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Train (1957-65) starring Robert Horton (exit 1962)
A Man Called Shenandoah (1965-66)
Episode Guide compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti, Louis H. Allgood
references:
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A MAN CALLED SHENANDOAH
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Bronze Enterprises
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television
for
ABC (Mondays 9:00pm EST)
Created by Executive Producer E. Jack Neuman
Produced by Fred Freiberger
US Western series 1965-66 34 episodes x 30 min bw
Starring
Robert Horton
as Shenandoah
After the Civil War an amnesia victim seeks his true identity.
Robert Horton had previously played scout Flint McCullough
in the western series
Wagon Train (1957-62)
In 1969 he starred in two pilot tv movies made in the UK
for a series that never materialised
"The Spy Killer" and "Foreign Exchange" both co-starring
Sebastian Cabot and Jill St John.
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ABC Mondays 9:00pm Eastern
1.1 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE ONSLAUGHT
no. 8026
13Sep65
Written by: Norman Katkov from a story by E. Jack Neuman.
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Beverly Garland ............... Kate
Noah Keen ..................... Dr. Maghee
Richard Devon ................. Lloyd Fitts
Robert Foulk .................. Milt
Steve Gravers ................. Carl
A stranger is shot and left to die on the prairie. When he is found and brought
to the nearest town by two
bounty hunters in the hopes of a reward, the Doctor who treats him discovers the
man has no memory and gives
him the name "Shenandoah," which means, "land of silence." Nursed back to health
with the help of a saloon girl,
he is forced into a gunfight and kills the one person who could have told him
who he is.
1.2 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: SURVIVAL
no. 8001
20Sep65
Produced & Written by: E. Jack Nueman.
Directed by Boris Sagal
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Jeanne Cooper ................. Bess
John Davis Chandler ........... Cassidy
Dennis Patrick ................ Red
John Anderson ................. Sheriff Haley
Adam Williams ................. Tate
Shenandoah buys a horse from a women in a remote cabin, but when he rides into
the nearest town he finds
himself accused of her murder. He must defy a lynch mob to force a showdown and
prove his innocence.
1.3 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE FORT
no. 8004
27Sep65
Written by Sam Ross
Directed by Don McDougall
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Edward Binns .................. Major Morrison
Warren Oates .................. Sergeant Ryder
Milton Selzer ................. Captain Crowell
An army post sergeant answers Shenandoah’s ad offering a reward for anyone who
recognizes his picture.
But when he arrives at the fort, Shenandoah finds the sergeant condemned to a
firing squad and himself
arrested as an accomplice and sentenced to a firing squad by an unbalanced Army
Major.
1.4 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE CALLER
no. 8009
11Oct65
Written by Dan Mainwaring
Directed by David Alexander
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Cloris Leachman
David Sheiner
Kent Smith
Katie Sweet
Shenandoah is arrested for murder and the only witness is the victim’s young
daughter who has been shocked
speechless by the crime. Not only can the child clear Shenandoah, she might also
be able to provide him
with a clue to his identity.
1.5 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE DEBT
no. 8032
18Oct65
Written by Jack Turley
Directed by John English
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Charles McGraw ................ Sheriff Hobbs
Paul Carr ..................... Billy Claymoor
Whit Bissell .................. Henry Claymoor
Dean Stanton .................. Quince Logan
Gregg Palmer
Ken Mayer
Joe Perry
Shenandoah is attacked by a man who claims that Shenandoah was a Union officer
who killed his brother during
the war. The sheriff throws the boy in jail for him to cool off, but the boys
father hires a gunman to
kill Shenandoah.
1.6 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: O'BION--1866
no. 8029
25Oct65
Written by Robert C. Dennis
Directed by Harry Harris
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Claude Akins .................. Fordy Brown
James Griffith ................ Andrews
Robert G. Anderson ............ Sheriff
Ken Lynch ..................... Nester
At a railroad station, a salesman flees in terror after spotting Shenandoah
arrive. When Shenandoah finally
tracks him down, the man confesses that he is the former sheriff of the town of
Obion and through cowardice
allowed a friend of Shenandoah's to be killed. Shenandoah journey's to Obion,
only to find it now a ghost town.
1.7 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE VERDICT
no. 8031
1Nov65
Written by Dan Ullman
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Edward Asner .................. Sam Chance
Bruce Dern .................... Bobby Ballantine
Harry Townes .................. Dr. Stanton
Bill Zuckert .................. Williams
Richard Carlyle ............... Parks
Tom Greenway .................. Marshal
James Gavin ................... Ferguson
Bing Russell .................. Clem
Robert S. Carson .............. Judge
A thief kills the town marshal in an attempt to escape after a robbery. However
Shenandoah shoots him down
and then protects him from a lynch mob.
