The Virginian (1962)
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Cast & Crew.
Barry Kelley
Prosecutor Frank Giles / Commissioner Todd / Sheriff Jim Brady
Richard Anderson
Harry Clark
Denver Pyle
Pico Brown
George D. Wallace
Sheriff in Portersville / Dixon / Wilkie Carewe
Alice Frost
Mrs. Kolbey
Joan Freeman
Tabby McCallum / Judy King / Katherine Daniels / Caroline Witman
Cloris Leachman
Clara
Susan Oliver
Martha Perry / Ellen Cooper
Peter Whitney
Jake Landers / Ansel Miller / Lars Holstrom
David McLean
Troy / Governor James / Burt Adams
James Doohan
George Mitchell / James Francis O'Bannion
Michael Constantine
Stavros Karas / Private Essex Kanin
Strother Martin
Finley / Luther Watson
Steve Pendleton
Prosecutor / August Schimell
Whit Bissell
Whit Parsons / Burns / Andrew Cass
Don Stroud
Frank Hollis / Cate
Chris Alcaide
Howard Heller / Cowhand
Sam Edwards
Hotel Clerk / Desk Clerk / Hank the Hotel Clerk
John Litel
Finley / Wade Hammill
Terry Frost
Carl Thomas / Anderson
Parley Baer
Pat Magill / The Senator
Orville Sherman
Undertaker / Doctor
Hal Needham
The Man / Bounty Hunter
Paul Birch
Sheriff Halsey / Carl Bruner / John Carver / Ben Carter / Mack Lewis
Mort Mills
Deputy Bender / Garrett / Bert Devlin
Michael Ansara
Paul Dallman / Marshall Merle Frome
Royal Dano
Daniels / Faraway McPhail / Uncle Dell Benton / Faraway MacPhail / Dan Molder
Ed Begley
Micah Ellis / Mike Tyrone
Morgan Woodward
Jack Bandon / Randall
Richard Carlson
Sheriff Marden / Major Ralph Forrester
Leonard P. Geer
Prisoner (uncredited) / Outlaw / Prison Wagon Driver / Wagon Driver / Ranch Hand / Spence
Walter Woolf King
Judge / Judge Bradford / Doctor / Judge Winters / Judge MacDonald
Joanna Moore
Jenny / Carol Fisk / Jane Dent / Ellen Lawrence
Leonard Nimoy
Keith Bentley / Wismer / Benjamin Frome
Warren Oates
Roy Judd / Corbie / Bowers / Buxton
Roy Barcroft
Mr. Tait / Bill Goforth
Elizabeth Harrower
Mrs. Crandall / Mrs. Grant
Lloyd Nolan
Tom Foster / Wade Anders / Abe Clayton
Tim McIntire
Milt / Marcus Veda
Fabian
Charlie Ryan / Martin Beldon / Eddie / Josh Laredo
Larry Pennell
Wally Koerner / Carl Rand
Tyler McVey
Perkins / Matthew Barclay / Gillman
Steve Ihnat
Stub O'Dell / Matson / Jed Matthews
Barry Sullivan
Frank Dawson / John Springfield
Joe De Santis
Gen. Rodello / Juan Pablo
Ed Peck
Ben Clayton / Sheriff Milt Hayle
Bobby Buntrock
Andrew / Tim Bates / Tim Messinger
Simon Oakland
Charles Sanders / Bob Coulter
Paul Comi
Brad Carter / Elliott Powers / Harold Braden / Jack Harlan
John Zaremba
Polk / Mayor / Undertaker / Warden / Stone
Claude Akins
Hezekiah / Lump
Marvin Brody
Horace / Fat Jim Potter
Judson Pratt
Harry / Ned Clymer / Jerd 'Jack' Morgan
Quintin Sondergaard
Zach / Arnold Scott / Terry
Tol Avery
General Pierpont J. Caswell / Coroner / Willard Arlington Rutledge / John Fix / Prosecuting Attorney
Robert Lansing
Matt Denning / Lee Knight / George Calhoun
Dabbs Greer
Doc / Ed Harger
Michael Stanwood
Deputy / Deputy Jennings / Peck Benton
Karl Swenson
Col. Theodore Roosevelt / Karl Swenson / Ben Wallace
