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{{Short description|American television series}}
{{Short description|American TV Western series (1951–1958)}}
{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
|image = Andy Devine Wild Bill Hickok 1956.jpg
| image = Andy Devine Wild Bill Hickok 1956.jpg
|caption = Andy Devine as Jingles
| caption = Andy Devine as Jingles
|genre = [[Western (genre)|Western]]
| genre = [[Western (genre)|Western]]
|director = [[Wesley Barry]]<br>[[William Beaudine]]<br>[[Thomas Carr (director)|Thomas Carr]]<br>Will Jason<br>[[Louis King]]<br>[[S. Roy Luby]]<br>[[Jean Yarbrough]]
| director = {{Plainlist|
* [[Wesley Barry]]
* [[William Beaudine]]
* [[Thomas Carr (director)|Thomas Carr]]
* Will Jason
* [[Louis King]]
* [[S. Roy Luby]]
* [[Jean Yarbrough]]
|starring = [[Guy Madison]]<br>[[Andy Devine]]
|country = United States
|language = English
|num_seasons = 8
|num_episodes = 113
|list_episodes =
|producer = [[William F. Broidy]]
|editor = Carl Pierson<br>[[S. Roy Luby]]
|cinematography = Henry Freulich<br>John J. Martin<br>William A. Sickner
|runtime = 25 mins.
|company = Newhall Productions, William F. Broidy Productions
|distributor = Flamingo Films
|channel = [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]<br>[[CBS]] (1955-1958)<br>[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1957-1958)
|audio_format = [[Monaural]]
|first_aired = {{start date|1951|4|15}}
|last_aired = {{end date|1958|9|24}}
}}
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|

* [[Guy Madison]]
'''''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok''''' is an American [[Western (genre)|Western]] [[television series]] that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September 24, 1958. The [[Screen Gems]] series began in [[television syndication|syndication]], but ran on [[CBS]] from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from 1957 through 1958.<ref name="Woolery">{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=34–37}}</ref> The [[Kellogg's]] cereal company was the show's national sponsor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Breakfast cereal mascots: Beloved and bizarre|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/breakfast-cereal-mascots-beloved-and-bizarre/|url-status=live|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=CBS News|publisher=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The series was also exported to Australia during the late 1950s.{{Citation needed |date=October 2022}}
* [[Andy Devine]]

==Synopsis==
''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' starred [[Guy Madison]] as the legendary [[Old West]] lawman (in real life, also a [[gunfighter]]) [[United States Marshal]] [[Wild Bill Hickok|James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok]], and [[Andy Devine]] as his comedy sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. The series was set in the 1870s with Hickok and Jones based at Fort Larabee.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=1177-1178|edition=2nd}}</ref>

==Episodes==
===Season 1 (1951)===
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Behind Southern Lines aka Civil War Story
|DirectedBy=Thomas Carr
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Melvin Levy and Maurice Tombragel|t=Melvin Levy and Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|04|14}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
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| country = United States
{{Episode list
| language = English
|EpisodeNumber=2
| num_seasons = 8
|EpisodeNumber2=2
| num_episodes = 113
|Title=The Rock Springs Rustlers
| list_episodes = List of The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok episodes
|DirectedBy=Thomas Carr
| producer = [[William F. Broidy]]
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Melvin Levy}}
| editor = {{Plainlist|
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|04|22}}
* Carl Pierson
|ShortSummary=
* [[S. Roy Luby]]
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
}}
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
{{Episode list
* Henry Freulich
|EpisodeNumber=3
* John J. Martin
|EpisodeNumber2=3
* William A. Sickner
|Title=Lady Mayor aka the Spinster Mayor
|DirectedBy=Thomas Carr
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Melvin Levy and Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|04|29}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
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}}
| runtime = 25 mins.
{{Episode list
| company = Romson Productions
|EpisodeNumber=4
| channel = {{Plainlist|
|EpisodeNumber2=4
* [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|Title=The Dog Collar aka Trap of Diamonds
* [[CBS]] (1955-1958)
|DirectedBy=Thomas Carr
* [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1957-1958)
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Melvin Levy and Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|05|06}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Silver Mine Protection Story aka The Western Shakedown
|DirectedBy=Thomas Carr
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|05|13}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Indian Bureau Story
|DirectedBy=Thomas Carr
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Melvin Levy and Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|05|20}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Indian Pony Express
|DirectedBy=Thomas Carr
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|05|27}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Tax Collecting Story aka The Brimstone Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|06|03}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Widow Muldane aka Branding Iron Trail
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|06|10}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Ghost Town Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|06|17}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Yellow Haired Kid aka Double Identity
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Dwight V. Babcock}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|06|24}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Johnny Deuce aka Bitter Creek Masquerade
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|07|01}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Homer Atchison aka Kansas Kid
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Dwight V. Babcock}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|07|08}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#DAA520
}}
}}
| first_aired = {{start date|1951|4|15}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1958|9|24}}
}}
}}


