Wichita Town
A single-season Western starring Joel McCrea and his son.
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Wichita Town is a half-hour Western television series that aired on NBC from September 30, 1959, until September 23, 1960. The show starred Joel McCrea as Marshal Mike Dunbar, in charge of keeping the peace in the booming cattle town of Wichita, Kansas. His deputies were Ben Matheson, played by McCrea's real life son, Jody, and Rico Rodriquez, portrayed by Carlos Romero. The town doctor, Nat Wyndham (played by George Neise), made occasional appearances, along with the blacksmith, Aeneas MacLinahan (played by Robert Anderson), and the bartender Joe Kingston (played in six episodes by Robert Foulk). Produced by Mirisch Company and Joel McCrea's Production company for Four Star Television, the series ran for a single season.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- Starring
- Joel McCrea
- Jody McCrea
- Carlos Romero
- George Neise
- Robert Foulk
- Robert Anderson
- Country
- United States
- Network
- NBC
- First aired
- 30 September 1959
- Last aired
- 6 April 1960
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 26
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Guest stars
Richard Coogan, formerly of NBC's The Californians, was cast as the Reverend Nichols in "The Devil's Choice" (1959). Ben Cooper appeared as Tom Warren in "Passage to the Enemy". Dennis Cross played Fred Keever in "Second Chance" (1960). Gene Evans, earlier of My Friend Flicka, portrayed Otis Stockert in "The Frontiersman" (1960). Yvonne Lime Fedderson was Fran in "Biggest Man in Town" (1959). Frank Ferguson appeared as Mayor Eric Holbein in "The Night the Cowboys Roared" (1959) and "The Frontiersman" (1960). Jock Gaynor's first acting appearance was as Joe Malone on Wichita Town; later that year he landed a supporting role on another NBC Western, Outlaws. Ron Hagerthy, formerly of Sky King, played Tod in "Biggest Man in Town" (1959). Ron Hayes was Scotty in the episode "Sidekicks". I. Stanford Jolley as Smokey and John McIntire as Frank Matheson were cast together in "Paid in Full". Keith Larsen, star of NBC's Northwest Passage, appeared as the Indian, Blue Raven, in "Seed of Hate" (1960). Nan Leslie, formerly of NBC's The Californians, played Margaret Cook in "Day of Battle" (1959). Suzanne Lloyd portrayed Laura in "Afternoon in Town" and "Sidekicks" (1960). Mort Mills was Pete Bennett in "Man on the Hill" (1959). John M. Pickard, formerly of Boots and Saddles, appeared twice in episodes "Wyndham's Way" and as a character named Bain in "Second Chance". Robert F. Simon played Walt McCloud in "Second Chance".
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