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Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955, to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days. Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.
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- E1 Paper GunmanNext upSep 25, 1955
Synopsis
A newspaper reporter determined to write articles about famous gunslingers finds that real gunmen are in short supply, so he decides to invent one. He buys a young man who hero-worships Clay Allison a holster and a frock coat and creates a reputation for him as a formidable gunslinger by publishing embellished accounts of exploits.
Guest stars: John Smith (Willie Magill - aka The Colfax Kid), King Donovan (Joe Thornton), Scott Forbes (Clay Allison), Leo Gordon (Lou), Guy Way (Gunman), Dabbs Greer (Ray)
- E2 Tomas And The WidowOct 2, 1955
Guest stars
Guest stars: Frank Puglia, Mike Connors, Sean McClory, Kasey Rogers
- E3 A Stillness In WyomingOct 16, 1955
Synopsis
A range war breaks out between the cattle ranchers and the sheepherders in 19th Century Wyoming. The sons of the faction leaders meet and become friends, leading to tragedy when a hired killer of one faction kills one of the boys by mistake.
Guest stars: James Griffith, Lee Erickson
- E4 The Shame Of A NationOct 23, 1955
Guest stars
Guest stars: Addison Richards, Scott Forbes, Hayden Rorke
- E5 The Founding Of Omaha, NebraskaOct 30, 1955
Guest stars
Guest stars: Kenneth Tobey, Jeff Morrow, Edward McNally
- E6 The SuspectsNov 6, 1955
Guest stars
Guest stars: John Bromfield
- E7 King of the DakotasNov 13, 1955
Synopsis
A French expatriate with a reputation as a duelist plans to create a cattle empire in the Dakota territory but runs into opposition from the ranchers he has mistreated.
Guest stars: Herbert Heyes, Dennis Moore, Tom Tryon, Phyllis Coates (Medora De More), Alan Hale Jr. (Kane), Dick Wessel (Hank), Walter Baldwin (Briggs), Paul Langton (Fred Graham)
- E8 Cattle Drive to CasperNov 27, 1955
Synopsis
A young wife insists on accompanying her husband on a 600-mile cattle drive
Guest stars: Jack Elam (Ness Fowler), Ray Teal (Kennicut), Beverly Garland (Sarah Garvey), Charles Stevens (Indian), Robert Arthur (Kip Ross)
- E9 Romance of Poker AliceDec 11, 1955
Guest stars
Guest stars: Don Diamond, Joan Vohs
- E10 Ferdinand Meyer's ArmyDec 18, 1955
Guest stars
Guest stars: Jack Elam (Ness Fowler), Leo Gordon
- E11 The Long Road To TucsonDec 25, 1955
Guest stars
Guest stars: Lisa Gaye
- E12 The TexicansJan 8, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Coleen Gray, James Best, Paul Richards, Helen Kleeb, Anna Navarro, John Dehner (Yancy), Jay Novello (Dalgo)
- E13 Mother Of The BraveJan 15, 1956
Synopsis
When ranching proves unprofitable, the Horn family begins a long trek across Western plains enroute to their Native England, but fall prey to a band of Comanche Indians.
Guest stars: Denver Pyle (Eben), Rodd Redwing (Comanche)
- E14 The Ten Days Of John LeslieJan 22, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Gloria Talbott, Richard Crenna, Claude Akins
- E15 The Devil And Doctor O'HaraFeb 5, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Tommy Kirk, J.M. Kerrigan, Dorothy Adams
- E16 The Captivity Of Joe LongFeb 12, 1956
- E17 The Voyage Of Captain CastleFeb 19, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Denver Pyle (Frank), Gloria Saunders (Cristina), Trevor Bardette (Sam Houston), Jan Arvan (Gen. Jose Lopez de Santa Ana)
- E18 AssassinMar 4, 1956
- E19 The Hanging At Thunder Butte CreekMar 11, 1956
- E20 The Big DryMar 18, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Scott Forbes (Ben Hart), Leo Gordon (Pauk)
- E21 The Ballad Of Pretty PollyApr 1, 1956
- E22 The WellApr 8, 1956
- E23 Salt WarApr 22, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Richard Boone (Everett Brayer), Scott Forbes (Howard)
- E24 PatrolApr 29, 1956
- E25 A Somewhere VoiceMay 6, 1956
- E26 The HuntedMay 13, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Richard Devon (Hesse), Joan Hotchkis (Ellen Landry), Jack Kelly, Jan Merlin (Clay Chandler)
- E27 Georgia GoldJun 10, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: Richard Devon (Hesse), Joan Hotchkis (Ellen Landry), Jack Kelly, Jan Merlin (Clay Chandler), Willis Bouchey (Vance Landry)
- E28 Out From TexasJun 24, 1956
Guest stars
Guest stars: James Best
- E29 The Return Of Jubal DolanAug 26, 1956
- E30 The HostageSep 9, 1956
Cast & crew
Created by Morton S. Fine
Walter Coy
