The Deputy (TV series)
| The Deputy | |
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| Allen Case as McCord on the set with guest star Vivian Vance, 1959 | |
| Genre | Western |
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| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Henry Fonda |
| Theme music composer | Jack Marshall |
| Composer | Jack Marshall |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 76 (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 12, 1959 (1959年09月12日) – July 1, 1961 (1961年07月01日) |
The Deputy is an American Western television series starring Henry Fonda and Allen Case that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Fonda portrayed Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Case played Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.[1]
Synopsis
[edit ]Fonda narrated most episodes and appeared briefly at the beginning and ending of most segments. He played the lead in only six episodes in the first season and 13 in the second. Usually, he gave his deputy the assignment, and on rare occasions, thanked him at the conclusion of the episode. As Fred MacMurray did while shooting the sitcom series My Three Sons , Fonda performed all of his work on The Deputy in several lengthy sessions, so as to leave himself free for other projects. Although based in Silver City, the marshal's district also covered several nearby towns. Deputy McCord was a storekeeper who bore arms with great reluctance. Wallace Ford appeared as the elderly marshal, Herk Lamson, with Betty Lou Keim as McCord's sister, Fran, in the first season. Read Morgan joined the show in the second season as Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, known as "Sarge", a one-eyed United States Army cavalry enlisted man stationed in town. Gary Hunley played as Deputy Clay McCord's young brother Brandon McCord in an episode of the television series.[2]
Cast
[edit ]- Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry
- Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord
- Read Morgan as Sergeant Hapgood Tasker
- Wallace Ford as Marshal Herk Lamson
- Betty Lou Keim as Fran McCord
Recurring cast
[edit ]- Vito Scotti as Jose
- Addison Richards as Doc Landy
Episodes
[edit ]Season 1
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Badge For A Day (The Deputy)" | Don Medford | Roland Kibbee & Norman Lear | September 12, 1959 (1959年09月12日) |
| 2 | 2 | "The Wild Wind" | David Butler | N.B. Stone Jr. | September 19, 1959 (1959年09月19日) |
| 3 | 3 | "Back To Glory" | Felix E. Feist | Charles Smith | September 26, 1959 (1959年09月26日) |
| 4 | 4 | "Shadow Of The Noose" | Robert B. Sinclair | Roland Kibbee & Norman Lear | October 3, 1959 (1959年10月03日) |
| 5 | 5 | "Powder Keg" | David Butler | Wells Root & Ron Bishop | October 10, 1959 (1959年10月10日) |
| 6 | 6 | "Like Father" | David Butler | Jerry Sackheim | October 17, 1959 (1959年10月17日) |
| 7 | 7 | "Proof Of Guilt" | Arthur Lubin | Melvin Levy | October 24, 1959 (1959年10月24日) |
| 8 | 8 | "The Johnny Shanks Story" | David Butler | N.B. Stone Jr. | October 31, 1959 (1959年10月31日) |
| 9 | 9 | "Focus Of Doom" | Arthur Lubin | Sidney Michaels & Michael Kraike | November 7, 1959 (1959年11月07日) |
| 10 | 10 | "The Big Four" | David Butler | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol | November 14, 1959 (1959年11月14日) |
| 11 | 11 | "The Next Bullet" | David Butler | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol | November 28, 1959 (1959年11月28日) |
| 12 | 12 | "The Deal" | Herschel Dougherty | Herbert Purdom & Michael Kraike | December 5, 1959 (1959年12月05日) |
| 13 | 13 | "Land Greed" | Robert B. Sinclair | Dale Eunson & Katherine Albert | December 12, 1959 (1959年12月12日) |
| 14 | 14 | "Man Of Peace" | Frank Arrigo | Herbert Purdom | December 19, 1959 (1959年12月19日) |
| 15 | 15 | "The Orphans" | Frederick Stephani | Katherine Albert & Dale Eunson | December 26, 1959 (1959年12月26日) |
| 16 | 16 | "Backfire" | Jim Hogan | Wilton Schiller | January 2, 1960 (1960年01月02日) |
| 17 | 17 | "Hang The Law" | Robert B. Sinclair | Herbert Purdom | January 9, 1960 (1960年01月09日) |
| 18 | 18 | "Silent Gun" | Sidney Lanfield | Hendrik Vollaerts | January 23, 1960 (1960年01月23日) |
