After seven years in the saddle, wandering into all kinds of
trouble but remaining the most popular TV western ever produced by Warner
Brothers,
Cheyenne came to the end of
the trail in December 1962. As we noted in our post on the 1960 episodes,
Cheyenne was TV's first 1-hour drama and
one of the first three series Warner Brothers debuted in their initial foray
into television in 1955.
TV Guide
covered the impending finale in an August 4, 1962 feature story, "'Just
Clint and the Cactus,'" which surprisingly quoted Warner Brothers
executives speaking dismissively of their most profitable star
Clint Walker,
with one calling him "that big, dumb farmer." The article
additionally notes that the same executives considered the show's success,
placing in the top 30 in the ratings from 1955-61, as due more to the formula
than Walker's ability. And yet despite Walker's intention to leave at the end
of Season 7, he was still being called into
Jack Warner's office on a regular
basis to try to get him to sign a new contract. Walker had clearly had enough
of his indentured servitude at Warners, having already gone on strike for an
entire season in 1958-59 and having expressed, as we noted in our post on the
1961 episodes, that he felt the character had already played itself out.
But since they thought they had a successful formula, the
producers made no real changes in the 1962 episodes from the latter half of
Season 6 and all those for Season 7, though they teased bringing the series to
a resolution in the final episode, "Showdown at Oxbend" (December 17,
1962). In this story Cheyenne drives his wagon into the titular town and tells
longtime friend Sheriff Ben Jethro that he has come to look into buying a horse
ranch from Perly Wilkins with the intention of finally settling down. He tells
Jethro he has had his fill of wandering about and wants to permanently put down
roots. But we've seen this tease before in plots that seem ready to end
Cheyenne's peripatetic lifestyle, and this one is no exception--perhaps driven
by Jack Warner's optimism in being able to sign Walker to a new contract.
Because when Cheyenne talks to Wilkins about buying his ranch, he considers the
selling price too low for a ranch that has everything he wants, and he refuses
to take advantage of a man driven to desperation. The desperation comes from an
impending sheep drive that is expected to devastate all the grazing in the area
and launch a full-out range war with the local group of cattle ranchers, led by
the abrasive Ed Foster. Buried in the sheep drive is another favorite theme in
the
Cheyenne canon--misguided revenge
for a sin committed many years ago, in this case the daughter of a
sheep-herding man lynched by Foster and his mob some 20 years ago. Even though
Cheyenne is able to avert the seemingly inevitable range war at the last
minute, he decides to once again move on, telling Jethro that perhaps he will
find his final resting place somewhere farther down the line.
Revenge is the main driving force in several other 1962
episodes: "The Bad Penny" (February 26, 1962), again featuring a
young woman whose father was lynched many years ago, "Vengeance Is
Mine" (November 26, 1962), in which a friend of Cheyenne's took the prison
rap for another man in exchange for money to help his mother, which was never
delivered, "Johnny Brassbuttons" (December 3, 1962), in which a
Mescalero chief tries to sabotage a brave who married the squaw he wanted for
himself, and "Wanted for the Murder of Cheyenne Bodie" (December 10,
1962), in which an outlaw gang tries to frame Cheyenne for a murder as revenge
for his role in seeing their younger brother hung for another murder.
The other deadly sin dominating the
Cheyenne universe is greed , as demonstrated in the episodes
"The Wedding Rings" (January 8, 1962), where a small-town Mexican
dictator tries to bleed his citizens dry before ascending to a larger role in
the revolutionary capitol, "Satonka" (October 1, 1962), in which a
mining company agent runs afoul of a local mythical beast in his pursuit of his
company's interests, "Sweet Sam" (October 8, 1962), in which a man
pretends to be a Good Samaritan to fool everyone in a small town so that he can
rob the bank, "Man Alone" (October 15, 1962), where a young man who
participated in a bank robbery suffers amnesia after falling from his horse
while escaping with the stolen money but then tries to start a new life on the
straight and narrow only to be pursued by the other bank robbers, "Indian
Gold" (October 29, 1962), in which several citizens in a small settlement
defy a U.S. Government treaty to go onto Indian land in search for a legendary
treasure, "Dark Decision" (November 5, 1962), in which a greedy
gambler kills a casino owner to rob his safe and preys upon a blind singer he
has been courting to provide him with an alibi, "The Vanishing Breed"
(November 19, 1962), in which a state senator corruptly uses his office to
decimate the buffalo population to benefit his secret hide and tanning
business, and the aforementioned "Showdown at Oxbend," in which the
range war between sheep herders and cattle ranchers is secretly orchestrated by
the largest landowner, Foster, to drive smaller ranchers to sell out before the
war starts.
