The Classic TV Archive - TV Western series
Zane Grey Theatre (1956-61) Frontier Justice (Summer 1958, 59, 61)
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Black Saddle (1959-60) Johnny Ringo (1958-61) Law of The Plainsman (1959-60)
The Westerner (1960) Stagecoach West (1960-61) The Big Valley (1965-69)
Trackdown
Episode Guide - November 2007
(Eps. #2.5 #2.6 #2.7 #2.8 )
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti, Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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TRACKDOWN
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Filmed In Hollywood By Four Star Productions, Inc
In Association With
CBS Television Network (Fridays 8:00PM EST)(Wednesdays from 28Jan59)
Produced By: Vincent M. Fennelly
Production Executive: Frank Baur
Editorial Supervisor: Bernard Burton
US western series 1957-59 pilot + 70 episodes x 30m bw
Starring:
Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman
Recurring Cast:
Addison Richards as Doc Jay Calhoun
James Griffith as Aaron Adams
Gail Kobe as Penny Adams
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Rusty Wescoatt as Bartender (to be verified)
Narrator: Ed Prentiss (charactor-actor)
Did a short voice over describing each episode.
Premise:
Adventures of an 1870's Texas Ranger.
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Directors Included:
Donald McDougall, Thomas Carr, Sam Peckinpah
Writers Included:
John McGreevey, Norman Jacob, D.D.Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp, John Robinson
Christopher Knopf, Sam Peckinpah
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Assistant Director: Grayson Rogers
Director Photography: Guy Roe
Music Supervisor: Harry King
Stunts: Tom Steele, Dale Van Sickel,Gil Perkins, Robert Hoy, Saul Gorss,
Chuck Hicks,Paul Stader
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Filming Locations Included:
Four Star Studios and Interior Western Street
Jack Ingram Ranch And Western Street
Iverson Ranch
Features the pilot for Steve McQueen's series
"Wanted - Dead or Alive" - see episode #21 "The Bounty Hunter"
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0.00 BADGE OF HONOR (pilot for "Trackdown" series)
featured on
"Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre" episode 1.28
prod. no. 9456
3May57 CBS Fri
Written by John Robinson
DIRECTED BY ARTHUR HILLER.
Guest Cast:
Robert Culp ................... Hoby Gilman
Gary Merrill .................. Col. Boyd Nelson
Tom Tully ..................... Jed Phillips
Peggy Webber .................. Nora
Dick Gardner .................. Tim Dougherty
Mike Ragan/Holly Bane . ....... Sam Gibson
Walter Coy .................... Jim Shane
Bill Henry .................... George Wallace
Bill Leicester ................ Ranger
Richard Devon ................. Army Hendricks
EDDIE PARKER......ROWDY TOWNSMaN
Returning from the Civil War and tired of violence
and bloodshed. Hoby Gilman is shocked to find his hometown
in the grip of the cruel and power-mad Col. Boyd Nelson.
(19Nov57 Associated-Rediffusion, London UK)
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CBS Fridays 8:00PM EST
*1.01 [--] Trackdown: THE MARPLE BROTHERS
04-Oct-1957 CBS Fri (Rerun 20Jun58)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written By John McGreevey
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
James Best.........as Rand Marple
James Griffith.........as Thad Marple (recurring)
Jan Merlin.........as Cece Marnie
Gail Kobe.........as Beth (later recurring as Penny Adams)
Tom Pittman.........as Tom Sladen
Roy Engel.........as The Marshall
Don House.........as The Doctor
Sheb Wooley.........as The Sharpshooter
Synopsis:
Ranger Hoby Gillman is on the trail of the notorious Marple Brothers and their
gang wanted for murder and robbery. He tracks them to the town of Stockton,
Texas and finds that the outlaws are holding woman and children hostages in the
local church. He must take the Marple Brothers without endangering the
townspeople's lives. [SC]
1.02 [--] Trackdown: LAW IN LAMPASAS (1957.10.11)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Frank Ferguson ................ Judge Tolliver
James Lydon ................... Sam Devlin
Vaughn Taylor ................. Doc Rivers
John Cliff
Fintan Meyler
A man accused of killing the newspaper publisher in a small town faces an angry
mob determined to lynch him. Ranger Hoby Gilman
tries to see that justice is done.
1.03 [--] Trackdown: SAN SABA INCIDENT
18-Oct-1957 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By D.D.Beachamp [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast: [SC]
Rex Reason.........as Travis, The Stranger
Margaret Hayes.........as Abby Lindon
Mort Mills.........as Ike Collins
Guy Wilkerson.........as Dutchy Hoffman
Chris Alcaide.........as Prisoner#1
Robert Karnes.........as Prisoner#2.
[Note: The storyline for this episode was re-used again for a "Wanted Dead
Or Alive" episode titled 'Prison Trail'(1960) It was scripted by the same
writer D.D.Beauchamp who only changed the charactor names.]
