The Cowboys is an American Western television series based on the 1972 motion picture of the same name. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network from February 6 to May 8, 1974. The series starred Jim Davis, Diana Douglas, Moses Gunn, A Martinez, Robert Carradine and Clay O'Brien. David Dortort produced the series. The television show followed the exploits of seven boys who worked on a ranch in 1870s New Mexico.
The Cowboys was conceived as an hour-long series, but ABC decided to reduce the 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. As a traditional television Western, it was an aberration compared to most television trends of the 1970s (as most had ended production several years prior, and only Gunsmoke was still in production by then).
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 (Cowboy)
- Robert Carradine as Slim (Cowboy)
- Sean Kelly as Jimmy (Cowboy)
- Kerry MacLane as Homer (Cowboy)
- Clint Howard as Steve (Cowboy)
- Mitch Brown as Hardy (Cowboy)
- Clay O'Brien as Weedy (Cowboy)
Guest stars
Each guest star made only 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
External links
- The Cowboys at IMDb
