Cheyenne (1955)


Cheyenne
Release Date20 September 1955
GenreWestern
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsWarner Ranch, Calabasas, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeSeries
TagsCowboy, Cross Cultural Relations, Indian (Native American), Outlaw [Western], Wagon Train

Cheyenne is a western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Cheyenne Bodie

Clyde Howdy
Townsman 

Fred Carson
Indian 

Bronco Layne

Chuck Hicks
Townsman 

Tom 'Sugarfoot' Brewster

Bailey

Bassing 

Barfly 

John Truax
Townsman 

Lane Bradford
Caleb Brock 

Benito Juarez 

Rod McGaughy
Brawler 

Amarillo Ames 

Don Megowan
Gregg Dewey 

Terry Frost
Capt. Hudson 

Kermit Maynard
Townsman 

Andrew Duggan
Black Jack 

I. Stanford Jolley
Chester 

Russ McCubbin
Indian 

Robert J. Wilke
Ben Creed 

Ray Teal
Maj. Heffler 

Myron Healey
Carl Thompson 

Cliff Bartow 

Tom Monroe
Bank Robber Leader 

Harry Tyler
Cotton Exchange Manager 

Robert Carson
Jack Ballister 

Walter Barnes
Burt Flowers 

Harry Harvey
Marshal 

Sailor Vincent
Bartender 

Michael Forest
Captain Robert Holman 

Hal Baylor
Duke 

Capt. Bill Tenson 

Bret 

Cyrus Dawson 

Constance Mason 

Dan Gibson 

Jane Emmet 

Amy Brandon 

Peter Whitney
Eli Henderson 

Dr. Henry Malcomb 

Charles Horvath
Bill Henley 

John Cliff
Edward 'Ed' Curran 

William Lally
Chester 

Carlyle Mitchell
Hub Powell 

Tim Graham
California Joe 

Buddy Roosevelt
Indian 

Guy Wilkerson
Bartender 

Walter Coy
Frank Baker 

Billy Younger 

Alice Norris 

Garth 

James Griffith
Gorrell 

Amos Treadwell 

Gib Anders 

Billy Bob 

Duane Grey
Ben Fipps 

Tom Kennedy
Bartender 

K.L. Smith
Morgan 

Bert McGuire 

Smitty 

Claire Du Pas 

Walter Reed
Jack Riggs 

Edward Colmans
Carlos 

Abe Larson 

Ross Elliott
Ernie Ransom 

Steve Darrell
Earl Grayson 

Wright King
Blaney Wilcox 

Patrick McVey
Marshal Bailey 

Mort Mills
Ben Taggart 

Richard Garland
Beloin 

Harry Lauter
Harry Tobin 

Black Frank 

Don Haggerty
Chet Noler 

Paul Fierro
Antonio 

Robert Hover
Bill 

William Meigs
Arnie Munroe 

Indian Agent Clum 

Brad Caldwell 

Marie Conover 

Frank Ferguson
Elihu 'Eli' Zachary 

Chief Chato

Francis De Sales
Lt. Quentin 

Indian 

Kelly Thordsen
Brown 

Stanley Farrar
Judge 

Tom McKee
Coke Adams 

Oliver McGowan
Ike Thompson 

Dan Sheridan
Mal Wheeler 

Lobos 

X Brands
Apache Brave 

Phil Tully
Ben 

Robert McQueeney
Captain Duquesne 

Ralph Neff
Hank DeLieu 

Don Wilbanks
Chad Owens 

Carlos Romero
Lieutenant Jose Montez 

Bill Walton 

Roy Wright
Bartender 

James Abbot 

Calhoun Durango 

Joseph Gallison
Billy Fipps 

Dillard 

Sherwood Price
Hardy 'Whitey' Russell 

Cyrus Burton 

Deputy Sheriff Braden 

Brad Weston
Lar Walton 

Anne Whitfield
Johnny Dembro 

Joel Ashley
Clayton 

David Alpert
Chad 

Howard Negley
Ed Jeffries 

Stan Jones
Hotel Clerk Sacramento 

Elmer Bostrum 

Amy Gordon

Matt Reardon 

Joan Carter 

Bill Lockhart 

Leda Brandt 

Rheba Garcia 

Harry Shannon
Father Paul 

Ralph Moody
Pete 

Ann Saunders 

Hoyt 

William Phipps
'Smiler' Jones 

Millie 

Adelaide Marshall 

Thomas Browne Henry
Editor John 

Waitress

Paul Savage
Deputy Orville Jones 

Joseph Breen
Dan Roden 

Sam Flint
Elderly Senator in Saloon 

Gil Perkins
Mingo 

Henry Rowland
Pete Webb 

Bill Jenkins 

Barber 

George Wallace
Blaney Hawker 

Charles Tannen
Lonnie 

Chief Canyawa 

Gary Owen 

Chris Alcaide
Deputy Hack 

Jack Tornek
Barfly 

Clem Peters 

Richard Collier
Station Master 

Dick Rich
Ranch Hand 

John Harmon
Harris 

Henry Sawyer 

Della Carver 

Alan Horn 

Howard Petrie
Burt Wrangel 

Holly Bane
Dode Laverson 

Nolan Leary
Judge Crandall 

Harry Strang
Baggage Man 

Rayford Barnes
Griggs 

Harvey Sinclair 

Benny Baker
Doc Johnson 

Miguel Ángel Landa
Esteban 

Rankin Mansfield
Doctor 

Ed Prentiss
Ben Gentry 

Price 

Fay Pierce 

John Archer
Colonel Ted Wilson 

Gen. George Custer

Beth Tobin 

Les Bridgeman 

Stuart Randall
Deputy Marshal James Purdy 

Gary Vinson
Johnny Benson 

Ron Hayes
Cote Martin 

Chad Wilcox 

Deputy Sam 

Benjamin 'Benji' Danton 

George Keymas
Chiricahua Apache Indian 

Robert Keys
Lon 

George J. Lewis
Carlos 

Empress Carlotta

Sam Buffington
Allen Chester 

Ed Dickey
Bridgeman's Cowhand 

Forrest Lewis
Charlie Miller 

Mack Williams
Abe Bascombe 

Charles E. Fredericks
