I was born in 1966 so I dont have any real-time memories of Wagon Train but I am a huge history buff in both the reality of history AND the portrayal of history like the behind the scenes info on the making of shows such as Wagon Train, Laramie, Death Valley Days, Wanted Dead or Alive, the Rifleman, etc. The Duke Shannon Story. He passed away from a massive heart attack in a hotel room in Dallas after attending a football game. Ep 605 - The John Augustus Story. This episode is also one of several from 1962 that highlight the stark difference between the character of Chris Hale and his predecessor Major Seth Adams. - Frontier Doctor Like a great many Aussies of my age bracket (I was born in 1947), I share a love of old American movies and early TV, so it is always a thrill when I hear from someone who actually knew some of my heroes and heroines of those bygone days. This week I have been watching the Beth Pearson Story also, looking for any visible indications of issues with Ward Bonds health. If you want to know what it was like on the prairie watch this. He was one of the best stuntmen that ever lived. Paramount Network Has Already Given the Green Light to Season 4 of 'Yellowstone', Milburn Stone Aka "Doc" Didn't Leave 'Gunsmoke' by Choice. I believe Bob Fuller had his own or was on some sport fishing shows about 20 year ago. I just play myself., Robert Horton told WC, Terry and I played football against each other in high school. He signed a movie contract at MGM after his screen test was directed by George Cukor and appeared in an uncredited role in the Frank Sinatra drama Some Came Running (1958). I never watched every episode in its entirety. Ward Bond died of a heart attack while the Wagon Train was still on its fourth season. Jeanette followed him seven years later. In his senior year, while working as a furniture mover to pay for school, Denny was discovered on Sunset Boulevard by a talent agent, who signed him with MGM. Wow, small world! - Judge Roy Bean Just now read your reply. Terry gave freely of his information about how to do the technique of stunt fighting. At his own request there was no funeral and his remains were quietly cremated. S4 E30: With his clever tall tales, old prospector Henry Shannon talks Charlie Wooster into coming with him to search for a gold mine. You made me laugh. I am 73, so I was a youngster when the western era of TV shows was in full swing especially at Warner Bros. As well as Wagon Train there wasMaverick, Cheyenne, Sugarfoot, Rawhide, and heaps more. Though Emily has a small storyline on the series, her role was diminished and eventually stopped appearing on Wagon Train altogether. He was 80. . a search to bring the two old fools back. Miller starred as Edgar Rice Burroughs lord of the jungle in the low-budget Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), a remake of the 1932 classic that starred Olympic gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller. Miller did guest spots on a number of television series, such as Northwest Passage and Overland Trail. As a young man he served 15 months in Korea during the conflict there. On the first episode of wagon train Bill Hawks and his wife were going to California. - Colt .45 passes away after he and Charlie have escaped out a back entrance, the elder - Wild Wild West Why did Robert Horton leave the show wagon train?In his six decades of television, Horton, who became known for his voice, was most noted for his role as the. In 1960, the 26-year-old Miller appeared as Wilkie, the son of a powerful rancher, in the "License to Kill" episode of Laramie. If you're a Wagon Train fan and don't understand the reason . Obviously, there is a lot of trick photography and the use of illusion, editing and substitution in the picture business, but the end result nearly always is worth the subterfuge. However, because producing color episodes was very expensive, many believe the change was merely a cost saving effort. Your email address will not be published. - Buckskin Wagon Train followed the trials and tribulations of pioneering families as they set out from St. Joseph, MO, to carve out a new life in the west soon after the Civil War. Miller appeared over three seasons in more than 100 episodes of Wagon Train, which aired on NBC and ABC from 1957 to 1965. At the beginning of the show's run in 1957, the character of Bill Hawks was a smaller one, and he was actually a guest passenger on the wagon train. spouses, not even a steady girlfriend among them. After the cancellation of Wagon Train in 1965, Miller starred as Mike McCluskey on the NBC sitcom Mona McCluskey. - Buffalo Bill Jr. I only met them that one time but they could not have been nicer. Id never heard of it before and started watching it and The Rifleman because they follow Gunsmoke and Bonanza. - Whispering Smith when he is brought back to camp, but when the others learn that he is They stuck together very, very closely. - Sky King - Dundee and the Culhane Presumably, reaching San Francisco and concluding the trek was a logical way to wind up the series. Why did Robert Fuller leave wagon train? Although Lee Marvin was strongly considered as the new stern-ordering wagonmaster after Bond died, producers