Cheyenne (TV series)
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- This article is about the western television series. "Cheyenne" may also refer to the name of a 2006 MTV reality show featuring American singer/guitarist Cheyenne Kimball
Cheyenne was the first western television series created for
Warner Brothers studios by
Roy Huggins, and featured
Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie, a physically huge cowboy wandering the Old West. The series ran from
1955 to
1963, except for the time Walker struck for higher pay and the series was temporarily replaced by a similar show called
Bronco (TV series) that featured
Ty Hardin as Bronco Lane, a physically huge cowboy wandering the Old West. Afterward, the two series alternated in the same time slot from
1958 to
1962, with
Bronco as the junior partner (only a snippet of his theme song was heard in the opening credits, as a kind of aural footnote to Cheyenne's). Occasionally both Cheyenne and Bronco appeared together in the same episode.
Diane Brewster first appeared as Samantha Crawford, the swindler with a fake southern accent, in an episode of
Cheyenne called "Dark Rider" before the character memorably migrated to
Maverick (TV series) to become the Maverick brothers' most celebrated nemesis.
Walker revived the Cheyenne Bodie character in 1991 for the TV-movie , which presented a host of TV cowboys from the 1950s, including Gene Barry as Bat Masterson, Hugh O'Brien as Wyatt Earp, Chuck Connors as The Rifleman, and Jack Kelly in his final appearance as Bart Maverick, a year before his death.
Dell Comics produced a comic book based on the series. After 3 issues in their Four Color Comics series, it got its own title for issues #4-25 from (1957-1962). All issues had photo covers.
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