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Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox:
Legendary Heroes
Swamp Fox 10/1959 - 1/1961
ABC
Color - 60 minutes - 8 episodes
"My name is Francis Marion. I
fought the British Redcoats in 76. Hiding in the Carolina swamps by day,
surprising them with swift strikes at night. They called me a tricky swamp fox.
So, a Swamp Fox I became..."
Swamp Fox Cast Leslie Nielsen as General Francis Marion
(The Swamp Fox)
John Sutton as Colonel Tarleton
Joy Page as Mary Videau
(1st Season)
Barbara Eiler as Mary Videau (2nd Season)
Myron Healey as
Major Peter Horry
Jordan Whitfield as Oscar
J. Pat O'Malley as
O'Reilly
Mary Field as Cathy Marion
Louise Beavers as Delia
Slim
Pickens as Plunkett
Hal Stalmaster as Gwynn
Patrick Macnee as British
Captain
Tim Considine as 'Young' Gabe Marion
Dick Foran as Gabriel
Marion
Henry Daniell as Colonel Townes
This show was another
attempt by Disney as part of Wonderful World of Color to recreate the success
of Davy Crockett. They even gave the lead a foxtail for his hat, but I guess
there are just so many furry caps a kid can own.
Based on the real life
story of General Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War hero who fought the
British in his native Carolina swamps, the show provided great adventure and a
dollop of history.
External Links
TV Guide's Swamp Fox Page, with TV Listings, Photos, Videos,
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Leslie Nielsen
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Man From Blackhawk 10/9/1959 -
9/23/1960 ABC
Black and White - 30 minutes - 37 episodes
Man From Blackhawk Cast Robert Rockwell as Sam Logan
This show had an original idea! The hero was an insurance investigator.
He worked for the Chicago based Blackhawk Insurance Company but traveled around
the country searching out fraud. He dressed in city clothes and while he didn't
shoot a gun, he did get in a few fist fights.
Passings Robert Rockwell died in 2003 of cancer. |
Robert
Rockwell
From the
Doug Abbott Collection
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Wichita Town 9/30/1959 - 9/23/1960
ABC
Black and White - 30 minutes
Wichita Town Cast Joel McCrea as Marshal Mike Dunbar
Jody McCrea as Ben Matheson
Carlos Romero as Rico Rodriguez
George
N. Neise as Doctor Nat Wyndham
Bob Anderson as Aeneas MacLinahan
Robert
Foulk as Joe Kingston
Real life father and son, Joel and Jody McCrea
played marshal and deputy in Wichita, Kansas Territory. Marshal Dunbar had led
a cattle drive to Wichita and decided to settle there. Deputy Matheson had been
foreman at the Circle J Ranch and Rodriguez had been a gunfighter. MacLinahan
was the smithy and Kingston was a bartender.
Passings Joel McCrea died in 1990 of pulmonary
complications. Foulk died and 1989 and Neise died in 1997 of cancer. |
Joel
McCrea
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Johnny Ringo 1/10/1959 -
9/29/1960 ABC
Black and White - 30 minutes - 38 episodes
Johnny Ringo Cast Don Durant as Johnny Ringo
Karen
Sharpe as Laura Thomas
Mark Goddard as William "Cully" Charles, Jr.
Terrence De Marney as Case Thomas
In Velardi, Arizona Johnny Ringo
was gunfighter turned lawman. Case Thomas, a man who loved his whiskey, owned
the general store. His daughter Laura was well, hot, for Johnny and pursued him
rather doggedly.
There really was a gunfighter turned lawman named
Johnny Ringo in the 1880s but this show was fictionalized.
Mike George
writes - Ringo had a special pistol - in some "ficticious way" the pistol had
been altered to fit a single .410 shotgun round. I seem to remember one episode
where some desperadoes emptied his gun. They didn't know about the "secret"
chamber, and he was able to defend himself. Thanks for the info,
Mike!
The deputy, Cully, would get a better job as Don West on
Lost in Space!
Passings Terrence De Marney died in
1971.
External Links
TV Guide's Johnny Ringo Page, with TV Listings, Photos,
Videos, Exclusive News and More.
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