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Tales of the Texas Rangers is a 20th century Western old-time radio and television police procedural drama which originally aired on NBC Radio from 1950 to 1952 and later on CBS Television from 1955 to 1958. Film star Joel McCrea voiced the radio version as the fictitious Texas Ranger Jace Pearson, who uses the latest scientific techniques to identify criminals. His faithful horse, Charcoal, helps Pearson to track down the culprits. The radio shows, some of which are available on the Internet, are reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases.
Original Release
08/27/1955 on CBS
US Release
08/27/1955
Cast
Name | Character |
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Willard Parker | Ranger Jace Pearson |
Harry Lauter | Ranger Clay Morgan |
William Boyett | Wade Crowell / Terry Ford / Ron Hackett / Ludeen / Jan Krinlin |
Stanley Andrews | Will Thompson / Sheriff / Marshal MacDonald |
Jack Lomas | Mac / Jeeter / Jay Breen / Ben Morgan |
Gregg Barton | Quigley / Norman Wayne / George Webster |
Chris Alcaide | Slade / Clint Hollister / Ben Thomas |
Baynes Barron | Jordan / Jed Kincaid / Buckshot Roberts |
Kim Charney | Short Lassiter / Link Webb / Buddy Fowler |
Sandy Sanders | Jim Titus / Davis / Big Jim Wheeler |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Traitor's Gold | Thursday, 02 October 1958 |
2 | Warpath | Thursday, 09 October 1958 |
3 | Midway Kewpie | Thursday, 16 October 1958 |
4 | Edge of Danger | Thursday, 23 October 1958 |
5 | Cattle Drive | Thursday, 30 October 1958 |
6 | Deadfall | Thursday, 06 November 1958 |
7 | The Steel Trap | Thursday, 13 November 1958 |
8 | Desert Fury | Thursday, 20 November 1958 |
9 | Texas Flyer | Friday, 28 November 1958 |
10 | Jace and Clay | Friday, 05 December 1958 |
11 | Kickback | Friday, 12 December 1958 |
12 | The Fifth Plague | Friday, 19 December 1958 |
13 | Ambush | Friday, 26 December 1958 |
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Directors
Lew Landers, George Blair, Irving J. Moore
Writers
Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald, Frank Shannon, J. Benton Cheney, Barry Shipman, Jennings Cobb, Paul Franklin, Samuel Newman, Victor McLeod, Maurice Geraghty, Warren Wilson, Paul Gangelin, Maurice Tombragel, Charles R. Marion, Arthur E. Orloff, Ed Earl Repp, Frank L. Moss, Charles E. Israel, Lee Erwin, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Thomas W. Blackburn, Melvin Levy
Cast
Name | Character |
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Willard Parker | Ranger Jace Pearson |
Harry Lauter | Ranger Clay Morgan |
William Boyett | Wade Crowell / Terry Ford / Ron Hackett / Ludeen / Jan Krinlin |
Stanley Andrews | Will Thompson / Sheriff / Marshal MacDonald |
Jack Lomas | Mac / Jeeter / Jay Breen / Ben Morgan |
Gregg Barton | Quigley / Norman Wayne / George Webster |
Chris Alcaide | Slade / Clint Hollister / Ben Thomas |
Baynes Barron | Jordan / Jed Kincaid / Buckshot Roberts |
Kim Charney | Short Lassiter / Link Webb / Buddy Fowler |
Sandy Sanders | Jim Titus / Davis / Big Jim Wheeler |
Eddie Parker | Tucker / Hugh / Bull |
John Cason | Bill / Fulton / Red Adams |
Barry Brooks | Lieutenant / Ketner / Captain |
Allan Nixon | Zeke / Lobo Mackinson |
Dick Elliott | Sheriff Tiny Morris / Pete Cooper |
Bernard Rich | Teenager / Art Bolen |
Pierce Lyden | Ross Taylor / Cole |
Andy Clyde | Hardrock Pete Sturgis / Sheriff Barnes |
Robert Bice | Morton Kelley / Matt Haney |
John Hart | Steve MacDonald / Sam Crane |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mort Briskin | Executive Producer |
Colbert Clark | Producer |
Jonas Seinfeld | Producer |