"having died in 1986 from heart problems. John McIntire John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many more television series. McIntire is best known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as the star of NBC's ""Wagon Train"". He played Christopher Hale, the leader of the wagon train (and successor to Bond's character, Seth Adams) from early 1961 to the series' end in 1965. He also replaced Charles Bickford, upon Bickford's death in 1967, as ranch owner Clay Grainger (brother"
"which he was atypically cast as Captain La Hire, ""Rio Bravo"" (1959), and Raoul Walsh's 1930 widescreen wagon train epic ""The Big Trail"", which also featured John Wayne's first leading role. Bond later starred in the popular series ""Wagon Train"" from 1957 until his death. ""Wagon Train"" was inspired by the 1950 film ""Wagon Master"", in which Bond also appeared. ""Wagon Master"" was influenced by the earlier ""The Big Trail"". For ""Wagon Train"", Bond was assigned the lead role of the crusty but compassionate Major Seth Adams, the trail master. Bond specifically requested Terry Wilson for the role of assistant"
"Cotton Bowl (which ended in a scoreless tie). In addition, since Bond was only the star of ""Wagon Train"" and not a producer, he was not responsible for casting. Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and the NBC television series ""Wagon Train"" from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert, the cop, in Frank Capra's ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's ""The Searchers"" (1956). Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. Benkelman"
"Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and the NBC television series ""Wagon Train"" from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert, the cop, in Frank Capra's ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's ""The Searchers"" (1956). Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. Benkelman is a small town located in the southwestern corner of the state near the Kansas and Colorado state lines. The Bond family, John W., Mabel L., and sister Bernice,"
"Terry Wilson (actor) Terry W. Wilson (September 3, 1923 in Huntington Park, California – March 30, 1999 in Canoga Park, California) was an American actor most noted for his role as ""Bill Hawks"", the assistant trail master, in all 267 episodes of the NBC and ABC western television series, ""Wagon Train"", which aired from 1957 to 1965. Wilson appeared in more than thirty-five films and television programs between 1948 and 1981. Many of his early roles were uncredited. On July 2, 1953, he was cast as a stagecoach guard in episode 121, ""Woman from Omaha,"" of ""The Lone Ranger"". In"
"On one of her ""Wagon Train"" episodes, ""Wagons Ho!"" (September 28, 1960), an NBC season premiere, she and Mickey Rooney were cast as a young married couple, Samuel T. and Melanie Evans, with Ellen Corby as Aunt 'Em. Sturgess had to wear the lowest of heels so as not to tower over Rooney, whom she called ""a professional"". Her experience with the short Rooney was the opposite of the 6'4"" Clint Walker in ""Cheyenne"". ""Wagon Train"" star Ward Bond, who died a few weeks after the airing of ""Wagons Ho!"", was in her words ""hard to get to know but"
"and ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" (1974). Most of his acting roles in various movies are uncredited. Daughterty died on March 5, 1993 in Encinitas, California at the age of 82. Herschel Daugherty Herschel Daugherty (October 27, 1910 – March 5, 1993) was an American television and film director and occasional actor. Born in Clarks Hill, Indiana, Daugherty directed various episodes of popular television shows such as ""Gunsmoke"" (1955), ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" (1955), ""Crusader"" (1955), and ""Wagon Train"" (1957). In 1957, he won a Directors Guild of America Award (along with Richard Birnie) for his work on ""General Electric Theater""."
