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Special thanks to: the Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation for providing the full listing of honorees and photos; Andy Southard, who attended many of the 1980s Award programs and provided information and remembrances about these award ceremonies; and Andy Southard and the late Ancel Cook for many photos on these Golden Boot award webpages.
In the early 1980s, veteran movie sidekick Pat Buttram conceived the Golden Boot Award as a way to recognize the achievements of cowboy film heroes and heroines, as well as writers, directors, stunt people, and character actors who had significant involvement in the film and TV western. As president of the Masquers, Buttram gave a dinner honoring Bob Steele and presented him with a belt buckle with a Golden Boot on it. In 1983, the Golden Boot award was presented to various western film folks, including Steele. The last Golden Boot Awards program occurred in 2007 and was the 25th anniversary of the awards program. Proceeds from the Golden Boot Awards benefit the health and human services, retirement and child care programs of the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills, California. The Motion Picture and Television Fund website is at: https://mptf.com/ The Golden Boot Awards website at the Motion Picture and Television Fund was no longer working when I checked in early 2024: http://goldenbootawards.com/ The Internet Archive has a saved version of the website at: https://web.archive.org/web/20200925025618fw_/http://goldenbootawards.com/home.html Information on the Masquers is at: http://www.masquersclub.org/ For several years, Nina Dilbeck created much of the multi-media and graphics used at the annual Golden Boot award programs. Nina's website was no longer working when I checked in early 2024: http://www.dilbeckproductions.com/goldenbootawards.html YouTube has videos from many Golden Boot Award events: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22golden+boot+awards%22 |  |  (Courtesy of Andy Southard) Above - Pat Buttram emceeing at the 1988 Awards.  (Courtesy of Andy Southard) Above is the Golden Boot Award which was presented to singin' cowboy Fred Scott in 1988. |
| Golden Boot Award Honorees | |
| 1983 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 Will Rogers * 1984 Robert Blake Red Buttons Pat Buttram Yakima Canutt John Carradine Iron Eyes Cody Chuck Connors Buddy Ebsen Jennifer Holt Michael Landon Sam Peckinpah Denver Pyle Ella Raines Jane Russell Peggy Stewart Dennis Weaver Marie Windsor Buck Jones * 1985 Amanda Blake Ernest Borgnine Burt Kennedy Ricardo Montalban Dale Robertson James Stewart Dub Taylor Robert Wilkie Joe Yrigoyen Audie Murphy 1986 James Arness Carl Cotner Burl Ives Louis L'Amour Fred MacMurray Guy Madison Jock Mahoney George Montgomery Fess Parker Glenn Randall Cesar Romero Tex Ritter * 1987 Gene Barry Harry Carey, Jr. Andre de Toth Richard Farnsworth Rhonda Fleming Glenn Ford Robert Livingston Joel McCrea Debra Paget John Russell Woody Strode Tom Mix * 1988 Gene Evans Stuart Hamblen Virginia Mayo Willie Nelson Ann Rutherford Fred Scott George Sherman Morgan Woodward William S. Hart * Andy Devine * 1989 Johnny Cash Ellen Corby Angie Dickinson Robert Duvall Robert Fuller John Ireland Dick Jones Paul Malvern Casey Tibbs 1990 Noah Beery, Jr. Budd Boeticher Sam Elliot George Kennedy Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Katharine Ross Jay Silverheels * 1991 John Agar Polly Burson Anthony Caruso Alice Faye Bob Hope Brian Keith Andrew V. McLaglen Hugh O'Brian Maureen O'Hara Harry Carey, Sr. * 1992 Rand Brooks Arthur Gardner Richard Jaeckel Katy Jurado Arnold Laven Jules Levy Pierce Lyden A. C. Lyles Ann Miller Montie Montana President Ronald Reagan Tom Selleck Alice Sprinsteen John Sturges Henry Wills Sheb Wooley Tim Holt * 1993 Chuck Courtney Clint Eastwood Jane Fonda Jack Palance Buck Taylor Ted Turner William Boyd * 1994 Paul Brinegar Bill Catching James Coburn Gail Davis Joanne Dru Walter Hill Robert Mitchum Pat Buttram * |
1995 James Drury Andrew J. Fenady Bo Hopkins Bob Morgan Jane Seymour Claire Trevor Burt Lancaster * Founder's Award: Gene Autry 1996 Carroll Baker Lloyd Bridges Charles Bronson Bill Campbell Joe Canutt Herb Jeffries John Wayne * Founder's Award: Roy Rogers 1997 Leo Gordon Charles 'Chuck' Hayward Anne Jeffreys Karl Malden Robert Urich Clint Walker Randolph Scott * Founder's Award: John Ford 1998 Adrian Booth Brian David Carradine Keith Carradine Robert Carradine Frankie Laine John Mantley Founder's Award: Clayton Moore Harry Morgan Dean Smith Barbara Stanwyck * Patrick Wayne 1999 Julie Adams R. G. Armstrong David Dortort Kirk Douglas James Garner Jack Williams DeForest Kelley * Founder's Award: Mary Pickford Foundation and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers 2000 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 Myron Healey Walter Reed House Peters, Jr. 2001 Eli Wallach Barbara Hale Alex Cord Andrew Prine Loren Janes Chuck Norris Centennial Award: To John Clark Gable on behalf of his father, Clark Gable 2002 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 'Bill' Witney Earl Bellamy Ted Post Donna Martell Marion Shilling Ruth Terry Gloria Winters Marsha Hunt Honorary Golden Boot: Colt Manufacturing Company 2003 Tommy Lee Jones Chris Alcaide Graham Greene Tommy Farrell Terry Leonard Sue Ane Langdon Kris Kristofferson Michael Dante Kelo Henderson William Smith Charles Champlin Sons Of The Pioneers 2004 Val Kilmer Scott Glenn Randy Quaid Robert Horton Pat Hingle Rob Word Johnny Mack Brown * Gale Storm Noel Neill Lois Hall Elaine Riley Golden Voice of Radio award: Fred Foy 2005 James Caan Debbie Reynolds Wilford Brimley Stuntwoman Martha Crawford Cantarini Mark Harmon Phil Spangenberger Ben Cooper Encore Westerns Channel Founder's Award: Jim Rogers Kids of the West Award: Gary Gray Mickey Kuhn Michael Chapin Eilene Janssen Johnny Crawford Lee Aaker 2006 Powers Boothe Ann-Margret Wes Studi Joan Leslie Director Les Martinson Stunt Coordinator Buddy Van Horn Special tribute: George "Gabby" Hayes Founder's Award: Clint Eastwood 2007 Caruth C. Byrd Lee Horsley Martin Kove Stuntman Walt LaRue Viggo Mortensen Eva Marie Saint Champion Award: Jackie (Mrs. Gene) Autry Founder's Award: John Wayne 2007 was the last Golden Boot awards program |
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| Who didn't get a Golden Boot award? |
| There were many B western performers who weren't given the award. Included in the non-award list are: Buster Crabbe, Hoot Gibson, Tim McCoy, Don Barry, Dave Sharpe, Russell Hayden, James Ellison, Jimmy Wakely, Duncan Renaldo, Ray Whitley, and Tom Tyler. |