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href="/wiki/Robert_Horton_(actor)" title="Robert Horton (actor)">Robert Horton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McIntire" title="John McIntire">John McIntire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuller_(actor)" title="Robert Fuller (actor)">Robert Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Burns_(actor_and_historian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Burns (actor and historian)">Michael Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGrath_(actor)" title="Frank McGrath (actor)">Frank McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Wilson_(actor)" title="Terry Wilson (actor)">Terry Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Miller_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Miller (actor)">Scott Miller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brooks_(lyricist)" title="Jack Brooks (lyricist)">Jack Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Fain" title="Sammy Fain">Sammy Fain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Moross" title="Jerome Moross">Jerome Moross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Ren%C3%A9" title="Henri René">Henri René</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Wilson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley Wilson (musician)">Stanley Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">284 <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Howard Christie</li> <li>Richard Lewis</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Howard Christie</li> <li>Richard Lewis</li> <li>Frederick Shorr</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>60 minutes (1957–63; 1964–65)</li> <li>90 minutes (1963–64)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Television" title="Universal Television">Revue Studios</a> (seasons 1–6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Television" title="Universal Television">Universal Television</a> (seasons 7–8)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> (1957–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> (1962–65)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 18, 1957<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1957-09-18</span>)</span> –<br />May 2, 1965<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1965-05-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Master" title="Wagon Master">Wagon Master</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Trail" title="The Big Trail">The Big Trail</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Wagon Train</b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/Westerns_on_television" title="Westerns on television">Western television series</a> that aired for eight seasons, first on the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> television network (1957–1962) and then on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> (1962–1965). <i>Wagon Train</i> debuted on September 18, 1957 and reached the top of the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a>. It is the fictional adventure story of a large westbound <a href="/wiki/Conestoga_wagons" class="mw-redirect" title="Conestoga wagons">wagon</a> train through the <a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">American frontier</a> from <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> to <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. Its format attracted famous guest stars for each episode appearing as travelers or residents of the settlements that the regular cast encountered.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The show initially starred film actor <a href="/wiki/Ward_Bond" title="Ward Bond">Ward Bond</a> as the wagon master (replaced after his death in 1960 by <a href="/wiki/John_McIntire" title="John McIntire">John McIntire</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Horton_(actor)" title="Robert Horton (actor)">Robert Horton</a> as the scout (eventually replaced by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuller_(actor)" title="Robert Fuller (actor)">Robert Fuller</a>). </p><p>The series was inspired by the 1950 film <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Master" title="Wagon Master">Wagon Master</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-twp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 1930 early <a href="/wiki/Widescreen" title="Widescreen">widescreen</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Trail" title="The Big Trail">The Big Trail</a></i>, both featuring Bond. The series influenced the development of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek</a></i>, pitched as "<i>Wagon Train</i> to the stars" and launched in 1966. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Horton_Ward_Bond_Wagon_Train.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Robert_Horton_Ward_Bond_Wagon_Train.JPG/170px-Robert_Horton_Ward_Bond_Wagon_Train.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Robert_Horton_Ward_Bond_Wagon_Train.JPG/255px-Robert_Horton_Ward_Bond_Wagon_Train.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Robert_Horton_Ward_Bond_Wagon_Train.JPG/340px-Robert_Horton_Ward_Bond_Wagon_Train.JPG 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="924" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robert_Horton_(actor)" title="Robert Horton (actor)">Robert Horton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ward_Bond" title="Ward Bond">Ward Bond</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Horton_Wagon_Train.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Robert_Horton_Wagon_Train.JPG/170px-Robert_Horton_Wagon_Train.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Robert_Horton_Wagon_Train.JPG/255px-Robert_Horton_Wagon_Train.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Robert_Horton_Wagon_Train.JPG/340px-Robert_Horton_Wagon_Train.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="761" /></a><figcaption>Robert Horton as Flint McCullough</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Fuller_Wagon_Train.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Robert_Fuller_Wagon_Train.JPG/170px-Robert_Fuller_Wagon_Train.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Robert_Fuller_Wagon_Train.JPG/255px-Robert_Fuller_Wagon_Train.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Robert_Fuller_Wagon_Train.JPG/340px-Robert_Fuller_Wagon_Train.JPG 2x" data-file-width="973" data-file-height="1251" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuller_(actor)" title="Robert Fuller (actor)">Robert Fuller</a> as Cooper Smith</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McIntire_as_Chris_Hale_Wagon_Train_1961.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/John_McIntire_as_Chris_Hale_Wagon_Train_1961.JPG/170px-John_McIntire_as_Chris_Hale_Wagon_Train_1961.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/John_McIntire_as_Chris_Hale_Wagon_Train_1961.JPG/255px-John_McIntire_as_Chris_Hale_Wagon_Train_1961.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/John_McIntire_as_Chris_Hale_Wagon_Train_1961.JPG/340px-John_McIntire_as_Chris_Hale_Wagon_Train_1961.JPG 2x" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="931" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_McIntire" title="John McIntire">John McIntire</a> as Chris Hale</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wagon_Train_cast_1962.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Wagon_Train_cast_1962.jpg/170px-Wagon_Train_cast_1962.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Wagon_Train_cast_1962.jpg/255px-Wagon_Train_cast_1962.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Wagon_Train_cast_1962.jpg/340px-Wagon_Train_cast_1962.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1546" data-file-height="2016" /></a><figcaption>1962 cast. Top: John McIntire, Terry Wilson. Bottom: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Miller_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Miller (actor)">Scott Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_McGrath_(actor)" title="Frank McGrath (actor)">Frank McGrath</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wagon_Train_NBC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Wagon_Train_NBC.jpg/170px-Wagon_Train_NBC.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Wagon_Train_NBC.jpg/255px-Wagon_Train_NBC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Wagon_Train_NBC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>Back row: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuller_(actor)" title="Robert Fuller (actor)">Robert Fuller</a>, John McIntire, Terry Wilson. Front row: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Burns_(actor_and_historian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Burns (actor and historian)">Michael Burns</a>, Frank McGrath.