The Texan | |
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Genre | Western |
Written by |
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Directed by |
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Starring | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 78 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Jerry Stagg |
Running time | 30 mins. |
Production company | Desilu Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 29, 1958 September 19, 1960 | –
The Texan is a Western television series starring film and television actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960. [1] [2] [3]
Rory Calhoun plays gunman Bill Longley, "The Texan," who travels across Texas from town to town in the wake of the Civil War. His reputation as a gunfighter precedes him and often brings trouble wherever he ends up next.[ citation needed]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 37 | September 29, 1958 | June 15, 1959 | 15 [4] [5] | 12.4 | |
2 | 41 | September 14, 1959 | September 5, 1960 | Not in top 30 | TBA |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Texan in Town" "Law of the Gun" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | September 29, 1958 | |
2 | 2 | "The Man with the Solid Gold Star" | Hollingsworth Morse | Robert Hardy Andrews | October 6, 1958 | |
Featuring
Thomas Gomez and
Robert Burton. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "The Troubled Town" | Hollingsworth Morse | Samuel A. Peeples | October 13, 1958 | |
4 | 4 | "The First Notch" | Hollingsworth Morse | Herbert Little, Jr. & David Victor | October 20, 1958 | |
Featuring
J. Carrol Naish and
Peggie Castle. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "The Edge of the Cliff" | Allen H. Miner | Paul Franklin | October 27, 1958 | |
Featuring
Mike Connors. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Jail for the Innocents" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by :
Harry Landers Teleplay by : Jack Roberts & Laszlo Vadnay | November 3, 1958 | |
Featuring
Vaughn Taylor. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "A Tree for Planting" | Robert Florey | Harry Kronman | November 10, 1958 | |
8 | 8 | "The Hemp Tree" | Erle C. Kenton | Paul Franklin | November 17, 1958 | |
Featuring
Michael Landon and
Stuart Randall. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "The Widow of Paradise" | Robert B. Sinclair | Phil Shuken & John L. Greene | November 24, 1958 | |
Featuring
Russell Thorson. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Desert Passage" | Erle C. Kenton | Martin Berkeley & Clarke E. Reynolds | December 1, 1958 | |
Featuring
R.G. Armstrong. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "No Tears for the Dead" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | December 8, 1958 | |
12 | 12 | "The Easterner" | Erle C. Kenton | Jack Roberts & Tom Monroe | December 15, 1958 | |
13 | 13 | "A Time of the Year" | Robert Florey | Harry Kronman | December 22, 1958 | |
Featuring
George Macready. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "The Lord Will Provide" | Erle C. Kenton | Phil Shuken & John L. Greene | December 29, 1958 | |
15 | 15 | "The Duchess of Denver" | Erle C. Kenton | Joseph Landon | January 5, 1959 | |
Featuring
Dolores Donlon and
Gerald Mohr. | ||||||
16 | 16 | "A Quart of Law" | Robert Gordon | Harry Kronman | January 12, 1959 | |
Featuring
Edgar Stehli. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Outpost" | Erle C. Kenton | Martin Berkeley & Clark Reynolds | January 19, 1959 | |
Featuring
Les Tremayne and
Patrick McVey. | ||||||
18 | 18 | "The Peddler" | Robert Gordon | Laszlo Vadnay | January 26, 1959 | |
Featuring
Lou Jacobi. | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Return to Friendly" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | February 2, 1959 | |
Featuring
James Philbrook and
Mary Webster. | ||||||
