Swamp Fox 1959 - 196



The Swamp Fox is a television series produced by Walt Disney and starring Leslie Nielsen as American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion.

The theme song *("Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail on his hat... nobody knows where the Swamp Fox at...") was sung by Nielsen as well. 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 as "Gwynn." The Swamp Fox did not bring to Disney the commercial success that had been achieved by Davy Crockett.


In an episode of Mansbridge One on One, Nielsen revealed that, during its initial broadcast, The Swamp Fox was condemned by the Canadian House of Commons for portraying United Empire Loyalists as villains during the American Revolution. Nielsen pointed out the irony that he, a Canadian, starred in the only Disney production banned in Canada.

"Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail on his hat... nobody knows where the Swamp Fox at; Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, hiding in the glen, He'll ride away to fight again. Got no money, got no beds, got no roof above our heads; got no shelter when it rains, All we've got is Yankee brains!"

The series encompassed eight episodes, running as part of The Wonderful World of Color. 

4 DVD's All 8 Episodes 

Episodes

The Birth of the Swamp Fox 
Brother Against Brother
Tory Vengeance 
Day of Reckoning
Redcoat Strategy
A Case of Treason
A Woman's Courage 
Horses for Greene 

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