'''''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok''''' is an American [[Westerns on television|Western television series]] that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September 24, 1958. The [[Screen Gems]] series began in [[television syndication|syndication]],<ref name=bcm/> but ran on [[CBS]] from June 5, 1955,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawes |first1=William |title=Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958 |date=December 26, 2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1132-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pQKmPSfHCQC&dq=%22Wild+Bill+Hickok%22+television&pg=PA126 |access-date=October 20, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> through 1958, and, at the same time, on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from 1957 through 1958.<ref name="Woolery">{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=34–37}}</ref> The [[Kellogg's]] cereal company was the show's national sponsor.<ref name=bcm>{{Cite web|title=Breakfast cereal mascots: Beloved and bizarre|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/breakfast-cereal-mascots-beloved-and-bizarre/|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=CBS News|date=7 April 2013 |language=en-US}}</ref> The series was also exported to Australia during the late 1950s.{{Citation needed |date=October 2022}}
===Season 2 (1951-52)===
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=The Boulder City Election aka Border City Election
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|10|14}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Pony Express Vs. Telegraph
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|10|21}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=The Lady School Teacher
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Thomas W. Blackburn and Todhunter Ballard}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|10|28}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Outlaw Flats
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|11|04}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Silver Stage Holdup
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|11|11}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Mexican Rustlers Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|11|18}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Masked Riders
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Thomas W. Blackburn and Todhunter Ballard}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|11|25}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=21
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Hepsibah
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|12|02}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=22
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Border City
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|12|09}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=23
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Ex-Convict Story aka The Innocent Cowpoke
|DirectedBy=Wesley E. Barry
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|12|16}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=24
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Papa Antonelli aka Jingles' Disguise
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|12|23}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=25
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=The Slocum Family aka Education and Brawn
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1951|12|30}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=26
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Lost Indian Mine aka The Evil Assayer
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|01|06}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#C08D0C
}}
}}


==Synopsis==
===Season 3 (1952)===
''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' starred [[Guy Madison]] as the legendary [[Old West]] lawman (in real life, also a [[gunfighter]]) [[United States Marshal]] [[Wild Bill Hickok|James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok]], and [[Andy Devine]] as his comedy sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. The series was set in the 1870s, with Hickok and Jones based at Fort Larabee.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|pages=1177–1178|edition=2nd}}</ref>
{{Episode table |background=#CD853F |total_width= |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=27
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Civilian Clothes Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|01|27}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=28
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Medicine Show
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|02|03}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=29
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Blacksmith Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|02|10}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=30
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Mexican Gun Running Show
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|02|17}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=31
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=School Teacher Story
|DirectedBy=Wesley E. Barry
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|02|24}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=32
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Vigilante Story aka Brave Lash Corby
|DirectedBy=Wesley E. Barry
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|03|03}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=33
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=The Professor's Daughter aka Flashy Sweetwater Singer
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|03|10}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=34
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Photographer's Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|03|17}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=35
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Outlaw's Son
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|03|24}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=36
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Savvy, The Smart Little Dog
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|03|31}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=37
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Ghost Rider
|DirectedBy=Wesley E. Barry
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|04|07}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=38
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Rustling Stallion aka Wild White Horse
|DirectedBy=Wesley E. Barry
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor and Samuel F. Roeca}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|04|14}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=39
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Lumber Camp Story
|DirectedBy=Wesley E. Barry
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|04|21}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=40
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=The Trapper Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|04|28}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=41
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=The Boy And The Bandit
|DirectedBy=Wesley E. Barry
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|05|05}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=42
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=A Joke On Sir Anthony
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|05|12}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=43
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Wrestling Story
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|05|19}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=44
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Jingles Becomes A Baby Sitter
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|05|26}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=45
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=The Fortune Telling Story aka The Ghost Breakers
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|06|09}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=46
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=A Close Shave For The Marshall
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|06|16}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=47
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=Prairie Flats Land Swindle aka Swindlers
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|06|23}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=48
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=Marriage Feud At Ponca City
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1952|06|30}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#CD853F
}}
}}


