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Starring Nick Adams as Johnny Yuma
Season 2 (ABC) (1960-61)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti, Boyce Hart, James Beer, Duke Fenady
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https:// us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

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ABC Sundays 9:00-9:30 PM Eastern

2.01 [37] The Rebel: JOHNNY YUMA AT APPOMATTOX
18-Sep-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
George Macready ............... Gen. Robert E. Lee
Ed Nelson ..................... Doug
William Bryant ................ Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
J. Pat O'Malley ............... McCune
Albert J. Fenady .............. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Teddy Rooney .................. Jimmy
Lynn Shubert .................. Penny
Harry Whisner ................. Archie
William Harlow ................ Bud
Synopsis:
General Grant pays a postwar visit to the South and Johnny tells young Jimmy the story of Lee's surrender.

2.02 [38] The Rebel: THE BEQUEST
25-Sep-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Elisha Cook, Jr. .............. Jeremy Hake
John Carradine ................ Elmer Dodson
Natalie Masters ............... Ma Silver
John Pickard .................. Sheriff Cahill
Ross Sturlin .................. Joe Redfern
Robert Swan ................... Cleve Redfern
Synopsis:
Johnny Yuma, after the reward money on killer Jeremy Hake, returns to his home town. But Johnny's old
buddies turn their backs on him for becoming just another bounty hunter.

2.03 [39] The Rebel: THE CHAMP
02-Oct-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Michael Ansara ................ Docker Mason
Ed Kemmer ..................... Jake Wiley
Chuck Hicks ................... the Frontier Kid
William Harlow ................ Ace Linhart
Eric Alden .................... Sheriff
Synopsis:
Yuma runs into Docker Mason, an old Army buddy who is now a broken-down prizefighter. It seems that Docker is
taking the punches but Jake Wiley, his manager, is taking most of the purse for himself.

2.04 [40] The Rebel: THE WAITING
09-Oct-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Claude Akins .................. Tom Hall
Joan Evans .................... Cassie
Harry Whisner ................. Mike
William Bryant ................ Sheriff Stroud
Ross Sturlin .................. the Yellow Sky Kid
Synopsis:
Yuma enters a saloon and finds three people inside: Mike the bartender, a bounty hunter named Tom Hall, and Cassie,
a barmaid whose fugitive husband is the man Hall is looking for.

2.05 [41] The Rebel: TO SEE THE ELEPHANT
16-Oct-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Mark Goddard .................. Seldon Hollingsworth
Ron Soble ..................... Josiah Boyd
Ken Mayer ..................... Bull Hollingsworth
Judith Rawlings ............... Mavis
Ellen Corby ................... Carfie Blyden
Synopsis:
Rancher Bull Hollingsworth commissions Yuma to make a man out of his
sheltered son, Seldon. Among other things, Seldon gets lessons in gunplay.

2.06 [42] The Rebel: DEATHWATCH
23-Oct-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
James Best .................... Abel Waares
Frank Silvera ................. Cora
Rocky Ybarras ................. Ignacio
Don Carlos .................... Torres
Synopsis:
Looking for water, Johnny stumbles into the desert camp of sheepman Abel Waares. The the two of them are joined by
three Mexicans who tell Waares they want his sheep off the range by dawn.

2.07 [43] The Rebel: RUN, KILLER, RUN
30-Oct-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Richard Jaeckel ............... Traskel
Ed Nelson ..................... Stalker
John Pickard .................. Sheriff Pruett
William Harlow ................ Jed Morgan
Synopsis:
Riding through brush country, Yuma is confronted by a fugitive named Traskel, who pulls his gun and makes Johnny
trade horses.

2.08 [44] The Rebel: THE HUNTED
06-Nov-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Leonard Nimoy ................. Jim Colburn
Arline Sax .................... Mrs. Keller
Yale Wexler ................... Keller
Dorothy Adams ................. Mrs. Colburn
Nick Dennis ................... Trapper
Morgan Sha'an ................. Deputy
Joe Dominguez ................. Garcia
Len Weinrib ................... Sheriff
Tina Menard ................... Elena
Synopsis:
Jim Colburn, sentenced to hang for murder, escapes from jail and a posse sets out to get him. Meanwhile, a telegram arrives, proving him innocent.

2.09 [45] The Rebel: THE LEGACY
13-Nov-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Jon Lormer .................... Judge Ricker
James Chandler ................ Sheriff Ricker
Paul Picerni .................. Lee Ricker
Robert Hutton ................. Prosecutor Ricker
Synopsis:
Yuma gets framed on a murder charge, but that is not the half of it. The man who set up the frame is the trial judge,
the prosecutor and sheriff are his sons, and so is the defense lawyer.

