The Californians

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The Californians is a 54-episode half-hour Western television series, set in the San Francisco gold rush of the 1850s, which aired on NBC from September 24, 1957, to May 26, 1959. Adam Kennedy appeared the first year in thirty-seven episodes as Dion Patrick, an Irish newspaperman who helps the local vigilante committee.

Cast

Richard Coogan starred in fifty-four episodes as Matthew Wayne, a sheriff and then marshal who organizes the city police, courts a young widow, Wilma Fansler, portrayed in thirty-three episodes by Carole Mathews, and clashes with an ambitious attorney, Jeremy Pitt, played in thirty-two episodes by Art Fleming, later the first host of Jeopardy!

Other co-stars were Herbert Rudley as Sam Brennan, Sean McClory as Jack McGivern, and Nan Leslie as Martha McGivern. Rudley, McClory, and Leslie were each cast in thirty-seven episodes. Howard Caine played Schaab in eight episodes.

Allyn Joslyn
Robert Karnes
Stacy Keach, Sr.
Tommy Kirk
Gail Kobe
Keye Luke
Patricia Medina
Don Megowan
Gerald Mohr
J. Pat O'Malley
Stafford Repp
Addison Richards
Carlos Romero
Vito Scotti
James Seay
Arthur Space
Bob Steele
John Sutton
Ray Teal
Joan Tompkins
Sammee Tong
Audrey Totter
Lurene Tuttle
James Westerfield
Peter Whitney
Jean Willes
Marie Windsor

Production notes

The Californians theme song is composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics by Harold Adamson, entitled "I've Come to California". Ken Darby, of the Ken Darby Singers, did some of the musical composition for the series.

The Californians faced competition from The West Point Story on ABC and The $64,000 Question on CBS. In its second season, the western competed with The Garry Moore Show on CBS and the crime/police reality show Confession, hosted by Jack Wyatt, on ABC.

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