Though all these episodes are essentially repetitive
variations on a single theme, the most interesting of the lot is "Indian
Gold" because one of the greedy gold-seekers is a kind of anti-Cheyenne.
Like our hero, Sheriff Matt Kilgore is a white man raised by Indians, in this
case the Sioux, the very tribe whose legendary treasure other residents, such
as town cook Charlie Feeney, are trying to steal. Kilgore initially appears to
be on the side of good, working side-by-side with Cheyenne after showing him
his Sioux brand to thwart the efforts of men like Feeney and avoid a full-scale
Indian war. But once Feeney has learned where the gold is hidden and is forced
to tell Kilgore, who then shoots him in the back, Cheyenne has to try to
prevent Kilgore from stealing the gold for himself. Cheyenne reminds Kilgore
that he will be betraying the very tribe that raised him and the chief who took
him in as his own son, but Kilgore spits back at Cheyenne that despite any
kindness he may have received from the Sioux, he is still white, a damning
indictment because whiteness is linked to betrayal, murder, and greed. Though
most of the true villains on
Cheyenne
are white men, we also see evil Native Americans, such as the covetous
Mescalero chief Chato in "Johnny Brassbuttons." We also get greedy
and ruthless Mexicans in "The Wedding Rings" and slave-trading,
duplicitous Chinese in "Pocketful of Stars" (November 12, 1962), so
essentially no race is singled out for villainy--there is plenty to go around.
As for our hero Clint Walker, the previously mentioned
TV Guide article described his future
plans, post-
Cheyenne, to include
acting in movies as well as singing on records, both of which he had done
during his tenure on
Cheyenne. But
while Walker would indeed appear in such feature films as
Send Me No Flowers,
None But
the Brave, and
The Dirty Dozen,
the singing career never materialized, though he would reprise his role as
Cheyenne Bodie in a 1995 episode of
Kung
Fu: The Legend Continues, his last on-screen appearance. He passed away
from congestive heart failure 5 years ago at the age of 90.
The Actors
For the biography of Clint Walker, see the 1960 post for Cheyenne.
Notable Guest Stars
Season 6, Episode 10, "The Wedding Rings":
Harold
J. Stone (shown on the left, played John Kennedy on
The Grand Jury,
Hamilton Greeley on
My World and Welcome
to It, and Sam Steinberg on
Bridget
Loves Bernie) plays Contadora, Mexico dictator Perez.
Roberto Contreras (Pedro
on
The High Chapparal) plays his henchman
Ortega.
Margarita Cordova (Rosa Andrade on
Santa
Barbara and Carmen Torres on
Sunset
Beach) plays widow Alita Rodriguez.
Nestor Paiva (Theo Gonzales on
Zorro) plays the local padre.
Cyril
Delevanti (Lucious Coin on
Jefferson Drum)
plays a doctor.
Season 6, Episode 11, "The Idol":
Jeff Morrow (shown on the right, starred
in
Sign of the Pagan,
This Island Earth,
Pardners, and
The Giant Claw
and played Maj. Bart McClelland on
Union
Pacific and Dr. Lloyd Axton on
The
New Temperatures Rising Show) plays notorious gunman turned Creek Point
lawman Ben Shelby.
Jean Byron (see the biography section for the 1961 post on
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) plays new
Creek Point school teacher Deborah Morse.
Roger Mobley (Homer "Packy"
Lambert on
Fury) plays her young son
Gabe.
Robert B. Williams (see the biography section for the 1962 post on
Hazel) plays Creek Point citizens
council representative Clem Peters.
Leo Gordon (appeared in
Gun Fury,
Hondo,
Quantrill's Raiders,
and
Big Top Pee-wee and played Big
Mike McComb on
Maverick) plays outlaw
gang leader Greg Kirby.
