Category:Maverick

Season 1 (Episode 13)

Air Date: 15 December 1957

Writer: Howard Browne

Director: Abner Biberman

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Fay Spain (Ruth Overton), Michael Conners (Sheriff Fillmore), Jeanne Cooper (Virginia Cory), Edward Kemmer (Clete Overton), Bing Russell (Tyler Brink), Morris Ankrum (Joshua Haines), Forrest Lewis (Alec Fall), Sherry Jackson (Annie Haines)

Notable Guest Stars

Michael Conners

Jeanne Cooper

Fay Spain

Production Notes

• James Garner (as Bret Maverick) introduces this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart
• Town: Bent Spur

Season 1 (Episode 12)

Air Date: 8 December 1957

Writer: Douglas Heyes

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Gerald Mohr (Doc Holliday)

Guest Stars
Marie Windsor (Cora), John Vivyan (John Stacey), Sam Buffington (Ponca), Gordon Barnes (Marshal), Robert Keys (Parker)

Notable Guest Stars

Marie Windsor

Production Notes

• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode
• Primetime Emmy Awards Nominee: Best Editing of a Film for Television – Robert Sparr (Editor)
• Writers Guild of America Award (TV) Nominee: Douglas Heyes

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret

Season 1 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 1 December 1957

Teleplay: Russell Hughes

Director: Franklin Adreon

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Patric Knowles (Carthew), Karl Swenson (Captain Nares), Bartlett Robinson (Longhurst), Murvyn Vye (Craven), Tom Browne Henry (Auctioneer), Maurice Manson (Bellairs), Allen Kramer (Jerome Braus)

Notable Guest Stars

Patric Knowles

Karl Swenson

Production Notes

• From a Novel by Robert Louis Stevens and Lloyd Osbourne

Episode Notes

• Featured Mavericks: Bret and Bart

Season 1 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 24 November 1957

Writer: Roy Huggins

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Kathleen Crowley (Daisy Harris), Miguel Landa (Henrique Fillipa), Roy Barcroft (The Cattleman), Stephen Coit (The Wire Salesman), Norman Frederic (Mitchell), Terry De Marney (Snopes), Edwin Bruce (Book Salesman), Tom McKee (La Mesa Sheriff), James Parnell (Sheriff), Alfred Hopson (Carter), Ezelle Poule (Mrs. Adams)

Notable Guest Stars

Kathleen Crowley

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bart
• Date: May 1876
• Towns: Santa Fe; La Mesa
• Business: Barker House

Season 1 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 17 November 1957

Writer: Gerald Drayson Adams

Director: Abner Biberman

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Dandy Jim Buckley)

Guest Stars
Pamela Duncan (Coral Stacey), Joan Shawlee (Madame Pompey), Chris Alcaide (Tony Cadiz), Alice Lane (Noah Perkins), Pat Comiskey (Battling Kreuger), Rand Brooks (Jack Blair), Marshall Bradford (Marshal Hunt), Jim Hayward (Miner), Mark Tapscott (Deputy)

Production Notes

• Song: Yellow Rose of Texas (Traditional American Folk Song)
• Jack Kelly does not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret (who narrates during this episode)
• Towns: Whiskey Flats; Vermillion, Deadwood Gulch
• Year: 1875
• Boat: Dakota Queen

Season 1 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 10 November 1957

Writer: Gerald Drayson Adams

Director: Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Laurie Carroll (Yvette Devereaux), Don Durant (Jody Collins), Stephen Bekassy (Henri Devereaux), Trevor Bardette (Inspector Marvin), Wright King (Rick), Mickey Simpson (Jubal), John Harmon (Ziggy), Jean Del Val (Rivage)

Notable Guest Stars

Trevor Bardette

Production Notes

• First appearance of Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick
• Song: Cindy (American Folk Song – early and mid 20th Century)

Episode Notes

• Featured Mavericks: Bret and Bart
• First appearance of Bart Maverick
• City: New Orleans

