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Narrated by Walter Coy Original language(s) English Final episode date 9 September 1956 Number of seasons 1 Cast Paul Eddington | 8/10 IMDb Country of origin United States First episode date 25 September 1955 Network NBC Number of episodes 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Western anthology series Created by Morton S. Fine
David Friedkin Directed by Worthington Miner
Sidney Lumet
Don Siegel Similar Frontier Doctor, Frontier Circus, State Trooper, The Man from Blackhawk, Boots and Saddles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955 to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days.
Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.
Premise
Coy begins each Frontier episode with the line: "This is the way it happened ... movin' west", and he closed with the refrain: "It happened that way ... movin' west." Frontier is similar in scope to its predecessor and longer-lasting syndicated series Death Valley Days, which went through a series of hosts, including Stanley Andrews (known on the program as The Old Ranger), Ronald W. Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson.
Frontier ran only a single season but was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Jack Kelly, who in 1957 launched the role of Bart Maverick in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Maverick, appeared three times on Frontier in the episodes entitled "The Hunted", "The Return of Jubal Dolan" (as lead character), and "The Hostage". Robert Vaughn was Kelly's co-star in "The Return of Jubal Dolan."