Craig Duncan (Sgt. Stanfield/Banfield on
Mackenzie's Raiders) plays his brother
Daws.
Billy M. Greene (appeared in
The
Shrike,
Never Steal Anything Small,
and
The Cape Canaveral Monsters and
played Skrag on
Captain Video and His
Video Rangers) plays bartender Joe.
Season 6, Episode 12, "One Way Ticket":
Philip
Carey (shown on the left, starred in
I Was a Communist for
the FBI, Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison,
Calamity Jane,
Mister Roberts,
Dead Ringer, and
Three For Texas and played Lt. Michael Rhodes on
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers, Philip
Marlowe on
Philip Marlowe, Capt.
Edward Parmalee on
Laredo, and Asa
Buchanan on
One Life to Live) plays notorious
outlaw Cole Younger.
Judson Pratt (Billy Kinkaid on
Union Pacific) plays his associate Vince Harper.
Robert Anderson (Park
Street, Jr. on
The Court of Last Resort
and Aeneas MacLinahan on
Wichita Town)
plays U.S. Marshal Johnny Warren.
Charles Irving (Judge Blanchard on
Perry Mason and Admiral Vincent Beckett
on
The Wackiest Ship in the Army) plays
traveling salesman Orville C. Jones.
Roxanne Arlen (former wife of Red Buttons,
appeared in
Hot Rod Girl,
Bachelor Flat, and
Gypsy) plays flirtatious train passenger Flo Gibson.
Ronnie Dapo (Flip
Rose on
Room for One More and Andy on
The New Phil Silvers Show) plays young
boy train passenger Roy Barrington.
Lillian Bronson (Mrs. Drake on
Date With the Angels) plays his
grandmother Mrs. Frazier.
Harry Harvey (Sheriff Tom Blodgett on
The Roy Rogers Show, Mayor George Dixon
on
Man Without a Gun, and Houghton
Stott on
It's a Man's World) plays train
conductor Wilbur Crane.
Season 6, Episode 13, "The Bad Penny":
Susan
Seaforth Hayes (shown on the right, played Carol West on
The Young Marrieds, Julie Olson Williams
on
Days of Our Lives, JoAnna Manning on
The Young and the Restless,
Patricia Steele on
Sunset Beach,
and Ms. Preston on Venice the Series) plays new Calista resident,
widow Penelope Piper.
Richard Webb (Captain Midnight on
Captain Midnight and Deputy Chief Don Jagger on
Border Patrol) plays rancher Clay
McConnell.
Carol Nicholson (Laurie Rose on
Room
for One More) plays his young daughter Nancy.
Robert Hogan (Gilly Gillespie
on
The Young Marrieds, Rev. Tom
Winter on
Peyton Place, Asst. DA
Stephens on
Bright Promise, Scott
Banning on
Days of Our Lives, Sheriff
Paul Tate on
The Manhunter, Sgt. Ted
Coppersmith on
Richie Brockelman, Private
Eye, Lt. Cmdr. Haller on
Operation
Petticoat, Nathan Welsh on
Secrets of
Midland Heights, Greg Stemple on
Alice,
Vince McKinnon on
Another World, and
L.J. McDermott on
As the World Turns)
plays Penelope suitor Billy Hay.
Don Haggerty (Jeffrey Jones on
The Files of Jeffrey Jones, Eddie Drake
on
The Cases of Eddie Drake, Sheriff
Dan Elder on
State Trooper, and Marsh
Murdock on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays businessman Tod Kimball.
Richard Collier (Harry Price on
Many Happy Returns) plays town
photographer Symes.
Maurice Manson (Frederick Timberlake on
Dennis
the Menace, Josh Egan on
Hazel,
and Hank Pinkham on
General Hospital) plays circuit Judge Stone.
Bill
Idelson (Babcock on
The Bill Dana Show
and wrote screenplays for multiple episodes of
The Andy Griffith Show,
Gomer Pyle, USMC, and
The Odd Couple as well as many other
programs) plays the hotel clerk.
Season 7, Episode 1, "The Durango Brothers":
Ellen Corby (Henrietta Porter on
Trackdown and Esther Walton on
The Waltons) plays outlaw matriarch
Hortense Durango.