"he guest-starred in ""The Lone Ranger"" in nine episodes, ""Tales of Wells Fargo"" in seven episodes, and ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"" in three episodes. Bob Woodward (actor) Bob Woodward (March 5, 1909 – February 7, 1972) was an American actor of film and television. Born in Oklahoma, Woodward co-starred in the western ""California Mail"" (1936), ""Pioneer Justice"" (1947), ""Range Renegades"" (1948), and ""Junction City"" (1952). Woodward played the role of the stagecoach driver in the two television series, ""The Gene Autry Show"" in 43 episodes (1950–55) and ""Buffalo Bill, Jr."" in 20 episodes (1955-1956). He was cast"
"Bob Woodward (actor) Bob Woodward (March 5, 1909 – February 7, 1972) was an American actor of film and television. Born in Oklahoma, Woodward co-starred in the western ""California Mail"" (1936), ""Pioneer Justice"" (1947), ""Range Renegades"" (1948), and ""Junction City"" (1952). Woodward played the role of the stagecoach driver in the two television series, ""The Gene Autry Show"" in 43 episodes (1950–55) and ""Buffalo Bill, Jr."" in 20 episodes (1955-1956). He was cast as a henchman on the series ""The Range Rider"" in 24 episodes (1951–53). He also appeared in the syndicated series, ""Annie Oakley"". In the 1950s and 1960s,"
"Stanley Adams (actor) Stanley Adams (April 7, 1915 – April 27, 1977) was an American actor and screenwriter. He appeared in many television series and films, notably ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961). Born in New York City, Adams had his first film role playing the bartender in the movie version of ""Death of a Salesman"" (1951). He played another barkeep in ""The Gene Krupa Story"" and a safecracker in Roger Corman's ""High School Big Shot"" (1959). Adams had a lengthy career as a character actor, often playing comic, pompous characters. He is known for playing Cyrano Jones in the """" episode"
"Sid Caesar Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: ""Your Show of Shows"", which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, ""Caesar's Hour"", both of which influenced later generations of comedians. ""Your Show of Shows"" and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between the years 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in movies; he played Coach Calhoun in ""Grease"" (1978) and its sequel ""Grease 2"" (1982) and appeared in the films"
"Train"" star Ward Bond, who played supporting roles in 24 Ford films (and in one TV episode, ""Rookie of the Year""). Filmed in September 1960, it was broadcast 18 days after Bond's sudden death from a heart attack on November 5. Ford's previous TV episode, ""Rookie of the Year"", a December 1955 half-hour installment of the 1955–56 anthology series ""Screen Directors Playhouse"", represents John Wayne's sole starring acting role on television, but Wayne made cameo appearances in ""The Colter Craven Story"" (as one of the key Union Army generals in the Civil War, William Tecumseh Sherman) and, two years later,"
"CBS for two seasons from October 7, 1955 to December 28, 1956. During the 1950s and 1960s, Keith also had guest roles on ""The Ford Television Theatre"", ""Wire Service"", ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", ""Climax!"", ""Zane Grey Theater"", ""Rawhide"", ""Laramie"", ""The Untouchables"", ""The Americans"", ""Outlaws"", ""The Virginian"", ""The Fugitive"", two episodes of ""Wagon Train"", and five episodes of ""77 Sunset Strip"", among many others. In 1960, he won acclaim for his starring role in Sam Peckinpah's extremely hard-bitten, adult, and short-lived series ""The Westerner"" (1960). The following year, Keith appeared as the father of twins in the film ""The Parent Trap"" (1961),"
"(played by actor Richard Kilbride), then ""Cactus Pete"" from 1967 to 1969 (played by Terrance Currier), and ""Sgt. Billy"" (played by actor Bill O'Brien). Rex Trailer's fame, good name, and crowd-pleasing talents made him a dependable draw at his many personal appearances in the area. He was also able to team with a local travel agency in chaperoning children on an annual series of large-scale school-vacation trips to California tourist attractions. Trailer was recognized as a strong advocate for children with disabilities. In 1961, Trailer (and Gold Rush) led an actual wagon train across the state of Massachusetts ending at"
"""Wagon Train"". Falk played the title role of ""Gus"", and Sands was his younger brother, Ethan Morgan. Ethan accidentally shoots wagonmaster Chris Hale, played by John McIntire, while the brothers are in the mountains looking at possible route options. Gus makes the decision to leave Hale behind- even choking him, believing he is dead. Ethan has been overcome with oxygen deprivation and needs Gus' assistance to reach safety down the mountain. Unknown to the Morgans, Hale crawls down the mountain through snow, determined to obtain revenge against Gus. In time, though, Hale comes to understand the difficult choice Morgan had"
"(1947); Soldier in ""Edward II"" (1947); Mr Brudenell in ""The Devil's Disciple"" (1949); Cibber in ""Whirligig"" (1950); ""The Passing Show"" (1951); Rev. Ambrose Wistons in ""The Cathedral"" (1952); ""Sunday Night Theatre"" (1952); Bates in ""The Commonplace Heart"" (1953); Dr Pennington in ""Emergency – Ward 10"" (1958); Second Doctor in The Blood Donor episode of ""Hancock's Half Hour"" (1961); Dr Cranston in ""The Saint"" (1963); Mr Roberts/Allan in ""No Hiding Place"" (1960-1965); Mr Martin/Frank Meek in ""Dixon of Dock Green"" (1956-1969); Thomas Anthem in ""The Fellows (Late of Room 17)"" (1967); Scrophulus in ""Up Pompeii!"" (1970); Member of Parliament in ""Dad's"
