In the 1940s this singing cowboy took his animal co-star Champion on airplane flights
[DOC] [TLE] Gene Autry - Biography - IMDb [PAR] During World War II he enlisted in the US Army and was assigned as a flight ... 
his own company, Flying A Productions, which, during the 1950s, produced his ... 
One of his stars on the Walk of fame is for Live Performance (including rodeo), 
not live theater.