20 | 20 | "The Man Behind the Star" | Alvin Ganzer | Martin Berkeley & Clark Reynolds | February 9, 1959 | |
21 | 21 | "The Ringer" | Erle C. Kenton | George F. Slavin | February 16, 1959 | |
22 | 22 | "The Eyes of Captain Wylie" | Unknown | Unknown | February 23, 1959 | |
Featuring
Chill Wills. | ||||||
23 | 23 | "The Marshal of Yellow Jacket" | Robert Gordon | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Harry Kronman | March 2, 1959 | |
24 | 24 | "No Love Wasted" | Robert Florey | Harry Kronman | March 9, 1959 | |
Featuring
Lon Chaney Jr. | ||||||
25 | 25 | "A Race for Life" | Erle C. Kenton | Barney Slater | March 16, 1959 | |
Featuring
Frank Ferguson and
Ralph Moody. | ||||||
26 | 26 | "Letter of the Law" | George Archainbaud | Story by :
Irving Wallace Teleplay by : Irving Wallace & Jack Roberts | March 23, 1959 | |
27 | 27 | "Private Account" | Robert Gordon | Harry Kronman | April 6, 1959 | |
Featuring
Jesse White and
Karen Sharpe. | ||||||
28 | 28 | "Caballero" | Robert Gordon | Barney Slater | April 13, 1959 | |
29 | 29 | "Blood Money" | Leslie Goodwins | Dean Riesner | April 20, 1959 | |
30 | 30 | "No Place to Stop" | Erle C. Kenton | Louis L'Amour | April 27, 1959 | |
Featuring
Denver Pyle and
Strother Martin. | ||||||
31 | 31 | "Reunion" | Robert Gordon | Harry Kronman | May 4, 1959 | |
32 | 32 | "Badlands" | Leslie Goodwins | Martin Berkeley & Clark Reynolds | May 11, 1959 | |
Featuring
Stephen McNally and
Myron Healey. | ||||||
33 | 33 | "South of the Border" | Joe Parker | Don Martin | May 18, 1959 | |
34 | 34 | "The Smiling Loser" | Robert Gordon | Jerry D. Lewis | May 25, 1959 | |
Featuring
Eddie Quillan and
Harry Lauter. | ||||||
35 | 35 | "The Sheriff of Boot Hill" | Erle C. Kenton | Sid Harris | June 1, 1959 | |
Featuring
Reed Hadley and
Denver Pyle. | ||||||
36 | 36 | "The Gunfighter" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by : Joel Kane & Lee Karson Teleplay by : Donald S. Sanford | June 8, 1959 | |
37 | 37 | "The Man Hater" | Robert Gordon | David Evans | June 15, 1959 | |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38 | 1 | "No Way Out" | Erle C. Kenton | Barney Slater | September 14, 1959 | |
Featuring
Joe Turkel. | ||||||
39 | 2 | "Image of Guilt" | Erle C. Kenton | John R. Roberts & Joe Conway | September 21, 1959 | |
Featuring
Chris Alcaide and
Don Haggerty. | ||||||
40 | 3 | "Cattle Drive" | Edward Ludwig | Gerald Drayson Adams | September 28, 1959 | |
Featuring
Claude Akins and
Whitney Blake. | ||||||
41 | 4 | "The Dishonest Posse" | Robert Florey | Martin Berkeley | October 5, 1959 | |
42 | 5 | "Blue Norther" | Robert Florey | Paul Leslie Peil | October 12, 1959 | |
43 | 6 | "Traildust" | Edward Ludwig | John L. Greene & Phillip Shuken | October 19, 1959 | |
44 | 7 | "The Telegraph Story" | Edward Ludwig | Edmund Morris | October 26, 1959 | |
45 | 8 | "Stampede" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | November 2, 1959 | |
46 | 9 | "Showdown at Abilene" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | November 9, 1959 | |
47 | 10 | "The Reluctant Bridegroom" | Unknown | Unknown | November 16, 1959 | |
Part 3. Featuring
Ralph Moody. | ||||||
48 | 11 | "Trouble on the Trail" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | November 23, 1959 | |
49 | 12 | "Cowards Don't Die" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | November 30, 1959 | |
50 | 13 | "Border Incident" | Edward Ludwig | Gerald Drayson Adams | December 7, 1959 | |
51 | 14 | "Dangerous Ground" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | December 14, 1959 | |
Part 1. Featuring
Alan Hale Jr. and
Kipp Hamilton. | ||||||
52 | 15 | "End of Track" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | December 21, 1959 | |
Part 2. | ||||||
53 | 16 | "Rough Track to Payday" | Unknown | Unknown | December 28, 1959 | |
54 | 17 | "Friend of the Family" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | January 4, 1960 | |
Featuring
John Dehner and
James Coburn. | ||||||
