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In the mid-1960s, Garrison pitched The Wild Wild West to CBS as "James Bond on horseback"—linking the television Western to the popular spy genre. During its first season, the series had difficulties and CBS rotated nine producers in and out of the show. The network tried to fire Garrison, but he was reinstated at the end of the season.
Before The Wild Wild West, Robert Conrad played private detective Tom Lopaka in ABC's Hawaiian Eye for four seasons (1959–63). In November 1964, he was making the film Young Dillinger (1965) with Nick Adams, Victor Buono and John Ashley (all of whom would later guest star on The Wild Wild West) when his agent sent him to CBS to audition for the West role.
He operated his own production company for a number of years, and was loaned out to produce The Wild Wild West, Dirty Sally, and How the West Was Won, as well as films. He also served on the board of directors of the Producers Guild of America and hosted the earliest meeting of the Caucus of Producers, Writers, and Directors in his own backyard.
Lansbury served as producer of 69 episodes of The Wild Wild West, from 1966 to 1969, and 38 episodes of Mission: Impossible, from 1969 to 1972, and among his work on other television series and TV movies, Lansbury served as producer of Wonder Woman, Knight Rider, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and executive producer for the science fiction series The Fantastic Journey.
Fred Freiberger (February 19, 1915 – March 2, 2003) [1] was an American film and television writer and television producer, whose career spanned four decades and work on films such as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and TV series including Ben Casey (1963–64), The Wild Wild West (1965), Star Trek (1968–69) and Space: 1999 (1976–77).
The Wild Wild West was created by Michael Garrison, a movie producer (Peyton Place, The Long, Hot Summer, An Affair to Remember) who had, at one time, co-owned the rights to Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale. [5]
Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman.He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West.
Mark Rydell (born Mortimer H. Rydell; March 23, 1929) [1] [2] [3] is an American film director, producer, and actor. ... The Wild Wild West (episode of TV series) (1966)