Synopsis:
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman sets out for the state penitentiary at Sat Saba with a
wagonload of prisoners, one of them a beautiful woman who has been convicted
of manslaughter. The Ranger suddenly finds that the wagon is being followed,
and he prepares to defend his captives.
1.04 [--] Trackdown: EASTON,TEXAS (1957.10.25)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Dabbs Greer ................... Station Agent
Larry Kelly ................... Sheriff Joe French
Gale Robbins .................. Sherry Lamar
Dee Carroll ................... Larissa
Robert Foulk .................. Dan Cutler
Ned Glass
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman goes to Easton, to solve a robbery. He finds two dead
men, a wounded station agent & a dynamited safe.
1.05 [--] Trackdown: Like Father (1957.11.01)
Directed by John English
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast
William Talman
Malcolm Brodrick
James Seay
James Nolan
Don Diamond
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman captures a vicious criminal and then must deal with
the man's rebellious teenage son.
1.06 [--] Trackdown: SWEETWATER, TEXAS
08-Nov-1957 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By Norman Jacobs
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Valerie French.........as Marcia
Ray Danton.........as Clem Reese
Paul Richards.........as Mr.Nelson
Paul Birch.........as The Sheriff
John Mitchum.........as The Bar Patron
Synopsis 1:
Hoby Gillman comes upon the remains of a stagecoach hold-up. The only survivor
is a baby. Gillman finds a note with the name of a woman and a town called
Sweetwater. After leaving the infant with a local doctor,Hoby investigates
and his only suspects to the murder and robbery are a gambler and a drummer.
[SC]
Synopsis 2:
Gilman comes upon a stagecoach that has been robbed, with all the passengers
dead except for a baby. His only clue is the phonograph of a woman which he
finds on the scene.
1.07 [--] Trackdown: ALPINE, TEXAS
15Nov57 CBS Fri
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written By Fred Freiberger
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Ian MacDonald............as Jed Burroughs
Virginia Christine............as Millie
Robert Griffin............ as ?
Robin Raymond.............as Sal Hendricks
Dick Wessel............as Matt Morris
Paul Engle............as Peter
Frank Richards............as The Trail Boss
Tom Steele............as The Rowdy Cowboy
[SC]
Synopsis:
Hoby Gilman is assigned to investigate the death of a fellow Texas Ranger. He
enters a lawless town that despises the Rangers.
1.08 [--] Trackdown: Self-Defense (1957.11.22)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Constance Ford ................ Polly Webster
Stacy Harris .................. Duke Kinkaid
Eve Miller .................... Sally McDermit
Richard Webb .................. Sheriff Eden Lake
Helen Jay
Sharpshooting Polly Webster arranges a showdown when the man who shot her husband
is acquitted. She swears she will shoot it out with Duke Kinkaid the moment he
steps out of jail. Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman attempts to prevent any more bloodshed.
1.09 [--] Trackdown: End of an Outlaw (1957.11.29)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
John Anderson ................. Sam Bass
Willard Sage .................. Dick Wade
John Baer ..................... Jim Murphy
DeForest Kelley ............... Deputy
James Gavin,
Mario Siletti.
Jim Murphy, member of an outlaw gang headed by Sam Bass, informs Hoby Gilman
and Dick Wade that Bass plans to rob a bank in Round Rock. Gilman and Wade set
up an ambush, but a self-important deputy tips off Bass.
1.10 [--] Trackdown: LOOK FOR THE WOMAN
06-Dec-1957 CBS Fri
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written By Dan Ullman [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast: [SC]
Phyllis Avery.........as Charlotte Crome
Lawrence Dobkin.........as Caldwell
Ray Teal.........as Sheriff Michaels
Ross Elliott.........as Bill Judson
William Phipps.........as Bud Crome
During a gun battle, Hoby Gilman fatally wounds the criminal Bud Crome. Just
before Crome dies, he asks Gilman to find his sister Charlotte, the only other
person who knows the identity of his accomplices.
1.11 [--] Trackdown: THE TOWN
13-Dec-1957 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By Sam Peckinpah [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast: [SC]
Lee Van Cleef.........as Ben Fraser
Stuart Whitman.........as Cal Fraser
Gloria Saunders.........as Rose
Richard Hale.........as Dad McCready
Richard Reeves.........Saul McCready
Ric Roman.........as Deputy John Minor
Alan Wells.........as Frank
John Reach.........as Al
Roy Barcroft.........as Marshall Kent
George Keymas.........as The Clerk
Kem Dibbs.........as Harry
James Chandler............as The Store Owner.
Synopsis 1:
Outlaw Ben Fraser is headed towards the town that is run by his brother's
gang. Hoby Gillman is not far behind Fraser,and when he arrives in the
town, his gun and horse are taken away and the only help he recieves is
from an old man and his son that run a stable. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
Hoby Gilman trails a killer to a small mining town. There Gilman is captured
by outlaws.
1.12 [--] Trackdown: Man and Money (1957.12.27)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Vic Morrow .................... Stoney Buckram
Victor Millan ................. Rodolfo
Anna Navarro .................. Juanita
Don Diamond.
