| Wanted Dead or Alive | |
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| Genre | Western |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 94 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer | Vincent Fennelly |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 25 mins. |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 6, 1958 – March 29, 1961 |
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Wanted Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–1961. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–1959 Western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Vincent Fennelly for Four Star Television in association with CBS.[1][2]: 895
The series made McQueen, known for the concept of "cool" in entertainment,[1] a television star.[3]: 105 He later became the first TV star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.[4]
- ^ a b Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", West Texas Historical Review, Vol. 89 (2013), pp. 103–104
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ West, Richard (1987). Television Westerns: Major and Minor Series, 1946–1978. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0899502526.
- ^ Todd, McCarthy (March 31, 1998). "Steve McQueen: The King of Cool". Variety. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
As Daily Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart points out, McQueen was the first TV star – 'Wanted Dead or Alive' made him one – to cross over to comparable status on the big screen.