Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates
Eric Fleming as Gil Favor John Ireland as Jed Colby Sheb Wooley as
Pete Nolan Paul Brinegar as Wishbone James Murdock as Mushy Rocky
Shahan as Joe Scarlet Steve Raines as Jim Quince Raymond St. Jacques as
Simon Blake
Horse: (Rowdy's)
Midnight CLICK HERE for a
heartwarming story of Midnight's rescue and life after Rawhide
"Rawhide" by Ned Washington and Dimitri
Tiomkin Performed by Frankie Laine
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them doggies rollin'
Rawhide
Rain and wind and weather
Hellbent for leather
Wishin' my gal was by my side
All the things I'm missin'
Good vittals, love and kissin'
Are waiting at the end of my ride
CHORUS
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide
Count 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, count 'em out
Count 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them doggies movin'
Rawhide
Don't try to understand 'em
Just rope 'em, pull and brand 'em
Soon we'll be living high and wide
My hearts calculatin'
My true love will be waitin'
Be waitin' at the end of my ride
Hyaa!
CHORUS
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyaa!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Hyaa!
Rawhide!
Rawhide!
Rawhide Tidbits
Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) was the trail boss of
the cattle drive from North Texas to Sedalia, Kansas. His ramrod was a young
Clint Eastwood playing Rowdy Yates. When Fleming left the show in the last
season, Rowdy became the boss.
Rawhide is often compared to
Wagon Train which debuted
first. The cattle drive provided the same opportunity to come across many
different people and situations. Even Rawhide's whiskered cook, Wishbone (Paul
Brinegar) is often confused with
Wagon Train's bushy cook,
Charlie Wooster (Frank McGrath).
Did you know that Sheb Wooley, who
played Pete Nolan, is also known as a country and western singer? Or that he
brought you the tune, Purple People Eater?
Rawhide has one of the most
easily recognized theme songs. And well it should. Composer Dimitri Tiomkin
also composed the theme music for High Noon, Rio Bravo, Dial M for Murder, The
Alamo and many other movies.
When you watch Rawhide now, it is
interesting to see the young Clint Eastwood inasmuch as we now know all he will
become.
Of historical note: When Raymond St. Jacques joined the cast in
1965 he became the first black actor to be regularly featured on a Western.
Passings
Eric Fleming drowned in Peru in 1966. John Ireland
died in 1992 of leukemia. Paul Brinegar in 1995, James Murdock in 1981, Steve
Raines in 1996, Raymond St. Jacques in 1990. Sheb Wooley died of leukemia in
2003.
1960s TV
