The Adventures Of Kit Carson (1951-1955)

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Plot Summary
Legendary frontiersman Kit Carson,
aided by his trusty Mexican Pal, El Toro.
sort out rights and wrongs
and bring outlaw's to justice,
Writen by ethanedwards

Series Cast
Bill Williams ... Kit Carson (103 episodes, 1951-1955)
Don Diamond ... El Toro (103 episodes, 1951-1955)
John L. Cason ... Carl Rigby / ... (14 episodes, 1951-1953)
Boyd Stockman ... Henchman / ... (12 episodes, 1952-1954)
Carol Henry ... Henchman / ... (10 episodes, 1952-1954)
Peter Mamakos ... El Broho / ... (10 episodes, 1951-1954)
and many others, notably:-
William Fawcett ... Jeremy Repp / ... (7 episodes, 1951-1955)
Denver Pyle ... Denning / ... (7 episodes, 1952-1954)
Sheb Wooley ... Carl / ... (7 episodes, 1953-1955)
Lee Van Cleef ... Burt Tanner / ... (6 episodes, 1953-1955)

Series Directed
John English (38 episodes, 1951-1955)
Lew Landers (9 episodes, 1951-1953)
Paul Landres (9 episodes, 1953-1955)
and others....

Series Produced
Richard Irving .... producer (unknown episodes)

Series Writing Credits
Barry Shipman (28 episodes, 1952-1955)
Luci Ward (7 episodes, 1951-1953)
and others....

Trivia
* Kit Carson's horse Apache was performed by movie horse Goldie,
owned by actors Don C. Harvey and Jean Harvey.
He was kept at the Ralph McCutcheon ranch.

* Actor John L. Cason, who performed in numerous segments of Kit Carson, also served as stunt man for Bill Williams.

Filming Locations
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Walker Ranch - 19152 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

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The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955,
originally sponsored by Coca-Cola.
It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson.
Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.

Bill Williams the blond and rugged movie action man,
was the star in this series targeted at the kids.
It was one of the most popular of the time.
Like many westerns of the time, it was filmed
at familiar locations such as Gene Autry's Melody Ranch etc.

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Childhood Memory, 26 March 2008
Author: aimless-46 from Kentucky

The 104 half-hour episodes of the television western "The Adventures of Kit Carson" were originally broadcast in local syndication during the 1951-55 television seasons. Of course it played for years after on Saturday mornings.

The series fell into the "Kiddie" western category with shows like: "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok", "The Lone Ranger", "Rin Tin Tin", and "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon". The DVD release contains ten episodes of the series.

Blond, rugged, All-American action film hero ("Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo") Bill Williams played the title character. Don Diamond played Kit's ethnic sidekick El Toro. Diamond is probably best remembered as Corporal Reyes on Disney's "Zorro" series although he would go on to play "Crazy Cat" on "F-Troop".

The series was pretty straight forward, with few surprises, no shades of gray, and very few women.

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