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Tales of Wells Fargo
| Tales of Wells Fargo | |
| Premiere | March 18, 1957 |
| Finale | June 2, 1962 |
| Creator | Nat Holt and Frank Gruber |
| Network/Provider | NBC |
| Style | 30-minute (seasons 1-5) 60-minute (season 6) western |
| Company | Revue Studios, Overland Productions (seasons 1-5) Juggernaut Productions (season 6) |
| Distributor | MCA Television (until 1996)
Universal Television Enterprises (1996–1998) Studios USA (1998–2002) Universal Domestic Television (2002–2004) NBCUniversal Television Distribution (2004–) |
| Seasons | 6 |
| Episodes | 200 |
| Origin | USA |
Tales of Wells Fargo is a western that aired on NBC.
Set in the 1870s and 1880s, the series starred the Oklahoma native Dale Robertson as special agent Jim Hardie, noted at the time as "the left-handed gun". The concept of Tales of Wells Fargo, a company troubleshooter in the American West, was also adapted by the syndicated series Pony Express, co-starring Grant Sullivan as detective Brett Clark, which aired in the 1959-1960 season, nearly coinciding with the centennial of the Pony Express. Even earlier, from 1954 to 1955, Jim Davis had starred as a railroad investigator, Matt Clark, in the syndicated Stories of the Century. Davis and Robertson, both of whom had unusual but similar-sounding speaking voices, each did the narration for their respective series.
Contents |
Cast
| Actor | Character | Duration | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Dale Robertson | Jim Hardie | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Supporting/Recurring Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Virginia Christine | Ovie Swenson | * | |||||
| Jack Ging | Beau McCloud | * | |||||
| Lory Patrick | Tina Swenson | * | |||||
| Mary Jane Saunders | Mary Gee Swenson | * | |||||
| William Demarest | Jeb Gaine | * | |||||
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBC | ||||||
| Season One | March 18, 1957 | July 8, 1957 | 14 | |||
| Season Two | September 9, 1957 | May 26, 1958 | 38 | |||
| Season Three | September 8, 1958 | June 15, 1959 | 38 | |||
| Season Four | September 7, 1959 | May 30, 1960 | 37 | |||
| Season Five | September 5, 1960 | July 10, 1961 | 39 | |||
| Season Six | September 30, 1961 | June 2, 1962 | 34 | |||
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
| Title | Release | Discs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode Collections (Region 1) | ||||||
| Tales of Wells Fargo | July 14, 2009 | purchase | 6 | |||
| The Best of the Final Season in Color | October 20, 2009 | purchase | 6 | |||
| Season Sets (Region 1) | ||||||
| The Complete 1st & 2nd Seasons | October 25, 2011 | 9 | ||||
