CTVA US Western - "Wagon Train" (Revue/NBC/ABC)(1957-65)

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The Classic TV Archive - TV Western series

A Man Called Shenandoah (MGM/ABC) (1965-66) starring Robert Horton
The Oregon Trail  (Universal/NBC)(pilot 1976- series fall 1977) Rod Taylor, Darleen Carr, Andrew Stevens
Wagon Train (1957-65)
(reruns syndicated as "Trailmaster")
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Louis H. Allgood, Sal Crisanti, Rina Fox, James Beer

references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

Leslie Halliwell's Television Companion

Wagon Train (season 1) (NBC) (1957-1958) (60 min)(bw) Ward Bond, Robert Horton
Wagon Train (season 2) (NBC) (1958-1959) (60 min)(bw) Ward Bond, Robert Horton
Wagon Train (season 3) (NBC) (1959-1960) (60 min)(bw) Ward Bond, Robert Horton
Wagon Train (season 4) (NBC) (1960-1961) (60 min)(bw) Ward Bond, Robert Horton
Wagon Train (season 5) (NBC) (1961-1962) (60 min)(bw) Ward Bond/ John McIntire, Robert Horton
Wagon Train (season 6) (ABC) (1962-1963)  (60 min)(bw) John McIntire
Wagon Train (season 7) (ABC) (1963-1964) (90 min)(color) John McIntire, Robert Fuller
Wagon Train (season 8) (ABC) (1964-1965) (60 min)(bw) John McIntire, Robert Fuller

Revue Studios/ MCA tv Exclusive Distributors
for
NBC (1957-62)(Wednesdays 7:30pm EST)
ABC (1962-63) (Wednesdays 7:30 pm EST) (60min)
ABC (1963-64) (Mondays 8:30 - 10:00 pm EST (90 min)
ABC (1964-65) (Sundays 7:30 pm EST (60.min)
Produced by
Howard Christie

US Western series 1957-65 total 284 episodes:-
seasons 1-6 226 eps x 60m bw
season 7 1963-64 32 eps x 90m color
season 8 1964-65 26 eps x 60m bw

Many season 3 episodes (1959-60) aired in UK a couple of days before
they were shown in the USA
starring
Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams (wagonmaster) (1957-61) (18Sep57-08Mar61)
Robert Horton as Flint McCullough (scout) (1957-62) (18Sep57-end season 5)

Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster (cook) (1957-65) 9/18/57 to end of series 5/2/65
Terry Wilson as Bill Hawks (scout) (1957-65) 1960 - end of series 5/2/65

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John McIntire as Chris Hale (1961-65)
(Wagonmaster after death of Ward Bond) 3/15/61-end of series 5/2/65
Robert Fuller as Cooper Smith (scout) (1963-65)(90-minute color episodes)
(in one episode they mentioned that his full name was James Fennimore Cooper Smith)
1963/64 season to end of series
Denny "Scott" Miller as Duke Shannon (Scout) (1961-64) 4/26/61 through 1963/64 season
Michael Burns as Barnaby West (1963-65) 6/3/63 to end

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Directors Included:
Richard Bartlett,Earl Bellamy,Tay Garnett, R.G. Springsteen, Virgil W. Vogel, William Witney [SC]
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Writers Included:
Gene L. Coon, John Mc Greevey, Norman Jolley, Dwight Newton, Aaron Spelling, Leo Townsend [SC]
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Stunts:
Paul Baxley, John Day, Fred Graham, Carol Henry, Ted Mapes, Boyd 'Red'Morgan,
Ronnie Rondell, Dale Van Sickel, Jesse Wayne, Henry Wills, Terry Wilson [SC]
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Locations Included:
Iverson Ranch, Republic Backlot And Western Street, Red Rock Canyon,
Cantil, California, Thousand Oaks, California [SC]
Universal Studios lot and western street, the series was filmed there in seasons 3-8. [JB]
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"Wagon Train" theme song"
(later episodes used a different-instrumental theme)
Roll along Wagon Train.

Rollin over prairie where there ain’t no grass,
Rollin over mountain where there ain’t no pass.
Sittin on a board eye in the weather,
Prayin to the Lord we stay together
Side by side on the Wagon Train.

 Roll along Wagon Train.

Pickin up a passenger in every town,
Wonderin if he’s ever gonna shoot you down.
Lookin for a pal, ain’t it a pity,
Lookin for a gal, needn’t be pretty
If she’ll ride on the Wagon Train.
Wagons ho!

Gotta keep em on the run.
Time to go! And follow the sun.
Roll along Wagon Train.

Never had a cabin near a general store,
Only had a wagon and a forty four.
Sittin on a board. Eyein the weather
Prayin to the Lord we stay together
Side by side on the Wagon Train.

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