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Wagon Train debuted on September 18, 1957 and reached the top of the Nielsen ratings. It is the fictional adventure story of a large westbound wagon train through the American frontier from Missouri to California. Its format attracted famous guest stars for each episode appearing as travelers or residents of the settlements that the regular ...
The program attracted an audience of 60 million viewers. Forty years after the broadcast, television critic Tom Shales recalled it as both "a landmark in television" and "a milestone in the cultural life of the '50s". [7] In 1959, Cox was featured in the guest-starring title role in "The Vincent Eaglewood Story" on NBC's Western series Wagon Train.
(L-R) Robert Horton and Ward Bond 1962 cast. Top: John McIntire, Terry Wilson. Bottom: Scott Miller, Frank McGrath. Robert Fuller Wagon Train is an American Western television series that was produced by Revue Studios. The series was inspired by the 1950 John Ford film Wagon Master. It ran for eight seasons, with the first episode airing in the United States on September 18, 1957 (1957-09-18 ...
[6] [7] It depicts a struggle between a businessman trying to deliver whiskey to Denver by wagon train, his striking Irish teamsters, a barfly militia from Denver eager to ensure that the liquid cargo reaches its destination, temperance women campaigners determined to destroy the booze, a swarm of Native Americans determined to hijack it, and ...
John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor [1] who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as the star of NBC's Wagon Train.
Wagon Train is a 1940 American Western film directed by Edward Killy and starring Tim Holt. [2] It was this film that really started Holt's series of B Westerns for RKO, replacing those made by George O'Brien .
The episode ends with the reconciliation of father and son. "The Bible Man" was Jack Linkletter's only dramatic acting appearance. It was the first of two dramatic television appearances by Art Linkletter. His second appearance came in episode 15, season 6 of the series Wagon Train in 1962 alongside Nancy Reagan. When on television, he ...
Marlene Willis (January 13, 1942 – March 29, 1982) [1] was an American singer, who performed on many televised variety shows during the 1950s, and later appeared as a guest star in some narrative television series including Maverick with Roger Moore, Wagon Train with Andy Devine, Bourbon Street Beat, The Loretta Young Show and The Andy Griffith Show.