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Buffalo Bill, Jr. 1955 - 1956
Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American western
television series with Dick Jones in the title role
of a young fictional marshal in West Texas. The series aired in
syndication from 1955 - 1956.
Starring
Dick Jones
Harry Cheshire
Nancy Gilbert
Bob Woodward
Plot
The series is set in southwestern Texas near the Rio Grande River,
the boundary with Mexico.
Jones plays Buffalo Bill, Jr., with Nancy Gilbert as his younger
sister, Calamity, who at the age
of twelve is training to be a telegraph operator at the station at
nearby Wiley Junction. The two
were orphaned years earlier in the Black Hills of South Dakota
following a massacre of their
wagon train. The children were rescued and adopted by Judge Ben
"Fair and Square" Wiley,
played by Harry V. Cheshire, whom they often called "Uncle Ben".
Cheshire was an older
character actor originally from Emporia, Kansas. With a raspy voice,
he frequently played
the parts of bankers and western townsmen but occasionally outlaws
too. Judge Wiley
is also a diversified frontier businessman. The sign on his shop
reads, "Wileyville General
Store / Groceries - Hardware - Dry Goods / Judge Ben 'Fair 'n'
Square' Wiley, Prop. / Justice
of the Peace / Town Marshal / Physician & Surgeon / Blacksmith /
Haircuts - Legal Advice /
By Appointment Only". Wiley brings Bill and Calamity to fictional
Wileyville, a Texas town
which he founded himself.
The children were renamed for Buffalo Bill Cody and Calamity Jane,
respectively. In reality,
there was no Buffalo Bill, Jr.; William Frederick Cody had four
children, two of whom died
young, including Kit Carson Cody. In the script, Bill is
twenty-eight and the Wileyville
marshal committed to upholding the law and the pursuit of justice.
An athlete and an
equestrian in real life, even a trick roper as a small child, Jones
did most of his stunts for
the series on his horse, Chief.
Buffalo Bill jr Collection on 5 dvds with 41 of the 42 episodes
DVD 1
Fight For Geronimo
Runaway Renegade
Empire Pass
Trail Of The Killer
The Black Ghost
The Death Of Johnny Ringo
Boomer's Blunder
The Rain Wagon
Tough Tenderfoot
DVD 2
First Posse
Hooded Vengeance
The Calico Kid
Pawnee Stampede
The Six-Gun Symphony
Grave Of The Monsters
Lucky Horseshoe
Red Hawk
DVD 3
Redskin Gap
Legacy Of Jesse James
The Devil's Washbowl
The Fight For Texas
Apache Raid
Rails Westward
The Little Mavericks
Fugitive From Injustice
Season 2
DVD 4
Ambush At Lizard Rock
The Assassins
The Jayhawker
Trouble Thompson
The Golden Plant
Kid Curry-Killer
Secret Of The Silverado
Angelo Goes West
DVD 5
Kansas City Lady
A Diamond For Grandpa
The Lady And The Judge
Double-Cross Money
Silver Mine Mystery
Blazing Guns
Gun-Talk
Rough-Shod
Bonus DVD - The 1931 Classic Movie Serial
battling with Buffalo Bill
Starring Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne and William Desmond - All 12
Chapters
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