Annie Oakley (TV series)
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Gene Autry was executive producer of Annie Oakley, and Gail Davis had the title role.
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| Genre | Western |
| Starring |
Gail Davis Brad Johnson Jimmy Hawkins Bob Woodward |
| Composer(s) | Erma E. Levin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 83 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Gene Autry Louis Gray Armand Schaefer |
| Producer(s) | Colbert Clark Louis Gray |
| Cinematography | William Bradford Joe Novak |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Flying A Productions |
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| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | January 9, 1954 – February 24, 1957 |
Annie Oakley is an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in syndication, for a total of 81 black and white episodes, each 25 minutes long. ABC showed reruns on Saturday and Sunday daytime from 1959 to 1960 and from 1964 to 1965.
The show starred Gail Davis in the title role, and co-starred Brad Johnson as Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig and Jimmy Hawkins, as Annie's brother, (In the pilot episode, "Bull's Eye", Tagg was played by Billy Gray, better known as James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., on Father Knows Best.)
In the series, Annie Oakley rode a horse named Target, Tagg's horse was Pixie and Lofty's was named Forest. Annie and Tagg lived in the town of Diablo, Arizona, with their uncle, Sheriff Luke MacTavish, who was usually away whenever trouble started. It would then be up to straight-shooting Annie and her "silent suitor" Lofty Craig to rescue law-abiding neighbors and arrest outlaws. Often Tagg would be told to stay in town and out of the way, but through disobedience, the need to relay important new information, or being captured by outlaws, he would end up in the middle of the adventure.
Annie always wore the same fringed cowgirl outfit, of which 15 or more copies were made throughout the show's production. Her hairstyle was braided pigtails.
Additional episodes were being considered, but Jimmy Hawkins had a growth spurt and outgrew the part of Annie's little brother.
Annie Oakley was among Gene Autry's Flying A Productions.
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