Maverick – Season 1

Season 1 (Episode 27)

Air Date: 13 April 1958

Writer: Montgomery Pittman

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Adele Mara (June Mundy), Joi Lansing (Doll Hayes), Myron Healey (Jim Mundy), Frank Ferguson (Sheriff Bill McPeters), Bing Russell (Russ Aikens), Frances Morris (Mrs. Pierce), Ron Hayes (Max Evers), Herb Lytton (Dr. Teller), Guy Wilkerson (Cecil Mason), Terry Rangno (Grady Lester), Gerald Mohr (Doc. Holliday)

Notable Guest Stars

Frank Ferguson

Ron Hayes

Myron Healey

Bing Russell

Episode Notes

• Featured Mavericks: Bret and Bart
• Town: Bonita
• Business: Branding Iron Saloon; Bonita Bank & Trust Co.
• Location: Bonita Social Hall

Season 1 (Episode 26)

Air Date: 30 March 1958

Writer: Douglas Heyes

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Nancy Gates (Laura Stanton), Robert Lowery (Paul Asher), Claude Akins (Paisley Briggs), Charles Cooper (Phillip Stanton), Saundra Edwards (Lettie), Raymond Hatton (Stableman)

Notable Guest Stars

Claude Akins

Production Notes

• James Garner does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart
• Town: Denver

Season 1 (Episode 25)

Air Date: 16 March 1958

Teleplay: Marion Hargrove

Story: Howard Browne

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Hans Conried (Homer Eakins), Will Wright (General Eakins), Theona Bryan (Cousin Hope), John Vivyan (Cousin Millard), Jane Darwell (Mrs. Knowles), George O’Hanlon (Cousin Elmo), Edith Leslie (Cousin Elizabeth), Charles Bateman (Cousin Jeff), Emory Parnell (Cousin Lonnie), Harry Harvey, Sr. (Cousin Seeby), Dan Sheridan (Luther), Jimmy Horan (Cousin Pliney), David McMahon (Sheriff)

Notable Guest Stars

Charles Bateman

Hans Conried

Jane Darwell

John Vivyan

Will Wright

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick) introduces this episode and narrates part of it

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Location: Black Fire Ranch

Season 1 (Episode 24)

Air Date: 9 March 1958

Writer: Douglas Heyes

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Leo Gordon (Mike McComb)

Guest Stars
Ruta Lee (Dolly Muldoon), Joan Weldon (Grace Wheeler), Jay Novello (Paco Torres), Rico Alaniz (Fernando), Gene Iglesias (Ricardo), Nacho Galinda (Chucho Morales), Roberto Contreras (Alfredo), Manuel Lopez (Diego), Jorge Moreno (Ubaldo)

Notable Guest Stars

Roberto Contreras

Ruta Lee

Jay Novello

Production Notes

• James Garner does not appear in this episode
• Song: Virtue is It’s Own Reward by Douglas Heyes and Jack O’Brien
• Song: Balada a la Luna by Eugene Iglesias

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart

Season 1 (Episode 23)

Air Date: 2 March 1958

Teleplay: Russell Hughes

Story: Howard Browne

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Dianne Brewster (Samantha Crawford)

Guest Stars
Sam Buffington (Logan), James Philbrook (Sloan), Myrna Dell (Anita), Joe Perry (Pritchard), Byron Foulger (Hotel Clerk), Damian O’Flynn (Mr. Tabor), Francis De Sales (Mr. Gilling), Bob Steele (Wells), Sydney Mason (Mr. Lockridge), Charles Quigley (Mr. Banning), Jay Joslyn (Mr. Fayette)

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Towns: Kansas City; Spearville; Deadwood

Season 1 (Episode 22)

Air Date: 23 February 1958

Teleplay: Russell Hughes

Story: Howard Browne

Director: Gordon Douglas

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Gerald Mohr (Johnny Bolero), Joanna Barnes (Mrs. Baxter), Douglas Kennedy (Connors), Whitney Blake (Letty French), Phillip Terry (Chick Braus), Syd Sailor (Depot Master)

