The Golden Boot Awards were an American acknowledgement of achievement honoring actors, actresses, and crew members who made significant contributions to the genre of Westerns in television and film. The award was sponsored and presented by the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Money raised at the award banquet was 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 they were presented annually from 1983 until being discontinued in 2007. 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 Memoriam 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 Memoriam Award: Buck Jones 1985, The 3rd Annual Golden Boot Awards Amanda Blake Ernest Borgnine Burt Kennedy Ricardo Montalbán Dale Robertson James Stewart Dub Taylor Robert J. Wilke Joe Yrigoyen Audie Murphy 1986, The 4th Annual Golden Boot Awards James Arness Carroll Baker Carl Cotner Burl Ives Louis L'Amour Fred MacMurray Guy Madison Jock Mahoney George Montgomery Fess Parker Glenn Randall Cesar Romero In Memoriam 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 Memoriam 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 Memoriam Award: William S. Hart In Memoriam 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 Memoriam Award: Jay Silverheels 1991, The 9th Annual Golden Boot Awards John Agar Polly Burson Anthony Caruso Alice Faye Bob Hope Brian Keith