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Soldiers of Fortune is a 1955 syndicated half hour American television adventure series. It starred John Russell as Tim Kelly and Chick Chandler as his sidekick Toubo Smith who were international adventurers. Each episode would take place in a different country. Many of the film crew had worked at Republic Pictures studios with the show filmed on Republic's backlot then used by television's Revue Productions. The show was constantly rerun on American television into the 1960s.
Original Release
01/10/1955
US Release
01/10/1955
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Russell | Tim Kelly |
| Chick Chandler | Toubo Smith |
| John Daheim | Assassin / Carson / Phony River Policeman / Warehouse Heavy |
| Jan Arvan | Julio / Old Man / Sergeant Rojas |
| John Doucette | Levitt / Sgt. Baker / Von Caggie |
| Ken Terrell | Arab in Tree / Assassin / Blind Man |
| Leon Askin | Aga Dhur / Charlie Wong |
| Jean Byron | Jan Forrest / Margarita Verde |
| Jay Novello | Blankinhorn / Professor Kime |
| Donald Randolph | El Bali / Pilaro |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massacre in Mokhara | Sunday, 16 September 1956 |
| 2 | The Greater Magic | Sunday, 30 September 1956 |
| 3 | Limehouse Knights | Sunday, 07 October 1956 |
| 4 | The Monster of Loch Mac Gora | Sunday, 14 October 1956 |
| 5 | The Black Cat Waits | Sunday, 21 October 1956 |
| 6 | Boomerang | Sunday, 28 October 1956 |
| 7 | River of Death | Sunday, 04 November 1956 |
| 8 | Treasure of Vickers' Island | Sunday, 11 November 1956 |
| 9 | The Tattooed Lady of Torima | Sunday, 18 November 1956 |
| 10 | Doubled in Diamonds | Sunday, 25 November 1956 |
| 11 | The Danger Sisters | Sunday, 02 December 1956 |
| 12 | Hatchet Man | Sunday, 09 December 1956 |
| 13 | Slave Market | Sunday, 23 December 1956 |
| 14 | Temple of Terror | Sunday, 06 January 1957 |
| 15 | Attack at Ras El Ma | Sunday, 13 January 1957 |
| 16 | Guns for El Khadar | Sunday, 20 January 1957 |
| 17 | Skull of the Inca | Sunday, 27 January 1957 |
| 18 | Pipeline to Danger | Sunday, 03 February 1957 |
| 19 | The Green Trap | Sunday, 10 February 1957 |
| 20 | A Gift of Death | Sunday, 17 February 1957 |
| 21 | Sandhogs | Sunday, 24 February 1957 |
| 22 | The City of Doom | Sunday, 03 March 1957 |
| 23 | Crew of the Dolly 'D' | Sunday, 10 March 1957 |
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Directors
Richard Irving, John English, Herschel Daugherty, Earl Bellamy, Sidney Salkow, Harve Foster, Paul Landres, Stuart Gilmore, Laurence Schwab Jr., Philip Ford, Don McDougall, D. Ross Lederman, Edward L. Cahn
Writers
Lawrence Kimble, Fenton Earnshaw, Barry Shipman, Douglas Leach, James Gunn, Maurice Tombragel, Sloan Nibley, Muriel Roy Bolton, Llewellyn Hughes, Jack Leonard, Elsie Lee, William J. Sheldon, Otis Adelbert Kline, Jules Archer, Joseph Leal Henderson, Joseph Emerson Newton, Clayre Lipman, Michel Lipman, D.K. Findlay, Lee Sheridan, Hal G. Evarts
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Russell | Tim Kelly |
| Chick Chandler | Toubo Smith |
| John Daheim | Assassin / Carson / Phony River Policeman / Warehouse Heavy |
| Jan Arvan | Julio / Old Man / Sergeant Rojas |
| John Doucette | Levitt / Sgt. Baker / Von Caggie |
| Ken Terrell | Arab in Tree / Assassin / Blind Man |
| Leon Askin | Aga Dhur / Charlie Wong |
| Jean Byron | Jan Forrest / Margarita Verde |
| Jay Novello | Blankinhorn / Professor Kime |
| Donald Randolph | El Bali / Pilaro |
| Carl Esmond | Helmut Van Dorn / Nicholas Van Loon |
| Pamela Duncan | Maria / The Maharani |
| William Phipps | Fritz / Nick Graham |
| Robert Anderson | Big John Winslow / Mike Geraghty |
| Simon Scott | Ben Norris / Roger Thomas Miller |
| Joyce Holden | Cara Marsh / Janice Fetter |
| Michael Ansara | Amier / Min Hue Chi |
| Ralph Clanton | George Baylor / Inspector Webb |
| Leo Gordon | Buck / Zimmer |
| Susan Cummings | Pilar / Simone LeBeau |
Editors
Edward Haire, Edward A. Biery, Richard Belding, Michael R. McAdam, Daniel A. Nathan, Stanley Rabjohn, Edward W. Williams, John Hall, Bill Mosher, Milton Shifman, Ben Smith
