The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

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The Adventures of
Wild Bill Hickok
Andy Devine Wild Bill Hickok 1956.jpg
Andy Devine as Jingles
Genre Western
Directed by Wesley Barry
William Beaudine
Thomas Carr
Will Jason
Louis King
S. Roy Luby
Jean Yarbrough
Starring Guy Madison
Andy Devine
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 8
No. of episodes 113
Production
Producer(s) William F. Broidy
Cinematography Henry Freulich
John J. Martin
William A. Sickner
Editor(s) Carl Pierson
S. Roy Luby
Running time 25 mins.
Production company(s) Newhall Productions, William F. Broidy Productions
Distributor Screen Gems (original)
Sony Pictures Television (current)
Release
Original network Syndication
CBS (1955-1958)
ABC (1957-1958)
Audio format Monaural
Original release April 15, 1951 –
May 16, 1958
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958. The Kellogg's cereal company was the show's national sponsor. The series was also exported to Australia during the late-1950s.

Synopsis

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok starred Guy Madison as the legendary Old West lawman (in real life, also a gunfighter) United States Marshal James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, and Andy Devine as his comedy sidekick, Jingles P. Jones.

Other media

Devine and Madison portrayed their roles on Mutual radio from 1951 to 1956.[1]

During the 1950s, several episodes of the show were spliced together and released as feature movies:

  • The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon (1952)
  • Behind Southern Lines (1952)
  • Trail of the Arrow (1952)
  • The Yellow Haired Kid (1952)
  • Border City Rustlers (1953)
  • Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
  • Six Gun Decision (1953)
  • Two Gun Marshal (1953)
  • Marshals In Disguise (1954)
  • Outlaw's Son (1954)
  • Trouble on the Trail (1954)
  • The Two Gun Teacher (1954)
  • The Matchmaking Marshal (1955)
  • Phantom Trails (1955)
  • Timber Country Trouble (1955)
  • The Titled Tenderfoot (1955)

Guest stars

  • Mike Ragan appeared in three episodes, as Gus in "The Tax Collecting Story" as Collier in "Mexican Rustlers Story" (both 1951), and Malone in "The Doctor's Story" (1953).
  • Carole Mathews appeared twice, first as Miss Jennings in "The Slocum Fmily" (1951) and then as Anne Hardy in "Blacksmith Story" (1952).
  • William Tannen, as Rand in "The Doctor's Story" (1953) and as Tom Maples in "The Maverick" (1954)

Award nominations

Year Award Result Category
1955 Emmy Award Nominated Best Western or Adventure Series

References

  1. ↑ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

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