MacKenzies Raiders 1957 - 1959
Syndicated
Black and White - 30 minutes - 39 episodes
MacKenzies Raiders Cast Richard Carlson as Colonel Ranald
S. Mackenzie
Kenneth Alton as Raider
Morris Ankrum as Raider
Charles Boaz as Raider
Jim Bridges as Raider
Louis Jean Heydt as
Raider
Brett King as Raider
Colonel Mackenzie, the commander of the
4th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Clark, Texas in 1873, has secret orders from
President U.S. Grant and General Phil Sheridan to stop Mexican bandits from
crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S. or from returning to Mexico.
Passings Carlson, who was better known for his portrayal
of Herbert Philbrick in I Led Three Lives, died in 1977. Heydt died in 1960,
Ankum died in 1964 of trichinosis, and King in 1999 of leukemia. |
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Texas John Slaughter 1958-1961
ABC
Black and White - 60 minutes - 13 segments
Texas John Slaughter Cast Tom Tryon as T.J. Slaughter
Betty Lynn as Viola Slaughter
Brian Corcoran as Willie Slaughter
Harry Carey Jr. as Ben Jenkins
Annette Gorman as Addie
Onslow
Stevens as General Miles
Pat Hogan as Geronimo
R.G. Armstrong as Billy
Soto
Stafford Repp as Sheriff Hatch
Ross Martin as Cesario Lucero
Jim Beck as Burt Alvordi
Norma Moore as Adeline Harris
This
show was one of several produced as part of Walt Disney Presents in an attempt
to recreate the wild success of Davy Crockett.
Passings Tom Tryon, who later enjoyed a career as an
author, died in 1991 of cancer. Ross Martin, who we would come to love as
Artemus Gordon in Wild Wild West, died
in 1981. |
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Rough Riders 10/21958 -
9/24/1959 ABC
Black and White - 30 minutes
Oct. 1958 - Sept. 1959- ABC Thursday 9:30-10:00
Rough Riders Cast Kent Taylor as Captain Jim Flagg
Jan Merlin as Lieutenant Cullen Kirby
Peter Whitney as Sergeant Buck
Sinclair
Jan Merlin's Horse: - Joker
After the Civil War three soldiers travelled across the West seeking a
new life. Two were Union Army vets (Flagg and Sinclair) and one had been a Reb
(Kirby). Naturally, they encountered many bad guys on the journey.
Passings Peter Whitney died in 1972 of a heart attack.
Kent Taylor died in 1987. |
Jan Merlin
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Union Pacific 1961
ABC
Black and White - 30 minutes
Union Pacific Cast Jeff Morrow as Bart
McClelland
Judson Pratt as Bill Kinkaid
Susan Cummings as
Georgia
This, as you have surmised, was about the Union Pacific
Railroad! McClelland was the district supervisor, Kincaid was a surveyor and
Georgia ran the Golden Nugget Saloon which was located in a railroad car that
traveled with the train.
Passings Jeff Morrow died in 1993.
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