| 19 | 19 | "The Hidden Motive" | Sidney Lanfield & Robert B. Sinclair | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol & Michael Kraike | January 30, 1960 (1960年01月30日) |
| 20 | 20 | "Lawman's Blood" | John Brahm | Charles Smith | February 6, 1960 (1960年02月06日) |
| 21 | 21 | "The Return Of Simon Fry" | Arthur Lubin | Terence Maples | February 13, 1960 (1960年02月13日) |
| 22 | 22 | "Queen Bea" | Herschel Daugherty & Robert B. Sinclair | Herbert Purdom | February 20, 1960 (1960年02月20日) |
| 23 | 23 | "The Two Faces Of Bob Claxton" | David Butler | Charles O'Neal | February 27, 1960 (1960年02月27日) |
| 24 | 24 | "Lady With A Mission" | Sidney Lanfield | Charles Smith | March 5, 1960 (1960年03月05日) |
| 25 | 25 | "The Border Between" | Frank Arrigo | Hal Biller & Austin Kalish | March 12, 1960 (1960年03月12日) |
| 26 | 26 | "Final Payment" | Frank Arrigo | Charles R. Marion | March 19, 1960 (1960年03月19日) |
| 27 | 27 | "Dark Reward" | Louis King & Robert B. Sinclair | Marianne Mosner | March 26, 1960 (1960年03月26日) |
| 28 | 28 | "Marked For Bounty" | Sidney Lanfield | William Yagemann | April 2, 1960 (1960年04月02日) |
| 29 | 29 | "The Truly Yours" | David Butler | Montgomery Pittman & Herbert Purdom | April 9, 1960 (1960年04月09日) |
| 30 | 30 | "A Time To Sow" | Louis King | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol | April 23, 1960 (1960年04月23日) |
| 31 | 31 | "The Last Gunfight" | Sidney Lanfield | Charles Smith & Richard Carr | April 30, 1960 (1960年04月30日) |
| 32 | 32 | "Chain Of Action" | Sidney Lanfield | Lester Fuller | May 7, 1960 (1960年05月07日) |
| 33 | 33 | "The Lucifer Urge" | Sidney Lanfield | Ellis Kadison | May 14, 1960 (1960年05月14日) |
| 34 | 34 | "Palace Of Chance" | Sidney Lanfield | Charles Smith & Frank Edmunds | May 21, 1960 (1960年05月21日) |
| 35 | 35 | "The X Game" | David Butler | Herbert Purdom | May 28, 1960 (1960年05月28日) |
| 36 | 36 | "The Stand-Off" | David Butler | Ellis Kadison & Louis Paul | June 11, 1960 (1960年06月11日) |
| 37 | 37 | "Trail Of Darkness" | Sidney Lanfield | Hendrik Vollaerts | June 18, 1960 (1960年06月18日) |
| 38 | 38 | "The Choice" | David Butler | Saul Schwartz & Lester Fuller | June 25, 1960 (1960年06月25日) |
| 39 | 39 | "Ma Mack" | Robert B. Sinclair | Rod Peterson | July 9, 1960 (1960年07月09日) |
Season 2 (1960–61)
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 40 | 1 | "The Deadly Breed" | Virgil W. Vogel | Clarke Reynolds | September 24, 1960 (1960年09月24日) |
| 41 | 2 | "Meet Sergeant Tasker" | Reginald Le Borg | Richard Morgan | October 1, 1960 (1960年10月01日) |
| 42 | 3 | "The Jason Harris Story" | Tay Garnett | Charles Smith | October 8, 1960 (1960年10月08日) |
| 43 | 4 | "The Fatal Urge" | Tay Garnett | Joseph Carter | October 15, 1960 (1960年10月15日) |
| 44 | 5 | "Mother and Son" | Louis King | Charles R. Marion | October 29, 1960 (1960年10月29日) |
| 45 | 6 | "Bitter Root" | Louis King | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol | November 5, 1960 (1960年11月05日) |
| 46 | 7 | "The Higher Law" | Tay Garnett | Charles Smith & William Nash | November 12, 1960 (1960年11月12日) |
| 47 | 8 | "Passage to New Orleans" | Louis King | Hendrik Vollaerts | November 19, 1960 (1960年11月19日) |
| 48 | 9 | "The World Against Me" | David Butler | Hal Biller & Austin Kalish | November 26, 1960 (1960年11月26日) |
| 49 | 10 | "Sally Tornado (aka Lady For A Hanging)" | Louis King | Charles Smith | December 3, 1960 (1960年12月03日) |
| 50 | 11 | "The Three Brothers" | Sidney Lanfield | Peggy O'Shea & Lou Shaw | December 10, 1960 (1960年12月10日) |
| 51 | 12 | "Day of Fear" | Tay Garnett | Clarke Reynolds | December 17, 1960 (1960年12月17日) |
| 52 | 13 | "Second Cousin to the Czar" | Louis King | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol | December 24, 1960 (1960年12月24日) |
| 53 | 14 | "The Judas Town" | Frank Arrigo | Hal Biller & Austin Kalish | December 31, 1960 (1960年12月31日) |
| 54 | 15 | "Duty Bound" | Herschel Daugherty | Rod Peterson | January 7, 1961 (1961年01月07日) |
| 55 | 16 | "The Lesson" | Frank Arrigo | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol | January 14, 1961 (1961年01月14日) |
| 56 | 17 | "Past and Present" | Tay Garnett | Rudy Makoul | January 21, 1961 (1961年01月21日) |
| 57 | 18 | "The Hard Decision" | David Butler | Peggy and Lou Shaw | January 28, 1961 (1961年01月28日) |
