Monday, March 12, 2012

'Wait for me, Wild Bill!' -- Chatsworth's TV Westerns


"Lone Ranger, The" (1949) TV Series
Jay Silverheels as Tonto (220 episodes, 1949-1957)
Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger (169 episodes, 1949-1957)

Beginning with "The Lone Ranger" in 1949 Chatsworth filming locations were kept busy for more than two decades with the production of TV Westerns.  The construction of the Ronald Reagan Freeway (118) between the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley was the single most destructive element that caused the demise of Chatsworth's movie (and television) location ranches. 

Here is my list of Chatsworth TV Westerns (I've included a few non-westerns as well).
"Marshal of Gunsight Pass, The" (1950) TV Series
Eddie Dean as Marshal Eddie Dean (1 episode, 1950)


"Cisco Kid, The" (1950) TV Series
Duncan Renaldo as The Cisco Kid (156 episodes, 1950-1956)
Leo Carrillo as Pancho (156 episodes, 1950-1956)


"Gene Autry Show, The" (1950) TV Series
Gene Autry as Gene Autry (91 episodes, 1950-1955)
Champion as Gene's horse (91 episodes, 1950-1955)


"Range Rider, The" (1951) TV Series
Jock Mahoney as The Range Rider (77 episodes, 1951-1953)
Dickie Jones as Dick West (77 episodes, 1951-1953)


"Roy Rogers Show, The" (1951) TV Series
Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Dale Evans as Dale Evans (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Pat Brady as Pat Brady (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Trigger as Trigger (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Bullet as Bullet (100 episodes, 1951-1957)


"Sky King" (1951) TV Series
Kirby Grant as Sky King  (72 episodes, 1952-1959

"Adventures of Kit Carson, The" (1951) TV Series
Bill Williams as Kit Carson (103 episodes, 1951-1955)


"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951) TV Series
Guy Madison as Wild Bill Hickok (112 episodes, 1951-1958)
Andy Devine as Deputy Jingles P. Jones (112 episodes, 1951-1958)

"Adventures of Superman" (1952) TV Series
George Reeves as Clark Kent (104 episodes, 1951-1958)

"Cowboy G-Men" (1952) TV Series
Russell Hayden as Pat Gallagher (21 episodes, 1952-1953)


"Death Valley Days" (1952) TV Series
Robert Taylor as Himself - Host (77 episodes, 1966-1969)
Ronald Reagan as Bear River Smith (8 episodes, 1964-1966)


"Hopalong Cassidy" (1952) TV Series
William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy (52 episodes, 1952-1954)
Topper the Horse as Hoppy's horse (51 episodes, 1952-1954)


"General Electric Theater" (1953) TV Series
Ronald Reagan as Himself - Host (54 episodes, 1954-1962)


"Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The" (1954) TV Series
Lee Aaker as Rusty (166 episodes, 1954-1959)
James Brown as Lt. Ripley 'Rip' Masters (166 episodes, 1954-1959)
Flame Jr. as Rin Tin Tin (146 episodes, 1954-1959)


"Annie Oakley" (1954) TV Series
Gail Davis as Annie Oakley (81 episodes, 1954-1957)

"Lassie" (1954) TV Series
Jon Provost as Timmy Martin (226 episodes, 1957-1964)
June Lockhart as Ruth Martin (180 episodes, 1958-1964)
Lassie as Lassie (178 episodes, 1954-1972)
Hugh Reilly as Paul Martin (147 episodes, 1958-1964)

"Stories of the Century" (1954) TV Series
Jim Davis as Matt Clark (39 episodes, 1954-1955)

"Adventures of Spin and Marty, The" (1955) TV Series
Tim Considine as Spin Evans (6 episodes, 1955)
David Stollery as (Martin) Marty Markham (6 episodes, 1955)
Roy Barcroft as Col. Logan (6 episodes, 1955)
Harry Carey Jr. as Bill Burnett (6 episodes, 1955)

"Brave Eagle" (1955) TV Series
Keith Larsen as Brave Eagle (26 episodes, 1955-1956)

"Buffalo Bill, Jr." (1955) TV Series
Dickie Jones as Buffalo Bill Jr. (42 episodes, 1955-1956)

"Fury" (1955) TV Series
Peter Graves as Jim Newton (116 episodes, 1955-1960)


"Gunsmoke" (1955) TV Series
James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon (616 episodes, 1955-1975)

"Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" (1955) TV Series
Jane Wyman as Cleary Penryn (50 episodes, 1955-1958)

"Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The" (1955) TV Series
Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp (162 episodes, 1955-1961)

"Navy Log" (1955) TV Series
Robert Carson as Narrator (6 episodes, 1955-1958)

"Steve Donovan, Western Marshal" (1955) TV Series
Douglas Kennedy as Marshal Steve Donovan (39 episodes, 1955-1956)
Eddy Waller as Deputy Marshal Rusty Lee (39 episodes, 1955-1956)

"Tales of the Texas Rangers" (1955) TV Series
Willard Parker as Ranger Jace Pearson (52 episodes, 1955-1958)
Harry Lauter as Ranger Clay Morgan (52 episodes, 1955-1958)

"Adventures of Jim Bowie, The" (1956) TV Series
Scott Forbes as Jim Bowie (76 episodes, 1956-1958)

"Circus Boy" (1956) TV Series
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Pete (49 episodes, 1956-1957)
Noah Beery Jr. as Uncle Joey (49 episodes, 1956-1957)

"Playhouse 90" (1956) TV Series
Richard Joy as Himself, Announcer (38 episodes, 1956-1957

"Red Ryder" (1956) TV Series
Allan Lane as Red Ryder (2 episodes, 1951-1956)

"State Trooper" (1956) TV Series
Rod Cameron as Rod Blake (104 episodes, 1956-1959)

"Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers" (1956) TV Series
Philip Carey as Lieutenant Michael Rhodes (26 episodes, 1956-1957)

"Wire Service" (1956) TV Series
Dane Clark as Dan Miller (3 episodes, 1956-1957)

"Zane Grey Theater" (1956) TV Series
Dick Powell as Himself - Host (21 episodes, 1956-1961)

"Californians, The" (1957) TV Series
Richard Coogan as Marshal Matthew Wayne (54 episodes, 1958-1959)

"Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957) TV Series
Richard Boone as Paladin (226 episodes, 1957-1963)

Maverick (TV Series 1957–1962) (Bell Ranch)
Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick (83 episodes, 1957-1962)
James Garner as Bret Maverick (65 episodes, 1957-1962)

"Perry Mason" (1957) TV Series
Raymond Burr as Perry Mason (271 episodes, 1957-1966)

"Real McCoys, The" (1957) TV Series
Walter Brennan as Grandpa Amos McCoy (49 episodes, 1957-1963)
Richard Crenna as Luke McCoy (48 episodes, 1957-1963)

"Restless Gun, The" (1957) TV Series
John Payne as Vint Bonner (77 episodes, 1957-1959)

"Tales of Wells Fargo" (1957) TV Series
Dale Robertson as Jim Hardie (201 episodes, 1957-1962)

"Tombstone Territory" (1957) TV Series
Pat Conway as Sheriff Clay Hollister (91 episodes, 1957-1960)
Richard Eastham as Harris Claibourne (91 episodes, 1957-1960)

"Trackdown" (1957) TV Series
Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman (70 episodes, 1957-1959)

"Wagon Train" (1957) TV Series
Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster (71 episodes, 1957-1965)
Terry Wilson as Bill Hawks (66 episodes, 1957-1965)
Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams (59 episodes, 1957-1961)
Robert Horton as Flint McCullough (58 episodes, 1957-1962)

"Whirlybirds" (1957) TV Series
Kenneth Tobey as Chuck Martin (111 episodes, 1957-1960)
Craig Hill as P.T. Moore (111 episodes, 1957-1960)


"Zorro" (1957) TV Series
Guy Williams as Don Diego de la Vega (77 episodes, 1957-1959)

"Bat Masterson" (1958) TV Series
Gene Barry as William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson (108 episodes, 1958-1961)
Bill Baldwin as Narrator (102 episodes, 1958-1961)

"Cimarron City" (1958) TV Series
George Montgomery as Mayor Matthew Rockford (11 episodes, 1958-1960)

"Frontier Doctor" (1958) TV Series
Rex Allen as Dr. Bill Baxter (39 episodes, 1958-1959)

"Mackenzie's Raiders" (1958) TV Series
Art Gilmore as Narrator (39 episodes, 1958-1959)


"Rifleman, The" (1958) TV Series
Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain (168 episodes, 1958-1963)
Johnny Crawford as Mark McCain (168 episodes, 1958-1963)
Paul Fix as Marshal Micah Torrance (148 episodes, 1958-1963)

