Wagon train series with robert fuller

Frank mcgrath 190367 271 episodes 195765 missouriborn frank played the series comic relief character charlie wooster, the wagon trains irascible cook, and would grace all but of the 284 episodes shot over eight seasons. In wagon train, fuller starred in the final two seasons. Robert fuller born july is an american horse rancher and former television actor, best known for starring roles as jess harper and cooper smith on the popular western series, laramie opposite john smith and wagon train with john mcintire. Mar 15, 2016 the series, inspired by the 1950 john ford film wagon master, detailed the travails of people aboard a wagon train journeying from missouri to california after the civil war.

See more ideas about robert fuller, tv westerns and robert fuller actor. Robert fuller joined the cast as scout cooper smith for seasons 7 and 8. Fuller portrayed cooper smith from 1963 to 1965 laramie, 19591963 nbc television series. Laramie robert fuller created jess harper by elaine kane. John mcintire as chris hale, wagon master frank mcgrath as wagon train cook charlie wooster. Ward bond, terry wilson, denny miller, john mcintire, robert fuller, frank mcgrath, robert horton, michael burns. Thats robert fuller on a wagon but he sure doesnt look like coop. It ran for an amazing 8 seasons and turned out 284 high quality episodes. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of wagon train with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Mar 16, 2016 the series, inspired by the 1950 john ford film wagon master, detailed the travails of people aboard a wagon train journeying from missouri to california after the civil war. The publicity should list robert fuller instead of robert horton. See more ideas about tv westerns, train and robert fuller.

Robert bought him and had him shipped to california, where he trained him and put some weight on him and named him stormy night, because it was a really dark and stormy night when he bought him. Watch wagon train season 2, episode 1 around the horn. This appearance propelled him into a lead role seven months later in laramie, one of the comparatively few network programs set in wyoming. Robert fuller keeps tv cowboys in spotlight mesquite local news. Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves postcivil war missouri on its way to california through the plains, deserts, and rocky mountains. One of neat features of this dvd are the informative interviews with robert fuller who played cooper smith and scott denny miller who played duke shannon. The episodes were entitled the ella lindstrom story original air date. Nebraska is a story that highlights fearless devotion and betrayal from within. Denny scott miller came in first as duke shannon to replace flint. It ran for eight seasons with the first episode airing in the united states on september 18, 1957 and the final episode on may 2, 1965. Fuller, a veteran of the western series laramie, resembled horton, and the two actors coincidentally shared the same birthday, albeit nine years apart horton played drake mchugh, ronald reagans role in the television version of kings row 1955, which featured jack kelly, and ran for seven episodes. The wagons used on the show were exactly the same as the originals. A look back at the memorable western tv series 195765 starring ward bond and robert hortonthat later featured john mcintire, denny miller and robert fuller. Fuller, a veteran of the western series laramie, resembled horton, and the two actors coincidentally shared the same birthday, albeit nine years apart.

Kelly brackett wagon train, 19571965 nbcabc television series. This website is devoted to the laramie television series starring robert fuller and john smith. Fuller noted that he was not brought into the show to replace robert horton an actor fuller met in 1954, when he and. Robert fuller first appeared on wagon train during season 2 in two guest starring roles. Robert fuller cooper smith 49 episodes 19602019 scott miller duke. When laramie ended its run, fuller jumped to another western, wagon train, alongside john mcintire a. All these books were included in the series wagons west frontier pioneering prequels. In his five decades of television, hes best known for starring roles on the popular 1960s western series laramie as jess harper, and wagon train as cooper smith, as well as his work for his lead role, dr. Robert fuller is an american horse rancher and retired actor. After the cancellation of laramie 1959, despite mistaken assertions to the contrary, fuller did not replace robert horton for the last two seasons of wagon train 1957 as horton had left the series long before fuller was added to the cast.

On february 24, 1959, fuller gueststarred in the episode blind is the killer, in nbc s cimarron city television series. Four years later, when laramie came to an end, fuller was immediately pulled aboard the longrunning series wagon train, filling the void caused by robert hortons departure. His role on wagon train was taken by robert fuller as the scout cooper smith. In 1962, robert horton left the popular western wagon train after its fifth season. Contributed fuller as james reed in the 1978 tv movie donner pass. Wagon train went to color in the final season with 90 minute episodes. Robert fuller born july 29, 1933 is an american former television western actor and current rancher. The other survivor is robert fuller, but more of them both later. The series, inspired by the 1950 john ford film wagon master, detailed the travails of people aboard a wagon train journeying from missouri to california after the civil war. However, the shows format returned to one hour and was filmed in black and white. Robert fuller full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. I came upon this by accident flipping thru channels. Over the course of his more than fiftyyear acting career, fuller starred in the television shows laramie, wagon train, and emergency. Last weekend, i heard robert fuller as the guest on red steagalls radio program, in the bunkhouse.

Fuller said that when his tv western series, laramie, was canceled, he got a call from the producers of wagon train offering a job on that series. Joining him are long time costars, frank mcgrath, charlie wooster, terry wilson bill hawks, as well as robert fuller, cooper smith and newcomer michael burns, barnaby west. Happy birthday to wagon train actors robert fuller and robert horton. Mar 25, 2018 robert fuller 1933 60 episodes 195965 fuller arrowed in gentlemen prefer blondes 1953 fuller portrayed chief scout cooper smith in 60 episodes of wagon train towards the end of the series, but is probably best remembered as jess harper in laramie 195963. Along the trail guest robert fuller cheryl rogers barnetts tv show full episodes. The show ran on nbc 1957 to 1962 and later on abc 1962 from 1965.