</figcaption></figure> <p>The series chronicles the adventures of a <a href="/wiki/Wagon_train" title="Wagon train">wagon train</a> from <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph,_Missouri" title="St. Joseph, Missouri">St. Joseph, Missouri</a>, across the <a href="/wiki/Plain" title="Plain">plains</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. It features the trials of the series regulars, who conducted the train through the American West. </p><p>Episodes revolve around the stories of guest characters portraying members of the massive wagon train or encountered by it. Many starring roles were played by already famous actors such as <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman" title="Jane Wyman">Jane Wyman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Marvin" title="Lee Marvin">Lee Marvin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten">Joseph Cotten</a>. Episode titles routinely emphasize the guest characters, such as "The Willy Moran Story" and "The Echo Pass Story". </p><p>As a favor to Ward Bond, film director John Ford joined the show to direct a 1960 segment titled "<a href="/wiki/The_Colter_Craven_Story" title="The Colter Craven Story">The Colter Craven Story</a>", which includes many members of the "John Ford Stock Company", momentarily featuring <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a> speaking from the shadows and billed in the credits as "Michael Morris".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regular cast includes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Bond" title="Ward Bond">Ward Bond</a> as wagon master Major Seth Adams (1957–61, seasons 1–4). Bond died of a heart attack in the middle of the fourth season, and was replaced by John McIntire as wagon master. No explanation was ever given on the show.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Horton_(actor)" title="Robert Horton (actor)">Robert Horton</a> as scout Flint McCullough (1957–62, seasons 1–5).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McIntire" title="John McIntire">John McIntire</a> as Christopher Hale (1961–65, seasons 4–8), replacing Bond as wagon master upon Bond's death. McIntire had guest starred in a Season 3 episode in the role of preacher Andrew Hale, apparently Christopher's brother according to a reference made by Christopher later in the series.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuller_(actor)" title="Robert Fuller (actor)">Robert Fuller</a> as scout Cooper Smith (1963–65, seasons 7–8) replacing the McCullough character after Robert Horton left the series. Fuller had previously played a lead in the Western series <i><a href="/wiki/Laramie_(TV_series)" title="Laramie (TV series)">Laramie</a></i> and physically resembled Horton. Fuller and McIntire rotated top billing from week to week on the series. Fuller even shared the same birthday as Horton, albeit nine years apart.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGrath_(actor)" title="Frank McGrath (actor)">Frank McGrath</a> as cook Charlie Wooster (1957–65, seasons 1–8), one of only two regulars to last the entire series.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Wilson_(actor)" title="Terry Wilson (actor)">Terry Wilson</a> as Bill Hawks (1957–65, seasons 1–8), was one of only two regulars to last the entire series.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Burns_(actor_and_historian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Burns (actor and historian)">Michael Burns</a> as Barnaby West (1960–65, seasons 6–8).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Miller_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Miller (actor)">Scott Miller</a> (aka; Denny Miller) as Duke Shannon (1961–64, seasons 4–7).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hannan" title="Chick Hannan">Chick Hannan</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in various roles (1957–65, seasons 1–8), mostly as a wagon train member.</li></ul> <p>In the first four seasons Ward Bond was <a href="/wiki/Billing_(performing_arts)" title="Billing (performing arts)">billed</a> above Robert Horton in the opening credits. In season five Horton rotated top billing with relative newcomer John McIntire, a practice which subsequently continued with McIntire and Robert Fuller rotating top billing from episode to episode when Fuller joined the series in the seventh season. </p><p>During the sixth season, Horton had left and Fuller had not yet replaced him, so McIntire carried the show with the supporting cast. Neither Bond nor McIntire, both veterans of dozens of supporting roles in movies, routinely had a leading role in theatrical films, although Bond did in at least one <a href="/wiki/B-picture" class="mw-redirect" title="B-picture">B-picture</a>. Rivals Bond and Horton frequently quarreled on the set, an extensively publicized development at the time, while their characters disputed within the episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Scott Eyman in his biography of John Wayne, Bond's jealousy of Horton was fueled by Horton receiving more fan mail. Eyman stated Bond would try to limit Horton's screen time and interfere with any good lines Horton might be given in the scripts. They eventually reconciled shortly before Bond's death.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guest_stars">Guest stars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Guest stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Akins" title="Claude Akins">Claude Akins</a> appeared in four episodes during the show's first four seasons.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Maria_Alberghetti" title="Anna Maria Alberghetti">Anna Maria Alberghetti</a> carried the lead in "The Conchita Vasquez Story" (1959), cast as part of a gang of <a href="/wiki/Comanchero" title="Comanchero">Comancheros</a> who intend to attack the wagon train to steal rifles headed to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>. Conchita decides to leave the Comancheros and move west after she falls in love with the scout Flint McCullough, but she is killed by a bullet from her own people when they ambush the wagon train.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Albert" title="Eddie Albert">Eddie Albert</a> appeared as Kurt Davos in the 1962 episode "The Kurt Davos Story" as a blacksmith forced to leave the train by a crippling injury.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Ates" title="Roscoe Ates">Roscoe Ates</a> appeared in the 1958 episode "The Sacramento Story" in his later familiar role of "Old Timer".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parley_Baer" title="Parley Baer">Parley Baer</a> appeared in three episodes in different seasons, usually as a disgruntled passenger.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carla_Balenda" title="Carla Balenda">Carla Balenda</a> appeared as Martha Leeds in "The Annie Duggan Story" (1963), credited as Sally Bliss.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Balsam" title="Martin Balsam">Martin Balsam</a> appeared as Marcey Jones in the 1964 episode "The Whipping".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Bardette" title="Trevor Bardette">Trevor Bardette</a>, as Will Rudge in "The Levi Hale Story" (1962), as Sheriff Lund in "The Lily Legend Story" and as Henry Ludlow in "The Antone Rose Story" (both 1963).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bendix" title="William Bendix">William Bendix</a>, in the second season, played a sea captain who had shanghaied Adams and Wooster in "Around the Horn".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bickford" title="Charles Bickford">Charles Bickford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Smith_(actor)" title="Roger Smith (actor)">Roger Smith</a>, five months before Smith was cast on <i><a href="/wiki/77_Sunset_Strip" title="77 Sunset Strip">77 Sunset Strip</a>,</i> appear in "The Daniel Barrister Story", which aired on 16 April 1958 (Season 1, Episode 29). In this segment, Daniel Barrister, played by Bickford, objects to medical treatment for his wife, Jenny, the victim of a wagon accident. Meanwhile, Dr. Peter H. Culver, played by Smith, has successfully fought a <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> epidemic in a nearby town. He is brought to the wagon train by scout Flint McCullough to treat Mrs. Barrister. Viewers never know if Barrister yielded to allow Dr. Culver to treat Jenny.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Bikel" title="Theodore Bikel">Theodore Bikel</a> appeared in "The Dr. Denker Story", season five, episode 14, in the role of a traveling musician who is transporting a mysterious shipment of <a href="/wiki/Dynamite" title="Dynamite">dynamite</a> to San Francisco for the United States Army.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a> appeared five times on <i>Wagon Train,</i> including twice as "Willy Moran" (albeit for only a few moments in Moran's second appearance). In the pilot episode on 18 September 1957, Borgnine's Moran is revealed as a former boxer consumed by alcoholism but seeking sobriety. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Winkelman" title="Michael Winkelman">Michael Winkelman</a> guest starred as young "Ben Palmer" in this episode, as he was beginning his regular role as Little Luke McCoy on ABC's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_McCoys" title="The Real McCoys">The Real McCoys</a>.</i> On 1 October 1958, Borgnine reprised the role of Willy Moran in the episode "Around the Horn". Major Adams had fought with Moran at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Brand" title="Neville Brand">Neville Brand</a> appeared in "The Zebedee Titus Story" in 1964 as an aging pioneer who joins the wagon train as a scout.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brandon_(actor)" title="Henry Brandon (actor)">Henry Brandon</a> appeared six times, most notably in "The St. Nicholas Story" (1959).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carradine" title="John Carradine">John Carradine</a> appeared in supporting roles in the 1958 episode. "The Dora Gray Story", and the 1960 episode, "<a href="/wiki/The_Colter_Craven_Story" title="The Colter Craven Story">The Colter Craven Story</a>".