Jack Elam (Deputy J.D. Smith on
The Dakotas, George Taggart on
Temple
Houston, Zack Wheeler on
The Texas
Wheelers, and Uncle Alvin Stevenson on
Easy
Street) plays her son Calhoun.
Mickey Simpson (Boley on
Captain David Grief) plays her son Homer.
Sally Kellerman (shown on the left, starred in
Reform School
Girl,
MASH,
Brewster McCloud,
Slither,
and
The Player and played Lola on
Chemistry, Constance Bingham on
The Young and the Restless, Toni Maron
on
Maron, and Janet Davidson on
Decker) plays her daughter Lottie.
Warren
Douglas (wrote screenplays for 11 episodes of
Sugarfoot, 10 episodes of
Cheyenne,
and 5 episodes of
Bronco) plays drummer
Donald Gardner.
Chuck Hicks (LaMarr Kane on
The Untouchables) plays a traveling salesman.
Season 7, Episode 2, "Satonka":
Andrew Dugan (shown on the right, played Cal
Calhoun on
Bourbon Street Beat,
George Rose on
Room for One More,
Major Gen. Ed Britt on
12 O'Clock High,
and Murdoch Lancer on
Lancer) plays mining
company agent Mark Kendall.
Harvey Stephens (starred in
Maid of Salem,
Swing High,
Swing Low, and
Abe Lincoln in
Illinois) plays missing anthropologist Dr. Clark Dana.
Susan Seaforth Hayes
(see "The Bad Penny" above) plays his daughter Carol.
James Best (Sheriff
Roscoe P. Coltrane on
The Dukes of
Hazzard and
The Dukes) plays Desolation
Mountains resident Ernie Riggins.
Bill Zuckert (Arthur Bradwell on
Mr. Novak and Chief Segal on
Captain Nice) plays fellow resident Ed
Parker.
King Moody (Starker on
Get Smart
and Ronald McDonald on
McDonaldland)
plays fellow resident Frank.
Season 7, Episode 3, "Sweet Sam":
Robert McQueeney (shown on the left, played Conley Wright on
The Gallant Men) plays Rock Springs
Samaritan Sam Pridemore.
Denver Pyle (Ben Thompson on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Grandpa Tarleton on
Tammy, Briscoe Darling on
The Andy Griffith Show, Buck Webb on
The Doris Day Show, Mad Jack on
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, and
Uncle Jesse on
The Dukes of Hazzard)
plays banker Cyrus Burton.
Frank Ferguson (Gus Broeberg on
My Friend Flicka, Eli Carson on
Peyton
Place, and Dr. Barton Stuart on
Petticoat
Junction) plays blacksmith Eli Zachary.
Roger Mobley (see "The
Idol" above) plays his crippled son Billy.
Ronnie Haran (owns and operates
a film location service and was the original booking agent at the Whiskey A
Go-Go who helped get The Doors signed to Elektra Records and took the
photograph on the back cover of the band Love's LP
Forever Changes) plays town drunk's daughter Mary DeLieu.
Joseph
Gallison (appeared in
All the Young Men,
The Wackiest Ship in the Army, and
PT 109 and played Bill Matthews on
Another World and Dr. Neil Curtis on
Days of Our Lives) plays a cruel
anonymous gunman.
Owen Orr (Pvt. Wally Blanchard on
No Time for Sergeants) plays Rock Springs deputy Smitty.
Richard
Reeves (Mr. Murphy on
Date With the
Angels) plays gang member Jingles Clark.
Dan Sheridan (see the biography
section for the 1960 post on
Lawman)
plays bartender Shorty.
Season 7, Episode 4, "Man Alone":
Carl Reindel (shown on the right, appeared
in
Bullitt,
The Cheyenne Social Club, and
The
Andromeda Strain) plays amnesia victim Terry Brown.
Steve Brodie (see the
biography section for the 1960 post on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays his uncle Buck Brown.
Robert Karnes (see
the biography section for the 1961 post on
The
Lawless Years) plays Buck's gang member Matt Walsh.
John Milford (see the
biography section for the 1960 post on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays gang member Johnny Duggan.
Sherwood
Price (Gen. Jeb Stuart on
The Gray Ghost)
plays Johnny's brother Jimmy.