"James Garner James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series ""Maverick"" and Jim Rockford in ""The Rockford Files"", and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including ""The Great Escape"" (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's ""The Americanization of Emily"" (1964), ""Grand Prix"" (1966), Blake Edwards' ""Victor/Victoria"" (1982), ""Murphy's Romance"" (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, ""Space Cowboys"" (2000)"
"Center in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Bobby Clark (juvenile actor) Robert Dwain Clark born November 19, 1944 is an American film, television, and stage actor. Probably his longest lasting role was that of Casey Junior in the syndicated 1957-1958 television series, ""Casey Jones"", starring Alan Hale, Jr., in the title role, with supporting cast members Mary Lawrence as Mrs. Jones, Dub Taylor as Fireman Wallie Sims, and Eddy Waller as ""Red Rock"", the train conductor. Clark appeared in the movies ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"", ""Ransom!"", ""Gun Duel in Durango"", ""Rebel in Town"", ""The Happy Road"", ""Bring Your Smile Along"", and"
"the story line, series character Slim Sherman (John Smith) finds an injured kidnap victim in the woods, portrayed by Joan Freeman. Dennis Holmes, as series regular Mike Williams, rides away to seek help, but the kidnappers reclaim the hostage. Slim pursues the kidnappers but is mistaken as a third kidnapper by the girl's father, played by Barton MacLane. Sands plays the girl's boyfriend, who had been ordered by her father to stop seeing her. Later in 1963, Sands made several appearances on ""Wagon Train"" including ""The Davey Baxter Story"", ""The Gus Morgan Story"" (with Peter Falk), and ""The Bob Stuart"
"most dedicated supporters. Sid Caesar Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: ""Your Show of Shows"", which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, ""Caesar's Hour"", both of which influenced later generations of comedians. ""Your Show of Shows"" and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between the years 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in movies; he played Coach Calhoun in ""Grease"" (1978) and its sequel ""Grease 2"" (1982) and appeared"
"Bond, John McIntire, Terry Wilson, and Frank McGrath. He eventually quit the series to pursue a career in musical theater. His role on ""Wagon Train"" role was taken over by Robert Fuller as the scout Cooper Smith, and thereafter the series moved to ABC. Fuller, a veteran of the western series ""Laramie"", resembled Horton, and the two actors coincidentally shared the same birthday, albeit nine years apart. Horton played Drake McHugh, Ronald Reagan's role in the television version of ""Kings Row"" (1955), which also featured Jack Kelly, and ran for seven episodes as part of the ""Warner Bros. Presents"" series,"
"footage be used to expand the episode into a two-part story. The Colter Craven Story ""The Colter Craven Story"" is the November 23, 1960 black-and-white episode of the American television western series, ""Wagon Train"", which had an eight-season run from 1957 to 1965. Presented as the 9th installment of the hour-long program's 4th season, it is the third of four television series episodes directed by filmmaker John Ford, the only four-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Director. Cast with a collection of actors who repeatedly appeared in Ford's films and were known as the John Ford Stock Company,"
"Robert Fuller (actor) Robert Fuller (born Leonard Leroy ""Buddy"" Lee, July 29, 1933), is an American horse rancher and retired actor. He began his career on television, guest-starring primarily on Western programs, while appearing in two movies: ""The Brain from Planet Arous"" and ""Teenage Thunder"" (both in 1957). In his five decades of television, Fuller was known for his deep, raspy voice and was familiar to television viewers throughout the 1960s and 1970s from his co-starring roles as Jess Harper and Cooper Smith on the popular 1960s Western series ""Laramie"" and ""Wagon Train,"" and was also well known for his"
"by Paul Brinegar, formerly the Wishbone character on ""Rawhide"", who then played a cantankerous cook named Jelly Hoskins. Frank McGrath (actor) Benjamin Franklin McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967) was an American television and film actor and stunt performer who played the comical, optimistic cook with the white beard, Charlie B. Wooster, on the western series ""Wagon Train"" for five seasons on NBC and then three seasons on ABC. McGrath appeared in all 272 episodes in the eight seasons of the series, which had ended its run only two years before his death. McGrath's Wooster character hence provided"
"Captain Nathan Brittles. Ford's first film of 1950 was the offbeat military comedy ""When Willie Comes Marching Home"", starring Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet, with William Demarest, from Preston Sturges 'stock company', and early (uncredited) screen appearances by Alan Hale Jr. and Vera Miles. It was followed by ""Wagon Master"", starring Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr, which is particularly noteworthy as the only Ford film since 1930 that he scripted himself. It was subsequently adapted into the long-running TV series ""Wagon Train"" (with Ward Bond reprising the title role until his sudden death in 1960). Although it did far"
