ZANE GREY THEATRE
Also re-released and re-packaged as
FRONTIER JUSTICE
FOUR STAR PRODUCTIONS/ PAMRIC PRODUCTIONS
ZANE GREY ENTERPRISES
COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM (CBS)
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey.
Powell was often the star as well as the host.
Series Cast
Dick Powell ... Himself - Host / ... (144 episodes, 1956-1961)
Whitey Hughes ... Townsman / ... (10 episodes, 1958-1960)
Walter Sande ... Beecher / ... (7 episodes, 1956-1961)
Denver Pyle ... Sheriff / ... (7 episodes, 1956-1961)
Bill Erwin ... Clay Davis / ... (7 episodes, 1957-1961)
Jack Tornek ... Townsman / ... (7 episodes, 1957-1961)
Ethan Laidlaw ... Townsman / ... (7 episodes, 1957-1960)
Chris Alcaide ... Clay Culhane / ... (6 episodes, 1956-1958)
John Hackett ... Lieutenant / ... (6 episodes, 1958-1960)
Jason Johnson ... Dr. Harris / ... (6 episodes, 1956-1960)
Harry Lauter ... Hake Morris / ... (6 episodes, 1956-1960)
John Falvo ... Simpson / ... (6 episodes, 1957-1958)
Michael Hinn ... Adam Lawson / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1960)
John Pickard ... Sheriff / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1961)
Ed Nelson ... Albie / ... (5 episodes, 1958-1961)
Robert F. Hoy ... Cowhand / ... (5 episodes, 1958-1960)
William Henry ... Collard / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1960)
James Whitmore ... Ben Kincaid / ... (5 episodes, 1956-1961)
Paul Richards ... Frank Frayne / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1961)
Dabbs Greer ... Ed McColl / ... (5 episodes, 1956-1959)
Brett King ... Dolf Akins / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1960)
Joseph V. Perry ... Bartender / ... (5 episodes, 1958-1961)
Richard Shannon ... Clay Rickert / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1960)
Robert Ryan ... Captain Kraig / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1959)
Lloyd Bridges ... Dundee / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1961)
Barbara Stanwyck ... Belle Garrison / ... (4 episodes, 1958-1959)
Stephen McNally ... Big Luke Meredith / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1960)
Eddie Albert ... Bide Turley / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1958)
Gary Merrill ... Col. Boyd Nelson / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1961)
John Ericson ... Andy McCall / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1959)
John Dehner ... Colonel Overton / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1960)
Marsha Hunt ... Catha Duncan / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1960)
Beverly Garland ... Amy Schroeder / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1961)
Ben Cooper ... Clint Harding / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1960)
Claude Akins ... Chuck Wagner / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1961)
Michael Pate ... Charlie Spawn / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1960)
Jack Elam ... Cass / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1961)
Stacy Harris ... Doc Currie / ... (4 episodes, 1958-1960)
Willis Bouchey ... Gen. Price / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1957)
Parley Baer ... Clem Doud / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1959)
David Janssen ... Danny Ensign / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1959)
Peter Whitney ... Chub / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1961)
Harry Dean Stanton ... Fletcher / ... (4 episodes, 1958-1961)
James Anderson ... Frank Lomax / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1960)
Lane Bradford ... Ben Barrett / ... (4 episodes, 1959-1960)
DeForest Kelley ... Les Porter / ... (4 episodes, 1956-1960)
and many, many more, in a list that included
many well known names and some of Duke's 'Pals'
Chuck Hayward, Wendell Corey, Thomas Mitchell, Cesar Romero
Robert Culp, Karl Swenson, David Niven.Lee J. Cobb,
Walter Brennan, John Derek, Ernest Borgnine, Claudette Colbert,
Edmond O'Brien, Dan Duryea, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Pidgeon,
Joan Crawford, Dennis Hopper, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn
Michael Landon, Leif Erickson, Paul Fix, Alan Hale Jr.,
Dub Taylor,Pernell Roberts, John Mitchum, John Hoyt
Series Cast- Frontier Justice
Lew Ayres... Himself - Host (11 episodes, 1958)
Melvyn Douglas... Host (11 episodes, 1959)
Ralph Bellamy... Host (9 episodes, 1961)
Series Directed
John English (24 episodes, 1956-1959)
James Sheldon (9 episodes, 1957-1959)
William D. Faralla (8 episodes, 1958-1960)
Robert Florey (6 episodes, 1956-1960)
Robert Gordon (6 episodes, 1958)
David Lowell Rich (6 episodes, 1959-1961)
Felix E. Feist (5 episodes, 1956-1957)
Christian Nyby (5 episodes, 1957-1958)
Budd Boetticher (4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Bernard Girard (3 episodes, 1956)
Alvin Ganzer (3 episodes, 1957-1959)
Sam Peckinpah (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Don Taylor (3 episodes, 1961)
and many, many more ....
Series Produced by
Hal Hudson .... producer (76 episodes, 1956-1960)
Aaron Spelling .... producer (5 episodes, 1959-1961)
Stephen Lord .... associate producer (3 episodes, 1961)
Helen Ainsworth .... producer (unknown episodes)
Herbert E. Mendelson .... associate producer (unknown episodes)
Series Writing Credits
Aaron Spelling (24 episodes, 1956-1961)
John McGreevey (13 episodes, 1956-1959)
Luke Short (10 episodes, 1956-1960)
Christopher Knopf (7 episodes, 1958-1961)
Frederick Louis Fox (6 episodes, 1956-1959)
Zane Grey (6 episodes, 1956-1958)
Harold Swanton (5 episodes, 1956-1959)
Harold Shumate (5 episodes, 1956-1957)
Howard Dimsdale (5 episodes, 1958-1961)
Bob Barbash (4 episodes, 1957-1960)
Sam Peckinpah (4 episodes, 1958-1960)
and many, many more ...
Series Original Music
Joseph Mullendore (4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Harry Lubin (unknown episodes)
Series Cinematography
Guy Roe (32 episodes, 1956-1959)
George E. Diskant (30 episodes, 1956-1961)
Charles Burke (4 episodes, 1957-1959)
Frank G. Carson (4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Howard Schwartz (3 episodes, 1959)
Frank Redman (2 episodes, 1956)
Trivia
Future successful future TV producer Aaron Spelling started out as a writer on this show.
This show was unique because it was the only Western anthology on TV at the time.
Anthologies were popular on early TV and were the equivalent of today's TV movies.
Because of this format, it attracted many stars who wanted to appear on it.
This show was originally developed to be adaptations of short stories and novels
by the great Western author Zane Grey.
However, the material ran out (the books were far too long for a half-hour show),
and later original material was commissioned.
Filming Locations
Andy Jauregui Ranch - Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
Apacheland Studios - 4369 S. Kings Ranch Road, Gold Canyon, Arizona, USA
CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jack Ingram Ranch - 22255 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Walker Ranch - 19152 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
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