2.10 [46] The Rebel: DON GRINGO
20-Nov-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Gigi Perreau .................. Senorira Demetria
Rosa Turich ................... Dona Theresa
Eugene Iglesias ............... Don Rolando
Edgar Barrier ................. Don Diego
Ed Coch ....................... Padre
Synopsis:
Senorita Demetria is being escorted to meet her prospective bridegroom, Don Rolando, but Indians ambush the party
and Demetris is the sole survivor. Yuma comes along and offers to escort her to Yuma.

2.11 [47] The Rebel: EXPLOSION
27-Nov-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
L.Q. Jones .................... Roy
Denny Niles ................... Walt
Douglas Spencer ............... Joe
Ross Elliott .................. Sheriff
Synopsis:
A bandit named Roy shoots a man down while looting a stagecoach. But Roy doesn't get away, Yuma catches him in the act.

2.12 [48] The Rebel: VINDICATION
04-Dec-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
James Drury ................... Capt. Paul Travers
Martha Vickers ................ Agnes Boley
William Bryant ................ Sam Boley
Dan Sheridan .................. Jess Hosmer
Synopsis:
Yuma loses his horse and gear in an Indian attack, but is picked up by a passing stage and taken to a relay station.
There Capt. Paul Travers, a blind man, tells Johnny he was attacked at the same spot.

2.13 [49] The Rebel: THE SCALP HUNTER
11-Dec-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
John Dehner ................... Uncle John Sims
Earl Parker ................... Masi
Hal Needham ................... Apaches
Ross Sturlin .................. Apaches
Synopsis:
Uncle John Sims arrives in time to save Johnny from a couple of Apache bandits. Then Sims asks Johnny's help.
He believes a renegade Indian named Masi slew his wife, and he is out to track him down.

2.14 [50] The Rebel: BERSERK
18-Dec-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Tom Drake ..................... Sheriff Matt Dunsen
Dan Barton .................... Frank Maggio
Arthur Peterson, Jr. .......... Doc Jones
George Becwar ................. Stevens
K.T. Stevens .................. Mrs. Dunsen
Synopsis:
Yuma is passing through a frontier town and decides to pay a visit to Sheriff Matt Dunsen, his old Army C.O. Matt
shows up with two bodies - one of them his son Garth.

2.15 [51] The Rebel: THE HOPE CHEST
25-Dec-1960 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
William Demarest .............. Ulysses Bowman
Soupy Sales ................... Myers
Cathy O'Donnell ............... Felicity Bowman
William Harlow ................ Burke
Synopsis:
Ulysses Bowman is rescued from an ambush by Yuma's timely arrival. He is so grateful, he even says that Johnny can
marry his daughter. Soupy Sales plays a great part as a deranged dimwitted hillbilly.

2.16 [52] The Rebel: THE LIBERATORS
01-Jan-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Nico Minardos ................. Comandante
Joan Vohs ..................... Bless Stelling
ody Warner ................... Hope Stelling
Nick Dennis ................... Greco
Synopsis:
Yuma comes into a small town and finds it deserted. It looks like a hasty evacuation. The saloon is empty and
half-consumed drinks are still on the bar.

2.17 [53] The Rebel: THE GUARD
08-Jan-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Ed Nelson ..................... Clint Mowbree
Dee Pollock ................... Charles Mowbree
William Phipps ................ Ben Mowbree
Allen Kramer .................. Jake
Synopsis:
Clint Mowbree is all shook up when he learns that Yuma~s coming to town. When Yuma was a prisoner of war,
Clint had tortured him.

2.18 [54] The Rebel: THE PROMISE
15-Jan-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Gigi Perreau .................. Laurie
Peter Whitney ................. Hobie Kincaid
Richard Hartunian ............. Billy Joe Kincaid
John Gentry ................... Frank Hawkins
Victor Izay ................... Abel Hawkins
Synopsis:
Yuma has some belongings to give to Laurie, the daughter of a deceased war buddy. Yuma finds her, but she is now a
bonded servant, scheduled to marry gunslinger Billy Joe Kincaid against her wishes.

2.19 [55] The Rebel: JERKWATER
22-Jan-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
John Dehner ................... John Sims
John Marley ................... George Campbell
George Becwar ................. Dainer
Charles Cason ................. Smith
Synopsis:
In a small town, Yuma gets into an argument about the Civil War.The next thing he knows, he is shooting in self-defense.
When the smoke clears, George Campbell, son of the town's leading citizen, lies dead, and Johnny is badly wounded.

2.20 [56] The Rebel: PAPERBACK HERO
29-Jan-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Virginia Gregg ................ Emily Stevens
Robert Palmer ................. Jack Slater
Daniel White .................. Corby
Robert Diamond ................ Jody
Synopsis:
Newspaperwoman Emily Stevens becomes impressed when Johnny Yuma turns the tables on a bully named Jack Slater.

