The Big Valley, starring Barbara Stanwyck, first premiered on Sept. 13, 1965. By 1965, the popularity of Westerns had largely ...

Jack Lilley, whose 70-year career as an actor, stuntman and more included 'Little House on the Prairie,' 'Blazing Saddles' ...

Perhaps more than any other genre, the Western demands a specific, rugged essence from its actors to be believable. For example, character actors such as Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, Chill Willis, and ...

Although her TV career included guest roles in such comedies as The Donna Reed Show and Petticoat Junction, her forte was the television Western, a genre that was wildly popular in the ’50s and ...

Arvo Ojala produced the many holsters used in the above shows, and trained many of the actors in the art of fast draw and gun handling. For information on our line of western movies and TV books ...