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman sets out to apprehend a bank robber who has stolen
$50,000. He finds the fugitive near death from a bullet wound, and conceals his
identity in an effort to find out the location of the money.
1.13 [--] Trackdown: The Reward (1958.01.03)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Virginia Christine ............ Millie
Pernell Roberts ............... Bannion
Jay Novello ................... Robert Murchison
Russ Bender ................... Sheriff John Kemp
John Doucette ................. Joe Garth
Robin Raymond ................. Sal Hendricks
Val Dufour .................... Mort Williams
A man who can identify the persons who committed a robbery goes into hiding,
Ranger Hoby Gilman sets out to find him.
1.14 [--] Trackdown: The Farrand Story (1958.01.10)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Carole Mathews ................ Millie Gwynn
Judith Ames ................... Jenny Krail
Grant Richards ................ Norval Franklin
Richard Webb .................. Sheriff Eden Lake
Richard Crane ................. Jeff Krail
Hoby Gilman sets out to trace a missing person. He uncovers a murder motivated
by jealousy.
1.15 [--] Trackdown: Right of Way (1958.01.17)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Dan Barton .................... Phil Ballard
Robert Cornthwaite ............ Jerome Ballard
Edward Platt .................. Sheriff Harper
Harry Harvey, Jr. ............. Billy
Barbara Wilson ................ Nancy Fowler
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman tries to help a young man about to be executed for
murder. The Ranger has only a slim clue with which to establish the man's
innocence.
1.16 [--] Trackdown: The Witness (1958.01.24)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Jacques Aubuchon .............. Payette
Harold J. Stone ............... Aaron Yewcie
Joe Perry,
Malcolm Atterbury,
Dabbs Greer.
Hoby Gilman, investigating the murder of a small-town storekeeper, follows a
suspicious looking fur trapper into the wilderness. He comes upon a blind man,
the only witness to the murder, who is half-crazed in his fear of being followed
by the killer.
1.17 [--] Trackdown: The Toll Road (1958.01.31)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Will Wright ................... Luke Monroe
Trevor Bardette ............... Dr. Wilson
Bill Erwin .................... Dawson
Parley Baer ................... Ronald Desmond
John Cliff .................... Sheriff
Hoby Gilman views all the townspeople of Garrison Flats as suspecrs in a murder
case. The dead man was hated by everyone.
1.18 [--] Trackdown: The Young Gun (1958.02.07)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Corey Allen ................... Tom Summers
Karen Sharpe .................. Edith Collins
Bill Henry .................... Turley
Christopher Dark .............. Dover
Robert Anderson,
Norman Leavitt.
A young man who needs money to get married, teams up with two notorious outlaws
to stage a bank robbery. The outlaws make their escape after the holdup, but the
young man is captured. Ranger Hoby Gilman decides on a daring plan to learn the
whereabouts of the escapees.
1.19 [--] Trackdown: The Wedding (1958.02.14)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Virginia Gregg ................ Matilda Parsons
June Vincent .................. Mary Howard
Robert Burton ................. Sheriff Jeb Dobbs
John Harmon ................... Henry Bennett
Frank Cady .................... Bob-Tail
Kem Dibbs ..................... Murray Venner
Ranger Hoby Gilman is sent to a town in Texas to investigate a strange death.
The man, who was about to be married, is found dead just before the wedding.
1.20 [--] Trackdown: The Trail (1958.02.28)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Harry Bellaver ................ Michael Doyle
Elisha Cook, Jr. .............. Clint Serle
Didi Ramati ................... Theresa Doyle
Ted DeCorsia .................. Lt. Bailey
Thomas B. Henry
Rodolfo Hoyos.
After capturing a train robber in Mexico, Hoby Gilman sets out to escort his
prisoner back to Texas. But on the way Hoby is bitten by a rattlesnake and his
prisoner leaves him to die on the trail.
1.21 [--] Trackdown: The Bounty Hunter (1958.03.07)
(pilot for "Wanted - Dead or Alive" series)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Steve McQueen ................. Josh Randall
Jean Willes ................... Janette York
Kenneth MacDonald ............. Sheriff
Barbara Fuller ................ Mrs. Phillips
George Neise
Ranger Hoby Gilman decides to investigate a man with a reputation for capturing
wanted criminals and collecting the rewards offered for them.
1.22 [--] Trackdown: The Judge (1958.03.14)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Steve Terrell ................. Malcolm Henry
John Litel .................... Judge Henry
James Griffith (recurring)
Ellen Corby (recurring)
Norman Leavitt (recurring)
Kasey Rogers.
Ranger Hoby Gilman arrests a young man who has killed another in an argument.
Then Gilman learns that the prisoner's father is the judge and insists that the
judge must preside at the trail and determine the fate of his son.
1.23 [--] Trackdown: The House (1958.03.21)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Jacques Aubuchon .............. Ben Steele
Judith Ames ................... Melinda Curry
Gail Kobe ..................... Penny Adams (recurring)
James Griffith (recurring)
Ellen Corby (recurring)
Norman Leavitt (recurring)
Ranger Hoby Gilman helps a blind girl search for her mother, who has disappeared
from her home. Gilman traces the woman to a lonely farmhouse.
