The Cowboys (TV series)
The Cowboys is a short-lived Western television series based on the 1972 motion picture of the same name starring John Wayne. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company television network from February 6 to May 8, 1974. The television show starred Jim Davis, Diana Douglas, Moses Gunn, A Martinez, Robert Carradine, and Clay O'Brien. David Dortort, best known for Bonanza and The High Chaparral, produced the series. The television show, like the movie, followed the exploits of seven boys who worked on a ranch in 1870s New Mexico. The Cowboys began as an hour-long series, but ABC decided to reduce running time to a half-hour format.
The format change did not lead to increased viewers, and the show was the victim of early cancellation.
Guest stars included Cal Bellini as Wa-Cha-Ka in "The Indian Givers", Kevin Hagen as Josh Redding in "Death on a Fast Horse", and Lurene Tuttle as Grandma Jesse in "Many a Good Horse Died".Cast
- Diana Douglas as Annie Andersen
- Jim Davis as Marshal Bill Winter
- Moses Gunn as Jebediah Nightlinger
- A Martinez as Cimarron
- Robert Carradine as Slim
- Sean Kelly as Jimmy
- Kerry MacLane as Homer
- Clint Howard as Steve
- Mitch Brown as Hardy
- Clay O'Brien as Weedy
Each Guest Star only had one appearance.
- Ted Gehring as Eben Graff
- DeForest Kelley as Jack Potter
- Cal Bellini as Wa-Cha-Ka
- Kevin Hagen as Josh Redding
- Lurene Tuttle as Grandma Jesse
- Stafford Repp as Army Captain
- Ian Wolfe as Padre
- John McKee as Foley
- Walter Brooke as Reager
- John Carradine as Oscar Schmidt
- Jack Perkins
- Pippa Scott as Chief