"Rough Riders, The" (1958) TV Series
Kent Taylor as Captain Jim Flagg (39 episodes, 1958-1959)

"Texan, The" (1958) TV Series
Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley (79 episodes, 1958-1960)

"U.S. Marshal" (1958) TV Series
John Bromfield as Marshal Frank Morgan (40 episodes, 1958-1960)

"Union Pacific" (1958) TV Series
Jeff Morrow as Bart McClelland (4 episodes, 1958-1959)


"Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1958) TV Series
Steve McQueen as Josh Randall (94 episodes, 1958-1961)

"Black Saddle" (1959) TV Series
Peter Breck as Clay Culhane (44 episodes, 1959-1960)

"Bold Venture" (1959) TV Series
Dane Clark as Slate Shannon (1 episode, 1959)


"Bonanza" (1959) TV Series
Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright
Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright
Dan Blocker as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Michael Landon as Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright

"Grand Jury, The" (1959) TV Series
Lyle Bettger as Harry Driscoll (40 episodes, 1959-1960)
Harold J. Stone as John Kennedy (40 episodes, 1959-1960)
Douglass Dumbrille as Grant (15 episodes, 1960)
Richard Travis as Thompson (13 episodes)

"Hotel de Paree" (1959) TV Series
Earl Holliman as Sundance (32 episodes, 1959-1960)
Jeanette Nolan as Annette Deveraux (29 episodes, 1959-1960)
Strother Martin as Aaron Donager (29 episodes, 1959-1960)
Judi Meredith as Monique Deveraux (24 episodes, 1959-1960)
"Johnny Ringo" (1959) TV Series
Mark Goddard as William 'Cully' Charles Jr., Deputy (38 episodes, 1959-1960)

"Lawless Years, The" (1959) TV Series - roaring 20s crime
James Gregory as Barney Ruditsky (27 episodes, 1959-1960)

"Man from Blackhawk, The" (1959) TV Series
Walter Burke as Tom Abbott 2 episodes, 1959-1960)

"Pony Express" (1959) TV Series
Bill Cord as Tom Clyde (2 episodes, 1959-19

"Rebel, The" (1959) TV Series
Nick Adams as Johnny Yuma (63 episodes, 1959-1961)

"Wichita Town" (1959) TV Series
Robert Foulk as Joe Kingston (5 episodes, 1959-1960)
Joel McCrea as Marshal Mike Dunbar (4 episodes, 1959-1960)

"Stagecoach West" (1960) TV Series
John Litel as Dan Murchison (6 episodes, 1960-1961)

"Two Faces West" (1960) TV Series
Charles Bateman as Dr. Rick January (39 episodes, 1960-1961)

"Wrangler" (1960) TV Series
Jason Evers as Pitcairn (6 episodes, 1960)
Eli Boraks as Cowboy sidekick (6 episodes, 1960)

"Virginian, The" (1962) TV Series
James Drury as The Virginian (167 episodes, 1962-1970)
Doug McClure as Trampas (127 episodes, 1962-1970)

"Fugitive, The" (1963) TV Series
David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble (120 episodes, 1963-1967)

"Daniel Boone" (1964) TV Series
Fess Parker as Daniel Boone (88 episodes, 1964-1970)

"Rogues, The" (1964) TV Series
Gig Young as Tony Fleming (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
David Niven as Alec Fleming (5 episodes, 1964-1965)

"Survival" (1964) TV Series
James Whitmore as Narrator (1964) (voice)

"Big Valley, The" (1965) TV Series
Richard Long as Jarrod Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Lee Majors as Heath Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Linda Evans as Audra Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley (112 episodes, 1965-1969)
Peter Breck as Nick Barkley (102 episodes, 1965-1969)

"Legend of Jesse James, The" (1965) TV Series
Allen Case as Frank James (34 episodes, 1965-1966)

"Loner, The" (1965) TV Series
Lloyd Bridges as William Colton (26 episodes, 1965-1966)

"Wild Wild West, The" (1965) TV Series
Robert Conrad as James T. West (104 episodes, 1965-1969)
Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon (95 episodes, 1965-1969)

"Iron Horse, The" (1966) TV Series
Dale Robertson as Ben Calhoun (47 episodes, 1966-1968)

"Cimarron Strip" (1967) TV Series
Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown

2 comments:

  1. I still love westerns and I remember quite a few mentioned here. Those were the days.

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  2. I saw many of these as Saturday reruns through the early 60s.

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