1.24 [--] Trackdown: The Boy (1958.03.28)
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
John Crawford ................. Eric Paine
Gail Kobe ..................... Penny Adams (recurring)
King Donovan .................. Dean Burke
Larry Dobkin .................. Joel Paine
James Griffith (recurring)
Norman Leavitt (recurring)
A young boy witnesses a murder and goes to Ranger Hoby Gilman for help. Gilman
starts hunting for the murderer and uncovers a peculiar motive for the crime.
1.25 [--] Trackdown: THE PUEBLO KID (verified -SC)
Four Star prod. no. 8249
04-Apr-1958 CBS Fri
Directed BY Donald McDougall
Written By Frank Burt
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Michael Landon........as Jed Daws/The Pueblo Kid
George Brenlin........as Dave Phillips
Sally Fraser........as Lucy Franklin
Ken Mayer........as Frank...........(uncredited)
Harry Hickox........as The Saloon Patron (uncredited)
James Parnell........as The Bartender (uncredited)
Bill Catching as The Bar Fly (uncredited)
Recurring Cast:
Ellen Corby.....as Henrietta Porter
James Griffith.....as Aaron Adams
Gail Kobe.....as Penny Adams
Rusty Westcoatt.....as Joe, The Bartender
Synopsis:
A young man returns to his home town with a reputation as one of the fastest guns
in the territory. He has the whole town terrified, and Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman
tries to avert a gun battle.
1.26 [--] Trackdown: THE WINTER BOYS (verified -SC)
Four Star prod. no. 8255
11-Apr-1958 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By Frank Burt
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Tom Pittman........as Red Bolton
Harry Lauter........as Ranger Walt Graves
Nick Adams........as Luke Crane
Doris Singleton........as Izez Bard
Richard Devon........as Thad Winter
Charles Seel........as The Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Recurring Cast:
Ellen Corby.....as Henrietta Porter
James Griffith........as Aaron Adams
Norman Leavitt.....as Ralph
Rusty Westcoatt.....as Joe, The Bardender
Synopsis:
An outlaw turns over the wanted Winter brothers to ranger Hoby Gilman. Afraid
that his key witness will be killed before the Winter brothers are brought to
trial, Hoby Gilman hides the outlaw in a hotel in a small Western town.
1.27 [--] Trackdown: THE MISTAKE (verified -SC)
Four Star prod. no. 8257
18-Apr-1958 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
James Best........as Bud Ehlers
Joe Mell........as Farrow
Bruce Gordon........as Steve Marriner
Roy Engel........as Jeff
Pierce Lyden........as The Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
Recurring Cast:
James Griffith.....as Aaron Adams
Rusty Westcoatt.....as Joe, The Bardender
Synopsis:
When Hoby Gilman helps to get a man acquitted of murder, the local townspeople
turn against him. Later, Hoby learns that the man is really guilty of the murder
and his mistake troubles his conscience.
1.28 [--] Trackdown: THE DEAL (verified -SC)
Four Star prod. no. 8253
25-Apr-1958 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
James Westerfield........as Dingo Noble
Johnny Crawford........as Eric Paine
Bert Stevens........as The Banker
Recurring Cast:
James Griffith........as Aaron Adams
Norman Leavitt.....as Ralph
Synopsis:
A cowboy threatens to kill a small boy unless Ranger Hoby Gilman gives him the
money from the town's bank. Knowing that the cowboy would carry out his threat,
Gilman devises a plan which he hopes will save the boy's life and the money.
1.29 [--] Trackdown: THE JAILBREAK
02-May-1958 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By John McGreevey
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
DeForest Kelley.........as Brock Childers
I.Stanford Jolley.........as Dan Loring
John Litel.........as Judge
Henry Nolan Leary.........as George
Ned Glass.........as Jace
Recurring Cast:
James Griffith.........as Aaron Adams
Gail Kobe.........as Penny Adams
Ellen Corby.........as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt.........as Ralph
Peter Leeds.........as Tenner Smith
Synopsis 1:
While in jail and waiting to be hanged, vicious killer Brock Childers
manages to overpower a citizen of Porter looking for Hoby Gillman.
Childers takes hostages and threathens to kill them unless Gillman
releases him. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
A prisoner facing execution overpowers his jailer and holds three men at his
mercy. He tells Ranger Hoby Gilman that unless he is allowed to escape, he will
kill the three men.
1.30 [--] Trackdown: The End of the World (1958.05.09)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Larry Dobkin .................. Walter Trump
Richard Hale,
Claudia Barrett,
Dabbs Greer,
Neyle Morrow.
Synopsis:
Walter Trump, a confidence man, puts on a
long robe and holds a tent meeting in the town of Talpa. He tells the
townspeople that a cosmic explosion will rain fire on the town and that he is
the only one that can save them from death. Ranger Hoby Gilman attempts to prove
Trump is a fraud.
