TV Western 6

Trackdown, Tombstone Territory, Colt .45, Wanted Dead or Alive, The Texan, and Union Pacific

Choose an answer from the four choices offered after each question and then  "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

Trackdown

1. This black & white half-hour series last two years from 1957 to 1959. The main character is Texas Ranger, Hoby Gilman. Who played Hoby?

• Bill Cosby
• Robert Culp
• Pat Conway
• Vic Murrow

2. The actress who played the Henritta Porter, the editor of the Porter Texas Newspaper. Later, she played in “The Waltons.” Who is this actress?

• Ellen Corby
• Roberta Shore
• Hilarie Thompson
• Susan Blanchard

3. Before his feature film hits, this director directed several TV series. “Trackdown” is one of his Western series. Who is the director?

• Robert Altman
• John Ford
• Howard Hawks
• Sam Peckinpah

Tombstone Territory

4. This ABC-TV series debuts in October 1957. The two main characters are the sheriff Clay Hollister and the newspaper editor Harris Clairborne. The setting is Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Who plays the Sheriff Clay Hollister?

• Richard Eastham
• Tom Tryon
• Harry Carey Jr.
• Pat Conway

5. What was the name of the newspaper that Harris Clairborne is the editor?

• Tombstone Epitaph
• Cochise Echo
• Tombstone News
• Tombstone Daily News

Colt .45

6. Christopher Colt travels the West selling the Colt .45. This is his cover as a Government Undercover Agent. Who played Christopher Colt?

• Richard Eastham
• Michael Hinn
• Henry Wills
• Wayde Preston

7. The series ended in 1960 with 67 episodes made. What actor took over the lead of the TV series.

• Richard Eastham
• Michael Hinn
• Henry Wills
• Donald May

Wanted Dead or Alive

8. Steve McQueen used a unique weapon in the show. What was it?

• Sawed off shotgun
• Sawed off carbine
• Derringer
• Long barrel Colt .45

The Texan

9. This Western is about a fast gun, Bill Longley, who helped keep law and order. Who played Bill Longley in this Western?

• Chill Wills
• Jack Elam
• Tom Tryon
• Rory Calhoun

Union Pacific

10. This short lived Western last 39 episodes. Who was the star?

• Charles Bateman
• Jeff Morrow
• Judson Pratt
• Susan Cummings.

Check Your Answers

• Trackdown
  • 1. Robert Culp
  • 2. Ellen Corby
  • 3. Sam Peckinpah
• Tombstone Territory
  • 4. Pat Conway
  • 5. Tombstone Epitaph
• Colt .45
  • 6. Wayde Preston
  • 7. Donald May
• Wanted Dead or Alive
  • 8. Sawed off carbine
• The Texan
  • 9. Rory Calhoun
• Union Pacific
  • 10. Jeff Morrow

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