The Range Rider (1951-1953)

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Plot Summary
The Range Rider just rode into town with Dick,
righted the wrongs and left

Series Cast
Jock Mahoney ... The Range Rider / ... (78 episodes, 1951-1953)
Dickie Jones ... Dick West / ... (78 episodes, 1951-1953)
Bob Woodward ... Henchman / ... (25 episodes, 1951-1953)
Al Wyatt Sr. ... Henchman / ... (23 episodes, 1951-1952)
Boyd Stockman ... Stage Driver / ... (18 episodes, 1951-1953)
Herman Hack ... Townsman / ... (18 episodes, 1951-1953)
Stanley Andrews ... Sheriff / ... (17 episodes, 1951-1953)
Gregg Barton ... Deputy Clem Rigsby / ... (16 episodes, 1951-1953)
Fred Krone ... Henchman / ... (15 episodes, 1952-1953)
Denver Pyle ... Henchman / ... (14 episodes, 1951-1953)
Ray Jones ... Henchman / ... (14 episodes, 1951-1953)
Steve Clark ... Claims Clerk / ... (13 episodes, 1951-1953)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... Henchman / ... (12 episodes, 1951-1952)
Harry Lauter ... Claude Portage / ... (11 episodes, 1951-1953)
Ewing Mitchell ... Sheriff / ... (11 episodes, 1951-1953)
Mickey Simpson ... Henchman / ... (10 episodes, 1951-1953)
Art Dillard ... Henchman / ... (10 episodes, 1951-1953)
Al Bridge ... Sheriff / ... (9 episodes, 1951-1953)
William Fawcett ... Buckskin O'Brien / ... (9 episodes, 1951-1953)
and many more notably, Lee Van Cleef, Clayton Moore, Sheb Wooley,
Alan Hale Jr. and Dub Taylor

Series Directed by
George Archainbaud (23 episodes, 1951-1952)
Wallace Fox (9 episodes, 1951-1952)
William Berke (9 episodes, 1952-1953)
Frank McDonald (8 episodes, 1951-1953)
D. Ross Lederman (6 episodes, 1952-1953)
John English (3 episodes, 1951)
and a couple more....

Series Produced by
Louis Gray .... executive producer / producer (35 episodes, 1951-1953)
Hugh McCollum .... producer (20 episodes, 1952-1953)
Gene Autry .... executive producer (unknown episodes)
Armand Schaefer .... producer (unknown episodes)

Series Writing Credits
Oliver Drake (6 episodes, 1951-1953)
Eric Freiwald (3 episodes, 1952)
Robert Schaefer (3 episodes, 1952)
Orville H. Hampton (3 episodes, 1953)
and a few more...

Series Original Music by
Walter Greene (35 episodes, 1951-1953)
Carl Cotner (unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
William Bradford (24 episodes, 1951-1953)
John L. Russell (13 episodes, 1952-1953)
Ernest Miller (unknown episodes)

Trivia
Although Dickie Jones plays teenager Dick West,
in real life he was only eight years younger than Jock Mahoney.

Filming Locations
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USABig Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cedar Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Pioneertown, California, USA
Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA
Western Street, Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

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The Range Rider- Episodes

The Range Rider is an American Western television series
that aired in syndication from 1951 to 1953.
A single lost episode surfaced and was broadcast in 1959. The Range Rider
also aired on British television during the 1960s.

. The show starred professional stuntmen Jock Mahoney as the Range Rider
and his sidekick Dick West played by child actor Dick Jones

The show was a production of Gene Autry's Flying A Productions,
and Autry himself was the executive producer.
The theme tune was "Home on the Range" though in later episodes
this was played at a fast tempo without the song.
The two main characters were the only consistent ones.
Five to six names of other actors were given at the end of each episode,
but not the parts they played.

User Review

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11 March 2008 | by bkoganbing (Buffalo, New York)
Jack or Jock Mahoney as he was known depending on what point in his career
he was played The Range Rider for a few seasons on television.
The show was part of Gene Autry's Flying Crown stable of television shows.

I remember The Range Rider because of the fact that Mahoney really did favor the old fashioned
frontiersman manner of dress. Other than a cowboy hat and the regulation six shooter,
he wore buckskins and Indian moccasins. His youthful companion Dick West favored
the more traditional cowboy garb, in fact his outfit was black like Hopalong Cassidy's.

We never did learn what the Range Rider's real name was. He just rode into town with Dick,
righted the wrongs and left all in 30 minutes with commercial breaks.
Dick Jones who played Dick West was in fact a good rider himself,
he could match Jock Mahoney's stuntman background in many ways.

As a child actor you might remember him best for being the young Senate page who sported
a Boy Ranger badge in the Senate and encouraged Jimmy Stewart to fight on.
He was also the kid who died on the gold wagon train heading east in Virginia City.
But it was a good thing he could ride and shoot because he was annoying.
I guess the Range Rider put up with it as coming with the territory.

Jock Mahoney later went on to become Yancey Derringer and later on was one
of Hollywood's Tarzans. He might not have had the physique of Johnny Weissmuller or Gordon Scott,
but the man was athletic as all get out.

Thanks to Gene Autry for bringing us the Range Rider when I was a lad

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