Tales of Wells Fargo

What do you know about Tales of Wells Fargo? Take this quick FUN TV Westerns Trivia.  "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Tales of Wells Fargo was a successful TV western series that ran from 1957 to 1962. Dale Robertson plays the lead. Who is the character?

• Jim Hardie
• Luke McCain
• Darren Grace

2. James Brooks and Gene Reynolds help create the series. Who was the third member of the team?

• Frank Gruber
• Frank Morganson
• Frank Reynolds

3. For its first two years, the show was also in the top ten Nielsen Ratings.

• True or False?

4. The show appeared on what network?

• ABC
• CBS
• NBC

5. Dale Robertson was born on July 14, 1923. Where was he born?

• Harrah, Oklahoma
• Clinton, Oklahoma,
• Jim Tree, Oklahoma,

6. One of the creators was Gene Reynolds. What is the best known TV series he worked on?

7. Who played Tad Cameron in two Tales of Wells Fargo episodes, The Kid (1957) TV episode and Shotgun Messenger (1957)?

• Kidd Rock
• Johnny Crawford
• Michael Landon

8. Billy Brigode was played by Robert Vaughn in Tales of Wells Fargo .

• True or False?

9. Who played Sheriff Eaton in a 1958 episode of Tales of Wells Fargo?

• Gary Cooper
• Johnny Mack Brown
• Tex Ritter

10. In the 1960-1961 season Tales of Wells Fargo was opposite ABC's detective series Surfside 6 and CBS's new sitcom Bringing Up Buddy, starring Frank Aletter.  Which show was cancelled?

Tales of Wells Fargo [Answers]

1. Jim Hardie
2. Frank Gruber
3. True
4. NBC
5. Harrah, Oklahoma
6. MASH
7. Michael Landon
8. True
9. Johnny Mack Brown
10. Bringing Up Buddy

Page 1 of 1