Judge Roy Bean (TV series)
| Judge Roy Bean | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Buckley Angell Orville H. Hampton Russell Hayden Milton Raison John Ward |
| Directed by | Derwin Abrahams Reg Browne Nate Watt Seymour Robbie |
| Starring |
Edgar Buchanan Jack Buetel Jackie Loughery Tris Coffin Lash LaRue X Brands Glenn Strange |
| Composer(s) | Harry Bluestone Emil Cadkin Harry Geller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Peter Piech |
| Producer(s) | Fred Franks Russell Hayden |
| Cinematography | Jockey Arthur Feindel John Mathew Nickolaus, Jr. Lester White |
| Editor(s) | Thor L. Brooks Reg Browne |
| Running time | 24 mins. |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 1, 1955 – August 1, 1956 |
Judge Roy Bean is a syndicated American western television series starring Edgar Buchanan as the legendary Kentucky-born Judge Roy Bean, a Texas justice of the peace known as "The Law West of the Pecos".
Judge Roy Bean is set in Langtry in Val Verde County in southwest Texas, where Bean held court in his combination general store and saloon.
Each of the thirty-nine episodes of the program begins with a standard introduction: "During the 1870s, the wildest spot in the United States was the desolate region west of the Pecos River. Virtually beyond the reach of the authorities, the railroads, then pushing their way west, attracted the most vicious characters in the country. It was said that all civilization and law stopped at the east bank of the Pecos. It took one man, a lone storekeeper who was sick of the lawlessness, to change all this. His name was Judge Roy Bean".
The legendary Bean would have hanged a man for the slightest infraction of "his laws", but there are no hangings on the family-oriented series. The storekeeper role is stressed more than that of the bartender. Bean's Langtry is not named for the English actress Lillie Langtry, who visited there after Bean's death. Instead, Langtry is named for George Langtry, an engineer and foreman of the Southern Pacific Railroad who had supervised a Chinese work crew there.
Jack Buetel appears in the series as 41-year-old Jeff Taggert, Bean's right-hand man. Jackie Loughery portrays Letty Bean, the judge's 26-year-old niece. Russell Hayden appeared in twelve episodes as Steve, a Texas Ranger.
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