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Entertainment writer Bruce Eder found that Fredericks "looked exactly like" the Steve Canyon character as drawn by the cartoonist Milton Caniff (1909-1988). Eder added, "That was how Dean Fredericks became a star known to millions of baby boomers." Steve Canyon toys and related products prolonged the popularity of the program in pop culture long after its initial television run. The ''Steve Canyon'' series first aired at 9 p.m. Saturdays between ''The Perry Como Show'' and the Joel McCrea western ''Cimarron City'' and opposite [[CBS]]'s ''[[Gale Storm|The Gale Storm Show]]'' and ABC's ''The Lawrence Welk Show.'' After a few months, it was moved to Thursday and then Tuesday evenings and hence did not receive the benefit of a stable time slot. The program was repeated April to September in 1960 on ABC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Military/SteveCanyon.htm|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=Classic Television Archives|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television,'' appendix, 1958-1959 network television schedule.</ref>​

Entertainment writer Bruce Eder found that Fredericks "looked exactly like" the Steve Canyon character as drawn by the cartoonist Milton Caniff (1909-1988). Eder added, "That was how Dean Fredericks became a star known to millions of baby boomers." Steve Canyon toys and related products prolonged the popularity of the program in pop culture long after its initial television run. The ''Steve Canyon'' series first aired at 9 p.m. Saturdays between ''The Perry Como Show'' and the Joel McCrea western ''Cimarron City'' and opposite [[CBS]]'s ''[[Gale Storm|The Gale Storm Show]]'' and ABC's ''The Lawrence Welk Show.'' After a few months, it was moved to Thursday and then Tuesday evenings and hence did not receive the benefit of a stable time slot. The program was repeated April to September in 1960 on ABC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Military/SteveCanyon.htm|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=Classic Television Archives|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television,'' appendix, 1958-1959 network television schedule.</ref>​

''Steve Canyon'' was sponsored by Chesterfield [[cigarette]]s. The first twenty-four episodes have been released on [[DVD]] in two volumes since 2008 through the Milton Caniff estate through the work of animator, producer and director [[John R. Ellis]]. The remaining ten episodes were released nu July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com/2013/02/col-canyon-is-alive-and-well.html|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com|accessdate=March 25, 2013}}</ref>​

''Steve Canyon'' was sponsored by Chesterfield [[cigarette]]s. The first twenty-four episodes have been released on [[DVD]] in two volumes since 2008 through the Milton Caniff estate through the work of animator, producer and director [[John R. Ellis]]. The remaining ten episodes were released in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com/2013/02/col-canyon-is-alive-and-well.html|title=''Steve Canyon''|publisher=stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref>​

==Other acting roles==

==Other acting roles==