Series synopsis
Daniel Boone is an American action & adventure western television series that premiered on NBC on September 24, 1964. It ended on May 7, 1970. It was created by Borden Chase. It stars Fess Parker, Albert Salmi, Ed Ames and Patricia Blair.
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor ...
Premise
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Fess Parker as Daniel Boone
- Albert Salmi as Yadkin
- Ed Ames as Mingo
- Patricia Blair as Rebecca Boone
- Veronica Cartwright as Jemima Boone
- Darby Hinton as Israel Boone
- Dal McKennon as Cincinnatus
Guest cast
- Jill Ireland as Angela Lackland
- Gary Conway as Billy Carver
- Robert Wolders as Almaviva
- Andrew Prine as Amos Fargo
- Henry Darrow as Gideon
- Lori Saunders as Mary Pickett
- Ken Gampu as Kamba
- Jeffrey Hunter as Roark Logan
- Woodrow Parfrey as Quartermaster Owens
- Cam Clarke as Pasco, Jr.
- Burl Ives as Prater Beaseley
- Morgan Mason as Charles
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 165 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 29 | September 24, 1964 | April 29, 1965 |
| Season 2 | 30 | September 16, 1965 | April 21, 1966 |
| Season 3 | 28 | September 15, 1966 | April 13, 1967 |
| Season 4 | 26 | September 14, 1967 | April 4, 1968 |
| Season 5 | 26 | September 19, 1968 | May 1, 1969 |
| Season 6 | 26 | September 18, 1969 | May 7, 1970 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ken-Tuck-E George Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort. |
September 24, 1964 |
| 2 |
Tekawitha McLeod A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her. |
October 1, 1964 |
| 3 |
My Brother's Keeper Mingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through.... |
October 8, 1964 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Empire of the Lost Boone returns from a solo expedition to find Boonesborough eerily empty. A corrupt British officer has kidnapped the settlers, including Boone's family, and forces them into unfriendly Chickesaw tribal lands with the intention of gaining personal control of the territory. He then captures Boone and demands that he sign away all rights to Boonesborough or watch his family and friends be turned over to the tribe. Boone manages to escape, but realizing he has no chance of freeing the captives on his own, he turns to a surprising source of help. |
September 16, 1965 |
| 2 |
The Tortoise and the Hare Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in. |
September 23, 1965 |
| 3 |
The Mound Builders A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death. |
September 30, 1965 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dan'l Boone Shot a B'ar Boone faces a killer bear and the man who has sworn vengeance on the animal. |
September 15, 1966 |
| 2 |
The Allegiances Mingo struggles with his divided heritage when an Indian council announces the British will help recapture Indian land. |
September 22, 1966 |
| 3 |
Goliath Fearing three vengeful brothers, Otis spends money given to him for draft horses on a husky slave. |
September 29, 1966 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee Boone and wounded Mingo ask a river pirate to help retrieve furs from a thief. |
September 14, 1967 |
| 2 |
The Ordeal of Israel Boone Israel must call upon all he has learned to save Boone from a rattlesnake bite. |
September 21, 1967 |
| 3 |
The Renegade An Indian jailed for murder escapes and comes to take revenge on witness Boone and recover his son from settlers. |
September 28, 1967 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women Josh buys a pretty bondservant, then may have to marry her when she falls for him. |
September 19, 1968 |
| 2 |
The Blackbirder A bounty hunter seeking a naval deserter is tricked into capturing Boone s friend Gideon as an escaped slave. |
October 3, 1968 |
| 3 |
The Dandy Daniel agrees to a request of a friend to take his son, whom he regards as spoiled and irresponsible, and teach him the ways of the wilderness and learn something more manly than the painting the young man seems most interested in. Daniel and the young man both get more than they were bargaining for in the process. |
October 10, 1968 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Very Small Rifle A young Cherokee boy is shot and is near death. Daniel Boone must find out who shot the boy in order to head off the angry Cherokee tribe from retaliating against everyone, killing many innocent people. |
September 18, 1969 |
| 2 |
The Road to Freedom A runaway slave and his son are on the run from three bounty hunters. When the father breaks his leg the son continues on and turns to Israel and Ben for help. |
October 2, 1969 |
| 3 |
Benvenuto... Who? Visiting New Orleans to sell the furs they've trapped, Daniel and Josh become mixed up with a beautiful French jewel thief who is attempting to double-cross the rest of her gang. The gullible Josh falls for the scheming woman's charms, which allows her to hide the stolen bauble inside his guitar. |
October 9, 1969 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 24, 1964 |
| Last aired | May 7, 1970 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 07:30:00 |