1.8 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: TOWN ON FIRE
no. 8039
8Nov65
Written by Robert Hamner
Directed by Nathan Juran
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Elinor Donahue ................ Julie Wade
Don Megowan ................... Johnny Kyle
Henry Jones ................... Arnold Shaw
Simon Scott
Warren Kemmerling
An ex-convict has promised to kill the founder of Wade City and burn the town
down. The only two men who
are willing to stop him are Shenandoah and a broken down doctor, who must
protect the Wade's daughter
who was critically injured in the first assault.
1.9 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: INCIDENT AT DRY CREEK
no. 8028
15Nov65
Written by Antony Ellis
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Leif Erickson ................. Sheriff Dan Grier
Michael Burns
Nina Shipman
Kelly Thordsen
Shenandoah becomes a deputy in a gold strike town, where several of his
predecessors have already been killed.
While making his rounds one night, Shenandoah fires at a prowler and appears to
have shot an unarmed youth.
1.10 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE LOCKET
no. 8037
22Nov65
Written by Samuel A. Peeples
Directed by Harry Harris
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Martin Landau ................. Jace Miller
Trevor Bardette ............... the Trader
Mort Mills .................... Sheriff
Chris Alcaide ................. Frank Abbott
Shenandoah is searching for a fugitive who may have a clue to his identity, but
he must find him before
a bounty hunter who plans to shoot the wanted man on sight.
1.11 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE REWARD
no. 8036
29Nov65
Written by Robert C. Dennis
Directed by Nathan Juran
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Kevin Hagen ................... Pike
Karen Steele .................. Naomi
Lloyd Bochner ................. Murray
Hank Patterson ................ Godey
Walter Sande .................. Sheriff Jack Beal
Kate Murtagh .................. Maude
Lyle Sudrow ................... Harve
After someone takes a shot at him, Shenandoah learns there is a price on his
head of $500, dead or alive.
He soon learns that the local beauty's former beau doesn't like competition.
1.12 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: SPECIAL TALENT FOR KILLING
6Dec65
Written by Robert Hamner
Directed by Harry Harris
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Madlyn Rhue ................... Ann Clayton
George Kennedy ................ Mitchell
James Frawley ................. Luther Hayes
Willard Sage .................. Eldon Bennett
In a nearly deserted mining town, Shenandoah gets a decidedly hostile reception.
1.13 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE SIEGE
13Dec65
Written by Robert C. Dennis
Directed by Jud Taylor
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Charles Aidman ................ Andrew Stiles
Malcolm Atterbury ............. Judge Evans
Hal Baylor .................... Driscoll
George Mitchell ............... Billings
Charles Briggs
Joyce Van Patten
Harlan Warde
Brondan Dillon
Lorette Strome.
An angry hotel owner accuses Shenandoah of once skipping out on a large hotel
bill. Shenandoah agrees
to pay the man, if he will return his belongings. In the bedroll, Shenandoah
finds a letter from a woman
he believes is his wife.
1.14 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE BELL
no. 8022
20Dec65
Written by Terence & Joan Maples
Directed by David Alexander
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Nehemiah Persoff .............. Father Rodriguez
Arthur Batanides .............. Larson
Robert Sorrells ............... Rafferty
Jim Boles ..................... Clay
Meg Wyllie .................... Mrs. Clay
Shenandoah helps a Spanish priest transport a huge bell across the desert to his
village. Two gunmen
try to steal the bell believing it to be made from Aztec gold.
1.15 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE YOUNG OUTLAW
no. 8019
27Dec65
Written by Frank Gruber
Directed by Don McDougall
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
John Dehner ................... Moberly
Bob Random .................... Tommy
John Milford .................. Pendleton
Myron Healey .................. Colt
A teenager, determined to join up with an outlaw gang, attempts to rob
Shenandoah. The outlaws apparent
cowardice when confronted with his death, turns the youth around.
1.16 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE ACCUSED
no. 8035
03Jan66
Written by Herman Groves & Joseph Calvelli from a story by Herman Groves
Directed by Byron Paul
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Albert Salmi .................. Will Turner
Fay Spain ..................... Millie Turner
Gregory Walcott ............... Marshal
Ed Peck
Bart Burns
Russell Collins ............... Clerk
Rick Sorensen
Barry Brooks
Russ Whiteman
A local marshal informs Shenandoah and his drovers that their pay hasn’t
arrived, and he will hold Shenandoah
responsible for any trouble.