==Production==
===Season 4 (1953)===
The series was produced by [[William F. Broidy]] Productions. It consisted of 113 episodes, the last 13 of which were made in color.<ref name=st/> In 1957 [[Screen Gems]] bought the Broidy company's assets, which included 100 ''Hickok'' episodes on film.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 13, 1957 |page=28 |title=SG Purchases Broidy Assets |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Wild+Bill+Hickok%22+television+Australia&pg=PA28 |magazine=The Billboard |access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref> Tommy Carr was the director. [[Kellogg's]] cereals sponsored it.<ref name=st>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987' |date=1989 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=0-7864-1198-8 |pages= 101–102}}</ref>
{{Episode table |background=#EC7521 |total_width= |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=49
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Grandpa And Genie
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|09|13}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#EC7521
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=50
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Nephew From Back East
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|09|20}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#EC7521
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=51
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Wagon Wheel Trail
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Leslie Bellem}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|09|27}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#EC7521
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=52
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Heading For Trouble
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|10|04}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#EC7521
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=53
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Young Witness
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Abel and Lee Bachman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|10|11}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#EC7521
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=54
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Chain Of Events
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|10|18}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#EC7521
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=55
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=The Doctor's Story
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Abel and Lee Bachman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|10|25}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#EC7521
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=56
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Indians And The Delegates
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|11|01}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Sheriff Was A Redhead
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Jack Laird}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|11|08}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=58
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Hands Across The Border
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Leslie Bellem and Herbert Madt}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|11|15}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=59
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=The Avenging Gunman
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Abel and Lee Bachman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|11|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=60
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=The Right Of Way
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|11|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=61
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Monster In The Lake
|DirectedBy=William Beaudine Jr.
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1953|12|06}}
|ShortSummary=
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==Episodes==
===Season 5 (1954-55)===
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=62
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=The Maverick
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1954|11|21}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=63
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Kid From Red Butte
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1954|11|28}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=64
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Masquerade At Moccasin Flats
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1954|12|05}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=65
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Stolen Church Funds
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1954|12|12}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=66
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Ol' Pardner Rides Again
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1954|12|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=67
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=The Gorilla Of Owl Hoot Mesa
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Raynor and Bill Raynor}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1954|12|26}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=68
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Superstition Stage
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|01|02}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#8B4513
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=69
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Cry Wolf
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|01|09}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=70
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Boy And The Hound Dog
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|01|16}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=71
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Sheriff's Secret
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|01|23}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#8B4513
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=72
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=To The Highest Bidder
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Ande Lamb}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|01|30}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#8B4513
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=73
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Sundown Valley
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|02|06}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=74
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Sagebrush Manhunt
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|02|13}}
|ShortSummary=
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===Season 6 (1955)===
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|EpisodeNumber=75
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Outlaw's Portrait
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|09|04}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=76
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Buckshot Comes Home
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Adele Buffington and Maurice Tombragel}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|09|11}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=77
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=The Music Teacher
|DirectedBy=Frank McDonald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|09|18}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=78
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=The Golden Rainbow
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|09|25}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=79
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Old Cowboys Never Die
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|10|02}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=80
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Blake's Kid
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|10|09}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=81
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Treasure Trail
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|10|16}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=82
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Battle Line
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|10|23}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=83
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Ambush
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|10|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=84
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Hideout