J. Pat O'Malley
Charlie Dell / Samuel Bowman / Joe Keller
Michael Forest
Hugh Stager / Cavalry Lieutenant / George MacGregor / Zach Wheeler
Harry Lauter
Cat McGraw / Lund / Roy Kane
Paul Carr
Joe / Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) / Kane / Pete Verig
Jeremy Slate
Johnny Kane / Benton / Jim Dawson
Douglas Fowley
Sorrowful / Sheriff Ben Tolliver
Russ Conway
Walter Moody / Charley Cousins / Tom Hadley / Ed Hale
R. G. Armstrong
Ben Winters / Frederick Harley
Harold Gould
Prosecutor Black / Adam Pendleton / John Anderson / John Marshall Harrison / Lacey / Prosecutor Tom Finney
Jocelyn Brando
Ida Martin / Lucy Wallace
Tom Tryon
Kevin Doyle / Howie Sheppard / Andrew Hiller / Cliff Darrow
William Smith
Andy Adams / Paul Rogers / Bill / Joe Riley / Spector
Robert Pine
Corporal Maron / Young Bob Coulter / Curley
William Phipps
Ranch Hand / Hans / Jock Wheeler / Hank
William Fawcett
Jethro / Hostler / Sam Elberry / Rider (uncredited)
Hugh Marlowe
Clay Billings / Ed Wells
Peter Brown
Tom Conlan / Craig Ryan / Chad Cooper
Robert B. Williams
Townsman / Cattle Buyer (uncredited) / Sam Hardy / Rancher / Station Master / Charles Evans / Evan Barnes / Dade
Virginia Christine
Leora Tressider / Judith Briscoe / Margaret Conlan / Nora Claypool
Bing Russell
Sgt. Eads / Gabe Sloan / Donovan / John Rudd / Ned Smith / Sam Fuller
Leo Gordon
Big Jim Lafferty / Jack Scratch / Loma Bartender
Stuart Nisbet
Bartender / Tolliver / Barkeep / Nelson
Ricardo Montalban
Louis Boissevain / Francisco Sosentes / Enrique Cuellar
Bryan O'Byrne
Caldwell / Ned Carlin
James Farentino
Frank Colby / Pick Lexington
Hugh Beaumont
Maguire / Maj. James Carlton / Charles Martin
Raymond Guth
Klotz / Carley / Josh Miller
Martin Milner
Case / Dave Ferguson
Frank Sully
Waiter / Bartender
Myron Healey
Potts / Martin Croft / Sgt. Cohane / Jack Slauson / Lomax / Yance Cooper
Albert Salmi
Corporal C.T. Smoot / Quinn / Willie 'Brother Thaddeus' Kane / Rafe Simmons
H.M. Wynant
The Man / Dalton Lacey
Dan White
Baggage Man / Fox / Edwards / Stableman
Irene Tedrow
Gran McDevitt / Mrs. Scanlon
Virginia Gregg
Mrs. Tyson / Hattie McLain
John Milford
Deputy Perry Allen / Will Gar / Jasper Horn / John Kiley
Hal Baylor
Corporal Jobie / Bert / Sgt. Costello / Gleason / Miner / Flake
John Hoyt
Judge Harper / Judge Wickersham / Judge Manton / Mr. Marshall
Sandy Kenyon
Professor / Bert Robinson
Gregg Palmer
Cowhand / Sunday / Peters / Cal / Cowboy / Sheriff / Deputy Roberts
Gene Evans
Sheriff Luke Donaldson / Blanchard
Charles Bronson
Harge Talbot / Ben Justin
Lloyd Bochner
Luke Evers / Abel Wilks
Bill Quinn
Prosecutor / Doctor Stanton / Judge / New York Clarion Editor
James Whitmore
Marshal Krug / Capt. Piper Pritican / Carl Kabe / Ezra Hollis
John Dehner
Morgan Starr / Bleeck / Marshall Eliazer Teague / Frank Sturgis
Edward Binns
Mike McCormick / Colonel John Briscoe / Pa McRae
Ford Rainey
Sam Claypool / Marshal Floyd Buckman / Sheriff Sam Roebuck / County Prosecutor / Sheriff
Noah Beery Jr.
