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Wagon Train

Rating6.6/10

First Air1957

Seasons8

Episodes284

Votes29

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.

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First Aired

September 18, 1957

Last Aired

May 2, 1965

Original Language

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Scripted

Production Companies

Universal Television

Revue Studios

Seasons & Episodes

Episodes

Cast

Frank McGrath

Charlie Wooster

Terry Wilson

Bill Hawks

Robert Horton

Flint McCullough

John McIntire

Christopher Hale

Ward Bond

Major Seth Adams

Denny Miller

Duke Shannon

Robert Fuller

Cooper Smith, James Fitzpatrick

Michael Burns

Barnaby West, Mathew Miner

Chick Hannan

Wagon Train Member (uncredited), Wagon Train Member, Hammond Henchman (uncredited), Show Spectator (uncredited), Cowhand (uncredited), Wagon Train Applicant (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Cory (uncredited), Wilk Beal, Judd Higgins, Joe Casper, Mr. Spartan, Wagon Train Member (uncredited), Mr. Kelsey, First Guard, Sam the Bartender, Slim, Frank