Fess Parker, who played iconic television hero Davy Crockett and later Daniel Boone, died Thursday of natural causes in California. He was 85.

The actor spawned a Davy Crockett frenzy in the 1950s after appearing in a three-part Disney TV series about the early 19th century adventurer. Suddenly, every kid in America wanted a fur coonskin cap and toy rifle.

A decade later, Parker scored a second TV hit with Daniel Boone.

He also appeared in Disney films, including Old Yeller and Westward Ho! The Wagons.

Parker is survived by wife Marcella Rinehart and two children.