As the Daniel Boone Regional Library board of trustees nears a decision on a new library director, the public had an opportunity this week to meet the two finalists.

The show lasted only long enough for Ames’s agent to get a call for an 8-by-10 glossy picture of Ames in swimming trunks. The request was from the producers of the upcoming Daniel Boone TV series.

Ed Ames, ’50s pop singer with Ames Brothers and ’60s TV star in ‘Daniel Boone,’ dies at 95 Singer-actor Ed Ames, who died May 21 at 95.

Ed Ames in 1970. Ames’ biggest TV role came as the Native American character Mingo in “Daniel Boone.” That was the part that landed him an appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny ...

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theater, has died. He was 95.

On television, Ames was likely best known for his role as Mingo, the Oxford-educated Native American in the 1960s adventure series Daniel Boone that starred Fess Parker as the famous frontiersman.

Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in the popular Daniel Boone series has died at the age of 95.