The 1950s and 1960s were the halcyon days of TV Westerns. Notable names included Glenn Ford, Rod Cameron, Harry Carey, Walter Burke, and the figurative Robert Mitchum, whose dulcet tones narrated the ...

With a solid cast, well-written characters, and weekly plots that felt pulled from your favorite classic Western, The ...

In 1959, the top four most popular television shows in the United States were westerns. From humble beginnings the small-screen horse opera became a TV staple and cultural phenomenon in the 1950s and ...

The 1960s was a decade of transition for American television, bridging the black-and-white era of the 1950s with the colorful, more socially aware programming that would emerge in the 1970s. Viewers ...

Ladies of the western : interviews with fifty-one more actresses from the silent era to the television westerns of the 1950s and 1960s / Michael G. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers ; with forewords by ...

Historically, Westernactors are so synonymous with the silver screen that it’s easy to forget some of the greats who made their names in TV. Whether it’s John Wayne’s surly heroes of the Old West or ...

Olive Sturgess, a TV Western regular and actress best known for the satirical horror film The Raven, has died. She was 91 years old. The actress passed away in Los Angeles, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb.