Black Saddle (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
Plot.
Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original pilot was an episode of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, with Chris Alcaide portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane.
For syndicated reruns, Black Saddle was combined with three other Western series from the same company, Law of the Plainsman starring Michael Ansara, Johnny Ringo starring Don Durant and Mark Goddard, and the critically acclaimed creation of Sam Peckinpah, The Westerner with Brian Keith, under the umbrella title, The Westerners, with new hosting sequences by Keenan Wynn.
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Cast & Crew.

Peter Breck
Clay Culhane

Russell Johnson
Marshal Gib Scott

John McGreevey
Creator / Writer

Hal Hudson
Creator

John Newton
Joe Stamp

Charles Burke
Director of Photography

Guy Roe
Director of Photography

Edward Cronjager
Director of Photography

Harry J. Wild
Director of Photography

Glen MacWilliams
Director of Photography

George E. Diskant
Director of Photography

Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography

David Lowell Rich
Director

John English
Director

William D. Faralla
Director

Francis D. Lyon
Director

Roger Kay
Director

Frank Baur
Director

Gerd Oswald
Director

Robert Florey
Director

Boris Sagal
Director

William Claxton
Director

William F. Claxton
Director

Elliot Silverstein
Director

James Sheldon
Director

Chandler House
Editor

Thomas Neff
Editor

J. Frank O'Neill
Editor

Fred MacDowell
Editor

Arthur Hilton
Editor

Lyle Boyer
Editor

Harold Minter
Editor

Ted J. Kent
Editor

Samuel E. Beetley
Editor

Sherman Todd
Editor

Folmar Blangsted
Editor

Harry Reynolds
Editor

Harry Marker
Editor

Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor

Antony Ellis
Writer

Frederick Louis Fox
Writer

Paul King
Writer

Robert Libott
Writer

Joseph Stone
Writer

Stuart Jerome
Writer

Rod Peterson
Writer

George Fass
Writer

William Link
Writer

Gertrude Fass
Writer

John Tucker Battle
Writer

Richard Levinson
Writer

John Falvo
Writer

Jack Jacobs
Writer

Richard Fielder
Writer

Fred Freiberger
Writer

Donn Mullally
Writer

Ken Kolb
Writer

Victor Millan
Alex Montoya

Mike Kellin
Ulzana

Frank Overton
Pete Hooker

Simon Oakland
Grat Mowery

Philip Abbott
Lon Jessup

James Best
Ben Travers

Tom Holland
Jailer

Phyllis Coates
Maggie

Charles Arnt
Burnett

Lorna Thayer
Belle Bronson

L.Q. Jones
Jack Shepherd

Stan Jones
Lucas

Brian G. Hutton
David Trench

Buddy Ebsen
Gurney Rhodes

John Marley
Morgan Ames

Arthur Hunnicutt
Roy Tagger

Frank De Kova
Calderon

Michael Pate
Garnie Starrit

Mary Murphy
Laurie

Margarita Cordova
Teresa

James Coburn
Niles

James Drury
Neal Adams

Suzanne Pleshette
Nedda Logan

Howard Culver
Townsman

Archie Duncan
Pat Cudahy

Harry Bartell
George Dow

George D. Wallace
James House

Basil Ruysdael
Senator McQueen

John Anderson
Clyde Wicker

Pat O'Malley
Bowen

Scott Forbes
Bill Steele

Aneta Corsaut
Mary Warren

Lee Van Cleef
Frank Sandoe

Quentin Sondergaard
Chuck

Paul Birch
Mr. Simpson

Strother Martin
Pit Thatcher

Sam Edwards
Leo Brimsey

Jack Ging
Boyd Parsons

Amzie Strickland
Polly Banks

Jack Kruschen
Ben Winkleman

Harry Landers
Rand Buckley

Robert Gist
Milo Dawes

Dennis Moore
George Pierce

Dean Harens
Tom Brandon

Forrest Compton
Charles Beacroft

Bill Erwin
Kelly

Malcolm Atterbury
Clyde Dawson

Chris Alcaide
Bill Logan

Madlyn Rhue
Julie Reynolds

Paul Carr
Joey Hooker

Michael McGreevey
Tad Murdock

Ed Nelson
Lee Coogan / Roy Corey

Karl Swenson
Dr. Wyle

Don C. Harvey
George Baker

Dennis Cross
Walt

R.G. Armstrong
Ben Dawes

Hank Patterson
Harvey Morgan

Ric Roman
Lopez

Tudor Owen
Dr. MacAdam

George Mitchell
Fred Bryson

John Larch
Ty Northrup

Joseph Ruskin
Guard

Henry Beckman
Richard Talbot

Warren Oates
Simms

Gene Nelson
Wickes

Ken Mayer
Cagan

Ned Glass
Wheeler Boone

Lisa Gaye
Susan

Lew Gallo
Reams

Bing Russell
Lee Curry / Ken Wilson

Harry Tyler
Steve Rhodes

Henry Wills
Johnny Raymond

Jeanette Nolan
Alice Jessup

William Phipps
Barney Dawson

Ralph Votrian
Billy Griggs

Fiona Hale
Helen Bryson

John Milford
Garson

Clu Gulager
Andy Meade

Wendell Holmes
Dr. Hazen

Gil Perkins
