Golden Boot Awards

:"For the rugby league award for the world's best player, see Rugby League World Golden Boot Awards"

The Golden Boot Awards honor actors, actresses, and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Western television and movies. The award is sponsored and presented by the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Money raised at the award banquet is 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 the first ones were presented in 1983.

Honorees

1983, The 1st Annual Golden Boot Awards

* 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 Memorial Award: Will Rogers

1984, The 2nd Annual Golden Boot Awards

* 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
* In Memorial Award: Buck Jones

1985, The 3rd Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Amanda Blake
* Ernest Borgnine
* Burt Kennedy
* Ricardo Montalban
* Dale Robertson
* James Stewart
* Dub Taylor
* Robert Wilkie
* Joe Yrigoyen
* Audie Murphy

1986, The 4th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* James Arness
* Carl Cotner
* Burl Ives
* Louis L'Amour
* Fred MacMurray
* Guy Madison
* Jock Mahoney
* George Montgomery
* Fess Parker
* Glenn Randall
* Cesar Romero
* In Memorial Award: Tex Ritter

1987, The 5th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Gene Barry
* Harry Carey, Jr.
* André de Toth
* Richard Farnsworth
* Rhonda Fleming
* Glenn Ford
* Robert Livingston
* Joel McCrea
* Debra Paget
* John Russell
* Woody Strode
* In Memorial Award: Tom Mix

1988, The 6th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Gene Evans
* Stuart Hamblen
* Virginia Mayo
* Willie Nelson
* Ann Rutherford
* Fred Scott
* George Sherman
* Morgan Woodward
* In Memorial Award: William S. Hart
* In Memorial Award: Andy Devine

1989, The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Johnny Cash
* Ellen Corby
* Angie Dickinson
* Robert Duvall
* Robert Fuller
* John Ireland
* Dick Jones
* Paul Malvern
* Casey Tibbs

1990, The 8th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Noah Beery, Jr.
* Budd Boetticher
* Sam Elliott
* George Kennedy
* Hal Needham
* Burt Reynolds
* Katharine Ross
* In Memorial Award: Jay Silverheels

1991, The 9th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* John Agar
* Polly Burson
* Anthony Caruso
* Alice Faye
* Bob Hope
* Brian Keith
* Andrew V. McLaglen
* Hugh O'Brian
* Maureen O'Hara
* In Memorial Award: Harry Carey

1992, The 10th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Rand Brooks
* Arthur Gardner
* Richard Jaeckel
* Katy Jurado
* Arnold Laven
* Jules Levy
* Pierce Lyden
* A. C. Lyles
* Ann Miller
* Montie Montana
* Ronald Reagan
* Tom Selleck
* Alice Sprinsteen
* John Sturges
* Henry Wills
* Sheb Wooley
* In Memorial Award: Tim Holt

1993, The 11th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Chuck Courtney
* Clint Eastwood
* Jane Fonda
* Jack Palance
* Buck Taylor
* Ted Turner
* In Memorial Award: William Boyd

1994, The 12th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Paul Brinegar
* Bill Catching
* James Coburn
* Gail Davis
* Joanne Dru
* Walter Hill
* Robert Mitchum
* In Memorial Award: Pat Buttram

1995, The 13th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* James Drury
* Andrew J. Fenady
* Bo Hopkins
* Bob Morgan
* Jane Seymour
* Claire Trevor
* In Memorial Award: Burt Lancaster
* Founder's Award: Gene Autry

1996, The 14th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Carroll Baker
* Lloyd Bridges
* Charles Bronson
* Bill Campbell
* Joe Canutt
* Herb Jeffries
* In Memorial Award: John Wayne
* Founder's Award: Roy Rogers

1997, The 15th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Leo Gordon
* Charles 'Chuck' Hayward
* Anne Jeffreys
* Karl Malden
* Robert Urich
* Clint Walker
* In Memorial Award: Randolph Scott
* Founder's Award: John Ford

1998, The 16th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Adrian Booth Brian
* David Carradine
* Keith Carradine
* Robert Carradine
* Frankie Laine
* John Mantley
* Founder's Award: Clayton Moore
* Harry Morgan
* Dean Smith
* In Memorial Award: Barbara Stanwyck
* Patrick Wayne

1999, The 17th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Julie Adams
* R. G. Armstrong
* David Dortort
* Kirk Douglas
* James Garner
* Jack Williams
* In Memorial Award: DeForest Kelley
* Founder's Award: Mary Pickford Foundation and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

2000, The 18th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* 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. [ [http://members.tripod.com/~ClaytonMoore/boot2000.htm Clayton Moore: The Lone Ranger] , retrieved 26 November 2007]

2001, The 19th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Eli Wallach
* Barbara Hale
* Alex Cord
* Andrew Prine
* Loren Janes
* Chuck Norris
* Backbone of the B's Award: Walter Reed
* 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

* 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

* 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
* "Best of the West" Movie: Tom Selleck for "Monte Walsh"

2004, The 22nd Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Val Kilmer
* Scott Glenn
* Randy Quaid
* Robert Horton
* Pat Hingle
* Rob Word
* In Memorial 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

* 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:
** Gary Gray
** Mickey Kuhn
** Michael Chapin
** Eilene Janssen
** Johnny Crawford
** Lee Aaker

2006, The 24th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* Powers Boothe
* Ann-Margret
* Wes Studi
* Joan Leslie
* Les Martinson, Director
* Buddy Van Horn, Stunt Coordinator
* Special Tribute: George "Gabby" Hayes
* Founder's Award: Clint Eastwood

2007, The 25th Annual Golden Boot Awards

* 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

List of honorees from [http://b-westerns.com/goldboot.htm The Golden Boot Awards] at B-Westerns.com

External links

* [http://new.mptvfund.org/cm/Foundation/Events/The%20Golden%20Boot/Home.html Home of the Golden Boot Award]
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Golden_Boot_Awards/ The Golden Boot Awards at the Internet Movie Database]