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Wagon Train is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, ... Cliff Grundy, an old friend of Flint McCullough, joins with the Wagon Train in ...
Wagon Train is an American Western television series that was produced by Revue Studios. [1] The series was inspired by the 1950 John Ford film Wagon Master . [ 2 ] It ran for eight seasons, with the first episode airing in the United States on September 18, 1957 ( 1957-09-18 ) and the final episode on May 2, 1965 ( 1965-05-02 ) . [ 3 ]
On season 1, episode 15 of Wagon Train, he guest-starred as the title character in "The Cliff Grundy Story" (December 1957). He reappeared as Cliff, saving Robert Horton's Flint McCullough from being "Shanghaied" in S1 E39 "The Sacramento Story" which aired 6/24/1958.
Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr. and Ward Bond in John Ford's Wagon Master (1950), one of the primary cinematic inspirations for the Wagon Train series. John Ford dressed Ward Bond identically to this, with the black hat and checkered shirt, in the Wagon Train episode that Ford later directed titled "The Colter Craven Story" featuring many regulars from Ford films as well as some stock footage ...
The season 1, episode 15 of Wagon Train, titled "The Cliff Grundy Story," written by Aaron Spelling, seems to be loosely based on or inspired by the story of Hugh Glass, with guest character suffering a near fatal injury in a buffalo hunt, presumed to be a goner and the others want to leave him behind, except for the show's hero, Flint ...
In the year 1847, Chris Horn is the leader of a small wagon train from Ohio attempting to reach California. Horn's wife and young son Christian are riding in one of the group's covered wagons. Christian is dangerously ill and the others advise Horn they wish to turn back, as they are running out of supplies and lack medicine for the sick.
Johnson was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1924, [1] [2] to Russell Kennedy Johnson (1901–1932) and Marion Wenonah Smink Johnson (1902–1976).. Johnson was the eldest of seven siblings: Kenneth Walter Johnson (1925–2012), David Reed Johnson (1926–1976), Lois Marion Johnson (1927–1928), Lorraine Johnson Crosby (1928-2015), Marion Joan Johnson Reeves (1930–2010), and ...
He was responsible for the production of several popular Western-themed TV series, notably Wagon Train for the entirety of its 8-year, 280-episode life (1957-1965). [5] [6] He was involved in the production of several other TV westerns, including 30 episodes of Laredo (1965–67) [7] and five episodes of The Virginian. [8] [9]