Wagon Train
Synopsis & Context
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Wagon Train
- Release
- September 18, 1957
- Screen Time
- 8 seasons · 1h 00min/ep
- Rating
- TV-PG
- Direction
- N/A
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Frank McGrath
Charlie Wooster
284 eps.
Terry Wilson
Bill Hawks
284 eps.
Robert Horton
Flint McCullough
189 eps.
John McIntire
Christopher Hale
170 eps.
Ward Bond
Major Seth Adams
152 eps.
Denny Miller
Duke Shannon
112 eps.
Robert Fuller
James Fitzpatrick / Cooper Smith
96 eps.
Michael Burns
Bruce Millikan / Mathew Miner / Billy Latham / Barnaby West
30 eps.
Chick Hannan
Hammond Henchman (uncredited) / Wagon Man (uncredited) / Wagon Train Member (uncredited) / Wagon Train Member / Cowhand (uncredited) / Show Spectator (uncredited) / Bartender (uncredited) / Wagon Train Applicant (uncredited)
24 eps.
Norman Leavitt
Cory (uncredited) / Wagon Train Member (uncredited) / Joe Casper / Frank / Mr. Spartan / Slim / First Guard / Sam the Bartender / Judd Higgins / Mr. Kelsey / Wilk Beal
11 eps.
John Doucette
Chandler Ames / Col. Wayne Lathrop / Boone Gilla / Michael McGoo / Ben Engel / Gen. Jameson / Marshal Jason Hartman / Burt Enders
8 eps.
Richard Reeves
Roberts / Patrick McClure / Walls / Orv Bassett / Sam Hulsey / The Trapper / Pop Harmon
7 eps.
