| Genre: | Western |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 8 |
| Num Episodes: | 113 |
| List Episodes: | List of The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok episodes |
| Producer: | William F. Broidy |
| Runtime: | 25 mins. |
| Company: | Newhall Productions, William F. Broidy Productions |
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September 24, 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from June 5, 1955,[1] through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.[2] The Kellogg's cereal company was the show's national sponsor.[3] The series was also exported to Australia during the late 1950s.
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok starred Guy Madison as the legendary Old West lawman (in real life, also a gunfighter) United States Marshal James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, and Andy Devine as his comedy sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. The series was set in the 1870s, with Hickok and Jones based at Fort Larabee.[4]
The series was produced by William F. Broidy Productions. It consisted of 113 episodes, the last 13 of which were made in color. In 1957 Screen Gems bought the Broidy company's assets, which included 100 Hickok episodes on film.[5] Tommy Carr was the director. Kellogg's cereals sponsored it.[6]
See main article: List of The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok episodes.
Devine and Madison portrayed their roles on Mutual radio from April 1, 1951, to 1956.[7]
During the 1950s, several episodes of the television show were spliced together and released as 16 feature films by Allied Artists.
| Title | Director | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon | 1952 | ||
| Behind Southern Lines | 1952 | ||
| Trail of the Arrow | 1952 | ||
| The Yellow Haired Kid | 1952 | ||
| Border City Rustlers | 1953 | ||
| Secret of Outlaw Flats | 1953 | ||
| Six Gun Decision | 1953 | ||
| Two Gun Marshal | 1953 | ||
| Marshals In Disguise | 1954 | ||
| Outlaw's Son | 1954 | ||
| Trouble on the Trail | 1954 | ||
| The Two Gun Teacher | 1954 | ||
| The Matchmaking Marshal | 1955 | ||
| Phantom Trails | 1955 | ||
| Timber Country Trouble | 1955 | ||
| The Titled Tenderfoot | 1955 | ||