1.31 [--] Trackdown: THE BROTHERS
16-May-1958 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By D.D.Beauchamp [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast: [SC]
Steve McQueen............as Mal/Wes Cody
Rebecca Wells............as Julie Corbin
Richard Devon............as Fenn Dooley
Ian McDonald............as The Sheriff
Tim Graham............as The Bartender
Synopsis:
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman is assigned to take a murderer into custody. While
traveling to pick up the wanted man, Gilman is ambushed and his gun and
identification papers are taken from him. Reaching his destination, he finds
identical twins who answer the wanted man's description.
1.32 [--] Trackdown: The Governor (1958.05.23)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Frank Wilcox .................. Gov. Henricks
Robert E. Griffin ............. Sheriff Bill Welch
Amzie Strickland .............. Madge Roberts
B.G. Norman ................... Ronnie
Terry Frost ................... James Wilton
Bob Gothie .................... Lance
Wilbur Mack ................... Ben Morgan
Ranger Hoby Gilman learns of a plot to assassinate the governor of Texas at a
civic celebration. He tries to warn the governor, who refuses to cancel his
appearance at the event. Gilman makes plans to try to avert the murder.
[--] 20Jun58 - rerun of #1.1 "The Marple Brothers" (first aired 04Oct57)
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2.01 [33] Trackdown: Killer Take All (1958.09.05)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Nancy Gates ................... Ellen Hackett
Whit Bissell .................. Pendleton
Don Durant .................... Bobby Carlyle
Elen Corby (recurring)
Forrest Lewis.
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman conducts an investigation
when a professional gambler is killed. He learns that the dead man had made an
unusual wager and lost.
2.02 [34] Trackdown: Outlaw's Wife (1958.09.12)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Diane Brewster ................ Abigail Duke
Richard Crane ................. Lem Duke
Lurene Tuttle ................. Emma Perkins
Ellen Corby (recurring)
James Griffith,
Norman Leavitt (recurring)
Marjorie Bennett,
Kathryn Card,
Dorothy Adams.
Abigail Duke comes back to her home town which she left some time before to elope
with a wanted outlaw. The women of the town demand that Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman
tell Abigail to get out of town, but Gilman refuses.
2.03 [35] Trackdown: CHINESE COWBOY
19Sep58 CBS Fri
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By Bob Barbash
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Keye Luke............as Wong
Don Gordon............as Les Morgan
Keith Richards............as Charlie
Fred Sherman............as Sam Benson
Rusty Wescoatt............as The Bartender (recurring?)
Damian O'Flynn............as The Town Citizen
Recurring Cast:
Ellen Corby.....as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt.....as Ralph
[SC]
Synopsis:
A kindly Chinese man arrives in the town of Porter and opens a laundry. He is
ignored by all the townspeople except the town bully, Les Morgan. Morgan and his
friends harass the laundryman and finally Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman offers his
protection. But the protection is refused.
2.04 [36] Trackdown: The Set Up (1958.09.26)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Douglas Fowley ................ Carlson
King Donovan .................. Lane Sawyer
James Griffith,
Jan Arvan.
Ellen Corby (recurring)
Norman Leavitt (recurring)_,
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman begins an
investigation of a bank robbery. The man he suspects of the crime has a
convincing alibi.
2.5 [37] Trackdown: A STONE FOR BENNY FRENCH [verified -SC]
03Oct58 CBS Fri
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by Christopher Knopf
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Wallace Ford .......... as Eli Zach
Strother Martin ....... as Benny French
Gordon Polk ........... as Adrian Zach
Richard Devon ......... as Morgan Larker
James Goodwin ......... as Francis Zach
Hugh Sanders .......... as The Sheriff
Synopsis:
While bringing in a wanted man, Hoby Gilman is held up by a backwoodsman and his
two sons. They try to force Gilman to give up his prisoner.
2.06 [38] Trackdown: TRAPPED [verified -SC]
10Oct58 CBS Fri
Directed by Donald McDougalll
Written by D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Virginia Grey ......... as Laurie Tabor
Ross Elliott .......... as Brett Hudson
John Beradino ......... as Mark Beaudine
Synopsis:
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman, seeking shelter from a blinding snowstorm, stumbles
into an abandoned stagecoach station. There he finds a woman wanted for murder,
and her wounded companion, hiding from the law.
2.07 [39] Trackdown: MATTER OF JUSTICE
17Oct58 CBS Fri
Directed by Thomas Carr [SC]
Written by David Lang [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Steve Brodie .................. John Quince
Regis Toomey .................. Murdoch
Bob Nichols ................... Cotti
Larry White ................... John Doan
Virginia Christine ............ Mrs. Doan
Allen Wells ................... Dorcas
Kasey Rogers .................. Mavis
Synopsis:
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman brings in a wanted man who is placed in the town's
prison. The townspeople, afraid of reprisals from the prisoner's gang, want
Gilman to release the outlaw.