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lon_Chaney_Jr." title="Lon Chaney Jr.">Lon Chaney Jr.</a> appeared as Louis Roque in "The Jose Morales Story", Season 4, episode 5 (1960), and in the 1961 episode, "The Chalice", as Carstairs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Clayton" title="Jan Clayton">Jan Clayton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beulah_Bondi" title="Beulah Bondi">Beulah Bondi</a> highlight "The Prairie Story", written by Jean Holloway, which examines how the forbidden prairie, particularly the strong wind, plays havoc on the lives of the women on the wagon train. This theme is also examined in the novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wind_(novel)" title="The Wind (novel)">The Wind</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Scarborough" title="Dorothy Scarborough">Dorothy Scarborough</a>. Robert Horton carries the lead in this episode that aired on 1 February 1961, three months after the death of Ward Bond.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Cooper" title="Jeanne Cooper">Jeanne Cooper</a> guest stars in an episode titled "The Whipping" shown during season 7 (1963–64) of Wagon Train.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Costello" title="Lou Costello">Lou Costello</a> appeared as the title character in one of his last roles, "The Tobias Jones Story" (1958). It was written by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Von_Zell" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Von Zell">Harry Von Zell</a>, the announcer and comedian from the <i><a href="/wiki/The_George_Burns_and_Gracie_Allen_Show" title="The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show">Burns and Allen</a></i> television series, who also appears in that episode. Von Zell also appears in the 1964 episode "The Link Cheney Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Coy" title="Walter Coy">Walter Coy</a>, one of the narrators of the 1955-56 <i><a href="/wiki/Frontier_(1955_TV_series)" title="Frontier (1955 TV series)">Frontier</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology series</a> on NBC, appeared five times on <i>Wagon Train</i> between 1957 and 1964.</li> <li>Child actor <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Crawford" title="Johnny Crawford">Johnny Crawford</a> appeared in "The Sally Potter Story" (1958).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Craig" title="Yvonne Craig">Yvonne Craig</a> guest-starred in "The Link Cheney Story" (1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Daniell" title="Henry Daniell">Henry Daniell</a> appeared twice in "The Christine Elliott Story" (1960) and the two-parter "Trial for Murder" (1960).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Dapo" title="Ronnie Dapo">Ronnie Dapo</a>, then a <a href="/wiki/Child_actor" title="Child actor">child actor</a>, appeared in the episode "The Greenhorn Story". He was later a regular on <i><a href="/wiki/Room_for_One_More_(TV_series)" title="Room for One More (TV series)">Room for One More</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Phil_Silvers_Show" title="The New Phil Silvers Show">The New Phil Silvers Show</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Darnell" title="Linda Darnell">Linda Darnell</a> guest starred in "The Dora Gray Story" (29 January 1958) as an attractive young woman trying to reach San Francisco. Dora is traveling west with an unsavory peddler, played by <a href="/wiki/John_Carradine" title="John Carradine">John Carradine</a>, who is selling guns to the Indians. Robert Horton carries this episode, with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Connors" title="Mike Connors">Mike Connors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Blocker" title="Dan Blocker">Dan Blocker</a> portraying corrupt U.S. Army officers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a> appeared in three episodes as different characters; as Bettina May (1961), Ella Lindstrom (1959) and Madame Elizabeth McQueeney (1959).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laraine_Day" title="Laraine Day">Laraine Day</a> played the title character in "The Cassie Vance Story" (1963).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Demarest" title="William Demarest">William Demarest</a> appeared in "The Christopher Hale Story" (1961).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Dekova" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Dekova">Frank Dekova</a> plays the lead in "The Isaiah Quickfox Story" (31 January 1965), a mystery set in a ghost town amid a stunning bat cave. <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Prine" title="Andrew Prine">Andrew Prine</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Doucette" title="John Doucette">John Doucette</a> guest star in the roles of Eric Camden and Bert Enders, respectively. Cast members Robert Fuller and Frank McGrath carry this episode.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Devine" title="Andy Devine">Andy Devine</a> appeared in the 1959 episode "The Jess MacAbbee Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angie_Dickinson" title="Angie Dickinson">Angie Dickinson</a> portrays the lead role in "The Clara Duncan Story" (1959).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Doucette" title="John Doucette">John Doucette</a> played the title characters in the 1963 episode, "The Michael McGoo Story" as a retired sea captain, and the 1964 episode, "The Ben Engel Story", as well as supporting roles in six other episodes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Drake_(actor)" title="Charles Drake (actor)">Charles Drake</a> played the title characters in the 1958 episode, "The Charles Maury Story" as an ex-Confederate marauder, and the 1960 episode, "The Sam Livingston Story" as a wagon driver with bitter memories, and the 1963 episode, "The Hollister John Garrison Story" as a Southerner with a desperate secret, and the 1964 episode, "The Link Cheney Story" as a wounded gambler hoping to retire, and supporting roles in two other episodes.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Duryea_Jane_Wyman_John_McIntire_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Dan_Duryea_Jane_Wyman_John_McIntire_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG/170px-Dan_Duryea_Jane_Wyman_John_McIntire_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Dan_Duryea_Jane_Wyman_John_McIntire_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG/255px-Dan_Duryea_Jane_Wyman_John_McIntire_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Dan_Duryea_Jane_Wyman_John_McIntire_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG/340px-Dan_Duryea_Jane_Wyman_John_McIntire_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption>Guest stars <a href="/wiki/Dan_Duryea" title="Dan Duryea">Dan Duryea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman" title="Jane Wyman">Jane Wyman</a> with John McIntire, 1962</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Duryea" title="Dan Duryea">Dan Duryea</a> made seven appearances on the series, his first role being that of the title character in "The Cliff Grundy Story", broadcast on 25 December 1957. Cliff Grundy, an old friend of Flint McCullough, joins with the Wagon Train in time for a buffalo hunt. After an accident, Cliff and Flint are stranded in the wild, trying to survive until they can reach a small town. This was one of Dan Duryea's rare "sympathetic" roles, and one that he would reprise for the final Wagon Train episode of the same season.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his fourth appearance on Wagon Train, he played a mentally unstable man obsessed by demons and superstitions in "The Bleymier Story", broadcast 16 November 1960, eleven days after the death of Ward Bond. Samuel Bleymier opposes the interest shown to his daughter, Belle, portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Elen_Willard" title="Elen Willard">Elen Willard</a>, by a young pioneer, Justin Claiborne, played by <a href="/wiki/James_Drury" title="James Drury">James Drury</a>, some two years before the start of his <i><a href="/wiki/The_Virginian_(TV_series)" title="The Virginian (TV series)">The Virginian</a></i> series. The episode is filmed mostly in the dark or during heavy rains, high winds and a cyclone, and involves pioneers passing through a <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Sioux</a> burial ground.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jena_Engstrom" title="Jena Engstrom">Jena Engstrom</a> appeared three times. In 1961 she was featured in "The Jenna Douglas Story" with guest star <a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Jones" title="Carolyn Jones">Carolyn Jones</a>. In 1962 she was featured in "The Amos Billings Story", guest-starring Paul Fix. And in 1964 she appeared in support of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wiseman" title="Joseph Wiseman">Joseph Wiseman</a> in "The Santiago Quesada Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenda_Farrell" title="Glenda Farrell">Glenda Farrell</a> appeared in the 1959 episode "The Jess MacAbbee Story" as Andy Devine's character's wife.