55 | 18 | "The Taming of Rio Nada" | Edward Ludwig | Samuel A. Peeples | January 11, 1960 | |
Part 1. Featuring
Barbara Stuart. | ||||||
56 | 19 | "Sixgun Street" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | January 18, 1960 | |
Part 2. | ||||||
57 | 20 | "The Terrified Town" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | January 25, 1960 | |
Part 3. | ||||||
58 | 21 | "Thirty Hours to Kill" | Robert Florey | Story by : Paul Gangelin & John R. Roberts Teleplay by : John R. Roberts | February 1, 1960 | |
Featuring
Mort Mills and
Katherine Squire. Actor
Morris Ankrum is credited as the sheriff but actor
Stacy Keach Sr. (uncredited) actually appears as the character. | ||||||
59 | 22 | "Quarantine" | Edward Ludwig | Milton Raison | February 8, 1960 | |
60 | 23 | "Buried Treasure" | Edward Ludwig | Milton Raison | February 15, 1960 | |
Part 2. Featuring
Alan Hale Jr. | ||||||
61 | 24 | "Captive Crew" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by : Milton M. Raison Teleplay by : Erle C. Kenton | February 22, 1960 | |
62 | 25 | "Showdown" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | February 29, 1960 | |
63 | 26 | "Borrowed Time" | Harry Harris | Harry Harris | March 7, 1960 | |
64 | 27 | "The Governor's Lady" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | March 14, 1960 | |
Featuring
Lita Baron and
Myron Healey. | ||||||
65 | 28 | "Town Divided" | Edward Ludwig | Robert Leslie Bellem | March 21, 1960 | |
66 | 29 | "The Guilty and the Innocent" | Jerry A. Baerwitz | Story by : Jerry Baerwitz Teleplay by : John Grey | March 28, 1960 | |
67 | 30 | "Presentation Gun" | Jerry A. Baerwitz | Robert Leslie Bellem | April 4, 1960 | |
Featuring
Stafford Repp and
Robert Brubaker. | ||||||
68 | 31 | "Ruthless Woman" | Harry Harris | Story by : Buckley Angell Teleplay by : Victor Orsatti & Buckley Angell | April 11, 1960 | |
69 | 32 | "The Nomad" | Jerry A. Baerwitz | Rory Calhoun | April 18, 1960 | |
70 | 33 | "Killer's Road" | Edward Ludwig | Ben Lewis & Edward Ludwig | April 25, 1960 | |
71 | 34 | "Lady Tenderfoot" | Harry Harris | Erle C. Kenton | May 9, 1960 | |
72 | 35 | "The Invisible Noose" | Edward Ludwig | Jack Roberts | May 16, 1960 | |
Featuring
Charles Maxwell and
Bill Erwin. | ||||||
73 | 36 | "The Mountain Man" | Louis King | Kathleen Hite, James Gunn, & Christopher Knopf | May 23, 1960 | |
Featuring
Peter Palmer,
Ben Wright and
Harry Shannon. Rory Calhoun does not appear in this episode; this was a pilot episode for a series starring Palmer, but was not picked up. | ||||||
74 | 37 | "Johnny Tuvo" | Edward Ludwig | Frank Chase | May 30, 1960 | |
75 | 38 | "The Accuser" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by : Frank Moss Teleplay by : Erle C. Kenton | June 6, 1960 | |
Featuring
Don Haggerty and
Kristine Miller. | ||||||
76 | 39 | "Mission to Monterrey" | Erle C. Kenton | Erle C. Kenton & Will Gould | June 13, 1960 | |
Featuring
Eduardo Noriega. | ||||||
77 | 40 | "Badman" | Erle C. Kenton | Erle C. Kenton | June 20, 1960 | |
Featuring
Celia Lovsky. | ||||||
78 | 41 | "24 Hours to Live" | Robert Florey | Story by : George Callahan & Crane Wilbur Teleplay by : George Callahan | September 5, 1960 | |
Featuring
Paul Birch and
Wendell Holmes. |
Operating on a budget of $40,000 per episode, two episodes per week were filmed on stage 11 at Desilu. [6] Location shooting was completed at Pearl Flats. [6]
The original broadcast of The Texan aired 8:00–8:30 Monday evenings from September 1958 to September 1960 on CBS. ABC aired reruns of the program during its weekday lineup from October 1960 to March 1962, and then as part of its Saturday morning lineup from February to May 1962. [1]
Timeless Media Group released 70 episodes of the series on DVD. [7]
The show was #15 in the 1958-59 season with an average viewership of 12.4 million, but it failed to rank in the top 30 the following season. [4] [5]
