paladin,big valley.bonanza.rawhide.Along with Mr M's are my earliest memories.

I've seen so many old movies going back to the silents and love them all.MagnificentSeven is one of the best.Any with the Duke will be good too.

Macca

What about Tex Ritter. Anyone who could clear a bar room without losing his white hat had to be tough. Years back i went to a side show at our exhibition, like your State Fairs, and saw Lash Larue do his thing with a bullwhip, cigarettes out of his assistants mouth, cards cut in half using a mirror etc. Where did Hop-a-long go or Gene Autry. What about Jack Palance as the evil dude in "Shane".

Same as mr mom's list, plus Sky King, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel, Branded. 

I can't remember Hoss's real name on the show , but he sure was great.  "Hey Little Joe, let's go see what Hop Sing's cookin' for lunch"  "Mista Hoss, you get outta my kichen!!!"

Just remembered another one.   Cheyenne.  Can't remember who was in it though.   Oh yeah, and what about Death Valley Days, (20 Mule Team Borax)   And I can't believe nobody's mentioned Gunsmoke! 

Roger Moore was Beauregard
The other bro was Brent

mr mom, I don't recall those, but maybe I saw them.  The name Whirlybirds does sound sort of familiar.

How about Combat, McHale's Navy, Rat Patrol.

Back to the westerns, F-Troop was funny.  And I might have got the Death Valley Days mixed up with Wagon Train, being sponsored by Borax.  Can't remember.  There were so many good shows back then.

Mr Mom I didn't no hoss's real name was eric.Damn this is bringing back memories.High Chapparel was a later one that was good.

I loved combat when I was a kid with vic morrow.

Macca

A toy Thompson.  Boy does that bring back memories.  Yeah I had one.  I remember riding my bike 4 miles to the store to buy it and peddaling home fast so I could play with it.  Had a revolutionary war type musket with ramrod that shot hard plastic balls.  And of course lots of cowboy cap guns. 

Anybody remember Kit Carson?

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After thinking back, I remember the rev war musket shot wooden balls. Can't remember how they were fired though.

And TG, your 50 years is already showing. The Rifleman was mentioned above. 

I cannot believe you guys mentioned ANYONE ahead of HOPALONG CASSIDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even tho I love ROY ROGERS,,he is only a distant second!!

everyone else is an also ran!!!

Mr Mom,  are you going to get Nathan the full size 30-30 or the cut down model, like Steve McQueen used?   Either way, I'll bet he'll cut down your crow population.   Maybe a bit big for a crow, but some crows are pretty dang big!

Nathan + 30-30 = dead crow  

See, you can tell him that math does come in handy.   LOL

Well Boys! Yup, them was some mighty fine shows and memories to boot.

Mr. Mom.......Andy DeVine wasn't ridin in no jeep....He was plumb scared of vehicles that moved faster than him. He rode and was the sidekick to a man named "Guy Madison" who played "Wild Bill Hickcock" You sir, are thinking of Mr. Pat Brady, Roy Rogers sidekick.

Big Lost! Hoppy was my Uncle in real life form, he could have run for president and beat Gen. Ike.....Now that is popular folks.

Sorry, I didn't responed earlier, been down a bit in my health. I'll give you sprouts some other cowboys in a day or two......some might recall these heroes of the big screen. Tom Mix is one ya's can toss about.

I believe Clint Walker played Cheyenne.

did you know Roy Rogers real name was Leonard Sly?

Fella's;

What happened to Gene Autry?  He quit acting, bought the Angels baseball team & then died not so long ago.

Wooden bullets; the Japs also were known to use them in the 2nd world war.

The best western movie I remember was COWBOY, starring Jack Lemmon.  He started out as a nerdy little hotel clerk in Chicago when the real Texas cowboys delivered stock to the city.  Anyway, he got caught up with them, they got him drunk & he woke up with them on his way to Texas.  Only way he could get back to Chicago was to work the ranch & do the trail drive back.

Clint Eastwood played Rowdy on Rawhide.  And, I hate to admit it, but I can remember watching Gunsmoke as first run.  Apprentice old fart, that's me.

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They did get some flashy horses back then. A friend of mine, who I learned the farrier trade from years ago, sold a lot of horses to the studios. He was a stuntman, and also shod a lot of horses for them. He kept the stock on Gunsmoke shod all the time. He didn't really care for James Arness, but said Ken Curtis was pretty much the same type person you would expect him to be. He also shod Trigger for Roy Rogers until the horse died.

He also worked with Yakima Canutt, the grand daddy of all stunt men, who did the scene in Stagecoach going under the team, under the coach, and then remounting it. First time it was ever done, or filmed. And Jock Mahoney, who starred in Range Rider, and Yancy Derringer. Anyone here old enough to remember those ones? Jock also starred as Tarzan in one of the old movie series.

While with him at the Great Western Gun Show years ago, we had dinner with Jock, Yakima, and Pat Butram. A very intersting and entertaining evening. I also met Patrick Wayne there. He wanted to do some trading for some of my goods. It was shortly after the Duke had died, and he was getting rid of some of his dad's stuff. I could have had two large Remington bronzes that had belonged to John Wayne, but wasn't smart enough to figure out how to get them back to Montana again. We had a full car load of people and goods already. I was too broke back in those days to consider shipping them.

Waksupi.......Yes, I certainly remember "Jock Mahoney" I really like his character on the show. I thought too, he was the next best Tarzan to Johnny Wiesmueller. Jim Davis was also a favorite of mine in those days of TV cowboys (played a railroad detective) and Western movies. He also played in a lot of other Western movies as a character actor. Those days are gone and I don't think we shall ever see them come back again, least wise not in my lifetime.

Hollywood and TV land are more interested in SEX, Killings, Fast Cars!

Ken Curtis, was a guy who played Westerns very well and could sing like an angle of the LORD...Amen. Well, all those boys known as the "Sons Of The Pioneers" could sure put harmony together. I have a whole collection (Roy Rogers too) of their Western songs.