2.21 [57] The Rebel: THE ACTRESS
05-Feb-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Virginia Field ................ Lotta Langley
Sandra Knight ................. Ruth Revere
Vic Perrin .................... Will Arvid
Robert L. Hickman ............. Deputy
Synopsis:
Johnny Yuma moseys into town one day and meets actress Lotta Langley. Lotta offers Johnny a part in her play.

2.22 [58] The Rebel: THE THREAT
12-Feb-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Aladdin Pallante .............. Ambrose Pack
Trevor Bardette ............... Sheriff Ike Howard
Richard Bakalyan .............. Bart Vogan
Red Morgan .................... Garth
Charles Heard ................. Gillette
Ben Wright .................... Eberhart
Synopsis:
Yuma visits the cattle town of Rescue, New Mexico, and finds the townsfolk paralyzed by fear. They've been told by
Bart Vogan and his henchmen that Indians will shortly attack.

2.23 [59] The Rebel: THE ROAD TO JERICHO
19-Feb-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Robert Middleton .............. Sutro
Warren Stevens ................ Christopher Portal
Synopsis:
Yuma finds a man named Sutro staked to an ant hill in the desert. After he frees the poor wretch, Johnny discovers Sutro's
personal code calls from his to serve Yuma until he has repaid the debt.

2.24 [60] The Rebel: THE LAST DRINK
26-Feb-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Tom Drake ..................... Dawes
Jack Chaplain ................. Eddie
Synopsis:
Yuma's teenage cousin Eddie years to be a gunslinger. Seeking vocational guidance, he starts hanging around with
a professional gunman named Dawes.
Synopsis 2:
Johnny's teen-age cousin Eddie yearns to be a gunslinger. In search of vocational guidance, he starts hanging
around with a professional gunman. [JB]
(Synd. Rerun Sun 26Jan 64 KMSP-9 Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN 9:30 p.m. CST)

2.25 [61] The Rebel: THE BURYING OF SAMMY HART
05-Mar-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Iron Eyes Cody ................ Sammy Hart
George D. Wallace ............. Aaron Wallace
Eugene Martin ................. Billy Wallace
Peggy Stewart ................. Sarah Wallace
Synopsis:
Aaron Wallace's son Billy has disappeared into the hills with and old Redskin named Sammy Hart. Aaron is heading
for town to report the kidnaping when he meets Johnny Yuma.

2.26 [62] The Rebel: THE PIT
12-Mar-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Olive Sturgess ................ Charity
Myron Healey .................. McGowan
Sheldon Allman ................ Hunk
Ralph Reed .................... Slip
Synopsis:
A Woman named Charity engages Yuma to escort her and her infant son to a village where she hopes to find her
missing husband. When Johnny inquires among the townspeople about the man, he is greeted with complete silence.
(Synd. rerun KTUL-8 (ABC) Tulsa, OK Sat 19Apr63 9:30 p.m. CST) [JB]

2.27 [63] The Rebel: SHRIEK OF SILENCE
19-Mar-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Tommy Nolan .................. Paul [BH]
Yvette Vickers ................ Nancy
Jack Lester ................... Warren
Anna Karen .................... Mrs. Warren
Frank De Kova ................. Sturgis
Synopsis:
Yuma tries to care for the mute son of a man he killed in a fair fight. But the boy retains a natural hostility
toward his father's slayer.

2.28 [64] The Rebel: TWO WEEKS
26-Mar-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Frank Overton ................. John Gait
Jamie Farr .................... Pooch
Shirley Ballard ............... Ann Gait
Synopsis:
Yuma plays poker for curious stakes. If he loses, he becomes John Galt's prisoner for two weeks.

2.29 [65] The Rebel: MIZ PURDY
02-Apr-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Patricia Breslin .............. Elizabeth Purdy
Jason Evers ................... George Tess
Ken Mayer ..................... Preacher
Red Morgan .................... Jack Tarr
Ross Sturlin .................. Mexican
Synopsis:
Liz Purdy levels a shotgun at Johnny when he rides up to request a drink of water. It seems there have been some
raids by outlaws in the area, and she thinks that he is one of the gang.

2.30 [66] The Rebel: THE BALLAD OF DANNY BROWN
09-Apr-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Tex Ritter .................... Marshal
Gail Kobe ..................... Emily
Stephen Joyce ................. Isham
William Bryant ................ Danny Brown
Synopsis:
Johnny Yuma arrives in Shady Grove to find the citizens preparing a hostile welcome home for ex-convict Danny Brown.
Figuring that Brown has paid his debt to society, Johnny decides to join Danny's girl Emily in a friendlier greeting.