Like many of the television Westerns of the 1950s, The Texan was adapted to a comic by Dan Spiegle in 1960. [8]
The Texan | |
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Genre | Western |
Written by |
|
Directed by |
|
Starring | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 78 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producer | Jerry Stagg |
Running time | 30 mins. |
Production company | Desilu Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 29, 1958 September 19, 1960 | –
The Texan is a Western television series starring film and television actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960. [1] [2] [3]
Rory Calhoun plays gunman Bill Longley, "The Texan," who travels across Texas from town to town in the wake of the Civil War. His reputation as a gunfighter precedes him and often brings trouble wherever he ends up next.[ citation needed]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 37 | September 29, 1958 | June 15, 1959 | 15 [4] [5] | 12.4 | |
2 | 41 | September 14, 1959 | September 5, 1960 | Not in top 30 | TBA |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Texan in Town" "Law of the Gun" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | September 29, 1958 | |
2 | 2 | "The Man with the Solid Gold Star" | Hollingsworth Morse | Robert Hardy Andrews | October 6, 1958 | |
Featuring
Thomas Gomez and
Robert Burton. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "The Troubled Town" | Hollingsworth Morse | Samuel A. Peeples | October 13, 1958 | |
4 | 4 | "The First Notch" | Hollingsworth Morse | Herbert Little, Jr. & David Victor | October 20, 1958 | |
Featuring
J. Carrol Naish and
Peggie Castle. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "The Edge of the Cliff" | Allen H. Miner | Paul Franklin | October 27, 1958 | |
Featuring
Mike Connors. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Jail for the Innocents" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by :
Harry Landers Teleplay by : Jack Roberts & Laszlo Vadnay | November 3, 1958 | |
Featuring
Vaughn Taylor. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "A Tree for Planting" | Robert Florey | Harry Kronman | November 10, 1958 | |
8 | 8 | "The Hemp Tree" | Erle C. Kenton | Paul Franklin | November 17, 1958 | |
Featuring
Michael Landon and
Stuart Randall. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "The Widow of Paradise" | Robert B. Sinclair | Phil Shuken & John L. Greene | November 24, 1958 | |
Featuring
Russell Thorson. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Desert Passage" | Erle C. Kenton | Martin Berkeley & Clarke E. Reynolds | December 1, 1958 | |
Featuring
R.G. Armstrong. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "No Tears for the Dead" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | December 8, 1958 | |
12 | 12 | "The Easterner" | Erle C. Kenton | Jack Roberts & Tom Monroe | December 15, 1958 | |
13 | 13 | "A Time of the Year" | Robert Florey | Harry Kronman | December 22, 1958 | |
Featuring
George Macready. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "The Lord Will Provide" | Erle C. Kenton | Phil Shuken & John L. Greene | December 29, 1958 | |
15 | 15 | "The Duchess of Denver" | Erle C. Kenton | Joseph Landon | January 5, 1959 | |
Featuring
Dolores Donlon and
Gerald Mohr. | ||||||
16 | 16 | "A Quart of Law" | Robert Gordon | Harry Kronman | January 12, 1959 | |
Featuring
Edgar Stehli. | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Outpost" | Erle C. Kenton | Martin Berkeley & Clark Reynolds | January 19, 1959 | |
Featuring
Les Tremayne and
Patrick McVey. | ||||||
18 | 18 | "The Peddler" | Robert Gordon | Laszlo Vadnay | January 26, 1959 | |
Featuring
Lou Jacobi. | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Return to Friendly" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | February 2, 1959 | |
Featuring
James Philbrook and
Mary Webster. | ||||||
