Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)

Daniel Boone
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GenreAction-adventure
StarringFess Parker
Patricia Blair
Albert Salmi (season 1)
Ed Ames (seasons 1–4)
Rosey Grier (season 6)
Jimmy Dean (seasons 3–6)
Darby Hinton
Veronica Cartwright (seasons 1–2)
Robert Logan (season 2)
Theme music composerLionel Newman
Ken Darby
ComposersLionel Newman
Alexander Courage
Herman Stein
Joseph Mullendore
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes165 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerAaron Rosenberg
ProducersBarney Rosenzweig
Ted Schilz
George Sherman
Joseph Silver
Running time60 minutes
Production companies20th Century-Fox Television
Arcola Pictures Corp.
Fespar Enterprises, Inc.,
in association with NBC-TV
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 24, 1964 (1964-09-24) –
May 7, 1970 (1970-05-07)
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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series, starring Fess Parker as the frontiersman Daniel Boone, that aired from September 24, 1964, to May 7, 1970, on NBC for 165 episodes, and was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Arcola Enterprises, and Fespar Corp.[1] Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season.[2] The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.[citation needed][3] The show was highly fictionalized with very little historical accuracy.

An earlier television series based on Daniel Boone appeared on the Walt Disney Presents anthology in 1960, with Dewey Martin as Boone.[4]

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946–1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 136–138. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
  2. ^ Roosevelt Grier at IMDb
  3. ^ Magers, Boyd. "Daniel Boone". Western Clippings. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Magers, Boyd. "Daniel Boone (Disney)". Western Clippings. Retrieved May 9, 2018.