rethought the series and on March 16, 61, three weeks after Bonds final appearance, 54 year old seasoned John McIntire quietly stepped into the role of wagon I believe it is first and foremost an industry that entertains, so that suits an elderly fan like me right down to the ground. But I disagree that they never reached their destination. it was empty. - Trackdown It was at University High School in Los Angeles where Denny and Kent came to the attention of coach John Wooden. - Roy Rogers Show See production, box office & company info, Revue Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. A minor actress named Kay Stewart popped up in eleven episodes from 1958 to 1964, playing eleven different women. What is particularly interesting is the fact the show cracked its top position after the series suffered a crippling setback, the death of Ward Bond on November 5, 1960. [JB] 6.5 [194] Wagon Train: THE JOHN AUGUSTUS STORY 17-Oct-1962 ABC Wed Teleplay and Story by . - Archives, Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins anywhere personally. Santa Monica, attended USC for two years, and then worked as a seaman traveling In 1965-66 he starred (as Denny again) with Juliet Prowse in Mona McCluskey (1965). Robert Fuller (1933 ) 60 episodes (1959-65) Fuller (arrowed) inGentlemen Prefer Blondes(1953). - Law of the Plainsman After deserting his wagon train and leaving his passengers to die of thirst, Wagon Master Fenton Canaby turns himself in to Chris Hale, who tries to keep his identity a secret until he can turn . years, he played the Gorton's Fisherman in TV commercials.[1]. Wagon Train is an American Western television series that was produced by Revue Studios. Duke Shannon : Looks like the dog's not the only one that's taking a liking to Bill. i watch Wagon Train every day along with every other "major" western that was on 65 years ago. Irene Windust as Charity Harris in Season 3, Episode 15 of 'Wagon Train'. Scott (Denny) Miller as Duke Shannon 6.1 [190] Wagon Train: THE WAGON TRAIN MUTINY 19-Sep-1962 ABC Wed Written by Norman Jolley Directed by Virgil Vogel Music Score: Jerry Goldsmith . John McIntyre (1907-91) 152 episodes (1959-65) John & his wife Jeanette Nolan. Only two are alive today. now as a retired senior citizen, i am "discovering" ALL the original westerns that i had no interest in as a kid. Season 2, the series has depicted the orphaned McCullough as having been raised . I had no idea you were an American, Mike. He was one of the best.. His first appearance was with Ward Bond wagon master Major Seth Adams which aired January 25, 1961. protection year-round. He graduated high school in Interestingly, four episodes written for Bond were given to Horton. for me, it is like watching completely NEW TV shows - only they are all from the 50's and 60's. Growing up with my grandparents, I was subjected to my Nanas crush on Raymond Burr. Newcomer John McIntire gets two origin-story episodes in One of my earliest heroes was Robert Horton as Flint McCullough, Sandra. Alan, your breadth of knowledge is amazing! Denny Scott Miller (born Dennis Linn Miller; April 25, 1934 September 9, 2014) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his regular role as Duke Shannon on Wagon Train, his guest-starring appearances on Gilligan's Island and Charlie's Angels, and his 1959 film role as Tarzan. It fell to Terry to inform John Wayne of Bonds sudden death in 1960. This turn of events leaves Duke without a family, and Hawks and He and John Wayne were USC room-mates as young men and it was the Duke who convinced him to go into acting. After that he did guest spots on a number of TV series, finally becoming a regular on Wagon Train (1957) as Duke Shannon (his name was then Scott Miller). Wagon Train went to colour briefly in the fifth season (1961-2) in order to promote RCAs (the parent company)colour TV sets. - Stagecoach West Christopher Hale, noted wagon master, they urge him to rescue them from He died of a heart attack in November 1960 in a hotel . A native of Bloomington, Indiana,[1] the 6'4' Miller was a basketball player for the UCLA Bruins at UCLA, where his father was a physical education instructor. John McIntire was brought in to replace the actor, acting as a new wagon master. others had learned that their parent company had assigned notorious wagon Now, nothing on TV except all these Reality type shows, and most of them are so awful, so unreal, so scriptednever fell in to that trap thank goodness. Emily Hawks was played by Irene Windust, who was also billed under her maiden name, which was Corlett. In its 5th season (Sept. 27, 61 to June 13, 62) Wagon Train entered the #1 position in the Nielsen ratings. Im guessing it might of been Robert Fuller In Florida, who was/is a sport fisherman. Miller became the first blond Tarzan in Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), a cheapie/quickie which lifted most of its footage from earlier Johnny Weissmuller movies. Attempts to settle down and give up their traveling are foiled. Though they have committed no murder, they seem sentenced like the Biblical Be sure to look for them! - Davy Crockett This may help to explain why she was able to play two separate characters on the