Oliver MacGowan (Harvey Welk on
Empire) plays Cattlemen's Association
president Jed Belden.
Lee Van Cleef (starred in
High Noon,
The Beast From
20,000 Fathoms,
For a Few Dollars
More,
and
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and played John Peter McAllister on
The Master) plays bartender Harry.
Sarah
Selby (see the biography section for the 1962 post on
Gunsmoke) plays Buck's mother Sarah.
Season 7, Episode 5, "The Quick and the Deadly":
Ray
Teal (see the biography section for the 1961 post on
Bonanza) plays Travis County Sheriff Matt Corbin.
Chris Alcaide (was
once married to Cher's mother, Georgia Holt) plays his deputy Gary Thomas.
John
Litel (starred in
Back in Circulation,
On Trial,
Murder in the Blue Room, four Nancy Drew films, and eight Henry
Aldrich films and played the Governor on
Zorro
and Dan Murchison on
Stagecoach West)
plays banker Mike Ainley.
Mike Road (Marshal Tom Sellers on
Buckskin, Lt. Joe Switolski on
The Roaring 20's, and provided the voice
for Race Bannon on
Johnny Quest and
Ugh on
Space Ghost) plays his son Jud.
William Mims (see the biography section for the 1960 post on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays
Jud's defense attorney.
Charles Irving (see "One Way Ticket" above)
plays the trial judge.
Jeanne Cooper (shown on the left, played Grace Douglas on
Bracken's World and Katherine Chancellor Murphy on
The Young and the Restless) plays bar
maid Molly Spencer.
Michael Greene (Deputy Vance Porter on
The Dakotas) plays Jud's henchman Cobb.
John Harmon (hotel clerk
Eddie Halstead on
The Rifleman) plays
card dealer Jake.
Frank Cady (see the biography section for the 1961 post on
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
plays bank teller Wayne.
Season 7, Episode 6, "Indian Gold":
Peter Breck (shown on the right, played Clay
Culhane on
Black Saddle, Doc Holliday
on
Maverick, and Nick Barkley on
The Big Valley) plays Cheyenne's old
friend Sheriff Matt Kilgore.
Frank De Kova (Chief Wild Eagle on
F Troop and Louis Campagna on
The Untouchables) plays Sioux chief War
Cloud.
H.M. Wynant (Lt. Bauer on
The
Young Marrieds, Frosty on
Batman,
and Ed Chapman on
Dallas) plays one of his braves White Claw.
Arline Martel (Tiger on
Hogan's Heroes and Spock's Vulcan
bride on
Star Trek) plays White
Claw's sick wife Little Fawn.
Trevor Bardette (see the biography section for
the 1960 post on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays town cook Charlie Feeney.
George Petrie (Nathan Wade on
Search for Tomorrow, Freddie Muller on
The Honeymooners, Don Rudy Aiuppo on
Wiseguy, Harv Smithfield on
Dallas, and Sid on
Mad About You) plays local physician Doc Farnsworth.
Lane Chandler
(Tom Pike on
Lawman) plays general
store owner Bailey.
Norman Leavitt (Ralph on
Trackdown) plays miner Pete.
Joe Higgins (see the biography section
for the 1961 post on
The Rifleman)
plays his partner Joe.
Clyde Howdy (Hank Whitfield on
Lassie) plays Indian hater Smith.
Season 7, Episode 7, "Dark Decision":
Dianne
Brewster (shown on the left, starred in
Courage of Black
Beauty,
The Invisible Boy,
Torpedo Run, and
The Young Philadelphians and played Miss Canfield on
Leave It to Beaver and
The New Leave It to Beaver, Samantha
Crawford on
Maverick, and Wilhelmina
Vanderveer on
The Islanders) plays blind
singer Constance Mason.
Amanda Rudolph (Mama on
The Amos 'n' Andy Show and Louise on
The Danny Thomas Show) plays her maid Cleo.
Peter Breck (see
"Indian Gold" above) plays gambler Tony Chance.
James Griffith (Aaron
Adams on
Trackdown and Deputy Tom
Ferguson on
U.S. Marshal) plays his
partner Joe.
