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Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on Saturdays at 9:30–10:00 pm (EST) from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series starring Richard Boone was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons.
This calling card was the identifying graphic of the Have Gun – Will Travel series. Paladin gives out a business card imprinted with "Have Gun Will Travel" and an engraving of a white knight chess piece, which evokes the proverbial white knight and the knight in shining armor. Underneath the chess piece is the wording "Wire Paladin", and ...
Frontier: episode "The Salt War", Everett Brayer (1956) Studio One in Hollywood: episode "Dead of Noon", as John Wesley Hardin (1957) Have Gun – Will Travel: all 225 episodes, as Paladin, and Smoke, (1957–1963) Playhouse 90: 3 episodes, in various roles, (1958–1960) The United States Steel Hour: 2 episodes in various roles, (1959–1960)
Johnny Western recorded the original version in 1958 that was the regular theme to the television show Have Gun – Will Travel from the second season on--it was used at least four times in season 1, including episodes 33 & 34. His co-writers were the show's star and creator.
His most notable starring role was as Paladin on the radio version of the television Western Have Gun – Will Travel, which aired for 106 episodes on CBS from 1958 to 1960. He continued to work as a voice actor in film, such as narrating the film The Hallelujah Trail .
Kam Tong (December 18, 1906 – November 8, 1969) was a Chinese-American actor. He was best known for his role as Hey Boy on the CBS television series Have Gun – Will Travel and as Dr. Li in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song.
Have Gun - Will Travel was the third most watched television program in America during the show's first three years. [26] Rolfe co-wrote the show's theme song "The Ballad of Paladin" with Johnny Western and show star Richard Boone. [27] The song was chosen one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time by the Western Writers of America. [28]
He wrote and performed the theme song "The Ballad of Paladin" for the CBS television program Have Gun – Will Travel, with Richard Boone. In collaboration with Johnny Cash, he re-wrote the lyrics of NBC's Bonanza and the theme song, "The Rebel – Johnny Yuma", from the ABC series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. [3]