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Foster_(actor)" title="Ron Foster (actor)">Ron Foster</a> appeared twice in the 1957 episodes "The John Cameron Story" and "The Julia Gage Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Fleming" title="Rhonda Fleming">Rhonda Fleming</a> appeared three times. In the 1958 episode "The Jennifer Churchill Story", in the 1961 episode "The Patience Miller Story" and in the 1963 episode "The Sandra Cummings Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Med_Flory" title="Med Flory">Med Flory</a> was cast as Sheriff Gile in "The Nancy Palmer Story", with <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Meadows" title="Audrey Meadows">Audrey Meadows</a> in the guest-starring role (1961).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Foch" title="Nina Foch">Nina Foch</a> appeared as the title character in "The Clara Beauchamp Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Fletcher" title="Louise Fletcher">Louise Fletcher</a> appeared as different characters in two Season 3 episodes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Franz" title="Eduard Franz">Eduard Franz</a> appeared in the lead in 1957 in "The Les Rand Story", and <a href="/wiki/James_Philbrook" title="James Philbrook">James Philbrook</a> had a minor role in the same episode.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Freeman" title="Kathleen Freeman">Kathleen Freeman</a> appeared in five different episodes, usually as the embodiment of ignorance or intolerance.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annette_Funicello" title="Annette Funicello">Annette Funicello</a> appeared in "The Sam Pulaski Story" (Nov. 1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gobel" title="George Gobel">George Gobel</a> appeared as Major Adams' country cousin in "The Horace Best Story", the Season 4 premiere episode.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Grady" title="Don Grady">Don Grady</a> appeared in "The Christine Elliot Story" (1960).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorne_Greene" title="Lorne Greene">Lorne Greene</a> appeared in "The Vivian Carter Story" (1959).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Greenway_(actor)" title="Tom Greenway (actor)">Tom Greenway</a> appeared as Dr. Quinn in "The Dan Hogan Story" (1958).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hagen" title="Kevin Hagen">Kevin Hagen</a> appeared four times on <i>Wagon Train</i> as Lansing in "The Willy Moran Story" (1957) and as Claymore in "The Nels Stack Story" (1957) and "The Annie MacGregory Story" (1958) and as Ed Prentiss in "The Silver Lady" (1965).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sessue_Hayakawa" title="Sessue Hayakawa">Sessue Hayakawa</a> appeared as the title character in "The Sakae Ito Story" (1958).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Helm" title="Peter Helm">Peter Helm</a> appeared three times on <i>Wagon Train</i> in 1962 and 1963: "The Daniel Clay Story", "The Wagon Train Mutiny", and in the title role "The Tom O'Neal Story", with <a href="/wiki/Myron_Healey" title="Myron Healey">Myron Healey</a> cast as his father.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Hickman" title="Dwayne Hickman">Dwayne Hickman</a> appeared in the title guest-starring role in "The Clay Shelby Story" in December 1964. <a href="/wiki/Celia_Kaye" title="Celia Kaye">Celia Kaye</a> played Ann Shelby, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Carlson_(actor)" title="Richard Carlson (actor)">Richard Carlson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mort_Mills" title="Mort Mills">Mort Mills</a> were cast as military officers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby_Hinton" title="Darby Hinton">Darby Hinton</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Child_actor" title="Child actor">child actor</a>, appeared in March 1964 as Benjie Diel in the 75-minute episode "The Ben Engel Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Holmes" title="Dennis Holmes">Dennis Holmes</a>, another child actor, appeared three times on <i>Wagon Train,</i> including the role of Danny Blake in "Those Who Stay Behind", along with <a href="/wiki/Peter_Brown_(actor)" title="Peter Brown (actor)">Peter Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Dern" title="Bruce Dern">Bruce Dern</a> (8 November 1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hopper" title="Dennis Hopper">Dennis Hopper</a> appeared as the title character in "The Emmett Lawton Story" as the crippled son of the murdered sheriff in a town taken over by outlaws, March 1963.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodolfo_Hoyos_Jr." title="Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.">Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.</a>, as Padre in "The Don Alvarado Story", 21 June 1961, with <a href="/wiki/Ed_Nelson" title="Ed Nelson">Ed Nelson</a> as Sheriff Donovan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherry_Jackson" title="Sherry Jackson">Sherry Jackson</a> appeared as the title character in "The Geneva Balfour Story", which was originally broadcast on 20 January 1964.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Jeffreys" title="Anne Jeffreys">Anne Jeffreys</a> and her husband, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sterling" title="Robert Sterling">Robert Sterling</a>, play a couple with an unusual "half-marriage" courtship arrangement brought about by an attack of fever in the episode "The Julie Gage Story", the fourteenth episode of the series broadcast on 18 December 1957.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Johnson_(television_actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brad Johnson (television actor)">Brad Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Susan_Oliver" title="Susan Oliver">Susan Oliver</a> in the title role appear in the 9 November 1960, episode "The Cathy Eckhardt Story", with Johnson cast as Will Eckhardt.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._Stanford_Jolley" title="I. Stanford Jolley">I. Stanford Jolley</a> appeared ten times, but not in the lead role of an episode.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carolyn_Jones_1961.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Carolyn_Jones_1961.JPG/170px-Carolyn_Jones_1961.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Carolyn_Jones_1961.JPG/255px-Carolyn_Jones_1961.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Carolyn_Jones_1961.JPG/340px-Carolyn_Jones_1961.JPG 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="819" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Jones" title="Carolyn Jones">Carolyn Jones</a> in a 1961 appearance</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Jones" title="Carolyn Jones">Carolyn Jones</a> appeared during the show's first four episodes, also as the title characters in "The Jenna Douglas Story" (1961) as a traumatized woman found by the wagon train, and in "The Molly Kincaid Story" (1963) as an escaped captive of the Indians intent on punishing the husband who abandoned her.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Jones_(actor)" title="Dick Jones (actor)">Dick Jones</a> was cast as John Hunter in "The Wagon Train Mutiny" (1962).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._M._Kerrigan" title="J. M. Kerrigan">J. M. Kerrigan</a> appeared in "The St. Nicholas Story" (1959).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_King" title="Brett King">Brett King</a> appeared five times on <i>Wagon Train,</i> his last as a lieutenant in "The Sandra Cummings Story" (1963).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> appeared as Albert Farnsworth in "The Albert Farnsworth Story". (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Lawson_(actress)" title="Linda Lawson (actress)">Linda Lawson</a> guest starred in "Princess of a Lost Tribe" (1960).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> appeared as the title character in "The Sam Darland Story" (1962).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lorre" title="Peter Lorre">Peter Lorre</a> played the title character in "The Alexander Portlass Story" (March 1960).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Lummis" title="Dayton Lummis">Dayton Lummis</a> appeared in three episodes: as Maj. Barham in "The Martha Barham Story" (NBC, 1959), as T.J. Gingle in "The John Turnbull Storey" (NBC, 1962), and as the Rev. Philip Marshall in "The Myra Marshall Story" (ABC, 1963), with <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Pleshette" title="Suzanne Pleshette">Suzanne Pleshette</a> in the title role.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Marvin" title="Lee Marvin">Lee Marvin</a> appeared as Mexican bandit Jose Morales in the Season 4 episode "The Jose Morales Story". After 20 episodes he appeared as newly hired wagonmaster Jud Benedict in the Season 4 episode that introduced the Chris Hale character, "The Christopher Hale Story".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Massey" title="Raymond Massey">Raymond Massey</a> guest starred in "Princess of a Lost Tribe" (1960).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mazurki" title="Mike Mazurki">Mike Mazurki</a> appeared in "The Duncan McIvor Story" (1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_McVey" title="Tyler McVey">Tyler McVey</a> appeared six times on <i>Wagon Train,</i> including a two-part 1960 episode "Trial for Murder".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Meadows" title="Audrey Meadows">Audrey Meadows</a> played the title character in "The Nancy Palmer Story" (1961).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Meadows" title="Joyce Meadows">Joyce Meadows</a> appeared three times: as Martha Williams in "The Conchita Vasquez Story" (1959), as Rheba Polke in "The Jed Polke Story" and as Melanie in "The Artie Matthewson Story" (both 1961).