The Golden Boot Awards were an American acknowledgement of achievement honoring actors, actresses, and crew members who made significant contributions to the genre of Westerns in television and film. The award was sponsored and presented by the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Money raised at the award banquet was used to help finance various services offered by the Fund to those in the entertainment industry.
Actor Pat Buttram conceived the idea of the Golden Boot Award, and they were presented annually from 1983 until being discontinued in 2007.[1]
Honorees
edit1983, The 1st Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Rex Allen
- Dick Alexander
- Gene Autry
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Sunset Carson
- Eddie Dean
- Jack Elam
- Dale Evans
- Monte Hale
- Ben Johnson
- Lash LaRue
- Nat Levine
- Doug McClure
- Lee Majors
- Clayton Moore
- Slim Pickens
- Roy Rogers
- Charles Starrett
- Bob Steele
- Linda Stirling
- Forrest Tucker
- Lee Van Cleef
- Al Wyatt
- In Memoriam Award: Will Rogers
1984, The 2nd Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1985, The 3rd Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1986, The 4th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1987, The 5th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1988, The 6th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Gene Evans
- Stuart Hamblen
- Virginia Mayo
- Willie Nelson
- Ann Rutherford
- Fred Scott
- George Sherman
- Morgan Woodward
- In Memoriam Award: William S. Hart
- In Memoriam Award: Andy Devine
1989, The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1990, The 8th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1991, The 9th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1992, The 10th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit1993, The 11th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Chuck Courtney
- Clint Eastwood
- Jane Fonda
- Jack Palance
- Buck Taylor
- Ted Turner
- In Memoriam Award: William Boyd
1994, The 12th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Paul Brinegar
- Bill Catching
- James Coburn
- Gail Davis
- Joanne Dru
- Walter Hill
- Robert Mitchum
- In Memoriam Award: Pat Buttram
1995, The 13th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- James Drury
- Andrew J. Fenady
- Bo Hopkins
- Bob Morgan
- Jane Seymour
- Claire Trevor
- In Memoriam Award: Burt Lancaster
- Founder's Award: Gene Autry
1996, The 14th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Carroll Baker
- Lloyd Bridges
- Charles Bronson
- Bill Campbell
- Joe Canutt
- Herb Jeffries
- In Memoriam Award: John Wayne
- Founder's Award: Roy Rogers
1997, The 15th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Leo Gordon
- Charles 'Chuck' Hayward
- Anne Jeffreys
- Karl Malden
- Robert Urich
- Clint Walker
- In Memoriam Award: Randolph Scott
- Founder's Award: John Ford
1998, The 16th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Adrian Booth Brian
- David Carradine
- Keith Carradine
- Robert Carradine
- Frankie Laine
- John Mantley
- Founder's Award: Clayton Moore
- Harry Morgan
- Dean Smith
- In Memoriam Award: Barbara Stanwyck
- Patrick Wayne
1999, The 17th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Julie Adams
- R. G. Armstrong
- David Dortort
- Kirk Douglas
- James Garner
- Jack Williams
- In Memoriam Award: DeForest Kelley
- Founder's Award: Mary Pickford Foundation and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
2000, The 18th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Tom Berenger
- Melissa Gilbert
- Donna Hall
- L. Q. Jones
- Howard Koch
- Robert Stack
- Founder's Award: Dale Evans
- Backbone of the B's Award: Gregg Barton
- Backbone of the B's Award: Myron Healey
- Backbone of the B's Award: Walter Reed
- Backbone of the B's Award: House Peters, Jr.[2]
2001, The 19th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Eli Wallach
- Barbara Hale
- Alex Cord
- Andrew Prine
- Loren Janes
- Chuck Norris
- Centennial Award: Clark Gable (presented to his son John Clark Gable)
- "Best of the West" Movie: Shanghai Noon
2002, The 20th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Bruce Dern
- Peter Fonda
- David Huddleston
- Whitey Hughes
- Ruta Lee
- Stuart Whitman
- Ron Soble
- Peter Brown
- Will Hutchins
- Robert Colbert
- Roy Huggins
- William T. Orr
- William Witney
- Earl Bellamy
- Ted Post
- Donna Martell
- Marion Shilling
- Ruth Terry
- Gloria Winters
- Marsha Hunt
- Honorary Golden Boot: Colt's Manufacturing Company
2003, The 21st Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit2004, The 22nd Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Val Kilmer
- Scott Glenn
- Randy Quaid
- Robert Horton
- Pat Hingle
- Rob Word
- In Memoriam Award: Johnny Mack Brown
- Gale Storm
- Noel Neill
- Lois Hall
- Elaine Riley
- Golden Voice of Radio Award: Fred Foy
2005, The 23rd Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- James Caan
- Debbie Reynolds
- Wilford Brimley
- Martha Crawford Cantarini, Stuntwoman
- Mark Harmon
- Phil Spangenberger
- Ben Cooper
- Encore Westerns Channel
- Founder's Award: Jim Rogers
- Kids of the West:
2006, The 24th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Powers Boothe
- Ann-Margret
- Wes Studi
- Joan Leslie
- Leslie H. Martinson, Director
- Buddy Van Horn, Stunt Coordinator
- Special Tribute: George "Gabby" Hayes
- Founder's Award: Clint Eastwood
2007, The 25th Annual Golden Boot Awards
edit- Caruth C. Byrd
- Lee Horsley
- Martin Kove
- Walt LaRue, Stuntman
- Viggo Mortensen
- Eva Marie Saint
- Champion Award: Jackie Autry, wife of Gene Autry
- Founder's Award: John Wayne
References
edit- ^ "The Golden Boot Awards". Golden Boot Awards. Motion Picture and Television Fund. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ Clayton Moore: The Lone Ranger, retrieved November 26, 2007
External links
edit- Golden Boot Awards home page
- The Golden Boot Awards at the Internet Movie Database
- Clyde Lucas Musical Director for The Golden Boots Award Show
List of honorees from The Golden Boot Awards at B-Westerns.com