2.08 [40] Trackdown: TENNER SMITH [verified -SC]
24Oct58 CBS Fri
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Peter Leeds .......... as Tenner Smith
George Brenlin ....... as Del Taylor
Walter Sande ......... as Fred Creight
Bob Terrick .......... as Mike Doolin
Recurring Cast:
Ellen Corby .......... as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt ....... as Ralph
Rusty Wescoatt ....... as Joe, The Bartender
Synopsis:
A professional gambler is accused of cheating a young cowboy in a card game.
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman tries to protect the gambler and give him a fair
trial, but the townspeople order Gilman to turn the gambler over to them.
2.09 [41] Trackdown: The Avenger (1958.10.31)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
George Neise .................. Kels Gregory
Barbara Lawrence .............. Grace Marsden
Marjorie Owens ................ Bess Garth
Dennis Moore .................. Lance Garth
Orville Sherman ............... Jed Garth
After a payroll robbery Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman begins an investigation. Then
the man he suspects of the robbery is murdered.
2.10 [42] Trackdown: The Schoolteacher (1958.11.07)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Robert Cornthwaite ............ Jim Martin
Harold J. Stone ............... Quince Flanders
Jean Howell ................... Bess Martin
Ellen Corby (recurring)
Peter Leeds (recurring)
Norman Leavitt (recurring)
A schoolteacher attempts to give the children of a Texas town a good education,
but his efforts are balked by a gunslinger who believes schools are unnecessary.
The schoolteacher is determined to run the gunman out of town even if it means
losing his life.
2.11 [43] Trackdown: DEADLY DECOY
14-Nov-1958 CBS Fri
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written By George F. Slavin [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast: [SC]
Chris Alcaide.........as Cass Desmond
Ed Kemmer.........as Stan Elliott
Than Wyenn.........as Ed Teller
Tom Fadden.........as Nub Beamer
Tom McKee.........as The Ranger Captain.
Afraid that Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman will prevent them from committing a crime,
a band of outlaws use the body of a man as a decoy. Gilman believes that the
dead man is the leader of the gang.
2.12 [44] Trackdown: Sunday's Child (1958.11.21)
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
James Best .................... Joe Sunday
Gail Kobe ..................... Cindy
Peter Leeds (recurring)
Ellen Corby (recurring)
Norman Leavitt (recurring)
William Fawcett.
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman is forced to comply with a court order and help a
gunslinger take custody of his small child. But the child's mother refuses to
surrender the infant.
2.13 [45] Trackdown: Day of Vengeance (1958.11.28)
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Michael Landon ................ Jack Summers
Jean Allison .................. Eileen
Francis J. McDonald ........... Milo
George Keymas ................. Stratton
Peter Leeds (recurring)
Ellen Corby (recurring)
After his release from prison, a young man goes home intent on avenging his
brother's death. Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman tries to reach the killer of the dead
youth before the ex-convict does.
2.14 [46] Trackdown: THREE LEGGED FOX
05Dec1958 (rebroadcast 15Jul59)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by Christopher Knopf [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Henry Hull .................... Moss
Ray Teal ...................... Ward
Hank Patterson ................ Taverner
Ellen Corby ......... Henrietta Porter (recurring)
Norman Leavitt ........ Ralph (recurring)
Robert Armstrong ...... Croft
Peter Brocco ...... Frank
Sam Flint ..... Phillips
Jason Johnson. .... Driver
Synopsis:
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman learns that there is a band of gunmen in his
territory. He investigates and is surprised that the band consists of six
once famous bandits who plan to strike again. [RF]
2.15 [47] Trackdown: The Kid (1958.12.12)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Jack Kruschen ................. Milo York
Vivi Janiss ................... Summer York
Ellen Corby (recurring ?)
Addison Richards (recurring)
Dabbs Greer,
Jonathan Hole,
Joe Mell.
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman shoots
a teenager fleeing from the scene of a robbery. The townspeople rise up in anger
against Gilman.
2.16 [48] Trackdown: Guilt (1958.12.19)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Ted DeCorsia .................. George Caldwell
Regis Toomey .................. Sheriff Waterman
Don Gordon .................... Hector
Forrest Lewis ................. Abe Perkins
David Post.
Hoby Gilman tells the townspeople that a convicted killer is returning to town.
Three witnesses who testified against the man fear that the killer is returning
to seek revenge.
2.17 [49] Trackdown: Every Man a Witness (1958.12.26)
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Edward C. Platt ............... George Mason
Kasey Rogers .................. Stella
Walter Coy .................... Sheriff Freemont
Kenneth MacDonald,
Dick Ryan,
Joan Lora.
A prisoner in the local jail refuses to confess to the crime he is accused of.
Finally a group of men decide to take matters into their own hands.