Will Baxter / Morgan / Ed Simpson
Douglas Henderson
Leonard Walters / Ben Cooper / Sam Jenkins
George Kennedy
Tom 'Bear' Suchette / Huck Harkness / Jack Marshman
Hal Bokar
Stuart Kelly / Hank Logan / Thody
Victor Jory
Luke Nichols / Carl Hendricks / Jim Kohler / Tom Brant
Med Flory
Finney / Sardo / Tom Yeager / Red Ingram
Walter Reed
Maj. Mallory / Rev. Nichols / Caleb
Noah Keen
Samuel Cole / Judge Benson / Arnold Page
Tom Skerritt
Eric Kroeger / Billy Landers / Rev. Paul Martinson / Moran
John Mitchum
Bartender / Sam the Bartender / Bucky the Bartender / Pooch / Madison
Paul Fix
Ebberly Packis / Dr. Hinton / Arnold Boyle
Gil Perkins
Whitey / Hooded Man
Robert Karnes
Jeffers / Hobey Kendall / Sheriff of Concho
Andrew Prine
Chuck Larson / Will Denning / Clint Evers / Tobe Larkin / Brett Benton
John Lupton
Floyd Ramon / John Cooper / Sam Horn / Frank Adams
Craig Huxley
Johnny McLain / Kenny Beesom
Ken Mayer
Deputy Clay Friendly / Marshal John Howard / George Gaynor / McDuff
Ann Doran
Reba / Maggie Hyeth / Minerva Lewis / Annie Thomas / Mrs. Graves
Grace Lee Whitney
Nina / Heather
Arthur Franz
Sheriff Mike Miller / Fitz Warren
Dick Foran
Mayor / Frank Devereaux / Duggan
Peter Mark Richman
Wade / Jack Wade / Al Keets / Johnny Madrid
Shug Fisher
Pony Bill Steele / Mr. Peterson / Desk Clerk / Telegrapher
Leslie Nielsen
Cleve Mason / John Hagen / Harry Lightfoot
Edward Faulkner
Andy Proctor / Packer / Tom Landers / Striker / Pete / Matt Clayton / Bert / Gambler
John Anderson
Adam Tercell / Major Cass / Jeremiah Chilton / Sam McLain / Seth James / Deputy Sheriff Sam Morrell
Don Barry
Carstairs / John Slaughter / Dugan / Man / Charles Coulter / Hutton / Jake / Shorty Downs
Anne Francis
Myra Greencastle / Victoria Greenly
John Doucette
Arthur Willis / Lumberfield / Calder / Sheriff Goodbody
Jan Shepard
Jessica Boyer / Ellen Denning / Connie Burns / Laura Cooper
Michael Burns
Will Benson / Bobby Crayton / Jim Boyer Jr. / Noah MacIntosh
Kevin Hagen
Oscar Swenson / Albert Morgan
Diana Muldaur
Rachel Bonham / Laura Messinger
Joseph Mell
Bartender / Western Express Agent
Peter Breck
Jess Carver / Lafe Harkness
John Harmon
Jimmy Dow / Auctioneer / B.G. Coonley / Trivett / Hastings / Clerk / Barman / Harry Finnegan
John Pickard
Sheriff in Laramie / Charlie Hobkins / Marshal / Sheriff / Sheriff Sanford
Conlan Carter
Lennie Carewe / Jory Kinkaid
Jeanette Nolan
Holly Grainger / Helen Dyer
Richard Reeves
Munsy / Tom the Bartender / Sam the Bartender / Jake Grohs
William Windom
Arthur Blanton / Joss Cardine / Foster Bonham
Ann Sothern
Della Spencer
Carolyn Jones
Annie Spencer
Berkeley Harris
Arnold 'Crouch' Hudkins / George Kabe / Jack Karns / Theo / Denver
Mickey Caruso
Dawson
Dick Cherney
Trooper (uncredited) / Townsman (uncredited)
Harold J. Stone
Grant Buchanan / Adam Southcort / Ev Clinchy / Einar Carlson / Jake
Murray MacLeod
Lorne Buchanan
Rachel Ames
Mary Kinkaid
Ross Hagen
Tern / Carl Stacy / Bassett
Olive Sturgess
Laura Carter
Linden Chiles
Paul Leland / Ben Fancher / Sheriff Chris Williams / Ira Lom
Brendon Boone
Griff
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 19, 1962
StatusEnded
Seasons9
Episodes249
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
Wiki.
The Virginian (later renamed The Men from Shiloh in its final year) was an American Western television series starring James Drury in the title role, along with Doug McClure, Lee J. Cobb, and others. It originally aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971, for a total of 249 episodes. Drury had played the same role in 1958 in an unsuccessful pilot that became an episode of the NBC summer series Decision. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute Western series (75 minutes excluding commercial breaks). Cobb left the series after four seasons, and was replaced over the years by mature character actors John Dehner, Charles Bickford, John McIntire, and Stewart Granger, all portraying different characters. It was set before Wyoming became a state in 1890, as mentioned several times as Wyoming Territory, although other references set it later,
around 1898.
The series was loosely based on The Virginian: Horseman of the Plains, a 1902 Western novel by Owen Wister that Hollywood had previously adapted for movies. Percy Faith composed the show's original theme.
The series ran for nine seasons, making it network television's third-longest running Western series, behind Bonanza at 14 seasons and 430 episodes, and Gunsmoke at 20 seasons and 635 episodes.