Barry Kelley (starred in
The
Asphalt Jungle,
The Manchurian
Candidate, and
The Love Bug and
played Charlie Anderson on
Big Town,
Jim Rafferty on
The Tom Ewell Show,
Mr. Slocum on
Pete and Gladys, and
Carol's father on
Mister Ed) plays saloon
owner Nathan Alston.
John Pickard (Capt. Shank Adams on
Boots and Saddles and Sgt. Maj. Murdock on
Gunslinger) plays cattle drover Ben Cask.
Robert Brubaker (Deputy
Ed Blake on
U.S. Marshal and Floyd on
Gunsmoke) plays Galesburg Sheriff
Matt Silvers.
Gregg Palmer (see the biography section for the 1961 post on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays
casino houseman Nick.
Season 7, Episode 8, "Pocketful of Stars":
Peter Brown
(shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1960 post on
Lawman) plays surveyor Ross Andrews.
Weaver Levy (Oliver Kee on
Adventures in Paradise) Chinese railroad
worker Wang.
Lisa Lu (see the biography section for the 1960 post on
Have Gun--Will Travel) plays another
worker's daughter Mei Ling.
Nelson Olmsted (Captain Masters, MD on
The Phil Silvers Show and Dr. Harkins on
Days of Our Lives) plays railroad
executive James Melville.
Robert Foulk (Ed Davis on
Father Knows Best, Sheriff Miller on
Lassie, Joe Kingston on
Wichita
Town, Mr. Wheeler on
Green Acres,
and Phillip Toomey on
The Rifleman)
plays his foreman Tom Fanshaw.
Robert Anderson (see "One Way Ticket"
above) plays freighter John Bishop.
Frank De Kova (see "Indian Gold"
above) plays Shoshone chief Red Knife.
Season 7, Episode 9, "The Vanishing Breed":
Roy
Roberts (Capt. Simon P. Huxley on
The
Gale Storm Show, Admiral Rogers on
McHale's
Navy, John Cushing on
The Beverly Hillbillies, Mr. Cheever on
The Lucy
Show, Frank Stephens on
Bewitched,
Norman Curtis on
Petticoat Junction,
and Mr. Botkin/Bodkin on
Gunsmoke)
plays state Senator Matson.
Harry Lauter (Ranger Clay Morgan on
Tales of the Texas Rangers, Atlasande on
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, and Jim
Herrick on
Waterfront) plays his
assistant Walt Taylor.
Regis Toomey (shown on the left, starred in
Alibi,
Other Men's Women,
The Finger Points,
His Girl Friday, and
The Big Sleep and played Joe Mulligan on
The Mickey Rooney Show, Lt. Manny
Waldo on
Four Star Playhouse, Lt.
McGough on
Richard Diamond, Private
Detective, Bill Cochran on
Shannon,
Det. Les Hart on
Burke's Law, and Dr.
Barton Stuart on
Petticoat Junction
and
Green Acres) plays former state
senator Pat Evans.
Pat Woodell (Bobbie Jo Bradley on
Petticoat Junction) plays his daughter Gail.
Vaughn Taylor (starred
in
Jailhouse Rock,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
Psycho, and
In Cold Blood and played Ernest P. Duckweather on
Johnny Jupiter) plays Matson cohort
Judge Kincaid.
Marshall Reed (Inspector Fred Asher on
The Lineup) plays Indian agent Ab Carter.
Paul Mantee (starred in
Robinson Crusoe on Mars,
Blood on the Arrow, and
A Man Called Dagger and played Det. Al
Corassa on
Cagney & Lacey and
Commander Clayton on
Hunter) plays Arapahoe
brave Johnny Crow.
Benny Baker (appeared in
Blonde
Trouble,
Stage Door Canteen, and
Paint Your Wagon and played Pete the
bartender on
F Troop) plays physician
Doc Johnson.
Robert Carson (Mr. Maddis on
The
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show) plays Senate Speaker Cleaver.
Lane
Chandler (see "Indian Gold" above) plays state Sen. Maple.
Season 7, Episode 10, "Vengeance Is Mine":
Van
Williams (shown on the right, played Kenny Madison on
Bourbon Street
Beat and
Surfside 6, Pat Burns on
The Tycoon, Britt Reid on
The Green Hornet, and Steve Andrews on
Westwind) plays Cheyenne's old friend
Ray Masters.
