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No. of seasons  1
Running time  30 minutes
First episode date  28 September 1955
Number of seasons  1
Executive producer  Wallace Bosco
8.5/10 IMDb

Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes  26
Original network  CBS
Network  CBS
Number of episodes  26
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Starring  Keith Larsen Bert Wheeler Kim Winona Anthony Numkena (then Keena Nomkeena) Pat Hogan
Cast  Keith Larsen, Kim Winona, Anthony Earl Numkena, Bert Wheeler
Similar  The Roy Rogers Show, Cheyenne, Frontier Doctor, Stories of the Century, The Range Rider

Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6. Keith Larsen, who was of Norwegian descent, starred as Brave Eagle, a peaceful young Cheyenne chief.

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The program was unconventional in that it reflects the Native American viewpoint in the settlement of the American West and was the first series to feature an American Indian as a lead character.

Larsen's co-stars were Kim Winona (1930–1978), a Sioux Indian, as Morning Star, Brave Eagle's romantic interest; Anthony Numkena (born 1942) of Arizona, a Hopi Indian then using the stage name Keena Nomkeena, appeared as Keena, the adopted son of Brave Eagle; Pat Hogan (1920–1966) as Black Cloud, and Bert Wheeler (1895–1968) of the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey, as the halfbreed Smokey Joe, full of tribal tall tales but accompanying wisdom.

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The episodes center upon routine activities among the Cheyenne, clashes with other tribes, attempts to prevent war, encroachment from white settlers, racial prejudice, and a threat of smallpox.

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Selected episodes

Selected titles include:


  • "Blood Brother" (the series premiere)
  • "The Storm Fool"
  • "Cry of the Heron"
  • "Gold of Haunted Mountain"
  • "Moonfire"
  • "Code of a Chief"
  • "Shield of Honor"
  • "The Strange Animal" (an elephant)
  • "White Medicine Man"
  • "Trouble at Medicine Creek"
  • "Ambush at Arrow Pass"
  • Guest stars

  • Ann Doran
  • William Fawcett
  • Anthony George
  • Jonathan Hale
  • Brett Halsey
  • Dennis Moore
  • Steve Pendleton
  • Steve Raines
  • Henry Rowland
  • Rick Vallin
  • Lee Van Cleef
  • Pierre Watkin
  • Gloria Winters
  • Merchandising

    Dell Comics released a Brave Eagle comic book series based on the TV show. It was published between 1956 and 1958 and drawn by Dan Spiegle.

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    References

    Brave Eagle Wikipedia