show. Such a structure allowed the scriptwriters to not totally rely on the regular cast but ensured them a wide scope for stories which, more often than not, revolved around the guest star characters. Compartilhar isto. His death was a great loss to the show, but John McIntire stepped in admirably. Back in 1950, John Ford directed the Western drama "Wagon Master" about two young cowhands (Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr.) who join a Mormon wagon train traveling to Utah. I cant pick a favorite between the two but if I absolutely had to, Id go with McIntire. While scouting for the wagon train, Charlie Wooster and Duke Shannon come upon a large and mysterious estate in the middle of nowhere. this have a soap opera-ish flavor, never mind the contradiction that McCullough That same house front is disguised as the business of the Princess when McCullough goes to visit on his way to a fort and, it is also the place where the elderly woman is shot and left for dead by the barn when McCullough finds her. Featuring Ernest Borgnine. Why did Robert Fuller leave wagon train? No wonder the Nebraska native would become best buddies with John Wayne. He wished to work more in musical theater. Simply a matter of opinion I guess. Sept. 11 was a tragic date in American history long before the terrorist attacks of 2001. - Shotgun Slade From his origin story during In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), he was in the male chorus line and danced with Marilyn Monroe. Wilson said of McIntire, You can tell by the way he sits a horse hes our kind of guy.. Story" (May 31, 1961) in which Hale's wife Janet (played by McIntire's From 1957 until 1965 the prairie schooners of TVs Wagon Train series rolled over 284 episodes. Glad to find for your site Ill check in again! (Notice Im just a few years older than you so they are still actresses) For singing actors my favorite is Le Miserables. Fuller was the best cowboy actor during the 1950s-60s because of the little things he did such as how to handle a horse and gun. I never saw the final episodes. Alan, I came across your blog after watching The Story of Captain Sam today on METV. Evidently, they did arrive at their destinations occasionally. not agree with forcing civilians to serve a military cause against their will. He never was a rodeo rider, but did personal appearances at rodeos as you correctly observed where he showed off his excellent horsemanship and shooting skills. - Cimarron Strip Families, presented with a viewing choice, chose the comedies and Wagon Train quietly slid out of the Top 30. Millions of Americans tuned in every week to watch Major Seth Adams guide his wagon train across the west, despite the fact that it never reached its destination even though it was on the trail for eight long years. An old con man trys to fleece the wagon train members of money by pretending to be a preacher trying to raise funds to build a church. Ward Bond was a well-known face to movie-goers. Montana where his lawyer father told him tales of the many Native American Me to they were a good dual and should have not been replaced Horton and Bond the best. And btw, who do you all like better as Wagon Master? Like you, I grew up with all those shows (except Bronco) and they were part of the reason why I fell in love with TV and movies. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Though Emily has a small storyline on . In Seasons 5 and 6, Bill states that he has never been married, and the storyline from the first season involving Emily Hawks is not referenced. On Sept. 11, 1857, a Mormon militia in southern Utah seized a wagon train from Arkansas and brutally . - Maverick I dont think that I missed many episodes, while I was growing up. I stopped watching when Ward Bond died and Robert Horton left the series. However, McIntyre did such a good job as Christopher Hale, the new wagon train boss, that he would later be earmarked to succeed the late Charles Bickford as the patriarch in another popular series The Virginian. 3rd in the series. These experiences would He was an Appaloosa named Stormy Night. In WCs opinion what made Wagon Train work was Hortons relationship with Bond. When both he and Ward Bond were no longer in the show I tended to lose interest in it. Thankyou, Sandra. He was one of only two characters who stayed on the series for all eight seasons, as Wagon Train focused on a semi-anthology format. . It explains how Duke became a scout for Wagon Train. officer and chairman of the board at Universal) in The Duke Shannon Story. Denny Miller was Duke Shannon in the series from 1964-7 (seasons five through seven), but in 1965 he landed the role of Juliet Prowses husband in the sitcom Mona McCluskey and left Wagon Train to play it. Unless the information is volunteered I am usually left assuming. - Sugarfoot He only made a few appearances on TV in a career that did not amount to much. Love the show, love the cast. - Sgt. Also, while I was eating, in the Boca Mall, in a Mexican restaurant, I saw and said hello, to either Fuller or Horton,cant remember which one. Sadly, she died in 1968 aged just 51. One of the good guys. - Man Without a Gun When Hawks finds out about this, he rides out after the two men With his clever tall tales, old prospector Henry Shannon talks Charlie Wooster into coming with him to search for a gold mine. - Grizzly Adams His first appearance was with Ward Bond wagon master Major Seth Adams which aired January 25, 1961. McCullough has his saint-like reverence for Bridger shattered because he does He is seen here at lower left next to Frank. They were both so nice great people. They were certainly great years to grow up in. I stand corrected on this issue, AGAIN, Cindy. - Guns of Will Sonnett Terry Wilson became my friend and buddy and guided me through it. ward bond played in its a most wonderful life christmas movie. An Interview With As for Santon, I would imagine he was dubbed, although that is only a guess. 