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Warren Wilson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|11|06}}
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=85
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Ghost Town Lady
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|11|13}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=86
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=The Mountain Men
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Eric Friewald and Robert Schaefer}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|11|20}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=87
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Return Of Chief Red Hawk
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1955|11|27}}
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===Season 7 (1956)===
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|EpisodeNumber=88
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Halley's Comet
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Warren Wilson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|09|02}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=89
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Blind Alley
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|09|09}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=90
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=The Great Obstacle Race
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Warren Wilson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|09|16}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=91
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=The Kangaroo Kaper
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Samuel F. Roeca}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|09|23}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=92
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Missing Diamonds
|DirectedBy=Jean Yarbrough
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|09|30}}
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=93
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Jingles Gets The Bird
|DirectedBy=
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|10|07}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=94
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Wild Bill's Odyssey
|DirectedBy=Will Jason
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Warren Wilson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|10|14}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#A52A2A
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=95
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Bold Raven Rodeo
|DirectedBy=Will Jason
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Samuel F. Roeca}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|10|21}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=96
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Rainmaker
|DirectedBy=Will Jason
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Samuel F. Roeca and Jack Speirs}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|10|28}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#A52A2A
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=97
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Iron Major
|DirectedBy=Will Jason
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Lee Irwin}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|11|04}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=98
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Jingles Wins A Friend
|DirectedBy=Will Jason
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Samuel F. Roeca}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|11|11}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=99
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=The Gattling Gun
|DirectedBy=Will Jason
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Samuel F. Roeca}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|11|18}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#A52A2A
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=100
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=The Steam Wagon
|DirectedBy=Will Jason
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Samuel F. Roeca}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1956|11|25}}
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===Season 8 (1958)===
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|EpisodeNumber=101
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Marvin's Mix-Up
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Joe Richardson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|02|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=102
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Spurs For Johnny
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Barry Shipman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|02|26}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=103
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Monkeyshines
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Paul Gangelin}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|03|05}}
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=104
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=The Runaway Wizard
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Schaefer and Eric Freiwald}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|03|12}}
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=105
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Meteor Mesa
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Barry Shipman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|03|19}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#800000
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=106
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Town Without Law
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Joe Richardson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|03|26}}
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=107
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=The Sheriff Of Buckeye
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Samuel F. Roeca and Barry Shipman}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|04|02}}
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=#800000
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=108
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Clem's Reformation
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Paul Gangelin}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|04|09}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=109
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Jingles On The Jailroad
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Ray Buffum}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|04|16}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=110
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Daughter Of Casey O'Grady
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Robert Schaefer and Eric Freiwald}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|04|23}}
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=111
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=The Angel Of Cedar Mountain
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Peter Dixon}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|04|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=112
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=The Good Indian
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Ray Buffum}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|05|09}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=113
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=The Counterfeit Ghost
|DirectedBy=Louis King
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=|t=Joe Richardson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1958|05|16}}
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==Other media==
==Other media==
Devine and Madison portrayed their roles on [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]] [[radio]] from April 1, 1951, to 1956.<ref name="Brooks_and_Marsh">{{Cite book|last=Brooks|first=Tim|author-link=Tim Brooks (historian)|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle F.|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4|location=New York|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Complete_Directory_to_Prime_Time_Net/w8KztFy6QYwC|access-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref>
Devine and Madison portrayed their roles on [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]] [[radio]] from April 1, 1951, to 1956.<ref name="Brooks_and_Marsh">{{Cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|author-link=Tim Brooks (historian)|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle F.|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Adventures+of+Wild+Bill+Hickok+The+Western%22&pg=PA23 |page=23 |access-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref>