2.18 [50] Trackdown: MCCALLIN'S DAUGHTER (verified -SC)
Four Star prod. no. 6429
02Jan59 CBS Fri
Directed By Arthur D. Hilton
Written By Sidney Marshall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Anna Marie Nanasi.............as Bobby McCallin
Russ Conway............as Bart McCallin
Barbara Eiler............as Janet McCallin
Russell Thorson............as Doc Hosper
Tom B. Henry............as Jes Stevens
Recurring Cast:
Ellen Corby.....as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt.....as Ralph
Synopsis:
Ranger Hoby Gilman learns of a forthcoming robbery from the prospective robber's
little daughter.
[--] 09Jan59 "Terror" scheduled for this date (see 04Feb59)
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2.19 [51] Trackdown: BAD JUDGMENT
28-Jan-1959 CBS Wed (rebroadcast 29Jul59)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Mott Mills .................... Rafe Borden
Warren Oates .................. Lute Borden
Lee Farr ...................... Charley Wagner
Jean Howell ................... Greta Wagner
Synopsis:
Texan Ranger Hoby Gilman tries to persuade a witness to testify against
a killer even though his testimony will endanger his family.
2.20 [52] Trackdown: TERROR (verified -SC)
04-Feb-1959 CBS Wed
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By D.D.Beauchamp and Mary M. Beauchamp [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast: [SC]
Adrienne Marden............as Annabelle Winters
Frank Ferguson............as Adam Turner
Jan Shepard............as Emily
Karl Swenson............as Monroe
Reed Howes............as The Townsman
Recurring Cast:
Addison Richards....as Doc Jay Calhoun
Peter Leeds....as Tenner Smith
Synopsis:
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman sets out to find a typhoid carrier. Gilman's only clue
to the whereabouts of the unidentified person is the trail of fear and sickness
he leaves behind. [SC]
2.21 [53] Trackdown: The Feud (1959.02.11)
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Lillian Bronson ............... Maude Turley
Charles Cooper ................ Matthew Turley
James Lydon ................... Mark Turley
Gary Gray ..................... Luke Turley
Ellen Corby (recurring ?)
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
Trevor Bardette,
Helen Wallace.
A dying woman returns to her home town, where she wants to be buried after her
death. Her arrival in town revives an old feud and Hoby Gilman must try to use
reason to combat the townspeople's deep prejudice.
2.22 [54] Trackdown: The Samaritan (1959.02.18)
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Rita Moreno ................... Tina
Chill Wills ................... Sebulen Hunt
Charles Aidman ................ Starbuck
Ranger Hoby Gilman, injured and unarmed, joins two strangers on a wilderness
trail. They are menaced by a desperate killer.
2.23 [55] Trackdown: The Gang (1959.02.25)
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Nick Adams .................... Will Hastings
George Brenlin ................ Guthrie
Gordon Polk ................... Lafe
Addison Richards .............. Doc Jay Calhoun (recurring)
Michael Fox ................... Blake Yedor
Peter Leeds (recurring ?)
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman must cope with a band of young saddle tramps who have
overrun the town and taken a hostage.
2.24 [56] Trackdown: The Threat (1959.03.04)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Lloyd Corrigan
Michael Fox
Peter Leeds (recurring ?)
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
An odd little man threatens to blow up the town with homemade bombs if he doesn't
receive a large sum of money from the bank.
2.25 [57] Trackdown: HARD LINES (verified -SC)
11-Mar-1959 CBS Wed
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By Don Brinkley [SC]
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast: [SC]
James Coburn.........as Joker Wells
Beverly Garland.........as Dora Crow
DeForest Kelley.........as Ed Crow
Dennis Moore.........as The Saloon Patron
Recurring Cast:
Elen Corby....as Henretta Porter
Peter Leeds....as Tenner Smith
Norman Leavitt....as Ralph.
Synopsis:
A Civil War soldier, accused of deserting during battle, returns to hishome town.
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman places his own life in danger as he attempts to save the
accused man from an angry mob.
2.26 [58] Trackdown: FEAR
18Mar59 CBS Wed
Directed By Thomas Carr
Written By Christopher Knopf
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Harold Stone............as Ambrose Hacker
Warren Oats............as Kelly
Gordon Polk............as Garth
Paul Von Schreiber............as Bemer
Barry Brooks............as The Townsman
Recurring Cast:
Peter Leeds.....as Tenner Smith
Rusty Westcoatt.....as Joe, The Bartender
[SC]
Synopsis:
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman tries to stop four trigger-happy brothers from
terrorizing the area. He soon learns that the brothers have picked him as their
next target.
2.27 [59] Trackdown: Stranger in Town (1959.03.25)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
John Hackett .................. Joseph
James Drury ................... John Ward
Paul Carr ..................... Joshua
Peter Leeds (recurring ?)
Ellen Corby (recurring ?)
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
From a man he doesn't know, Texas
Ranger Hoby Gilman receives a letter predicting his death.
2.28 [60] Trackdown: The Protector (1959.04.01)
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Richard Jaeckel ............... Frank Wilson
Grace Raynor .................. Ann Jackson
Russell Thorson ............... Jesse Jackson
Paul Brinegar ................. Zack Armstead
John Harmon,
Sid Clute,
Jason Johnson.