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Meeker" title="Ralph Meeker">Ralph Meeker</a> appeared in the title role of "A Man Called Horse" (season one, ep 26, trans 26 March 1958) in a story that served as the basis for the <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_Called_Horse_(film)" title="A Man Called Horse (film)">A Man Called Horse</a>,</i> a decade later.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> guest starred in "The Grover Allen Story" (1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_Miles" title="Vera Miles">Vera Miles</a> appeared three times on <i>Wagon Train</i> as the lead role in "The Sister Rita Story" (1959), as Janice Stuart in "The Bob Stuart Story" (1964) and as Anne Reed in "The Silver Lady" (1965).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Montalb%C3%A1n" title="Ricardo Montalbán">Ricardo Montalbán</a> appeared as the title character in the second episode of the series, "The Jean LeBec Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Moore" title="Archie Moore">Archie Moore</a>, African-American prizefighter, appeared as a cowboy in "The Geneva Balfour Story", which was originally broadcast on 20 January 1964.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Read_Morgan" title="Read Morgan">Read Morgan</a> appeared three times: as Ben Denike in "The Vincent Eaglewood Story" with <a href="/wiki/Wally_Cox" title="Wally Cox">Wally Cox</a> in the title role (1959), as Curly Horse in "The Martha Barham Story" with <a href="/wiki/Ann_Blyth" title="Ann Blyth">Ann Blyth</a> (1959), and as Jake in "The Myra Marshall Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Nelson" title="Ed Nelson">Ed Nelson</a> guest stars in the episode "Alias Bill Hawks", a story of townspeople covering for a murder, and trying to dig a needed <a href="/wiki/Artesian_well" title="Artesian well">artesian well</a>. Terry Wilson, as the real "Bill Hawks", arrives to put the puzzle together.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Nielsen" title="Leslie Nielsen">Leslie Nielsen</a> guest stars in "The Jeremy Dow Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy" title="Leonard Nimoy">Leonard Nimoy</a> appeared in four episodes-—twice as a Mexican, once as an Indian and once as one of three Spanish brothers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Oliver" title="Susan Oliver">Susan Oliver</a> guest starred in four episodes: "The Emily Rossiter Story" (1957), "The Maggie Hamilton Story" (1960), "The Cathy Eckhart Story" (1960) and "The Lily Legend Story" (1963).</li> <li>Prolific Western actor <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Palmer" title="Gregg Palmer">Gregg Palmer</a> appeared in three episodes: as Groton in "The Mary Halstead Story" (1957), as Paul Dawson in "The Riley Gratton Story" (1957) and as Raleigh in "The Jose Morales Story" (1960).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Parks" title="Michael Parks">Michael Parks</a> was cast as Hamish Browne in "The Heather and Hamish Story" with fellow guest star <a href="/wiki/Anne_Helm" title="Anne Helm">Anne Helm</a> (1963), and as Michael Malone in "The Michael Malone Story", with <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Bulifant" title="Joyce Bulifant">Joyce Bulifant</a> (1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pickard_(American_actor)" title="John Pickard (American actor)">John Pickard</a> appeared as Jed Otis in the 1959 episode "The Matthew Lowry Story".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, in one of his final acting roles prior to his entering politics, played Captain Paul Winters in the seventh-season episode "The Fort Pierce Story", first broadcast in September 1963.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rennie" title="Michael Rennie">Michael Rennie</a> appeared in two episodes: "The John Cameron Story" (1957) and "The Robert Harrison Clarke Story" (1963).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesar_Romero" title="Cesar Romero">Cesar Romero</a> appeared in "The Honorable Don Charlie Story" (1958).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a> guest starred as "greenhorn" Samuel T. Evans in "The Greenhorn Story" (1959), and again as Samuel T. Evans with young wife Melanie (<a href="/wiki/Olive_Sturgess" title="Olive Sturgess">Olive Sturgess</a>) in "Wagons Ho!", the 1960 season premiere. <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Corby" title="Ellen Corby">Ellen Corby</a> played the role of Aunt 'Em in both episodes. Sturgess in her role had to wear the lowest of heels so as not to tower over the 5'2" Rooney.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pippa_Scott" title="Pippa Scott">Pippa Scott</a> guest-starred in "The Link Cheney Story" (1964).</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ann_Sheridan_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ann_Sheridan_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG/170px-Ann_Sheridan_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ann_Sheridan_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG/255px-Ann_Sheridan_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ann_Sheridan_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG/340px-Ann_Sheridan_Wagon_Train_1962.JPG 2x" data-file-width="729" data-file-height="955" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ann_Sheridan" title="Ann Sheridan">Ann Sheridan</a> in "The Mavis Grant Story", 1962</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Sheridan" title="Ann Sheridan">Ann Sheridan</a> guest-starred in "The Mavis Grant Story" (1962).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Simcox" title="Tom Simcox">Tom Simcox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Stader" title="Paul Stader">Paul Stader</a> guest-starred in "The Link Cheney Story" (1964).</li> <li>Roger Smith - (see "Charles Bickford" earlier in the list)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Stang" title="Arnold Stang">Arnold Stang</a> played the lead in "The Ah Chong Story", the tale of an ebullient Chinese cook who joins the wagon train with a rickshaw. Ah Chong produces higher quality and more reliable food service than Charlie Wooster, who has become arrogant because of his success at poker playing. Ah Chong introduces wagonmaster Chris Hale and his assistant, Bill Hawks, to <a href="/wiki/Bird_nest_soup" class="mw-redirect" title="Bird nest soup">bird nest soup</a>. Wooster soon sees Ah Chong as a threat in both cooking and poker, and hurls insults at him. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ferguson" title="Frank Ferguson">Frank Ferguson</a> plays a sheriff at the beginning of this episode, which aired near the end of the fourth season on 14 June 1961.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck" title="Barbara Stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a> appeared three times.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a> portrayed a blind doctor heading west in "The Saul Bevins Story" (1961). The other travelers object to his inclusion on the train because of the obstacles he must overcome. <a href="/wiki/Vivi_Janiss" title="Vivi Janiss">Vivi Janiss</a> plays his sister, Martha Bevins; <a href="/wiki/Charles_Herbert" title="Charles Herbert">Charles Herbert</a>, his son Job Bevins. Janiss also appeared in five other <i>Wagon Train</i> episodes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stevens_(actor)" title="Charles Stevens (actor)">Charles Stevens</a> appeared twice in "The Nels Stack Story" (1957) and "The Mark Hanford Story" (1958).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Stockwell" title="Dean Stockwell">Dean Stockwell</a> appeared in four episodes, including "The Rodney Lawrence Story" (10 June 1959), in which he portrays a young white man whose parents were massacred by other whites, and he is reared by a single Indian. The Indian urges Rodney to rejoin his people when the wagon train passes through the area, and soon after he joins the train he is accused of murder and theft. Scout Flint McCullough proves that Rodney is innocent, and he becomes attracted to a young white woman, Mandy McCrea <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Chenault" class="mw-redirect" title="Cynthia Chenault">Cynthia Chenault</a>. <a href="/wiki/Roger_Mobley" title="Roger Mobley">Roger Mobley</a> plays Lawrence as a child in a flashback.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Swenson" title="Karl Swenson">Karl Swenson</a> played mountain man <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bridger" title="Jim Bridger">Jim Bridger</a> in "The Jim Bridger Story". <a href="/wiki/Francis_De_Sales_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis De Sales (actor)">Francis De Sales</a> also appeared in the episode as Mark.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akim_Tamiroff" title="Akim Tamiroff">Akim Tamiroff</a> appeared in "The Joe Muharich Story" (1961).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Thaxter" title="Phyllis Thaxter">Phyllis Thaxter</a> was cast in the title role of "The Christine Elliott Story" (1960), in which a young woman takes a group of orphan-boys, who had previously lived in her late father's orphanage, to a new life in the West. <a href="/wiki/Don_Grady" title="Don Grady">Don Grady</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Hunley" title="Gary Hunley">Gary Hunley</a> also appear in this episode.