During the 1950s, several episodes of the television show were spliced together and released as 16 feature movies by [[Monogram Pictures]]:
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Andy Devine as Jingles
GenreWestern
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes113 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerWilliam F. Broidy
Cinematography
  • Henry Freulich
  • John J. Martin
  • William A. Sickner
Editors
Running time25 mins.
Production companyRomson Productions
Original release
Network
ReleaseApril 15, 1951 (1951-04-15) –
September 24, 1958 (1958-09-24)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September 24, 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication,[1] but ran on CBS from June 5, 1955,[2] through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.[3] The Kellogg's cereal company was the show's national sponsor.[1] The series was also exported to Australia during the late 1950s.[citation needed]

Synopsis

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok starred Guy Madison as the legendary Old West lawman (in real life, also a gunfighter) United States Marshal James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, and Andy Devine as his comedy sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. The series was set in the 1870s, with Hickok and Jones based at Fort Larabee.[4]

Production

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The series was produced by William F. Broidy Productions. It consisted of 113 episodes, the last 13 of which were made in color.[5] In 1957 Screen Gems bought the Broidy company's assets, which included 100 Hickok episodes on film.[6] Tommy Carr was the director. Kellogg's cereals sponsored it.[5]

Episodes

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Main article: List of The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
113April 14, 1951 (1951-04-14)July 8, 1951 (1951-07-08)
213October 14, 1951 (1951-10-14)January 6, 1952 (1952-01-06)
322January 27, 1952 (1952-01-27)June 30, 1952 (1952-06-30)
413September 13, 1953 (1953-09-13)December 6, 1953 (1953-12-06)
513November 21, 1954 (1954-11-21)February 13, 1955 (1955-02-13)
613September 4, 1955 (1955-09-04)November 27, 1955 (1955-11-27)
713September 2, 1956 (1956-09-02)November 25, 1956 (1956-11-25)
813February 19, 1958 (1958-02-19)May 16, 1958 (1958-05-16)

Other media

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Devine and Madison portrayed their roles on Mutual radio from April 1, 1951, to 1956.[7]

During the 1950s, several episodes of the television show were spliced together and released as 16 feature films by Allied Artists.[5]

Title Director Cast Year
The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon Frank McDonald Russell Simpson, Gordon Jones, John Doucette 1952
Behind Southern Lines Thomas Carr Rand Brooks, Jonathan Hale 1952
Trail of the Arrow Thomas Carr Monte Blue, Terry Frost, Raymond Hatton 1952
The Yellow Haired Kid Frank McDonald William Edward Phipps, David Bruce, Marcia Mae Jones 1952
Border City Rustlers Frank McDonald Gloria Talbott, Isabel Randolph, George J. Lewis 1953
Secret of Outlaw Flats Wesley Barry, Frank McDonald Kristine Miller, John Crawford, Richard Avonde 1953
Six Gun Decision Frank McDonald Gloria Saunders, David Sharpe, Lyle Talbot 1953
Two Gun Marshal Frank McDonald Michael Vallon, Pamela Duncan, Francis McDonald 1953
Marshals In Disguise Frank McDonald Anthony Sydes, John Eldredge, Guy Beach 1954
Outlaw's Son Frank McDonald Sally Fraser, Robert Hyatt, Fred Kelsey 1954
Trouble on the Trail Frank McDonald Martha Hyer, Robert Blake, Byron Foulger 1954
The Two Gun Teacher Frank McDonald Carole Mathews, Ann Carroll, Rory Mallinson 1954
The Matchmaking Marshal Frank McDonald Bobby Jordan, Anna Lee Carroll, Forrest Taylor 1955
Phantom Trails Wesley Barry, Frank McDonald Byron Foulger, Robert Filmer, Harry Harvey Jr. 1955
Timber Country Trouble Frank McDonald Frances Charles, Henry Blair, Harry Lauter 1955
The Titled Tenderfoot Frank McDonald Jeanne Cagney, Marshall Reed, Clayton Moore 1955

Guest stars

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  • Mike Ragan appeared in three episodes, as Gus in "The Tax Collecting Story", as Collier in "Mexican Rustlers Story" (both 1951), and Malone in "The Doctor's Story" (1953).
  • Carole Mathews appeared twice, first as Miss Jennings in "The Slocum Family" (1951) and then as Anne Hardy in "Blacksmith Story" (1952).
  • Ewing Mitchell, as Mr. Harker in "Chain of Events" (1953)
  • Gloria Saunders, as Sally Jones in "Boulder City Election" (1951)
  • William Tannen, as Rand in "The Doctor's Story" (1953) and as Tom Maples in "The Maverick" (1954)

Award nominations

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Year Award Result Category
1955 Emmy Award Nominated Best Western or Adventure Series

References

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  1. ^ a b "Breakfast cereal mascots: Beloved and bizarre". CBS News. 7 April 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Hawes, William (December 26, 2001). Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1132-0. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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