Cheyenne – Season 1

Season 1 (Episode 15)

Air Date: 29 May 1956

Writers: Jack De Witt and Howard Browne

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Barbara Lawrence (Lola), James Garner (Rev. Bret), Barbara Eiler (Ruth), Gordon Jones (C.R. Tatum), Lane Bradford (O’Neill), Paul Savage (Deputy Orville Jones), Paul Sorenson (Jud Lawrence), Stan Jones (Sheriff), Lester Johnson (Frank Perry)

Notable Guest Stars

James Garner

Barbara Lawrence

Episode Notes

• Locations: Lone Butte; White Bluff

Season 1 (Episode 14)

Air Date: 15 May 1956

Writer: Dean Riesner

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Penny Edwards (Molly Crowley), Carlos Rivas (Johnny Bravo), Harry Shannon (Matt Crowley), Mort Mills (Ben Taggart), Charles Horvath (Emmett), Nancy Kulp (Waitress), Gil Perkins (Mingo), Howard Negley (Sheriff Wade), Harry Harvey Sr. (Tom Lovelace), Bob Jellison (Little Man), Margarita Martin (Tamale Woman)

Notable Guest Stars

Nancy Kulp

Mort Mills

Carlos Rivas

Production Notes

• From a Story by Roy Huggins and Den Riesner

Episode Notes

• Location: Circle M Ranch

Season 1 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 1 May 1956

Writer: Roy Huggins

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Adele Mara (Claire Du Pas), Don Megowan (Sheriff Wes Garth), Ian Wolf (Charles Peabody), Morris Ankrum (John Clements), William Phipps (Jim Clements)

Notable Guest Stars

Adele Mara

Don Megowan

Production Notes

• Original Story by Douglas Heyes and Roy Huggins

Season 1 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 17 April 1956

Writer: James Gunn

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Peggie Castle (Mississippi), Carl Esmond (Col. Picard), Ralph Moody (Pele), Karen Kadler (Isabella), Edward Colmans (Manuel), Mel Wells (Bolados), Roger Etienne (Lt. Beauclerc), Pepe Hern (Ricardo), Tom Hernandez (Ramon), Tim Graham (Piano Player)

Notable Guest Stars

Peggie Castle

Production Notes

• Song: Fare Thee Well (18th Century English Folk Ballad)

Episode Notes

• Cheyenne narrates at the beginning of this episode.
• Town: Rio Hondo, Mexico

Season 1 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 3 April 1956

Writers: Dean Riesner and N.B. Stone

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Dennis Hopper (Utah Kid), John Alderson (Beef Simpkins), Wright King (Frank Endicott), Peggy Webber (Ella McIntyre), S. Thomas Duggan (Jeffry Billings), Norman Frederic (Yellow Knife), Mary Flynn (Lavinia Billings), Charles Hall (Kevin), Frank McGrath (John Pike)

Notable Guest Stars

John Alderson

Dennis Hopper

Production Notes

• From a Story by Roy Huggins and N.B. Stone

Season 1 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 10 March 1956

Writer: Kenneth Higgins

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Lois Collier (Ruth McKeever), Trevor Bardette (Ed McKeever), Stephanie Griffin (Jenny McKeever), Lane Bradford (Sgt. Baker), Harry Lauter (Private Ryan), Russell Hicks (Col. Kilrain), Henry Rowland (Morgan), William Erwin (Poinsett), John Close (Griffin), Marjorie Stapp (Betty Baker)

Notable Guest Stars

Trevor Bardette

Production Notes

• From a Screenplay by James R. Webb (The Charge at Feather River [1953])

Season 1 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 21 February 1956

Writer: D.D. Beauchamp

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Gerald Mohr (Pat Keogh), Douglas Fowley (Pritchard), Steve Darrell (Earl), Joel Ashley (Clayton), Dawn Richard (Millie), Helene Marshall (Joan), Sam Flint (Roberts), John Cliff (Turner), David Alpert (Chad)

Notable Guest Stars

Douglas Fowley

Gerald Mohr

Production Notes

• From a Story by Douglas Heyes
• Songs: Aura Lea (American Civil War song by W. W. Fosdick [lyrics] and George R. Poulton [music]); Oh My Darling, Clementine (Credited to Percy Montrose [1884])

Episode Notes

• Town: Red Rock

Season 1 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 7 February 1956

Writers: Wright Campbell and Dean Riesner

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Beverly Michaels (Sheila Dembro), Barton MacLane (Martin Storm), Regis Toomey (John Dembro), Anne Whitfield (Johnny Dembro), Paul Burns (Marty), Mickey Simpson (Swallow), Howard Negley (Jeffries), Lane Bradford (Hadley)

Notable Guest Stars

Barton MacLane

Season 1 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 24 January 1956

Writer: Dean Riesner

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Richard Denning (Capt. Quinlan), James Garner (Lt. Lee Rogers), Nancy Hale (Ann Saunders), Clegg Hoyt (Sgt. Beaugard), Terry Frost (Sgt. Short)

Notable Guest Stars

Richard Denning

James Garner

Michael Landon

Ray Teal

Production Notes

• From a Story by Roy Huggins
• Guest stars Ray Teal (Major Heffler) and Michael Landon (Trooper) are uncredited

Episode Notes

• Locations: Fort Wilderness and Fort McKay

Season 1 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 3 January 1956

Writer: Kenneth Huggins

Story: Walter Doniger

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
James Gleason (Pop Keith), Diane Brewster (Mary Keith), Robert Armstrong (Marshall Merrick), Morris Ankrum (Ed Roden, Sr.), Gregory Walcott (Lou Gray), Joseph Breen (Dan Roden), Robert Carson (Newcombe)

Notable Guest Stars

James Gleason

Gregory Walcott

Production Notes

• From a Screenplay by Walter Doniger and S. Lewis Meltzer – Along the Great Divide (1951).  Morris Ankrum played the same role in both productions.

Season 1 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 13 December 1955

Teleplay: R. Wright Campbell

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Doris Dowling (Cora Culver), Onslow Stevens (Judge Dana Culver), Leo Gordon (George MacDonald), Jack Pepper (Whiskey), Dubb Taylor (Hoyt), Tom Brown Henry (Editor)

Notable Guest Stars

Leo Gordon

Dubb Taylor

Production Notes

• From a Story by Douglas Heyes

Editor Notes

• Town: Prairie Springs

Season 1 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 22 November 1955

Teleplay: Clark E. Reynolds and Dean Riesner

Story: Clark E. Reynolds

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
L.Q. Jones (Smitty)

Guest Stars
Adele Mara (Sarita), Lisa Montell (Rosa), Myron Healey (Carl Thompson), Richard Reeves (Bartow), Eugene Iglesias (Alfredo), James Burke (Buckshot), Edward Colmans (Carlos), Martin Garralago (Mr. Delgado)