Westerns
Cowboy shows for kids came as early as the 1930s, but westerns aimed at adults didn’t take off until the early 1950s. Big hits of the genre include Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel, but I'm a huge Six Shooter fan just for James Stewarts wonderful voice.
 | Death Valley Days
Show Count: 4
Broadcast History: 30 September 1930 to 11 August 1931, 17 August 1931 to 3 June 1938, 10 June 1938 to 27 June 1941, 3 July 1941 to 3 August 1944, 10 August 1944 to 21 June 1945 and 29 June 1945 to 14 September 1951
Cast: Jack MacBryde, Tim Daniel Frawley, George Rand, Harry Humphrey, Harvey Hays, John White, Jean King, Edwin Bruce, Frank Butler, Geoffrey Bryant, Milton Herman, Paul Nugent, Rosemarie Broncato, Helen Claire, Robert Haag, Bob Warren, Donald Briggs, Olyn Landick
Director: Walter Scanlan, Florence Ortman
Producer: Dorothy McCann
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 | Frontier Gentleman
Show Count: 41
Broadcast History: 2 February 1958 to 16 November 1958
Cast: John Dehner, Joseph Kearns, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Stacy Harris, Jack Moyles, Virginia Gregg, Barney Phillips, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Jeanette Nolan
Director: Antony Ellis
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 | Gunsmoke
Show Count: 480
Broadcast History: 26 April 1952 to 18 June 1961
Sponsor: Chesterfield Cigarettes, Post Toasties, Ligett & Myers Tobacco, L & M Cigarettes
Cast: Howard McNear, John Dehner, Joseph Kearns, William Conrad, Lawrence Dobkin, Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips, Sam Edwards, Vic Perrin, Ralph Moody, Jeanne Bates, Dick Crenna, Virginia Christian, Kitty Russell, Don Diamond, Lou Krugman, Jack Kruschen, Vivi Janiss, Lillian Buyeff, Ben Wright, Paul Dubov, Jim Nusser, Frank Gerstle, Mary Lansing, Michael Ann Barrett, Virginia Gregg, Junius Matthews, Sammie Hill, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntire, Joe DuVal, Charlotte Lawrence, Johnny McGovern, Peter Leeds, Byron Kane, Helen Kleeb, Edgar Barrier, Joyce McCluskey, Virginia Christine, Clayton Post, Eleanore Tanin, Joe Cranston, Richard Beals, Jack Moyles, Lynn Allen, Frank Cady
Director: Norman Macdonnell
Producer: Norman Macdonnell, Rax Khoury, Del Castillo
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 | Roy Rogers Show, The
Show Count: 43
Broadcast History: November 1944 to January 1954
Cast: Herb Butterfield, Ralph Moody, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Forrest Lewis, Pat Brady, Frank Hemmingway, Gabby Hayes
Director: Fran Van Hartesveldt, Tom Hargis, Ralph Rose
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 | Six Shooter, The
Show Count: 40
Broadcast History: 20 September 1953 to 24 June 1954
Cast: James Stewart, Harry Bartell, Virginia Gregg, Parley Baer, Lou Merrill, Sam Edwards, Jess Kirkpatrick, Frank Gerstle, Elvia Allman, Bert Holland, B J Thompson, Shep Menken, Howard McNear
Director: Jack Johnstone
"The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged, his skin is sun-dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel and rainbow mother-of-pearl, its handle unmarked. People call them both "the Six Shooter." |
 | Tales of the Texas Rangers
Show Count: 92
Broadcast History: 8 July 1950 to 14 September 1952
Sponsor: Wheaties
Cast: Bill Johnstone, Joel McCrea, Reed Hadley, Ed Begley, Virginia Gregg, Tony Barrett, Parley Baer, Wilms Herbert, Barney Phillips, Lurene Tuttle, Byron Kane, Peggy Webber, Herb Vigran, Ken Christy, Joe DuVal, Frank Martin
Director: Stacy Keach, Sr
Producer: Stacy Keach, Sr
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