20 | 20 | "The Man Behind the Star" | Alvin Ganzer | Martin Berkeley & Clark Reynolds | February 9, 1959 | |
21 | 21 | "The Ringer" | Erle C. Kenton | George F. Slavin | February 16, 1959 | |
22 | 22 | "The Eyes of Captain Wylie" | Unknown | Unknown | February 23, 1959 | |
Featuring
Chill Wills. | ||||||
23 | 23 | "The Marshal of Yellow Jacket" | Robert Gordon | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Harry Kronman | March 2, 1959 | |
24 | 24 | "No Love Wasted" | Robert Florey | Harry Kronman | March 9, 1959 | |
Featuring
Lon Chaney Jr. | ||||||
25 | 25 | "A Race for Life" | Erle C. Kenton | Barney Slater | March 16, 1959 | |
Featuring
Frank Ferguson and
Ralph Moody. | ||||||
26 | 26 | "Letter of the Law" | George Archainbaud | Story by :
Irving Wallace Teleplay by : Irving Wallace & Jack Roberts | March 23, 1959 | |
27 | 27 | "Private Account" | Robert Gordon | Harry Kronman | April 6, 1959 | |
Featuring
Jesse White and
Karen Sharpe. | ||||||
28 | 28 | "Caballero" | Robert Gordon | Barney Slater | April 13, 1959 | |
29 | 29 | "Blood Money" | Leslie Goodwins | Dean Riesner | April 20, 1959 | |
30 | 30 | "No Place to Stop" | Erle C. Kenton | Louis L'Amour | April 27, 1959 | |
Featuring
Denver Pyle and
Strother Martin. | ||||||
31 | 31 | "Reunion" | Robert Gordon | Harry Kronman | May 4, 1959 | |
32 | 32 | "Badlands" | Leslie Goodwins | Martin Berkeley & Clark Reynolds | May 11, 1959 | |
Featuring
Stephen McNally and
Myron Healey. | ||||||
33 | 33 | "South of the Border" | Joe Parker | Don Martin | May 18, 1959 | |
34 | 34 | "The Smiling Loser" | Robert Gordon | Jerry D. Lewis | May 25, 1959 | |
Featuring
Eddie Quillan and
Harry Lauter. | ||||||
35 | 35 | "The Sheriff of Boot Hill" | Erle C. Kenton | Sid Harris | June 1, 1959 | |
Featuring
Reed Hadley and
Denver Pyle. | ||||||
36 | 36 | "The Gunfighter" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by : Joel Kane & Lee Karson Teleplay by : Donald S. Sanford | June 8, 1959 | |
37 | 37 | "The Man Hater" | Robert Gordon | David Evans | June 15, 1959 | |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38 | 1 | "No Way Out" | Erle C. Kenton | Barney Slater | September 14, 1959 | |
Featuring
Joe Turkel. | ||||||
39 | 2 | "Image of Guilt" | Erle C. Kenton | John R. Roberts & Joe Conway | September 21, 1959 | |
Featuring
Chris Alcaide and
Don Haggerty. | ||||||
40 | 3 | "Cattle Drive" | Edward Ludwig | Gerald Drayson Adams | September 28, 1959 | |
Featuring
Claude Akins and
Whitney Blake. | ||||||
41 | 4 | "The Dishonest Posse" | Robert Florey | Martin Berkeley | October 5, 1959 | |
42 | 5 | "Blue Norther" | Robert Florey | Paul Leslie Peil | October 12, 1959 | |
43 | 6 | "Traildust" | Edward Ludwig | John L. Greene & Phillip Shuken | October 19, 1959 | |
44 | 7 | "The Telegraph Story" | Edward Ludwig | Edmund Morris | October 26, 1959 | |
45 | 8 | "Stampede" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | November 2, 1959 | |
46 | 9 | "Showdown at Abilene" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | November 9, 1959 | |
47 | 10 | "The Reluctant Bridegroom" | Unknown | Unknown | November 16, 1959 | |
Part 3. Featuring
Ralph Moody. | ||||||
48 | 11 | "Trouble on the Trail" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | November 23, 1959 | |
49 | 12 | "Cowards Don't Die" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | November 30, 1959 | |
50 | 13 | "Border Incident" | Edward Ludwig | Gerald Drayson Adams | December 7, 1959 | |
51 | 14 | "Dangerous Ground" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | December 14, 1959 | |
Part 1. Featuring
Alan Hale Jr. and
Kipp Hamilton. | ||||||
52 | 15 | "End of Track" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | December 21, 1959 | |
Part 2. | ||||||
53 | 16 | "Rough Track to Payday" | Unknown | Unknown | December 28, 1959 | |
54 | 17 | "Friend of the Family" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | January 4, 1960 | |
Featuring
John Dehner and
James Coburn. | ||||||