Sgt. Moffat / Assailant

Nan Peterson
Dallas Carver

Rex Ingram
Alex Booth

Paul Burke
Harley King / Cole Castleberry

Gordon Polk
Eddie Dime

Jess Kirkpatrick
Harman

Jack Lester
Carr

Roy Engel
Amos Pryor

Don Kelly
Harry Briggs

Barney Phillips
Charlie Johnson / Thompson

Stephen Roberts
Whit Graham

Russ Bender
Denham Talbot

Charles Aidman
Ab Murdock / Luke Morley

George Keymas
Mace

John Dehner
Aaron Robinson / Park Forrest

Hal Torey
Samuel Howard

Simon Scott
Maj. Pryor

John Mylong
Karl Borgen

Dabbs Greer
Owen Edwards / Denver Pollock

Dick Sargent
Lt. Herndon

Robert F. Simon
Judge McKinney

Clane Power
Stokes

Richard Shannon
Boone / Cassidy Duval

Perry Ivins
Pa Scales

John Alderson
Big Sam Davis

Joseph Breen
Dee Martin

James Rawley
William Taylor

Carole Kent
Lily

John Lupton
Peter Warren

Sara Taft
Priscilla Hayes

Larkin Ford
Prosecutor

Chuck Hayward
Fields / Needham

Ralph Moody
Judge Tennifree

John Harrison
Morgan

Ben Wright
Dawes Trugnet / Paul Miller / Frank Everettes

DeForest Kelley
Sam King

Armand Alzamora
Santana

Michael Morgan
Nachite

Roberta Haynes
Chata

Richard Rust
Peck Martin / Frank Vardon

Eddie Firestone
Willis House / Lucas Braun

Kim Winona
Maria

William Boyett
Bridges

Mary Webster
Mary Wyle

Duncan McLeod
Ben Thompson

Kim Charney
Petie

Vic Perrin
Noah Bailey / Ernie Weems / Hayes

Howard Wright
Mr. Turley

Raymond Bailey
Henry Mortimer / Judge / Walter Griggs

Alberto Monte
Miguel

Wesley Lau
Trip Harris / Jesse Britt

Patricia Medina
Carla Doyle

Joseph Sullivan
Frank Brandon

Hampton Fancher
Deputy Gillis / Lon Gillis / Orv Tibbett

Willard Sage
Steve Doyle

William Schallert
Chet Mallet

Mary Munday
Grace Baker

Craig Duncan
Eddie Wilson

Jason Johnson
Dr. Brandon

Stacy Harris
George Scales / Ben Loomis

Stafford Repp
Tom Keating

Lane Bradford
Marshal Grey / Cobb

Chuck Webster
Attorney General

K.L. Smith
Fuzz Walker / Moss

Alan Dexter
Charles Harvey

Patricia Donahue
Fran Whitney

Michael Hinn
Sheriff Mitchell / Trip Jenkins

Robert Knapp
Emory Parsons

Dennis McCarthy
Mike Whitney

Barry Atwater
Coley Dakins / Brand

John Hackett
Dunne / Sam

Tommy Cook
Lee Winkleman

Brett King
Paul Linton

William Challee
Gould

Walter Burke
Tim / Tim Potter

Ann McCrea
Liz Buckley

Jack Spain
Bill Cooley

Michael T. Mikler
John Ryan

Debbie Megowan
Sarah

Burt Douglas
Jamie Scott

J. Pat O'Malley
Judge Marsh

John Kellogg
Chance Crawford

Robert Harland
Andy Forrest

William D. Gordon
Doctor Wall

Kay Stewart
Mary Forrest

Ken Christy
Judge

James Franciscus
Quinn Jackson

Warren J. Kemmerling
Vic Cleland

Anna-Lisa
Nora Travers

Charlie Briggs
Walsh

Paul Sorensen
Luke Castleberry

Ryan Hayes
Hamp Ross

Sam Reese
Runty

Onslow Stevens
Hannibal Pardee

Joseph V. Perry
Cass Tibbett

Charles Horvath
Shimp / Nurse

Arvid Nelson
Ed Tibbett

Adam Williams
Clint Frome / Brad Pickard

Charles H. Gray
Josh Holt

Patrick Macnee
Michael Kent

Tim Graham
Judge

Mary Carver
Ruth Dawes

John Newton
Joe Stamp / Joe Williams / Stanley Jenkins / Kroll

Parley Baer
Ed Gunther

Joan Camden
June Starkey

Kenneth Patterson
Kelly / Bartender

Walter Sande
Virgil Britt

Jan Stine
Floyd Britt

Robert Blake
Wayne Robinson

James Parnell
Kelly

Paul Richards
Martinez

Felipe Turich
El Mudo

Jorge Moreno
Ceycil

Anne Barton
Louise Northrup

Bud Osborne
Driver

Joel Ashley
Barnes

Mark Tapscott
Pete Hale

Leonard P. Geer
Norton

Charles Tannen
Andy Benson

Joseph Hamilton
Henry Blair
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 10, 1959
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes44
Running Time30m
Genres
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Wiki.
Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes from January 10, 1959, to May 6, 1960. The first season of 20 episodes aired on NBC from January 1959-September 1959. ABC picked up the second season in the 1959-1960 season with 24 new episodes produced. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original backdoor pilot was an episode of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, with Chris Alcaide originally portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane, in an episode entitled "A Threat of Violence."
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