"Herschel Daugherty Herschel Daugherty (October 27, 1910 – March 5, 1993) was an American television and film director and occasional actor. Born in Clarks Hill, Indiana, Daugherty directed various episodes of popular television shows such as ""Gunsmoke"" (1955), ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" (1955), ""Crusader"" (1955), and ""Wagon Train"" (1957). In 1957, he won a Directors Guild of America Award (along with Richard Birnie) for his work on ""General Electric Theater"". Daugherty went on to direct episodes of ""Rawhide"" (1959), ""Bonanza"" (1959), ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."" (1964), """" (1966), ""The Time Tunnel"" (1966), ""Hawaii Five-O"" (1968), ""The Smith Family"" (1971–72), ""Emergency!"" (1972)"
"Michael Boatman Michael Patrick Boatman (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his roles as New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"", as U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series ""China Beach"", as 101st Airborne soldier Motown in the Vietnam War movie ""Hamburger Hill"", and as sports agent Stanley Babson in the HBO sitcom ""Arli$$"". Boatman was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Gwendolyn Boatman Pugh, a job supervisor for the handicapped, and Daniel Boatman, an army officer. He was raised in"
"Was Won"". Lambert also appeared in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Rod Cameron's ""State Trooper"", ""Gunsmoke"" (season 4, episode 35, 1959), ""Have Gun - Will Travel"", ""Sugarfoot"", ""Tales of Wells Fargo"", ""Daniel Boone"", ""Wagon Train"", ""Bonanza"", ""Get Smart"" (season 1, episode 18, 1966) and ""The Andy Griffith Show"". From 1959 to 1960, he was a regular cast member (as Joshua Walcek, sometimes called ""Joshua MacGregor""), in 23 of the 42 episodes of the Darren McGavin series, ""Riverboat"". Lambert is often confused with the British character actor who died in 1976 and is credited by the"
"Bobby Clark (juvenile actor) Robert Dwain Clark born November 19, 1944 is an American film, television, and stage actor. Probably his longest lasting role was that of Casey Junior in the syndicated 1957-1958 television series, ""Casey Jones"", starring Alan Hale, Jr., in the title role, with supporting cast members Mary Lawrence as Mrs. Jones, Dub Taylor as Fireman Wallie Sims, and Eddy Waller as ""Red Rock"", the train conductor. Clark appeared in the movies ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"", ""Ransom!"", ""Gun Duel in Durango"", ""Rebel in Town"", ""The Happy Road"", ""Bring Your Smile Along"", and ""The Ten Commandments"". Clark made"
"Sid James Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a South African-born British character and comic actor. Appearing in British films from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950s. His profile was raised as Tony Hancock's co-star in ""Hancock's Half Hour"", first in the radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 1961. Afterwards, he became known as a regular performer in the ""Carry On"" films, appearing in nineteen films of the series, with the top billing role in 17"
"a captain in the Union Army, while Perry had fought for the Confederate States of America. The one-hour black-and-white program was offered at 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesdays opposite NBC's ""Thriller"", hosted by Boris Karloff, and CBS's ""The Red Skelton Show"". Rogers became well-known a dozen years later on ""M*A*S*H"", and Bray later portrayed the forest ranger Corey Stuart on ""Lassie"" from 1964–1969, both on CBS. Child actor Richard Eyer had starred in a number of films in the 1950s, including ""Friendly Persuasion"" and ""Desperate Hours"". ""Stagecoach West"" was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television. It is believed that"
"Parker as Andrews. Buster Keaton's 1927 feature-length comedy masterpiece ""The General"" was also loosely based on the incident. James J. Andrews James J. Andrews (c. 1829 – June 7, 1862) was a Kentucky civilian who worked for the Union Army during the early years of the American Civil War. He led a daring raid behind enemy lines on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, known as the Great Locomotive Chase. The mission failed and Andrews and seven fellow raiders were executed by the Confederates on the charge of spying. Andrews was born in Holiday's Cove, Virginia (now Weirton, West Virginia). He"
"Lee Majors Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary; April 23, 1939) is an American film, television and voice actor. Majors is best known for portraying the characters of Heath Barkley in the American television Western series ""The Big Valley"" (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin in the American television science fiction action series ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" (1973–1978), and Colt Seavers in American television action series"" The Fall Guy"" (1981–1986). Majors was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. His parents, Carl and Alice Yeary, were both killed in separate accidents (prior to his birth and when he was one"