TV series
Cheyenne
Overview
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American 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.
Details
- First air date
- 1955-09-20
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 7 seasons
- Episodes
- 108 episodes
- Genres
- Western, Drama
- Network
- ABC
- Production
- Warner Bros. Television
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie
- Chuck Hicks as Townsman (uncredited)
- Clyde Howdy as Prospector (uncredited)
- Lane Bradford as O'Connell
- Frank De Kova as War Cloud
- Mickey Simpson
- Harry Harvey as Opie Wade
- Lane Chandler as Sen. Maple
- Andrew Duggan as Major Ellwood
- Trevor Bardette
- Ray Teal as McCanles
- Myron Healey as Carl Thompson
Creators and crew
- Roy Huggins - Creator
- William T. Orr - Producer
- Roy Huggins - Producer
- Richard L. Bare - Director
- Leslie H. Martinson - Director
- Lee Sholem - Director
Seasons
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