Range Rider

by Candace RichComment — Updated August 3, 2023

4/26/1951-1953 Syndicated
Black and White – 30 minutes
76 episodes

Produced by
Gene Autry’s Flying A Productions

Range Rider Cast

Jock Mahoney as Range Rider
Dickie Jones as Dick West
Horses: Rawhide (Mahoney) and Lucky (Jones)

Range Rider Theme Song

“Range Rider” by Walter W. Greene

Range Rider Tidbits

The Range Rider (Jock Mahoney) went around the West doing good deeds. Primarily a kids show, the Raneg Rider also starred Dick Jones as Dick West.

The 6’4″ Mahoney was a former stunt man whose athletic skills became legendary as he performed his own, often difficult stunts on the show.

Mahoney went on to become Yancy Derringer and Jones to be Buffalo Bill Jr.

Passings

Mahoney died in 1989 of a stroke.Jock Mahoney in Range Rider
Jock Mahoney
From the Doug Abbott Collection

Range Rider with Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney and Dickie Jones
From the Doug Abbott Collection

Jock Mahoney in Range Rider
Jock Mahoney
From the Doug Abbott Collection

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Jock Mahoney Trivia
During the filming of Range Rider, Mahoney met and marrried an actress, Maggie Field, a divorced woman with a daughter, Sally.

Yes, THAT Sally Field, was Jock Mahoney’s stepdaughter.

Dick Jones
From the William Sasser Collection
Dick Jones
2000 Knoxville Film Festival
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Jock Mahoney
From the Doug Abbott Collection

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