The Texan (TV series)
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Genre | Western |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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Producer | Jerry Stagg |
Running time | 30 mins. |
Production company | Desilu Productions |
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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]
Synopsis
[edit]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.
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]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 |
Season 1 (1958–59)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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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 | |
Season 2 (1959–60)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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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. |
Production
[edit]Operating on a budget of $40,000 per episode, two episodes per week were filmed on stage 11 at Desilu.[6][7] Location shooting was completed at Pearl Flats.[6][7]
Release
[edit]Broadcast
[edit]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]
Home media
[edit]Timeless Media Group released 70 episodes of the series on DVD.[8]
Reception
[edit]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]
Media information
[edit]Like many of the television Westerns of the 1950s, The Texan was adapted to a comic by Dan Spiegle in 1960.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1369. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books. p. 825. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Aaker, Everett (1997). Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949–1959. McFarland. pp. 308–309. ISBN 9780786402847 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "TV Ratings". ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ^ a b West, Richard (1987). Television Westerns: Major and Minor Series, 1946-1978. McFarland & Company. p. 127. ISBN 9780899502526.
- ^ a b Aaker, Everett (2017-05-16). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-4766-2856-1.
- ^ a b Magers, Boyd. "Do You Remember... "The Texan"". www.westernclippings.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "The Texan DVD news: Announcement for the Texan - the Best of | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ^ "Dan Spiegle".