The Rough Riders (TV series)
| The Rough Riders | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Richard Dorso George Fass Gertrude Fass Bruce Geller Paul King Samuel A. Peeples Teddi Sherman Joseph Stone R.E. Thompson |
| Directed by |
Franklin Adreon Monroe P. Askins Leon Benson Alan Crosland, Jr. Walter Doniger Eddie Davis Henry S. Kesler Otto Lang John Rich |
| Starring |
Kent Taylor Jan Merlin Peter Whitney |
| Theme music composer | Cliff Radford |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Vernon E. Clark |
| Cinematography | Monroe P. Askins Jacques R. Marquette |
| Editor(s) | Tony Martinelli Thomas Scott Joseph Silver |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Ziv Television Programs |
| Distributor |
MGM Television Peter Rodgers Organization |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 2, 1958 – September 24, 1959 |
The Rough Riders is an American Western television series set in the West after the American Civil War. It aired on ABC for the 1958-1959 television season. It was produced by Ziv Television, the production company responsible for such hit shows as Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, Sea Hunt, and Highway Patrol.
The program is about three ex-soldiers, two at one time fighting for the Union side and one for the Confederate, who traveled together across the West, fighting trouble and bad guys. The series starred Kent Taylor as ex-Union Captain Jim Flagg, Jan Merlin as former Confederate Lieutenant Colin Kirby, and Peter Whitney as former Union Sergeant Buck Sinclair.
Among series guest stars were John Anderson, Lon Chaney, Jr., James Coburn, Mike Connors, William Conrad, Russ Conway, Walter Coy, Mimi Gibson, Ed Hinton, Jack Hogan, DeForest Kelley, Douglas Kennedy, George Macready, Tyler McVey, Joyce Meadows, Leonard Nimoy, Broderick Crawford, Judson Pratt, Stuart Randall, Karen Sharpe, Dan Sheridan, Carol Thurston, Gary Vinson, Barbara Woodell and Larry Pennell.
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