Entertainers: Him Mingo

There is a fellow who plays the hero's faithful Indian companion in NBC's Daniel Boone TV series. On screen, he is an Oxford-educated part- Cherokee half-breed who goes by the name of Mingo. That's about all anybody needs to know about the Daniel Boone show. But Mingo—well, he's something special, even if the show is not. His showbiz handle is Ed Ames, he is the former baritone lead with the Ames

Brothers, and today he is surfacing as the most versatile talent to emerge from a singing group since the Rhythm Boys lost Bing Crosby. In addition...

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