Wichita Town
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| Wichita Town | |
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 Original title card for the series | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 30, 1959 – April 6, 1960 |
Wichita Town is a half-hour
George Neise that aired on NBC from September 30, 1959, until April 6, 1960.[citation needed
]
Joel McCrea played
cattle town of Wichita, Kansas. His deputies were Ben Matheson, played by McCrea's real life son, Jody, and Rico Rodriquez, portrayed by Carlos Romero. Making occasional appearances were the town doctor, Nat Wyndham (played by George Neise), the blacksmith, Aeneas MacLinahan (played by Robert Anderson), and the bartender in the local saloon, Joe Kingston, played in six episodes by Robert Foulk
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The model for shows such as these had already been laid out by other western programs such as Mirisch Company and Joel McCrea's Production company for Four Star Television and aired for a single season.
Guest stars
- Richard Coogan, formerly of NBC's The Californians, was cast as the Reverend Nichols in "The Devil's Choice" (1959).
- Ben Cooper, as Tom Warren in "Passage to the Enemy"
- Dennis Cross, as Fred Keever in "Second Chance" (1960)
- Gene Evans, earlier of My Friend Flicka, as Otis Stockert in "The Frontiersman" (1960)
- Yvonne Lime Fedderson, as Fran in "Biggest Man in Town" (1959)
- Frank Ferguson, as Mayor Eric Holbein in "The Night the Cowboys Roared" (1959) and "The Frontiersman (1960)
- Jock Gaynor's first acting appearance was as Joe Malone in Wichita Town. Later that year he landed a supporting role on another NBC western, Outlaws.
- Ron Hagerthy, formerly of Sky King, as Tod in "Biggest Man in Town" (1959)
- Ron Hayes, as Scotty in the episode "Sidekicks"
- I. Stanford Jolley, as Smokey, and John McIntire, as Frank Matheson prior to his Chris Hale starring role in Wagon Train, were cast together in the episode "Paid in Full".
- Keith Larsen, star of NBC's Northwest Passage, appeared on Wichita Town in the role of the Indian, Blue Raven, in "Seed of Hate" (1960).
- Nan Leslie, formerly of NBC's The Californians, cast on Wichita Town as Margaret Cook in "Day of Battle" (1959)
- Suzanne Lloyd, as Laura in "Afternoon in Town" and "Sidekicks" (1960)
- Mort Mills, as Pete Bennett in "Man on the Hill" (1959)
- John M. Pickard, formerly of Boots and Saddles, appeared twice in episodes "Wyndham's Way" and as a character named Bain in the episode "Second Chance".
- Robert F. Simon, as Walt McCloud in "Second Chance"
References
- McNeil, Alex. ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ISBN 0-345-42923-0
External links
- Wichita Town at IMDb
