|
|
|
 |
 |
| Finally! The Studio has released some episodes on DVD: Wagon Train The Complete First Season on DVD 
Wagon Train - The Complete Season Two in a Collectible Embossed Metallic Tin! 10 DVD Set! 
Wagon Train: The Complete Third Season - 37 Episodes - 10 DVD in an Embossed Collectible Metallic Tin! 
Also Wagon Train The Complete Color Season 
The 1963 color season - (32) 90 minute episodes |
Bill Hawks was a dependable guy. Big, strong, always there. A
good right arm for Major Adams and far more even tempered than the explosive
Flint McCullough. The passengers on the train trusted Bill Hawks. We trusted
Bill Hawks. Terry Wilson played Hawks for the entire run of Wagon Train. For eight years he came into our homes and was welcome. |
 Click for Larger View |
. Click for Larger View From the Claudia Obermiller Collection |
But perhaps what we remember best is the spirited exchanges between Bill Hawks and Charlie Wooster. Bill's constant exasperation was tempered by a sense of genuine caring for the cook. We loved to watch them interact. |  Click for Larger View |
|---|
 Click for Larger View From the Claudia Obermiller Collection |
Hawks came from the same hometown as the Major, Galena,
Illinois. He has a wife, named Emily, in a couple of episodes. He said once she
didn't like him gambling. But how would she ever know? As much as you had to
love the guy, he couldn't have been much of a husband as he was always joined
at the hip with the Major and Charlie. The wife eventually disappears and the latter seasons depict Bill as a single guy. |
 Click for Larger View From the Claudia Obermiller Collection |
. Click for Larger View From the Claudia Obermiller Collection |
Terry Wilson was born on September 3, 1923 in Huntington Park, California. He started as a stuntman and was no stranger to either Ward Bond or Frank McGrath. Long before Wagon Train, they had worked together in films, including John Ford's legendary, The Searchers. Wilson and McGrath as stuntmen, and Bond as supporting actor. |
So how did Wilson, a stuntman, get onscreen time in
the Searchers? Ford used his stuntmen in a wedding dance sequence. This became
a big joke on the set. But there he is, next to John Wayne at right, and below,
next to Ward Bond. |
 |
| Sadly, we lost Terry Wilson on
March 30, 1999. He was living in California with his wife at the time of his
passing. But Bill Hawks lives on for all Wagon Train fans. |
 Click for Larger View |
| Below is a partial list of Terry Wilson's credits in
addition to Wagon Train and the Searchers. The Treasure Seekers (1979) as German Seaman Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) as Biff Jenkins The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975) (TV) as Sergeant Maxwell Hitchhike! (1974) (TV) as Gas Station Owner One Little Indian (1973) as Stage Driver Westworld (1973) as Sheriff Rage (1972) as Truck Driver Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) as Thug Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) as Sergeant A Man Called Gannon (1969) as Coss The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) as Welsh the Wagonmaster The War Wagon (1967) as Sheriff Strike The Plainsman (1966) as Sergeant Womack The Last Hunt (1956) as Buffalo Hunter Pillars of the Sky (1956) as Captain Fanning The Last Frontier (1955) (uncredited) as Sentry Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (uncredited) as Town Suitor Montana Belle (1952) (uncredited) as Double for Forrest Tucker |
  From the Megan Herring Collection  From the Megan Herring Collection  Click for Larger View |
| HOME Star Passengers Episodes Screen Savers Multimedia Games About This Site |
| Ward Bond Robert Horton John McIntire Robert Fuller Terry Wilson Frank McGrath Denny Miller Michael Burns |