George Gaynes (Frank Smith on
General
Hospital, Henry Warnimont on
Punky
Brewster, and Arthur Feldman on
The
Days and Nights of Molly Dodd) plays former gun runner Rod Delaplane.
Leo
Gordon (see "The Idol" above) plays his gunman Dan Gibson.
Roberto
Contreras (see "The Wedding Rings" above) plays Gibson's henchman
Constanza.
Jean Willes (appeared in
Invasion
of the Body Snatchers,
Ocean's 11,
and
Gypsy) plays saloon owner Meg
Stevens.
Denver Pyle (see "Sweet Sam" above) plays rancher John
Hanson.
Season 7, Episode 11, "Johnny Brassbuttons":
Tony
Young (shown on the left, son of actor Carleton G. Young, played Cord on
Gunslinger) plays Indian scout for the U.S. Army Johnny
Brassbuttons.
Victoria Vetri (appeared in
Kings
of the Sun,
Chuka,
Rosemary's Baby, and
Invasion of the Bee Girls) plays his
wife White Bird.
Philip Carey (see "One Way Ticket" above) plays lawman
Marshal Frank Nolan.
Adam Williams (appeared in
Flying Leathernecks,
The Big
Heat,
Fear Strikes Out, and
North by Northwest) plays his deputy Jeb
Quinn.
Yale Summers (Jack Dane on
Daktari)
plays greenhorn Army Lt. Jackson.
Michael Pate (starred in
Face to Face,
Julius Caesar,
Hondo, and
Tower of London and played Chief Vittoro on
Hondo and Det. Sgt. Vic Maddern on
Matlock) plays Mescalero chief Chato.
Booth Colman (Zaius on
Planet of the Apes, Prof. Hector Jerrold
on
General Hospital, and Dr. Felix
Burke on
The Young and the Restless)
plays Army fort commander Col. Travers.
Adrienne Marden (Mary Breckenridge on
The Waltons) plays Army wagon traveler
Miss Bolton.
Season 7, Episode 12, "Wanted for the Murder of
Cheyenne Bodie":
Ruta Lee (shown on the right, appeared in
Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers,
Funny Face,
and
Witness for the Prosecution and
played Rona on
1st and Ten: The
Championship and Pauline Spencer on
Coming
of Age) plays Walton Gang sister Lenore Hanford.
Richard Webb (see
"The Bad Penny" above) plays gang leader Bill Walton.
Gregg Palmer (see
"Dark Decision" above) plays his brother Hal.
Dick Foran (Fire Chief
Ed Washburne on
Lassie and Slim on
O.K., Crackerby!) plays Highmore Sheriff
Bigelow.
Robert Knapp (Ben Olson on
Days
of Our Lives and SAC Noel McDonald on
The
F.B.I.) plays his deputy Rankin.
Charles Fredericks (Pete Albright on
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) plays
bartender Sam.
Benny Rubin (see the biography section for the 1961 post on
The Dick Tracy Show) plays a hotel clerk.
Clyde Howdy (see "Indian Gold" above) plays Jefferson City Marshal
Masters.
Season 7, Episode 13, "Showdown at Oxbend":
Andrew
Duggan (see "Satonka" above) plays Oxbend cattle rancher Ed Foster.
Owen
Orr (see "Sweet Sam" above) plays
his hired gun Hub Clayton. Ray Teal (see "The Quick and the Deadly"
above) plays Oxbend Sheriff Ben Jethro.
Joan Caulfield (shown on the left, appeared in
Duffy's Tavern,
Blue Skies,
The Unsuspected,
and
The Lady Says No and played Liz
Cooper on
My Favorite Husband and Sally
Truesdale on
Sally) plays newly
arrived widow Darcy Clay.
James Griffith (see "Dark Decision" above)
plays hired gunman Milt Krebs.
Jim Boles (appeared in
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,
The
Trouble With Angels,
Angel in My
Pocket,
The Love God?, and
The Apple Dumpling Gang and
played Joe on
One Man's Family) plays rancher Perly Wilkins.
James Stacy (see the
biography section for the 1961 post on
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) plays his future son-in-law Luther James.