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franchot_Tone" title="Franchot Tone">Franchot Tone</a> appeared in the lead role in "The Malachi Hobart Story" as a traveling preacher who loses confidence in his own <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> message.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Van_Cleef" title="Lee Van Cleef">Lee Van Cleef</a> appeared in "The Jesse Cowan Story" (1958).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Washbrook" title="Johnny Washbrook">Johnny Washbrook</a> appeared as Tommy Peeks in "The Swift Cloud Story", with Rafael Campos in the 1959 title role, and as Ron Pearson in "The Beth Pearson Story", with <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Grey" title="Virginia Grey">Virginia Grey</a> in the 1961 title role.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WagonMasterStill-JohnsonCareyBond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/WagonMasterStill-JohnsonCareyBond.jpg/220px-WagonMasterStill-JohnsonCareyBond.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/WagonMasterStill-JohnsonCareyBond.jpg/330px-WagonMasterStill-JohnsonCareyBond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/WagonMasterStill-JohnsonCareyBond.jpg/440px-WagonMasterStill-JohnsonCareyBond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1255" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ben_Johnson_(actor)" title="Ben Johnson (actor)">Ben Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Carey_Jr." title="Harry Carey Jr.">Harry Carey Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ward_Bond" title="Ward Bond">Ward Bond</a> in <a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a>'s feature film, <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Master" title="Wagon Master">Wagon Master</a></i> (1950), one of the primary cinematic inspirations for the series. Ford dressed Bond identically to this, with the black hat and checkered shirt, in the <i>Wagon Train</i> episode that Ford later directed titled "<a href="/wiki/The_Colter_Craven_Story" title="The Colter Craven Story">The Coulter Craven Story</a>" featuring many regulars from Ford films, including <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a> appeared briefly, partly obscured by distance and shadow, in a long shot in the episode directed by <a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a>, "<a href="/wiki/The_Colter_Craven_Story" title="The Colter Craven Story">The Coulter Craven Story</a>", in which he portrays General <a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William Tecumseh Sherman</a> and speaks briefly. In this episode, Wayne is billed under the pseudonym "Michael Morris", a reference to his real name, Marion Michael Morrison.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several other <a href="/wiki/John_Ford_Stock_Company" title="John Ford Stock Company">regulars from Ford's films</a> also appeared, including <a href="/wiki/John_Carradine" title="John Carradine">John Carradine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Curtis" title="Ken Curtis">Ken Curtis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Worden" title="Hank Worden">Hank Worden</a>. Ford used action footage from his 1950 film <i>Wagon Master</i> in this episode, which was shown 18 days after Bond's death and is the only episode in this series directed by Ford.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wayne also played Sherman under Ford's direction in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/How_the_West_Was_Won_(film)" title="How the West Was Won (film)">How the West Was Won</a>,</i> and was billed as "Michael Morris" for a lengthy Ford-directed <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearance</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Alcoa_Premiere" title="Alcoa Premiere">Alcoa Premiere</a></i> television anthology show episode titled "<a href="/wiki/Flashing_Spikes" title="Flashing Spikes">Flashing Spikes</a>" (1962) starring <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlene_Willis" title="Marlene Willis">Marlene Willis</a> played a supporting role in "The Jess MacAbbee Story" starring Andy Devine.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinn_Williams_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinn Williams (actor)">Guinn "Big Boy" Williams</a> appeared in "The Vincent Eaglewood Story" (1959).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Winters" title="Shelley Winters">Shelley Winters</a> appeared during the show's first four episodes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman" title="Jane Wyman">Jane Wyman</a> appeared twice, once in "The Doctor Willoughby Story" (1958), as a woman doctor heading west. And, again in "The Wagon Train Mutiny" (1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_York" title="Dick York">Dick York</a> guest-starred in "The Michael Malone Story" (1964) as Mitchell.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Young_(actor)" title="Tony Young (actor)">Tony Young</a> guest-starred as Quent Loomis in "The Melanie Craig Story", with <a href="/wiki/Myrna_Fahey" title="Myrna Fahey">Myrna Fahey</a> in the title role (1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_von_Zell" title="Harry von Zell">Harry von Zell</a> guest-starred in "The Link Cheney Story" (1964) and "The Tobias Jones Story" (1958).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">List of Wagon Train episodes</a></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Season</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="3">Originally aired</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Rank</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Rating</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First aired</th><th scope="col">Last aired</th><th scope="col" style="padding:0 8px">Network</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#ED9121;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_1_(1957–58)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">1</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">39</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 18, 1957<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1957-09-18</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">June 25, 1958<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1958-06-25</span>)</span></td><td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></td><td>23</td><td>27.7</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#0257AC;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_2_(1958–59)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">2</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">38</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">October 1, 1958<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1958-10-01</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">June 24, 1959<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1959-06-24</span>)</span></td><td>2</td><td>36.1</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#006550;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_3_(1959–60)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">3</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">37</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 30, 1959<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1959-09-30</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">June 22, 1960<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1960-06-22</span>)</span></td><td>2</td><td>38.4</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#B60006;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_4_(1960–61)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">4</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">38</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 28, 1960<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1960-09-28</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">June 21, 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1961-06-21</span>)</span></td><td>2</td><td>34.2</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#689CCF;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_5_(1961–62)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">5</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">37</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 7, 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1961-09-07</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">June 13, 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1962-06-13</span>)</span></td><td>1</td><td>32.1</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#643190;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_6_(1962–63)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">6</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">37</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 19, 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1962-09-19</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">June 5, 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1963-06-05</span>)</span></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td><td>25</td><td>22.0</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#644C22;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_7_(1963–64)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">7</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">32</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 16, 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1963-09-16</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 