Bartender 

Harold J. Stone
Perez 

Doc Johnson 

H.M. Wynant
Ortega 

Kim Charney
Kenny Carver 

Tommy Farrell
Charlie Carver 

Tod Griffin
Rafe Donovan 

Tom Fadden
Sgt. Hogan 

James Seay
Duke Tavener 

Roy Glenn
Gravedigger 

Louis Quinn
Hotel Clerk 

Dr. Elwood Burns 

Barry Kelley
Nathan Alston 

Mike Ainley 

Zon Murray
Pat Brady 

Robert Crawford Jr.
Frank Garcia 

Manuel Lagrone 

Posse Member 

Bart Hanson 

Craig Duncan
Caleb Karl 

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Hotel Clerk 

Michael Keep
Conlin 

Adrienne Marden
Martha Collins 

William Mims
Defense Attorney 

James Waters
Bartender 

Johnny Brassbuttons 

Angus Emmet 

Andy Clark 

Tom Gilson
Claude McCracken 

Gayla Graves
Kate 

Kansas Moehring
Barfly 

Celia Marley 

Fels 

Irene Travers

Barry Atwater
Col. George Armstrong Custer

Yvette Duguay
Lone Woman

Francie Scott 

Wilton Graff
Major Perkins 

Col. Bell

Ed Kemmer
Capt. Fred Benteen

Fay Roope
Commissioner Brady

Liam Sullivan
Maj. Marcus Reno

Jim Boles
Dalton 

Buck Brown 

Robert Knapp
Deputy Rankin 

Jimmy 

John Milford
Floyd Pillow 

George Petrie
Doc Farnsworth 

Carol Dana 

Sheldon Allman
Charles 'Charlie' Lutz 

Maurice Manson
Judge Stone 

Ollie O'Toole
Charlie Dennis 

John Rayner
Augie McCracken 

Jake Sheffield
Evans 

Creech 

Greg Benedict
Deputy 'Smitty' Smith 

Kathy Bennett
Callie Wilkens 

Cole Younger

Roberto Contreras
Constanza 

Charles Irving
Judge 

Roger Mobley
Billy 

Director

Richard L. Bare

Leslie H. Martinson

Robert Sparr

Lee Sholem

George Waggner

Paul Landres

Walter Doniger

Leslie Goodwins

Joseph Kane

Otto Lang

Douglas Heyes

Franklin Adreon

Thomas Carr

Alan Crosland Jr.

Richard C. Sarafian

William Hale

Irving J. Moore

Writer

Dean Riesner

Berne Giler

Roy Huggins

Fred Freiberger

Howard Browne

Wells Root

Douglas Heyes

Montgomery Pittman

James O'Hanlon

George F. Slavin

Gerald Drayson Adams

D.D. Beauchamp

R. Wright Campbell

Frederick Brady

Steve Frazee

N.B. Stone Jr.

Kenneth Higgins

Lee Loeb

Joseph Chadwick

Albert Aley

Oliver Drake

Peter Germano

Charles B. Smith

Lester Fuller

David Lang

Finlay McDermid

Producer

William T. Orr
executive producer

Roy Huggins
producer

Arthur W. Silver
producer / supervising producer

Harve Foster
producer

Burt Dunne
producer

Jack Warner Jr.
producer

Sidney Biddell
producer

William P. D'Angelo
producer

Original Music

William Lava

Leith Stevens

Stan Jones

Paul Sawtell

Cinematographer

Harold E. Stine

Carl E. Guthrie

Ted D. McCord

Perry Finnerman

Editor

Robert J. Mauch

Harold Minter

Robert Watts

George Jay Nicholson

Robert Sparr

James Ballas

Ben Ray

Robert Stafford

Robert B. Warwick Jr.

Barton Hayes

Holbrook N. Todd

Art Director

Perry Ferguson

Stanley Fleischer

Louis K. Kuter

Set Decorator

William Wallace

George Wittlinger

William L. Kuehl

Bill Holland

Frank M. Miller

Makeup Department

Gordon Bau
makeup supervisor

Production Manager

Oren Haglund
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Lee White
assistant director

C. Carter Gibson
assistant director

William Kissell
assistant director

Lindsley Parsons Jr.
second assistant director

Art Department

Lee W. Moore
props

Roy Moore
props

Sound Department

M.A. Merrick
sound

Francis E. Stahl
sound

Stanley Jones
sound

Eugene F. Westfall
sound

Earl Crain Sr.
sound

Oliver S. Garretson
sound

Stunts

Bobby Somers
stunts

Jack N. Young
stunts

Bennie E. Dobbins
stunts

Roydon Clark
stunts

Tom Hennesy
stunt double: Clint Walker

Bob Herron
stunts

Chuck Hicks
stunt double

Bob May
stunts

Russ McCubbin
stunt double: Clint Walker

Bob Terhune
stunts

Editorial Department

James Moore
supervising editor / supervising film editor

Music Department

John Allyn Jr.
music editor

Jerry Livingston
composer: theme music

Mack David
composer: theme music

Charles Paley
music editor

Paul Sawtell
music supervisor

Bert Shefter
music supervisor

Other Crew

Arvo Ojala
technical director

Production Company

Warner Bros. Television
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Distributor

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Warner Home Video
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William T. Orr television shows
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