2.31 [67] The Rebel: THE PROXY
16-Apr-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Vic Damone .................... Wilkerson
Royal Dano .................... Crowe
Synopsis:
Yuma and two volunteers named Wilkers and Crowe are hot after a banker who went south of the border with his depositors'
savings. Johnny seems to be the only one interested in justice as Wilkers wants to kill the man and Crowe is after the money.

2.32 [68] The Rebel: DECISION AT SWEETWATER
23-Apr-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Yvette Vickers ................ Catherine
William Phipps ................ Mr. Bishop
Sally Bliss ................... Mrs. Bishop
Donald Losby .................. Rodney
Donald Buka ................... Jess Gait
Herman Rudin .................. Bull
Bruno Ve Sota ................. Jim
Synopsis:
Out to waylay a gold shipment, Jess Gait and his henchmen hold up a stage on which Yuma is a passenger. Finding no gold,
the frustrated outlaws don't want to leave empty handed, so they decide to kidnap a passenger.

2.33 [69] The Rebel: HELPING HAND
30-Apr-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Leif Erickson ................. Dave
Jack Elam ..................... Uncle Luce
Eddie Ryder
Synopsis:
Yuma and his mount are looking forward to a cool drink at the water hole. But two gents named Dave and Uncle Luce are
having a knock-down, drag-out battle.

2.34 [70] The Rebel: THE UNCOURAGEOUS
07-May-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
George Dolenz ................. Juan Amontillo
Eugene Iglesias ............... Felipe
Renata Vanni .................. Rosa
Maria Val ..................... Maria
Synopsis:
Yuma is on a round up in Mexico when he accidentally shoots young Felipe Amontillo. As he tends the boy~s wound, Johnny
learns he is the son of a famous matador, Juan Arnontillo, and the Felipe is in disfavor at home because he can't match
his father's bravery.

2.35 [71] The Rebel: MISSION--VARINA
14-May-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Frieda Inescort ............... Varina Davis
William Schallert ............. Ashbaugh
Synopsis:
After the Civil War, Jefferson Davis is released from prison, and his wife Varina asks Yuma and three other ex-Rebel
soldiers to escort him to Richmond. At the rendezvous point, Yuma finds that two of the men haven't shown up and the third
intends to assassinate Davis.

2.36 [72] The Rebel: THE CALLEY KID
21-May-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Richard Bakalyan .............. the Calley Kid
Michael Vandever .............. Wood
Synopsis:
Bushwacked on the trail, Yuma awakens to discover his attacker has stripped him of his horse, guns and personal belongings.
Tracking the mysterious assailant, Yuma runs across a dying lawman who says he was shot by the notorious Calley Kid.

2.37 [73] The Rebel: BEN WHITE
28-May-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Mary Murphy ................... T
Charles Aidman ................ Ben White
Bruno Ve Sota ................. Basto
William Henry ................. Ab Jason
Synopsis:
U.S. Marshal Ab Jason deputizes Yuma to take one member of an outlaw gang to jail while he goes after the others.
Yuma's prisoner is a girl known only as T, and she doesn't intend to go to jail.

2.38 [74] The Rebel: THE FOUND
04-Jun-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Lorrie Richards (born: Peggy Campbell) ........ Sally [BH]
Karl Held ..................... Danny
George Sawaya ................. Grooder
Synopsis:
Yuma comes upon a girl named Sally who is alone and about to give birth to a child. Yuma helps deliver the baby,
and then finds himself held at gunpoint by Danny, the child's father.

2.39 [75] The Rebel: THE HOSTAGE
11-Jun-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Lon McCallister ............... Coley Wilks
Jean Inness ................... Martha Randall
Corey Allen ................... Yancey Dagger
Stephen Joyce ................. Frank Dagger
Edward Kemmer ................. Jesse Wilks
Aladdin Pallante .............. Judge Baylon
Synopsis:
Frank Dagget is in jail and sentenced to hang, but his brother Yancey has a plan to free him. Yancey kidnaps Jess Wilks,
the sheriff's brother, and proposes and exchange of prisoners.

2.40 [76] The Rebel: THE EXECUTIONER (final episode of "The Rebel")
18-Jun-1961 ABC Sun
Starring: Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma)
Guest Cast:
Terry Moore ................... Janice
Barry Atwater ................. Chief Leblanc
Ken Mayer ..................... Andrews
Charles Aidman ................ Ferguson
Arthur Peterson ............... Sheriff
Synopsis:
Two of Chief Leblanc's braves have been killed and the chief has three hostages he plans to kill in reprisal. Yuma points
out that three for two is not a fair exchange, and the chief readily agrees. He tells Yuma to select the two who are to die.
Synopsis 2:
Chief Leblanc holds three hostages he wants to kill in reprisal for the deaths of two of his braves. [JB]
(Synd. Rerun Sun 8Mar 64 KMSP-9 (ABC) Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN 9:30 p.m. CST).

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