27, 1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1964-04-27</span>)</span></td><td><small><span class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="color: #2C2C2C;" title="Not available">N/A</span></small></td><td><small><span class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="color: #2C2C2C;" title="Not available">N/A</span></small></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#FFA000;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagon_Train_episodes#Season_8_(1964–65)" title="List of Wagon Train episodes">8</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 20, 1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1964-09-20</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 2, 1965<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1965-05-02</span>)</span></td><td><small><span class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="color: #2C2C2C;" title="Not available">N/A</span></small></td><td><small><span class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="color: #2C2C2C;" title="Not available">N/A</span></small></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taking inspiration from John Ford's 1950 film <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Master" title="Wagon Master">Wagon Master</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Revue_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Revue Productions">Revue Productions</a> conceived of a semi-anthology series with an emphasis on strong storytelling and quality direction with weekly guest stars known for their work in motion pictures and other media but retaining a regular cast of characters to provide a touchstone for audiences. </p><p>At an initial budget of <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$100,000</span> (equivalent to $1,085,000 in 2023) per segment, <i>Wagon Train</i> episodes cost over 40% more than most contemporary hour-long Westerns, allowing it to film on location in California's <a href="/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley">San Fernando Valley</a> and afford its expensive guest stars.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theme_music">Theme music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Theme music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first season theme "Wagon Train" was written by <a href="/wiki/Henri_Ren%C3%A9" title="Henri René">Henri René</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Russell_(songwriter)" title="Bob Russell (songwriter)">Bob Russell</a>, and lyrics were not used. The theme was conducted by Revue musical director Stanley Wilson. In the second season, a new more modern sounding theme was introduced. "(Roll Along) Wagon Train" was written by <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Fain" title="Sammy Fain">Sammy Fain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Brooks_(lyricist)" title="Jack Brooks (lyricist)">Jack Brooks</a> and sung by Johnny O'Neill. About midway through the second season this was replaced with an instrumental version by Stanley Wilson. In the third season a more traditional sounding score was introduced. "Wagons Ho!" was written and conducted by <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Moross" title="Jerome Moross">Jerome Moross</a>, who adapted it from a passage of music he had written for the 1959 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jayhawkers!" title="The Jayhawkers!">The Jayhawkers</a></i>. This theme would last through the series's run and is the most remembered <i>Wagon Train</i> theme. Stanley Wilson re-recorded "Wagons Ho!" when the series was broadcast in color in 1963, then an abbreviated version of the 1963 re-recorded theme was used for the final season when it returned to black-and-white.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_broadcast">Original broadcast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Original broadcast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The show ran for 284 episodes over 8 seasons: the first aired on September 18, 1957, and the final segment was broadcast on May 2, 1965. </p><p>The series aired for most of its run as hour-long episodes in black-and-white except for five episodes during the 1961-62 season which were produced and broadcast in color to promote NBC's parent company RCA's color television sets. After its move to ABC the show mirrored "The Virginian" on NBC by filming in color and expanding to 90 minutes. In its final and eighth season and due to declining ratings, the show returned to its hour format and was filmed in black and white. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Syndication">Syndication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Syndication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the original Ward Bond episodes were broadcast weekday afternoons on ABC beginning in 1963, a new series title "Seth Adams Trailmaster" was given to the episode to avoid viewer confusion because <i>Wagon Train</i> was still on the ABC evening schedule. A new theme song, the "Trailmaster Theme", written and conducted by Stanley Wilson, was used for these syndicated episodes. The later episodes from the John McIntire era were syndicated under the simpler title "Trailmaster." All episodes eventually reverted to their original titling after the series left the air. The 75-minute episodes were usually syndicated separately, sometimes shown on local stations as "movies."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>One episode very seldom shown is "Princess of the Lost Tribe" (season 4 episode 6, shown 6 Nov 1960), in which Flint McCullough happens upon the hiding place of descendants of the <a href="/wiki/Aztec" class="mw-redirect" title="Aztec">Aztec</a> Indians - now moved up from central Mexico to the vicinity of Arizona, with <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Massey" title="Raymond Massey">Raymond Massey</a> playing their king, Montezuma IX, speaking English with flawless educated diction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_media">Home media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Video" title="Alpha Video">Alpha Video</a> released three episodes of <i>Wagon Train</i> on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a>. Four years later <a href="/wiki/Timeless_Media_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeless Media Group">Timeless Media Group</a> released a DVD selection consisting of 12 episodes on three discs. Also in 2008, it released <i>The Complete Color Season</i>, a 16 disc box set with season seven and 16 select episodes from the other seasons. From 2010 to 2013, Timeless Media Group released the series in eight box sets of one season each, and the seventh season lacks the bonus episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-WTtTS_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WTtTS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 89">: 89 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_influences">Cultural influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wagon_Train&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cultural influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry" title="Gene Roddenberry">Gene Roddenberry</a> said he pitched <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek</a></i> as "<i>Wagon Train</i> to the stars", referring to the concept of a recurring cast on a long journey with famous guest stars becoming the focus of various stories. 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href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1951–52 United States network television schedule">51–52</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey%27s_Talent_Scouts" title="Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts">Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1952–53 United States network television schedule">52–53</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1953–54 United States network television schedule">53–54</a>, <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1954–55 United States network television schedule">54–55</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1955–56 United States network television schedule">55–56</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_$64,000_Question" title="The $64,000 Question">The $64,000 Question</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1956–57 United States network television schedule">56–57</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1957–58 United States network television schedule">57–58</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1958–59 United States network television schedule">58–59</a>, <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1959–60 United States network television schedule">59–60</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1960–61 United States network television schedule">60–61</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1961–62 United States network television schedule">61–62</a>: <i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wagon Train</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1962–63 United States network television schedule">62–63</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1963–64 United States network television schedule">63–64</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beverly_Hillbillies" title="The Beverly Hillbillies">The Beverly