When Cheyenne first hit television screens in 1955, the West had never looked so vast — or so real. In an era when most TV ...

TV producer WILLIAM T. ORR (center) surrounded by his Warners western series stars (L-R): WAYDE PRESTON [Colt .45], CLINT ...

Airing from 1955 to 1962, Cheyenne was the first Western TV show ever aired. Clint Walker’s titular character was the only cast member to appear throughout the show, which speaks to his impressive ...

The 1950s and 1960s were the halcyon days of TV Westerns. Notable names included Glenn Ford, Rod Cameron, Harry Carey, Walter Burke, and the figurative Robert Mitchum, whose dulcet tones narrated the ...

For nearly the entire history of the Western, director John Ford has been considered one of the greatest filmmakers in the genre. Films like The Searchers, Stagecoach, How the West Was Won, and My ...