Trailing an outlaw, Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman enters a quiet town and soon
discovers that it is the ideal place for a criminal to reside.
2.29 [61] Trackdown: False Witness (1959.04.08)
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Bethel Leslie
Pat Donahue
James Lydon
Peter Leeds (recurring ?)
Ellen Corby (recurring ?)
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
Addison Richards (recurring)
A girl claims that she witnessed a murder for which a man has already been
convicted and sentenced to hang. Because of the girl's statement Ranger Hoby
Gilman reopens the murder case.
2.30 [62] Trackdown: The Trick (1959.04.15)
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Tully Saxon
Nick Adams .................... Deal Jackford
Rusty Wescoatt
Peter Leeds (recurring ?)
Rusty Wescoatt,
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
Ellen Corby (recurring ?)
A young man persistently attempts to provoke Tenner Smith, a friend of Ranger
Hoby Gilman, into a gunfight. Smith can't understand why the boy wants to fight
him until it is discovered that he was hired for that purpose.
2.31 [63] Trackdown: The Eyes of Jerry Kelso (1959.04.22)
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Addison Richards .............. Doc Jay Calhoun (recurring)
Jonathan Hole ................. Mike Kilroy
Carleton Carpenter ............ Jerry Kelso
Edward C. Platt
Judith Braun
Norman Leavitt,
Pearl Madson agrees to go away with a traveling salesman, even
though her father violently opposes the plan. But the salesman
is found dead before Pearl can leave him.
2.32 [64] Trackdown: Gift Horse (1959.04.29)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Michael Fox ................... Blake Yedor
Will Wright ................... Zack
James Burke ................... Levi
James Collier ................. Jed Work
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
Two schemers arrive in town claiming to be long-lost relatives
of a bank employee who is all alone in the world. They
explain that they want to make up for all his lonely years.
2.33 [65] Trackdown: The Vote (1959.05.06)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Guest Cast:
James Seay,
Barbara Eiler,
Gregory Walcott,
Rodney Bell,
Bruce MacFarland.
Ellen Corby (recurring ?)
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
Peter Leeds (recurring ?)
A couple of mooth operators arrive in Porter, Texas, and start
a campaign for women's suffrage. The men of the town don't like
the idea of being pushed into it so fast.
2.34 [66] Trackdown: THE UNWANTED (verified -SC)
Four Star prod. no. 6433
13May59 CBS Wed
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By Fred Freiberger
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Rhys Williams............as Jebidiah
Walter Brooke............as Doc Walters
Dorothy Adams............as The Widow Harper
Hal K. Dawson............as Gus
Tom Wilde............as Will Stoddard
Robert LaVarre............as Jensen
Roy Barcroft............as The Sheriff
(Paul Engel as Jeremiah ?)
Ranger Hoby Gilman investigates a series of strange occurrences in
a small town. Townspeople charge that members of a religious sect
have been practicing witchcraft.
2.35 [67] Trackdown: Toss Up (1959.05.20)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Scott Forbes .................. Paul Wallace
Jean Howell ................... Naomi Wallace
Lee Farr
John Anderson
A woman comes to Hoby Gilman for help after she learns that her
feuding husband and brother are plotting to kill each other.
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Summer Reruns CBS Wednesdays
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[--] 15Jul59 rerun of 2.14 "Three Legged Fox" (first aired 05Dec58)
[--] 29Jul59 rerun of 2.19 "Bad Judgment" (first aired 28Jan59)
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CBS Wednesdays
3.01 [68] Trackdown: BACK TO CRAWFORD (aka "Return To Crawford") (verified -SC)
09-Sep-59 CBS Wed
Directed By R.G. Springsteen
Written by Robert Culp
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Nancy Asch............as Merrilee Quintana
King Calder............as Sheriff Jeb
Peggy Webber............as Sarah
Charles F. Sell............as Fred Sales
Warren Oats............as Norvii
Robert B. Wiliams............as The Bartender
Donald A. Losby,Jr............as Tommy
Synopsis:
After receiving an urgent message from his sister, Hoby Gilman prepares
to leave for his home town. His sister is frightened because of recent
threats on her life.
3.02 [69] Trackdown: Blind Alley (1959.09.16)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Addison Richards .............. Doc Jay Calhoun (recurring)
DeForest Kelley ............... Tom Dooley
Robert Driscoll ............... Mike Driscoll
Susan Oliver .................. Rebecca Ford
Richard Devon ................. Rufus Cole
Dennis Cross .................. Stokes
Norman Leavitt (recurring ?)
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman goes on the trail of an escaped convict. Gilman
learns that the convict is stalking a blind boy he has sworn to kill.
3.03 [70] Trackdown: Quiet Night in Porter (final episode of "Trackdown")
(1959.09.23)
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp (as Hoby Gilman)
Guest Cast:
Helen Kleeb ................... Mrs. Dooley
Don Durant .................... Frank Dooley
DeForest Kelley ............... Tom
Two sons follow their senile mother on a petty thievery excursion and
land in some trouble of their own.
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