TV Westerns

[batman]

Originally Posted by Lord Brett I certanly wouldn't pick a fight with Clint Walker!

Me neither ... he's a big chap. He was excellent in the TV film Yuma, which is well worth a look and can be bought very cheaply on ebay.

[wadsy]

"The last of the Mohicans" with John Hart as "Hawkeye" & Lon Chaney jr was

a good series i thought!

[Briant]

Jack Kelly appeared in Maverick as Bart, who was Bret's brother. Then came Roger Moore as an English cousin Beau, and finally a third brother Brent Maverick appeared played by Robert Colbert.

Anyone remember 'The Dakotas' with Jack Elam, Chad Everett and Larry Ward?

[batman]

Originally Posted by batman Custer with Wayne Maunder. I have all of this series on DVD. Terrific stuff!

[donna]

Originally Posted by batman Me neither ... he's a big chap. He was excellent in the TV film Yuma, which is well worth a look and can be bought very cheaply on ebay.

oh yes forgot big Cheyenne Bodie. he was in the Dirty Dozen too I think.

[hankoler]

little house on the prairie with the late michael landon.

[Moor Larkin]

Originally Posted by Briant Jack Kelly appeared in Maverick as Bart, who was Bret's brother. Then came Roger Moore as an English cousin Beau, and finally a third brother Brent Maverick appeared played by Robert Colbert.

Blimey! Sounds like an episode of Eastenders or Coronation Street as the previously unknown relatives arrive like a fleet of double-deckers

[Harleybloke]

Branded
Custer of the West
Gunsmoke
Wells Fargo
The Rifleman

Ah! Happy Days..............................

[batman]

Originally Posted by Harleybloke Branded Custer of the West Gunsmoke Wells Fargo The Rifleman Ah! Happy Days..............................

I loved Branded. Jason McCord (Chuck Connors - another big chap) and his broken sabre.

[Briant]

Some more Western TV Series you may remember if like myself you are of that generation!

'The Range Rider' with Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones. 'Jocko' also starred in 'Yancy Derringer.'
'Whispering Smith' starring Guy Mitchell and Audie Murphy was a short lived series based on the Alan Ladd film from the late forties. The longest running TV Western series included 'Gun smoke' with James Arness, 'Bonanza' with Lorne Green etc, 'Wagon Train' with Ward Bond etc, and 'The Virginian' with James Drury et al. 'The Westerner' with Brian Keith ran for only thirteen episodes!

[batman]

The Westerner was the brainchild of Sam Peckinpah and is an excellent series, definitely Brian Keith's finest hour.

Unfortunately only one episode of Whispering Smith appears to survive. Being an Audie Murphy fan I would love to see it.

[Harleybloke]

Originally Posted by batman I loved Branded. Jason McCord (Chuck Connors - another big chap) and his broken sabre.

We're just of that generation Batboy!

Do you remember going around the neighbourhood, dressed as a cowboy, with all your mates? We chased all the injuns outta Hertfordshire single handed but at great expenditure of caps!! Ah, I love the smell of cap guns in the morning.....

[batman]

Originally Posted by Harleybloke We're just of that generation Batboy! Do you remember going around the neighbourhood, dressed as a cowboy, with all your mates? We chased all the injuns outta Hertfordshire single handed but at great expenditure of caps!! Ah, I love the smell of cap guns in the morning.....

I was always the Lone Ranger ... my mum even made me a mask out of an old sock. Ah, that smell - happy days!

[ollie]

I remember Cades County with glenn ford, iirc a modern western take at the time.

YouTube - Cade's County - Safe Deposit



cheers Ollie.

[batman]

I remember Cade's County .... another good series. Richard Widmark did a pilot for a similar sort of programme called Brock's Last Case but a series never developed. Shame.

Edit - I just noticed that it's the young Martin Sheen in that clip!