Notable Guest Stars

Joanna Barnes

Douglas Kennedy

Gerald Mohr

Production Notes

• James Garner (as Bret Maverick) introduces this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart

Season 1 (Episode 21)

Air Date: 16 February 1958

Teleplay: Gene Levitt

Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Dandy Jim Buckley)

Guest Stars
Aline Towne (Laura Miller), Gene Nelson (Jim Hazlit), Charles Fredericks (Jessie Hayden), Don Kelly (Jett), Paul Fierro (Miguel), Paul Savage (Tall Man), Russ Bender (Doctor), James Hope (Lieutenant), Mike Ragan (1st Johnny Reb)

Notable Guest Stars

Gene Nelson

Henry Wills

Production Notes

• Based on a Story by Joseph Chadwick

Episode Notes

• Featured Mavericks: Bret and Bart
• Town: Little Bend, Texas

Season 1 (Episode 20)

Air Date: 9 February 1958

Writer: Gerald Drayson Adams

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Diane Brewster (Samantha Crawford)

Guest Stars
Peter Whitney (Gunnerson), Thurston Hall (Judge), Stanley Andrews (Sheriff Galt), John Dodsworth (Clayton Palmer)

Notable Guest Stars

Peter Whitney

Production Notes

• James Garner (as Bret Maverick) introduces the episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart
• Town: Grand Ile

Season 1 (Episode 19)

Air Date: 2 February 1958

Writer: Carey Wilbur

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Jean Willes (Lil), Mort Mills (Red Scanlon), Tod Griffin (Jack Wade), Willard Sage (George Buckner), Virginia Gregg (Amy Hardie), Russ Thorsen (Marshal Walt Hardie), Jon Lormer (Somers), Murvyn Vye (Gus Wilson), James McCallion (Charlie), Morgan Sha’an (Slim)

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret (narrates at the beginning)
• Town: Kiowa City

Season 1 (Episode 18)

Air Date: 26 January 1958

Teleplay: Marion Hargrove

Story: Roy Huggins

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Jacqueline Beer (Henriette), Fredd Wayne (Kingsley), Lili Valenti (Madame), Sig Ruman (Capt. Steeger), William Forrest (Roland), Otto Waldis (Scharff), Robert Fairfax (Shelbourne), Carlyle Mitchell (General Marvin), Leela Bliss (Mrs. Shelbourne), Katherine Barrett (Mrs. Kingsley), Patrick Whyte (Selby), I. Stanford Jolley (McClure), Terrence DeMarney (Murphy), Paul Power (Pyne)

Production Notes

• James Garner (as Bret Maverick) introduces this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart (narrates part of this episode)
• Cities: San Francisco; New Orleans
• Business: Safe Harbor Hotel (San Francisco)

Season 1 (Episode 17)

Air Date: 19 January 1958

Teleplay: R. Wright Campbell

Story: Robert Ormond Case

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Will Wright (Jabe Hallock), Joan Marshall (Lucy Sutter), William Reynolds (Bill Gregg), Tol Avery (John Sloan), Hugh Sanders (Blaine), Frank Cady (Hamelin), Don Beddoe (Price), George O’Hanlon (Caldwell), Emile Meyer (Pike), Harry Harvey Sr. (Store Owner), Harry Chesire (Judge), Tom Monroe (Slim), Ken Christy (Sheriff), Donald Kirke (First Juror), Robert Lynn (Doctor)

Notable Guest Stars

Frank Cady

Will Wright

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret

Season 1 (Episode 16)

Air Date: 12 January 1958

Teleplay: Marion Hargrove

Story: Roy Huggins

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
John Russell (John Grimes), Catharine McLeod (Margaret Ross), Gage Clarke (Bradshaw), Russ Conway (Sheriff), Lewis Martin (Andrew Wiggans), Jonathan Hole (Desk Clerk), William Forrest (Laramie Banker)

Notable Guest Stars

John Russell

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• This story takes place over a period of about ten weeks
• Towns: Denver; Laramie; North Span (Montana)