- Had a heart attack and fell down behind his caretaker's car, which was parked in the driveway of his home, and which ran over him later. Apparently, the car actually killed him.
- He narrated more than 80 Walt Disney films.
- He was the original voice of the "father" character in Walt Disney's "Carousel of Progress" attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
- Rex Allen died on December 17, 1999, only two weeks away from what would have been his 79th birthday on December 31.
- He was the original narrator for Walt Disney World's "Hall of Presidents".
- Has one son, Rex Allen Jr., a former country music star who also spent time as a regular on The Statler Brothers' syndicated show.
- Cousin of actor Cactus Mack and Glenn Strange.
- Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1983.
- His horse was named Koko "The Miracle Horse of the Movies".
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 20, 1975.
- He married Doris Winsor and they had a daughter named Rexine.
- During World War II, he lived in New Jersey. He sang on radio station WTNJ in Trenton under the name "Cactus Rex". He went from there to the National Barn Dance in Chicago, and from there to Hollywood.
- Often paired with Slim Pickens in his Westerns.
- He was the last of the singing cowboys.
- Narrated a lot of the Disney wild life films.
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