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Category Archives: Western
Daniel Boone (1964-70)
Fess Parker trades in his Davy Crockett coonskin cap for a Daniel Boone model. Ed Ames is his Indian pal Mingo. Daniel saved Mingo from being hung for a crime he didn’t commit and they’ve been buds ever since. Patricia … Continue reading
Whispering Smith (1961)
Interesting western series that takes place in 1870′s Denver. Audie Murphy is Detective Tom “Whispering” Smith and singer Guy Mitchell is Deputy George Romack. Sam Buffington is Police Chief John Richards. The character is loosely based on a 1948 Alan … Continue reading
Pistols ‘N’ Petticoats (1966-67)
Comedy western about a gunslingin’ family in Wretched, Colorado. Ann Sheridan is Henrietta Hanks, Douglas Fowley is Grandpa and Ruth McDevitt is Grandma. Gary Vinson is goofy Sheriff Harold Sikes and Carole Wells is Lucy Hanks who can’t make Harold … Continue reading
Sugarfoot (1957-61)
Mostly light hearted western starring Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, a lawyer who graduated from a correspondence school. He heads west and finds out there is something lower than a tenderfoot….a sugarfoot. February 3, 1959 episode: “The Return Of The … Continue reading
Hudson’s Bay (1959)
Lost western that was one of the better series in the TV western glut. Barry Nelson is Johnathan Banner and his sidekick Pierre Falcon is played by George Tobias complete with fake French Canadian accent. They work for the Hudson’s … Continue reading
Outlaws (1960-62)
Good series starring Barton MacLane as Marshal Frank Caine. He and his two deputies, Will Foreman (Don Collier) and Chalk Breeson (Bruce Yarnell) try and keep the peace in the Oklahoma territory. Slim Pickens appeared in twenty episodes as Slim. … Continue reading
High Vermilion-Luke Short (Frederick D.Glidden) (1947)
Good one about a man who finds that you can run but can’t hide from your past. He gets involved in a high stakes conflict in a mining town in the mountains of Colorado. Larkin Moffat has completed an assay … Continue reading
The Adventures Of Champion (1955-56)
Champion the Wonder Horse gets his own series and top billing as he rides out of a radio serial onto the TV screen.. Even Blaze the German Shepard gets to play Rebel. The human stars are Barry Curtis as twelve … Continue reading
Hopalong Cassidy (1952-54)
William Boyd is the silver haired phenom who dressed in black and carried white handled pistols. His sidekick Red Connors is Edgar Buchanan. October 28, 1952 episode: “Marked Cards” – Dick Lewis owns a gambling hall. During a game he’s … Continue reading
The Lone Ranger (1949-57)
One of the most successful transitions from radio to TV. B movie actor Clayton Moore was The Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels, a Canadian Mohawk, played Tonto. The pilot episode set the back story. Six Texas Rangers were ambushed by … Continue reading