55 | 18 | "The Taming of Rio Nada" | Edward Ludwig | Samuel A. Peeples | January 11, 1960 | |
Part 1. Featuring
Barbara Stuart. | ||||||
56 | 19 | "Sixgun Street" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | January 18, 1960 | |
Part 2. | ||||||
57 | 20 | "The Terrified Town" | Erle C. Kenton | Samuel A. Peeples | January 25, 1960 | |
Part 3. | ||||||
58 | 21 | "Thirty Hours to Kill" | Robert Florey | Story by : Paul Gangelin & John R. Roberts Teleplay by : John R. Roberts | February 1, 1960 | |
Featuring
Mort Mills and
Katherine Squire. Actor
Morris Ankrum is credited as the sheriff but actor
Stacy Keach Sr. (uncredited) actually appears as the character. | ||||||
59 | 22 | "Quarantine" | Edward Ludwig | Milton Raison | February 8, 1960 | |
60 | 23 | "Buried Treasure" | Edward Ludwig | Milton Raison | February 15, 1960 | |
Part 2. Featuring
Alan Hale Jr. | ||||||
61 | 24 | "Captive Crew" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by : Milton M. Raison Teleplay by : Erle C. Kenton | February 22, 1960 | |
62 | 25 | "Showdown" | Erle C. Kenton | Harry Kronman | February 29, 1960 | |
63 | 26 | "Borrowed Time" | Harry Harris | Harry Harris | March 7, 1960 | |
64 | 27 | "The Governor's Lady" | Edward Ludwig | Harry Kronman | March 14, 1960 | |
Featuring
Lita Baron and
Myron Healey. | ||||||
65 | 28 | "Town Divided" | Edward Ludwig | Robert Leslie Bellem | March 21, 1960 | |
66 | 29 | "The Guilty and the Innocent" | Jerry A. Baerwitz | Story by : Jerry Baerwitz Teleplay by : John Grey | March 28, 1960 | |
67 | 30 | "Presentation Gun" | Jerry A. Baerwitz | Robert Leslie Bellem | April 4, 1960 | |
Featuring
Stafford Repp and
Robert Brubaker. | ||||||
68 | 31 | "Ruthless Woman" | Harry Harris | Story by : Buckley Angell Teleplay by : Victor Orsatti & Buckley Angell | April 11, 1960 | |
69 | 32 | "The Nomad" | Jerry A. Baerwitz | Rory Calhoun | April 18, 1960 | |
70 | 33 | "Killer's Road" | Edward Ludwig | Ben Lewis & Edward Ludwig | April 25, 1960 | |
71 | 34 | "Lady Tenderfoot" | Harry Harris | Erle C. Kenton | May 9, 1960 | |
72 | 35 | "The Invisible Noose" | Edward Ludwig | Jack Roberts | May 16, 1960 | |
Featuring
Charles Maxwell and
Bill Erwin. | ||||||
73 | 36 | "The Mountain Man" | Louis King | Kathleen Hite, James Gunn, & Christopher Knopf | May 23, 1960 | |
Featuring
Peter Palmer,
Ben Wright and
Harry Shannon. Rory Calhoun does not appear in this episode; this was a pilot episode for a series starring Palmer, but was not picked up. | ||||||
74 | 37 | "Johnny Tuvo" | Edward Ludwig | Frank Chase | May 30, 1960 | |
75 | 38 | "The Accuser" | Erle C. Kenton | Story by : Frank Moss Teleplay by : Erle C. Kenton | June 6, 1960 | |
Featuring
Don Haggerty and
Kristine Miller. | ||||||
76 | 39 | "Mission to Monterrey" | Erle C. Kenton | Erle C. Kenton & Will Gould | June 13, 1960 | |
Featuring
Eduardo Noriega. | ||||||
77 | 40 | "Badman" | Erle C. Kenton | Erle C. Kenton | June 20, 1960 | |
Featuring
Celia Lovsky. | ||||||
78 | 41 | "24 Hours to Live" | Robert Florey | Story by : George Callahan & Crane Wilbur Teleplay by : George Callahan | September 5, 1960 | |
Featuring
Paul Birch and
Wendell Holmes. |
Operating on a budget of $40,000 per episode, two episodes per week were filmed on stage 11 at Desilu. [6] Location shooting was completed at Pearl Flats. [6]
The original broadcast of The Texan aired 8:00–8:30 Monday evenings from September 1958 to September 1960 on CBS. ABC aired reruns of the program during its weekday lineup from October 1960 to March 1962, and then as part of its Saturday morning lineup from February to May 1962. [1]
Timeless Media Group released 70 episodes of the series on DVD. [7]
The show was #15 in the 1958-59 season with an average viewership of 12.4 million, but it failed to rank in the top 30 the following season. [4] [5]
Like many of the television Westerns of the 1950s, The Texan was adapted to a comic by Dan Spiegle in 1960. [8]