Season 1 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 3 November 1957

Teleplay: Jerry Davis

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Maxine Cooper (Donna Seely), Fredd Wayne (Honest Carl Jimson), Dan Tobin (Howard Harris), Sheb Wooley (Sheriff), Tyler MacDuff (Drake), Oliver Blake (Brimmer), Lou Krugman (Ferguson), Kim Dibbs (Connors), Earl Hodgins (Johnson), Alan Austin (Tommy Norton)

Production Notes

• From a Magazine Story by Kenneth Perkins

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Bret narrates this episode
• Towns: Clayville; Silver Springs
• Business: Square Deal Saloon (Silver Springs)

Season 1 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 27 October 1957

Teleplay: George Slavin

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Erin O’Brien (Linda Harris), Ray Teal (Mart Fallon), Ed Byrnes (Wes Fallon), Peter Brown (Rip Fallon), Chubby Johnson (Simmons), Michael Dante (Sam Harris), Jim Bannon (Matson), Howard Negley (Sheriff Tibbs), Fern Barry (Ella Taylor), Buddy Shaw (Dave Taylor), Ollie O’Toole (McLean)

Notable Guest Stars

Peter Brown

Ed Byrnes

Michael Dante

Chubby Johnson

Ray Teal

Production Notes

• From a Magazine Story by Louis L’Amour

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Location: Packsaddle Stage Depot

Season 1 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 20 October 1957

Writer: De Vallon Scott

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Joan Vohs (Martha Ferris), Richard Webb (Ben Maxwell), James Anderson (Whitey), Richard Crane (Jedd Ferris), Tommy Farrell (Lefty Doolan), Richard Reeves (Rex), Harry Harvey Sr. (Stage Coach Driver), Stanley Andrews (Sheriff)

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• This episode takes place over almost a year
• The bank was robbed on 8 May 1872

Season 1 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 13 October 1957

Writer: Marion Hargrove

Director: Leslie H. Martinson

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Joanna Barnes (Mary Shane), Rhodes Reason (Hank Foster), Willard Sage (Bert Nicholson), Stacy Keach (Sheriff), Ed Byrnes (The Kid), Dan Sheridan (Sideburns), Charles Tannen (Stableman), John Cliff (Deputy)

Notable Guest Stars

Joanna Barnes

Ed Byrnes

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Date: June 3 1872 (Mary Shane’s grave marker) – episode begins approx. nine days after this date.
• Town: White Rock
• Businesses: Pearlo’s Palace; Mrs Clemmer ~ Rooms and Board

Season 1 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 6 October 1957

Teleplay: Russell Hughes

Director: Budd Boetticher

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Diane Brewster (Samantha Crawford), Leo Gordon (Big Mike)

Guest Stars
Jay Novello (Henry Tree), Ted de Corsia (Joe Riggs), Esther Dale (Ma Braus), Tol Avery (George Cross), Walter Reed (Bledsoe), Tyler McVey (Hayer), Robert Carson (Kittredge)

Notable Guest Stars

Jay Novello

Production Notes

• From a story by Horace McCoy
• “The Rule of Hoyle quoted in this story is authentic, and is from Hoyle’s Book of Games, 1876“

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• City: New Orleans
• Businesses: The Golden Bucket Saloon; Palace Hotel; Louisiana and Missouri Packet Co.

Season 1 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 29 September 1957

Teleplay: Roy Huggins

Director: Bud Boetticher

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Karen Steele (Molly Gleason), Michael Connors (Ralph Jordan), Richard Garland (Sheriff Wes Corwin), Benny Baker (Mike Brill), Robert Foulk (Moose), John Harmon (Nelson), Peter Brown (Chris Semple), Zon Murray (Fletcher), Mitchell Kawal (Callahan)

Notable Guest Stars

Peter Brown

Michael Connors

Karen Steele

Production Notes

• Based on Screenplay by Howard Browne

Episode Notes

• Featured Maverick: Bret
• Town: Bent Forks
• Business: Golden Chance Saloon