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Wagon Train

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  • 1957-1965
  • 8 Seasons
  • NBC
  • Action & Adventure
  • TV-PG
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Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains. The first treks were led by gruff, but good-at-heart Major Seth Adams, backed up by his competent frontier scout, Flint McCullough. After Adams and McCullough, the wagon train was led by the avuncular Christopher Hale, along with new scouts Duke Shannon and Cooper Smith. Many stories featured the trustworthy Assistant Wagonmaster Bill Hawks, grizzled old cook Charlie Wooster, and a young orphan, Barnaby West.

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Frank McGrath
Charlie Wooster
Terry Wilson
Bill Hawks
Robert Horton
Flint McCullough

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Episode 1

The Bob Stuart Story

Sun, Sep 20, 196460 mins

Ex-Marshal Bob Stuart and his new wife are among three wagons joining Chris Hale's wagon train. Scout Cooper Smith is assigned to escort the new wagons to join up with the main train but there is blood, bad blood, between the scout and the ex-lawman. Entering the mix are old friends from Cooper Smith's past who also have an ax to grind against Bob Stuart. Two of the men are brothers and the younger one is mentally disabled after he was hit over the head by Stuart with a shotgun. They ask Coop about temporary jobs on the wagon train at it travels through some tough country. After explaining they would have to put aside their grudge with Stuart and them agreeing he hires them which Chris okays. Coop soon becomes caught in between the man he was and the man he's become as his friends set out to destroy Bob Stuart and anyone who gets in the way.

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Awards

  • 1965 - Eddie - Best Edited Television Program - nominated
  • 1966 - Eddie - Best Edited Television Program - nominated
  • 1958 - DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television - nominated
  • 1958 - DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television - nominated

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Wed, Mar 16, 2016
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Sir, could you please tell me ...

Question: Sir, could you please tell me who the main stars were on Wagon Train? Thank you.Answer: Thanks for the respect, Teri (I get so little), but as the old boot-camp admonishment goes, don't call me "sir" — I work for a living!There are a few answers to that question, the first being the cast list (which I'll run down in a moment) and the second being a list of guest stars, since episodes revolved around one-shot characters who came and went. But any fan of the show would whittle it down to one actor: the opinionated, tough-as-leather Ward Bond.In the series, which ran on NBC from 1957-62 before jumping to ABC and finishing out its run there in 1965, Bond played Major Seth Adams, who led the train each season from St. Louis to California with assistant wagon master Bill Hawks (Terry Wilson) and cook Charlie Wooster (Frank McGrath) by h

Thu, Sep 15, 2005
Sir, could you please tell me ...

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