The Big Valley
Peter Breck (Nick) starred in another western called The Black Saddle. 44 episodes from 1959-60. Peter Breck's character, Clay Culhane, is a gunfighter who becomes a lawyer after his brothers were killed in a shootout. Russell Johnson (the Professor on Gilligan's Island) also starred. J. Pat O'Malley also.
Lots of great guest stars appeared also; Parley Bair, Stacy Harris, Paul Burke, Frank DeKova, Buddy Ebsen, John Dehner, James Franciscus, Vic Perrin, et. al. Lots of these guys got their start in Old Time Radio then transitioned to television when radio was supplanted by television.
Like those character actors nobody knows the names of but you recognize them immediately when you see them. Stacy Harris is one of my favorites. Did a lot of Dragnet.
Best part of Dragnet was the end when they would show the criminal standing alone while the narrator read the sentence they received. Stacy Harris was the best at that...hilarious!
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