The wagons west series is one of the well known novel series based on the western, romance, and adventure genres. Robert horton, handsome wagon train star who wanted more. But the era was doomed as audience demographics shifted in the 60s when interest in crime dramas, scifi series, and comedies exploded. Publicity shot of robert fuller from wagon train the popularity of tv westerns peaked in the late 50s with more than two dozen primetime offerings. After crossing the country with the wagon train and looking for a good time in san francisco, wooster, hawks and seth ad. He joined the then regular cast members of the tv series. In tribute to some great cowboys and in conjunction with the release of laramie and wagon train season 7 to dvd i put together this little video to say thanks to robert fuller and john smith. This series is comprised of a total of 25 books, which were released between the years 1979 and 2012. Robert fuller appeared in two popular western series. With commentary from several of the series stars, guest stars, photos, episode summaries and biographies. Aug 29, 2014 publicity shot of robert fuller from wagon train the popularity of tv westerns peaked in the late 50s with more than two dozen primetime offerings. Mar 12, 2009 when fuller was offered one of the leads in a brandnew series called laramie 1959, he went for it, full throttle, and never looked back. Robert horton left the series at the end of season 5. Tnts series goes off the rails without the brilliant bong joon ho as.

Aug 31, 2007 robert bought him and had him shipped to california, where he trained him and put some weight on him and named him stormy night, because it was a really dark and stormy night when he bought him. Ctva the classic tv archive tv western series a man called shenandoah mgmabc 196566 starring robert horton the oregon trail universalnbcpilot 1976 series fall 1977 rod taylor, darleen carr, andrew stevens wagon train 195765 reruns syndicated as trailmaster episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive. Start a free trial to watch wagon train on youtube tv and cancel anytime. Coopwagontrain the widow orourke laramie tv series, robert fuller actor, hot cowboys. Clarke is a pompous and arrogant man who looks down on his fellow wagon train members, and thinks that stories about the west are simply exaggerations. The number of famous names that have appeared on wagon train are like a whose who of american cinema and television, and there are too many of them to mention. Robert fuller from laramie and later on emergincy was brought in a the character wagon train scout cooper smith coop. When that series ended, fuller then joined the cast of another popular western. When fuller was offered one of the leads in a brandnew series called laramie 1959, he went for it, full throttle, and never looked back.

Apr 06, 2009 in tribute to some great cowboys and in conjunction with the release of laramie and wagon train season 7 to dvd i put together this little video to say thanks to robert fuller and john smith. With frank mcgrath, terry wilson, robert horton, john mcintire. It is written in collaboration by the authors james reasoner and noel b. Right to left wagon train s most tumultuous trek was perhaps its next to last season, the only one in color. Wagon train the jed whitmore story tv episode 1964 robert.

Tv westerns wagon train episode pictures 1 fiftiesweb. He was the 1989 recipient of a golden boot award, and he was also honored with a star on. Thats because fuller did two wagon train episodes as guest star before he became a full time cast member. I ordered this dvd and the dvd for season 8 because i am a robert fuller fan. Jan 18, 2020 wagons, pioneers, history, and hollywood. Some say the change to black and white was an homage to the early years of wagon train. When bob learned tony would be in the western series sundown he offered to loan tony his laramie and wagon train television used colt. The adventures of a wagon train true west magazine. Wagon train season 7 abc 19631964 90 mincolor john mcintire, robert fuller wagon train season 8 abc 19641965 60 minbw john mcintire, robert fuller revue studios mca tv exclusive distributors.

Fuller as chris finley seeks to turn from gambling and become a responsible husband. Tnts series goes off the rails without the brilliant bong joon ho as conductor. Robert fuller list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Robert fuller keeps tv cowboys in spotlight mesquite. Robert fuller joined wagon train at the start of season 7, just after his previous series, laramie ended. On may 6, 1959, just four months before he joined the new series laramie on nbc, later wagon train costar robert fuller appears with ruta lee as a happily married young couple in the episode the kate parker story, with virginia grey in the starring role. On the wagon train set are robert fuller and archie moore in the 1964 episode the geneva balfour story. One of neat features of this dvd are the informative interviews with robert fuller who played cooper smith and scott. Sundown western tv series s2 e2 laramie part one full length episode by westernsontheweb.

Fuller portrayed jess harper television guest appearances. Nebraska is the second book to be authored by noel gerson under the pseudonym of dana fuller ross, in the critically acclaimed book series, wagon west. Star trek creator gene roddenberry would later call star trek wagon train to the stars. The show was about a wagon train heading to california as it crosses the plains, deserts, and rocky mountains under the watchful eye of the trail boss played by veteran actor john mclntire. Wagon train first rolled on the air on september 18, 1957 to begin an eight year run which would eventually place the tv show in the number one spot in the nielson ratings. Wagon train is an american western television series that was produced by revue. Neville brand and robert fuller in wagon train 1957 jan clayton and robert fuller in wagon train.