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 Stewart's wonderful voice.

On RUSC you'll find all of your favorites and lots more besides, including:-

Adventure of the Scarlet Cloak Show Count: 1 Broadcast History: 1950 Cast: Wendell Niles

All Star Western Theater Show Count: 82 Broadcast History: 11 July 1946 to 14 August 1948 Sponsor: Wonder Bread Cast: Foy Willing and The Riders of The Purple Sage

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

Dr Sixgun Show Count: 28 Broadcast History: 2nd September 1954 - 13th October 1955 Cast: Karl Weber, Paul Griffis Director: Harry Frazee

Fort Laramie Show Count: 39 Broadcast History: 22 January 1956 to 28 October 1956 Cast: Raymond Burr, Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell, Jack Moyles Producer: Norman Macdonnell

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

Frontier Town Show Count: 46 Broadcast History: 1952 to 1953 Cast: Reed Hadley, Jeff Chandler, Wade Crosby

Gunsmoke Show Count: 440 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

Have Gun Will Travel Show Count: 106 Broadcast History: 23 November 1958 to 27 November 1960 Cast: Ben Wright, John Dehner, Olan Soule, Jack Moyles, Virginia Gregg, Lynn Allen, Russell Arms Director: Frank Paris Producer: Frank Paris

Hopalong Cassidy Show Count: 91 Broadcast History: 1 January 1950 to 24 September 1950, 30 September 1950 to 15 March 1952, and 26 April 1952 to 27 December 1952 Sponsor: General Foods Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde Director: Ted Bliss Producer: Walter White, Shirley White

Leatherstocking Tales Show Count: 25 Broadcast History: 1932 Host: Charles Frederick Lindsley

Lightning Jim Show Count: 41 Broadcast History:

Luke Slaughter of Tombstone Show Count: 16 Broadcast History:

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

Six Shooter, The Show Count: 40 Broadcast History: 20 September 1953 to 24 June 1954 Cast: Howard McNear, 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 Director: Jack Johnstone

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