1.17 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: RUN, KILLER, RUN
no. 8033
10Jan66
Written by Paul Savage
Directed by Nathan Juran
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Sally Kellerman ............... Phil Bartlett
Leonard Nimoy ................. Del Hillman
Sandy Kenyon .................. Matthew Crawson
Roy Barcroft .................. Drew Narramore
James Seay .................... Doctor
Charles Horvath
While working for a riverboat in Galveston, Shenandoah becomes the target of a
hired killer.
1.18 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: ROPE'S END
no. 8043
17Jan66
Written by Dan Ullman
Directed by Virgil Vogel
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Michael Ansara ................ Adam Lloyd
Susan Oliver .................. Virginia Harvey
L.Q. Jones .................... Ben Lloyd
Russell Thorson ............... Judge Harvey
Vic Perrin .................... Station Master
Fred Lerner
Jon Locke
While waiting at a stagecoach station for a judge who may have a clue to his
identity, Shenandoah
encounters two gunmen also waiting for the judge, but to kill him.
1.19 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE LOST DIABLO
24Jan66
Written by Samuel A. Peeples
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Robert Loggia ................. Manuel Rojas
James Gregory ................. Jake Roberts
Than Wyenn .................... Nacho
Susan Bay ..................... Conchita Roberts
A key to a safe deposit box leads Shenandoah to a town, a treasure map, and a
former partner who once
tried to kill him. In spite of that, they form a partnership to find the long
lost treasure.
1.20 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: A LONG WAY HOME
no. 8051
31Jan66
Written by Robert Hamner
Directed by Lewis Allen
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Geraldine Brooks .............. Angie Brewster
Lyle Bettger .................. Sheriff
Ron Hayes ..................... Jamie Brewster
William Quinn ................. Doctor
John D. Reilly ................ Jamie Brewster, Jr.
Quentin Sondergaard ........... Deputy
A fleeing bank robber recognizes and tries to kill Shenandoah, even though it
may mean he will be captured.
Realizing the man may know his identity, Shenandoah joins the posse in pursuit
of the outlaw.
1.21 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: END OF A LEGEND
no. 8058
7Feb66
Written by Robert Hamner
Directed by Jud Taylor
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Gail Kobe ..................... Ellie
Karl Swenson .................. Sheriff Ben Garrett
J.D. Cannon ................... Jason Brewster
Alfred Shelly ................. Clerk
John Damler ................... Bartender
Lucille Curtis
A sheriff tries to stop Shenandoah from finding an aging gunfighter who he
doesn’t want to be bothered by
young gunslingers out to make a reputation for themselves. Shenandoah recalls
that he was forced to kill
the mans younger brother.
1.22 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: RUN AND HIDE
no. 8048
14Feb66
Written by Robert C. Dennis
Directed by Tom Gries
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Andrew Duggan ................. Harley Kern
Lynn Loring ................... Jocelyn
Frank Marth ................... Doctor
Lane Bradford ................. Arch
Berkeley Harris ............... Tad Kern
Shenandoah tries to find the killer of a man’s son, before his bloodthirsty
posse does.
1.23 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE RILEY BRAND
no. 8057
21Feb66
Written by Charles Hoffman
Directed by Jud Taylor
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Joanna Pettet ................. Rulia Riley
Warren Stevens ................ Jared Abel
DeForest Kelley ............... Egan
A faded brand on his saddle leads Shenandoah to the Riley ranch. The wealthy
ranch owner is convinced
that Shenandoah is her long-lost brother who was captured in an Indian raid many
years before. However
her foreman decides Shenandoah must die so that he can take over the ranch.
1.24 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: MUTED FIFES, MUFFLED DRUMS
no. 8062
28Feb66
Written by Robert Hamner
Directed by Jud Taylor
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Norman Fell ................... Capt. Arnold Dudley
Anne Helm ..................... Christie Dudley
Michael Witney ................ Sergeant MacDonald
John Cliff .................... Jim Scully
Larry Thor .................... Doctor
Gregory Morton ................ Colonel
An old army photograph identifies Shenandoah as a man who deserted his troops
during an Indian attach.
1.25 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: PLUNDER
no. 8054
7Mar66
Written by Dan Ullman
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Pat Hingle .................... Tenney
Paul Fix ...................... Sam Winters
Jan Shepard ................... Ann Winters
Mark Allen .................... Man with Rifle
Shenandoah attempts to find an ex-convict who may have a clue to his past, but
the man is also being sought
by his former partners in crime and the law.