Hillbillies</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Beverly_Hillbillies_episodes#Season_1:_1962/63" title="List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes">S1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Beverly_Hillbillies_episodes#Season_2:_1963/64" title="List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes">S2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1964–65 United States network television schedule">64–65</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1965–66 United States network television schedule">65–66</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1966–67 United States network television schedule">66–67</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Bonanza" title="Bonanza">Bonanza</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1967–68 United States network television schedule">67–68</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Andy_Griffith_Show" title="The Andy Griffith Show">The Andy Griffith Show</a></i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Andy_Griffith_Show_season_8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Andy Griffith Show season 8 (page does not exist)">(S8)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1968–69 United States network television schedule">68–69</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1969–70 United States network television schedule">69–70</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1970–71 United States network television schedule">70–71</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Welby,_M.D." title="Marcus Welby, M.D.">Marcus Welby, M.D.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1971–72 United States network television schedule">71–72</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1972–73 United States network television schedule">72–73</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1973–74 United States network television schedule">73–74</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1974–75 United States network television schedule">74–75</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1975–76 United States network television schedule">75–76</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 2 (page does not exist)">S2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 3 (page does not exist)">S3</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 4 (page does not exist)">S4</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 5 (page does not exist)">S5</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_in_the_Family_season_6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All in the Family season 6 (page does not exist)">S6</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1976–77 United States network television schedule">76–77</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Days" title="Happy Days">Happy Days</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Happy_Days_season_4" title="Happy Days season 4">(S4)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1977–78 United States network television schedule">77–78</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1978–79 United States network television schedule">78–79</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley" title="Laverne & Shirley">Laverne & Shirley</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley_season_3" title="Laverne & Shirley season 3">S3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley_season_4" title="Laverne & Shirley season 4">S4</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1979–80 United States network television schedule">79–80</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1980–81 United States network television schedule">80–81</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1981–82 United States network television schedule">81–82</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_4" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 4">S4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_5" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 5">S5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1982–83 United States network television schedule">82–83</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1983–84 United States network television schedule">83–84</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)_season_7" title="Dallas (1978 TV series) season 7">(S7)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1984–85 United States network television schedule">84–85</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Dynasty_(1981_TV_series)" title="Dynasty (1981 TV series)">Dynasty</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1985–86 United States network television schedule">85–86</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1986–87 United States network television schedule">86–87</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1987–88 United States network television schedule">87–88</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1988–89 United States network television schedule">88–89</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 2 (page does not exist)">S2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 3 (page does not exist)">S3</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 4 (page does not exist)">S4</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 5 (page does not exist)">S5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1989–90 United States network television schedule">89–90</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Roseanne" title="Roseanne">Roseanne</a></i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roseanne_season_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roseanne season 2 (page does not exist)">(S2)</a>/<i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cosby_Show_season_6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cosby Show season 6 (page does not exist)">(S6)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1990–91 United States network television schedule">90–91</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Cheers" title="Cheers">Cheers</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Cheers_season_9" title="Cheers season 9">(S9)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1991–92 United States network television schedule">91–92</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1992–93 United States network television schedule">92–93</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1993–94 United States network television schedule">93–94</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1994–95 United States network television schedule">94–95</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld </a></i> <a href="/wiki/Seinfeld_season_6" title="Seinfeld season 6">(S6)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1995–96 United States network television schedule">95–96</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1996–97 United States network television schedule">96–97</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/ER_season_2" title="ER season 2">S2</a>, <a href="/wiki/ER_season_3" title="ER season 3">S3</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1997–98 United States network television schedule">97–98</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Seinfeld_season_9" title="Seinfeld season 9">(S9)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1998–99 United States network television schedule">98–99</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i> <a href="/wiki/ER_season_5" title="ER season 5">(S5)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1999–2000 United States network television schedule">99–2000</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire_(American_game_show)" title="Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)">Who Wants to Be a Millionaire</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2000–01 United States network television schedule">00–01</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Survivor_(American_TV_series)" title="Survivor (American TV series)">Survivor</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Survivor:_The_Australian_Outback" title="Survivor: The Australian Outback">(S2-AO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2001–02 United States network television schedule">01–02</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Friends_season_8" title="Friends season 8">(S8)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2002–03 United States network television schedule">02–03</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2003–04 United States network television schedule">03–04</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2004–05 United States network television schedule">04–05</a>,: <i><a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_season_3" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 3">S3</a>, <a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_season_4" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 4">S4</a>, <a href="/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation_season_5" title="CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 5">S5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2005–06 United States network television schedule">05–06</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2006–07 United States network television schedule">06–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_United_States_network_television_schedule" 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