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| | '''''Tales of Wells Fargo''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[western]] [[television]] series starring[[Oklahoma]] native Dayle Lymoine "Dale" Robertson (1923-2013) that aired on [[NBC]] for five and a half seasons from March 18, 1957, to June 2, 1962. | | '''''Tales of Wells Fargo''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[western]] [[television]] series starring[[Oklahoma]] native Dayle Lymoine "Dale" Robertson (1923-2013) that aired on [[NBC]] for five and a half seasons from March 18, 1957, to June 2, 1962. |
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| − | A Revue Production, the series was set in the 1870s and 1880s and filmed in Old Tucson, [[Arizona]]. It aired in a half-hour format with Robertson cast as Wells Fargo investigative agent Jim Hardie until its final season when it expanded to an hour, switched to color, and focused on Hardie's ranch near [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. In the last season, William Demarest (1892-1983), Virginia Christine (1920-1996), and Jack Ging (born 1931) joined the cast.<ref>{{IMDb title|0050066|Tales of Wells Fargo</ref> | + | A Revue Production, the series was set in the 1870s and 1880s and filmed in Old Tucson, [[Arizona]]. It aired in a half-hour format with Robertson cast as Wells Fargo investigative agent Jim Hardie until its final season when it expanded to an hour, switched to color, and focused on Hardie's ranch near [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. In the last season, William Demarest (1892-1983), Virginia Christine (1920-1996), and Jack Ging (born 1931) joined the cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050066/|title=Tales of Wells Fargo|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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| | ===Other guest stars=== | | ===Other guest stars=== |
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| | * Nick Adams | | * Nick Adams |
| | * Claude Akins, five times, once as boxer John L. Sullivan | | * Claude Akins, five times, once as boxer John L. Sullivan |
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| | * Walter Coy | | * Walter Coy |
| | * [[Dennis Cross]] | | * [[Dennis Cross]] |
| − | *Jim Davis | + | * Jim Davis |
| | * John Dehner | | * John Dehner |
| | * Buddy Ebsen | | * Buddy Ebsen |
| | * Frank Ferguson | | * Frank Ferguson |
| − | *Paul Fix, three times, once as General Philip Sheridan | + | * Paul Fix, three times, once as General Philip Sheridan |
| | * Anthony George | | * Anthony George |
| | * Bruce Gordon | | * Bruce Gordon |
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| | * Anne Helm as Nellie Bly | | * Anne Helm as Nellie Bly |
| | * [[Peter Helm]] | | * [[Peter Helm]] |
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| − | * DeForest Kelley | |
| | * Michael Landon, three times, twice as a Wells Fargo rider | | * Michael Landon, three times, twice as a Wells Fargo rider |
| | * Tina Louise | | * Tina Louise |
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| | * Olive Sturgess | | * Olive Sturgess |
| | * Lee Van Cleef | | * Lee Van Cleef |
| − | *Adam West | + | * Adam West |
| | * Peter Whitney | | * Peter Whitney |
| − | * Robert J. Wilke<ref>{{epguides|TalesofWellsFargo|Tales of Wells Fargo}}</ref> | + | * Robert J. Wilke<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050066/episodes?year=1957&ref_=tt_eps_yr_1957|title=''Tales of Wells Fargo'' Episode List|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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| | The pilot for ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' premiered on December 14, 1956, as an episode, "A Tale of Wells Fargo," on the anthology series ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars,'' then on CBS.'' | | The pilot for ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' premiered on December 14, 1956, as an episode, "A Tale of Wells Fargo," on the anthology series ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars,'' then on CBS.'' |
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