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Ed Ames

Acting Born Jul 9, 1927 Malden, Massachusetts, USA 24 credits

Biography

Ed Ames was a pop singer and actor who portrayed the Cherokee sidekick Mingo on the 1960s US television series Daniel Boone.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Murder, She Wrote

as Johnny Shannon

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Daniel Boone

as Mingo

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Rifleman (1958) as Lee Coyle
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Johnny Shannon
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
  • Daniel Boone (1964) as Mingo
  • Jake and the Fatman (1987) as Spence Coggan
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • McCloud (1970)
  • It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986) as Ed Ames
  • State Trooper (1956) as Singer
  • Kraft Music Hall (1958) as Self
  • Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) as Ames Brother (uncredited)
  • The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963) as Kennedy
  • The Johnny Cash Show (1969) as Self
  • Redigo (1963) as John Talltree
  • The Starlost (1973) as Mr. Smith
  • The Marshal (1995)
  • Kodiak (1974) as Mitch Kellog
  • The Big Party (1959) as Self
  • Land's End (1995)
  • Cricket on the Hearth (1967) as Edward (voice)
  • Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966) as Mingo
  • The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s (2002)