1.26 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: MARLEE
no. 8065
14Mar66
Written by Adrian Spies
Directed by Jud Taylor
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
John Ireland .................. Sheriff Vernon Cole
Nina Foch ..................... Marlee Cole
Rikki Stevens ................. Louise
James Griffith ................ Smithy
Shenandoah hopes that a woman in an old photograph might be able to identify
him, but she lives in
seclusion, protected by her husband, the town sheriff.
1.27 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE DEATH OF MATTHEW ELDRIDGE
no. 8049
21Mar66
Written by Paul Savage
Directed by Joseph Lewis
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Douglas V. Fowley ............. Gil Harden
Louise Latham ................. Cora Eldridge
Woodrow Parfrey ............... Cliff Eldridge
Gregory Walcott ............... Sheriff Healy
Byron Morrow .................. Matthew Eldridge
When Shenandoah rides into the small town of Eldrigeville, LA, he finds himself
confronted with a
four-year-old murder charge for killing the town’s founder, Matthew Eldridge.
1.28 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: ACES AND KINGS
no. 8067
28Mar66
Written by Robert Hamner
Directed by Jud Taylor
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Antoinette Bower .............. Lila Morgan
Bert Freed .................... Sheriff Wade
Steve Brodie .................. Gilbert Benteen
Strother Martin
When a saloon girl shows great interest in Shenandoah’s ring, her cardsharp
boyfriend attempts to get it for her.
1.29 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE IMPOSTER
no. 8068
4Apr66
Written by Dan Ullman
Directed by Nathan Juran
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Jay C. Flippen ................ Andrew O'Rourke
Fred Beir ..................... Tim O'Rourke
Juliet Mills .................. Paula
Ernest Sarracino .............. Dr. Mendoza
Robert Cornthwaite
John Lormer
Sara Tast
Shenandoah learns that he may be the disinherited son of a wealthy cattleman who
is now dying. The man's daughter,
knowing that Shenandoah is not the missing so, pleads with him to stay until her
father regains his health.
In the meantime the real son arrives and believes Shenandoah is trying to steal
his inheritance.
1.30 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: AN UNFAMILIAR TUNE
no. 8060
11Apr66
Written by Theodore Apstein & Tony Barrett
Directed by Tom Gries
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Diana Hyland .................. Nancy Pruitt
Harold J. Stone ............... Jason Pruitt
Herb Vigran ................... Judge
Tom O'Leary
Brain Nash
Read Morgan
Tim Herbert
An aging husband suspects that Shenandoah is his young wife’s former boyfriend.
The young wife seems
to recognize the tune Shenandoah is whistling.
1.31 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: THE CLOWN
no. 8070
18Apr66
Written by Ed Adamson
Directed by Nathan Juran
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Frank Gorshin ................. Otto
Arthur O'Connell .............. Professor
Paul Birch .................... Farrell
Amber Flower .................. Little Girl
Chester Hayes ................. Man
A circus clown stops his performance and flees when he spots Shenandoah in the
audience.
1.32 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: REQUIEM FOR THE SECOND
no. 8071
2May66
Written by Robert Hamner
Directed by Murray Golden
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Martin Milner ................. Neal Henderson
Ross Elliott .................. Sheriff
John Cliff .................... Jim Scully
Maurine Dawson ................ Ellen
Jason Wingreen ................ Hotel Clerk
Shenandoah and a bounty hunter track down a former Army officer accused of
desertion.
1.33 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: CARE OF GENERAL DELIVERY
no. 8066
9May66
Written by Ed Adamson
Directed by Nathan Juran
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Jeanette Nolan ................ Matilda Coleman
John Mcintire ................. Simon
Charles Seel .................. Enoch
James Doohan .................. Cousin Howard
Anne Loos ..................... Sarah
George Selk ................... Pierson
Shenandoah is trying to find a writer, whose forwarding address is a small town
in Texas, but the
postmistress claims never to have heard of the man, although Shenandoah has
traced a monthly check
that is delivered to the man to this town, care of "General Delivery." This
episode also 'reunited'
Robert Horton and John McIntire from "Wagon Train".
1.34 [--] A Man Called Shenandoah: MACAULEY'S CURE
(final episode)
no. 8072
16May66
Written by Robert Hamner & Ed Adamson
Directed by Murray Golden
Starring: Robert Horton (as Shenandoah)
Guest Cast:
Gary Merrill .................. Sheriff Ben Sumner
Eduard Franz .................. Dr. Joshua Macauley
Virginia Christine ............ Fran Macauley
Richard Cutting ............... Townsman
A doctor known for his work with the human mind agrees to try to help
Shenandoah, but the town
sheriff warns the doctor not to take the case.
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