maggie Peterson (2006)

Paul Picerni (1999)

John Pickard (1992)

Charles B. Pierce (1996)

Robert Pine (2000, 2017. 2023)

Jean Porter (2003)

Andrew Prine (1996, 2016)

Jon Provost (2006, 2016) 

Q

P

Q

Don Quine (2011-12)

R

P

Q

  

Rudy Ramos (2013, 2015)

Rex Reason (1999, 2012 - phone)

Walter Reed (1988)

Lanny Rees (2008)

Tom Reese (2005, 2007)

Duncan Regehr (2013)

Don "Brown Jug" Reynolds(1989, 2006-07)

Shirley Jean Rickert (2003)

Charlie Rich, Jr - ENT. (1998)

Elaine Riley (1994)

Tex Ritter (1973)

Mark Roberts (aka Robert Scott) (2003)

Dale Robertson (1997)

Ann Robinson (1996)

Robert Rockwell (1991)

Pepper Rodgers (football coach) (2000)

Dustin Rogers - ENT. (2011)

Dusty Rogers - ENT. (2011)

Jimmie Rogers (Will's son from

"Hoppy" films) (1985)

Kasey Rogers (2005)

Diane Roter (2012)

Jean Rouverol (2002, 2007)

Johnny Russell (Grand Ole Opry) (1984)

Ann Rutherford (1987)

Gene Rutherford (1995-97) 

S

S

S

  

Nancy Saunders (2004)

Jennifer Savidge (2023)

John Saxon (2011)

Fred Scott (1984)

Tommy Scott (1991)

Miriam Seegar (2002)

The Settlers - ENT. (1983)

Don Shanks (2013 )

Dave Sharpe (1974)

Karen Sharpe (1998)

Robert Shayne (1985)

Johnny Sheffield (1990)

Jan Shepard (2010 )

Marion Shilling (1985, 2002)

Roberta Shore (2011-12, 2015)

Plato Skouras (Producer) (1992)

Jeremy Slate (1996)

Brad Slaven (1999)

Dean Smith (2018)

Hal Smith (1989-90)

William Smith (2005, 2010-11)

Leigh Snowden (1975)

James Stacy (2010-11)

Nancy Stafford (2017)

Louise Stanley (1976)

Charles Starrett (1980-82)

Bob Steele (1974)

Connie Stevens (2015)

Stella Stevens (1995)

Warren Stevens (1998)

Parker Stevenson (2016)

Charlotte Stewart (2015)

Eleanor Stewart (1985, 1993)

Peggy Stewart (1973-74, 1982, 1988-91, 1993-97, 1999-2001)

Linda Stirling (1991)

David Stollery (2013)

Gale Storm (1995)

Neil Summers (1977, 1979-81, 1983) 

Bo Svenson (2022)

T

S

S

  

Helen Talbot (1990)

Buck Taylor (2014-15, 2017-19, 2022-23)

Bob Terhune (1991)

Max Terhune (1972)

Ruth Terry (1988)

Tex Terry (1981)

Roy Thinnes (2011 - surprise visit)

Frankie Thomas, Jr. (1992)

Lawrence Tierney (1987 - surprise visit)

Kenneth Tobey (1986)

Layne Tom, Jr. (2004)

Audrey Totter (1995)

Merle Travis (1981-83)

Forrest Tucker (1986)

U

S

U

-

V

X / Y / Z

U

  

Virginia Vale (1988)

Jon Valsted (2011 - surprise visit)

Jean Van (2007)

Jerry Van Dyke (1987, 1997)

Elena Verdugo (1994)

Yvette Vickers (1999)

Mitch Vogel (2010) 

W

X / Y / Z

X / Y / Z

 Jimmy Wakely (1980)

Gregory Walcott (1998)

Eddy Waller (1974)

Deborah Walley (1999)

Jon Walmsley (2014, 2016)

Clint Walker (2009 (phone), 2010, 2012, 2014)

Beverly Washburn (2000, 2008)

Johnny Washbrook (2009, 2011)

Patrick Wayne (2018-19, 2022-23)

Richard Webb (1983)

Dawn Wells (2018)

"Red" West (1996)

Johnny Western (1994-95, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2012)

Western Playboys (1993)

Jacqueline White (2003)

Margaret Whiting (1989)

Larry Wilcox (2023)

Guy Williams, Jr. (2013)

Foy Willing (1975-77)

Dick Wilson (MC) (1986-87)

William Windom (2001)

Marie Windsor (1986)

Deborah Winters (1980)

Robert Wolders (2011)

Lana Wood (2005)

Joan Woodbury (1981)

Morgan Woodward (1986, 1999)

Sheb Wooley (1984, 1989)

Rob Word (2019)

Al Wyatt (stuntman) (1979) 

X / Y / Z

X / Y / Z

X / Y / Z

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (1994)

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