1961 constitute a deliberate effort by the show's producers to rebuild the Whether this was a move on the producers and MCA-Revues part to get a better deal from ABC (which due to its last place status may have been willing to give Wagon Train a better deal) is unclear. McCullough Come to think of it, Warners shaped my entire childhood 77 Sunset Strip, Surfside Six, Hawaiian Eye, you name it, that studio dominated TV for a couple of decades. - The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Great to see him as different characters and appreciate his smooth, easy style. The strapping 6-foot-4 Miller, who played basketball at UCLA for legendary coach John Wooden in the 1950s, also is known for his role as Western movie actor Wyoming Bill Kelso in the delightful 1968 Peter Sellers comedy The Party, directed by Blake Edwards. Miller wrote an autobiography titled Didn't You Used to BeWhat's His Name? The Miller brothers played together at UCLA for one year, and their father joined the faculty of UCLA. - The Lone Ranger Today, I flatly refuse to watch ANY reality show. - Tate We ended up facing each other, both on our knees, too weak to stand up, but still strong enough to punch each other. He passed away from a massive heart attack in a hotel room in Dallas after attending a football game. - Wanted Dead or Alive - Elfego Baca Other than this movie he was almost exclusively a television actor for nearly 50 years. His film career included roles in Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961), and the part of "Wyoming" Bill Kelso in The Party (1968), which he remembered as the part he most enjoyed. Terry Wilson (1923-99) 267 episodes (1957-65). They were polar opposites in background, politics, and life, as well as on the show. When they fail to return to the wagon train, Cooper Smith sets out to find them. I stand corrected. leaders he met as commissioner of Indian affairs. - Young Maverick In Season 1, Bill and his wife, Emily Hawks, travel on the wagon train. - Archives, Silent Western Reviews Took a much-needed break to do some fun research. I record the series on MeTV, and I saved that episode. And why was Denny Miller not in it? Wagon Train, a fusion of the popular Western genre and the weekly star vehicle, premiered on Wednesday nights, 7:30-8:30 P.M. in September 1957 on NBC.The show took its initial inspiration from John Ford's 1950 film, The Wagonmaster.NBC and Revue productions, an MCA unit for producing telefilms, conceived of the program as a unique entry into the growing stable of Western genre telefilm . Same here! I might be wrong, Jim, but I think Bonds fatal heart attack took everyone by surprise. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Ward just dropped dead. The two men wept at either end of the phone. Do you know? ABC also just plain screwed up in the move by placing the show up against a comedy triumvirate of The Lucy Show (6th for the year), Danny Thomas (9th), and Andy Griffith (5th). In the third season a more traditional sounding score, Wagons Ho! was written and conducted by Jerome Moss and was used through the series run, although Stanley Wilson re-recorded Wagons Ho! for the last two seasons. More Info. In 1962, Robert Horton left the popular western Wagon Train after its fifth season. is run off. When Ward Bond repeats were broadcast under the title Trailmaster on weekday afternoons on ABC beginning in 63 a new series theme was developed by Stanley Wilson. and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. - Bronco The two were true cowboys.After a unfathomably successful film career, Bond settled into television on the popular Western series Wagon Train. It was very sudden. The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. - Tales of Wells Fargo to rescue a regiment of soldiers trapped on a mountain by a band of Utes. On his return to the states he enrolled in acting classes under Richard Boone and renewed his earlier interest in acting, although he was really a dancer. Once the tension is eased, Bridger and McCullough are In 1935 McIntyre married actress Jeanette Nolan and the couple would appear together in scores of western movies and TV shows, usually as husband and wife. ; sometimes called prairie schooners), wagon trains soon became the prevailing mode of long-distance overland transportation for both people and goods. Im 42 & I have never been much of a TV buff, but I watched. 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