| 58 | 19 | "The Dream" | Tay Garnett | Ellis Kadison | February 4, 1961 (1961年02月04日) |
| 59 | 20 | "Shackled Town" | Tay Garnett | Clarke Reynolds | February 11, 1961 (1961年02月11日) |
| 60 | 21 | "The Lonely Road" | Louis King | William F. Leicester | February 18, 1961 (1961年02月18日) |
| 61 | 22 | "The Challenger" | Frank Arrigo | Richard Morgan | February 25, 1961 (1961年02月25日) |
| 62 | 23 | "Edge of Doubt" | Frank Arrigo | Peggy O'Shea & Lou Shaw | March 4, 1961 (1961年03月04日) |
| 63 | 24 | "Two-Way Deal" | Tay Garnett | William Yagemann | March 11, 1961 (1961年03月11日) |
| 64 | 25 | "The Means and the End" | Tay Garnett | Finlay McDermid | March 18, 1961 (1961年03月18日) |
| 65 | 26 | "The Example" | Otto Lang | Ralph Goodman | March 25, 1961 (1961年03月25日) |
| 66 | 27 | "Cherchez La Femme" | David Butler | Stuart Jerome | April 1, 1961 (1961年04月01日) |
| 67 | 28 | "Tension Point" | Tay Garnett | Clarke Reynolds | April 8, 1961 (1961年04月08日) |
| 68 | 29 | "Brother in Arms" | David Butler | Edward J. Lakso | April 15, 1961 (1961年04月15日) |
| 69 | 30 | "The Return of Widow Brown" | Otto Lang | Norman Jacob | April 22, 1961 (1961年04月22日) |
| 70 | 31 | "Spoken In Silence" | Tay Garnett | Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol | April 29, 1961 (1961年04月29日) |
| 71 | 32 | "An Enemy of the Town" | Frank Arrigo | Jerry Sackheim & Curtis Kenyon | May 6, 1961 (1961年05月06日) |
| 72 | 33 | "The Legend of Dixie" | Frank Arrigo | Michael Kraike & Robert Sabaroff | May 20, 1961 (1961年05月20日) |
| 73 | 34 | "The Deathly Quiet" | Otto Lang | Paul Franklin | May 27, 1961 (1961年05月27日) |
| 74 | 35 | "Brand of Honesty" | Tay Garnett | Herbert Purdom | June 10, 1961 (1961年06月10日) |
| 75 | 36 | "Lorinda Belle" | Sherry Shourds | Hendrik Vollaerts & Michael Kraike | June 24, 1961 (1961年06月24日) |
| 76 | 37 | "Lawman's Conscience" | Fredrick Stephani | Michael Kraike & Saul Schwartz | July 1, 1961 (1961年07月01日) |
Production notes
[edit ]The series was created by Roland Kibbee and Norman Lear, produced by Revue Studios, and featured a jazz guitar score by Jack Marshall.[3] [4] It was the first television series that involved Lear as a creator or executive producer.[5] William Frye was the executive producer, and Michel Kraike was the producer. Kibbee and Lear were the head writers. Kellogg's sponsored alternate weeks. The Deputy aired at 9 pm Eastern on Saturdays.[3]
Original tie-in novel
[edit ]An original, licensed novel, based on the TV series concept and characters, was issued in paperback by Dell Publishing. The book was titled simply The Deputy, after the series; the author was veteran Western novelist Roe Richmond; the publication date was September, 1960; and the cover illustration, featuring Henry Fonda and Allan Case, was a painting by John Leone. The cover price was 35¢.
Bantam Books reissued the novel in 1986, as a non-tie-in, paperback edition, displaying no stated connection to the TV series whatsoever, under the title The Saga of Simon Fry. The cover price was 2ドル.75. The circumstances behind the reprint are unknown.
Home media
[edit ]On October 26, 2010, Timeless Media Group released the complete series on DVD in Region 1. The 12-disc set features all 76 episodes of the series.
References
[edit ]- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, pp. 212-213
- ^ Aaker, Everett (May 16, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 87. ISBN 9781476628561 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "This Week (Cont'd)". Ross Reports. September 7, 1959. p. 76. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ^ Aaker, Everett (2017年06月08日). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4766-6250-3.
- ^ Evans, Art (2020年07月09日). World War II Veterans in Hollywood. McFarland. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-4766-7777-4.
External links
[edit ]- The Deputy at IMDb
- 1959 American television series debuts
- 1961 American television series endings
- American English-language television shows
- NBC television dramas
- Black-and-white American television shows
- Television shows set in Arizona
- Television series by Universal Television
- Television series created by Norman Lear
- 1950s Western (genre) television series
- 1960s Western (genre) television series