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The Oregon Trail is an American western television series that aired on NBC from September 21 until October 26, 1977, starring Rod Taylor as widower Evan Thorpe who leaves his Illinois farm in 1842 to take the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest. The show also stars Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, and Gina Marie Smika as Thorpe's children. Darleen Carr stars as Margaret Devlin, one of the passengers on the wagon train, and Charles Napier portrays Luther Sprague, a frontier scout recruited by Thorpe. The series was filmed in the Flagstaff, Arizona area.
Original Release
01/10/1976 on NBC
US Release
01/10/1976
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rod Taylor | Evan Thorpe |
| Andrew Stevens | Andrew Thorpe |
| Tony Becker | William Thorpe |
| Gina Smika Hunter | Rachel Thorpe |
| Charles Napier | Luther Sprague |
| Darleen Carr | Margaret Devlin |
| Hoke Howell | Vaughn |
| William Windom | Packy |
| Wilford Brimley | Joseph Burke / Ludlow |
| Lucky Hayes | Mrs. Smith |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Pilot | Saturday, 10 January 1976 |
| 1 | Hard Ride Home | Wednesday, 21 September 1977 |
| 2 | The Last Game | Wednesday, 21 September 1977 |
| 3 | The Waterhole | Wednesday, 28 September 1977 |
| 4 | Trapper's Rendezvous | Wednesday, 12 October 1977 |
| 5 | The Army Deserter | Wednesday, 19 October 1977 |
| 6 | Hannah's Girls | Wednesday, 26 October 1977 |
| 7 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | |
| 8 | The Scarlet Ribbon | |
| 9 | The Gold Dust Queen | |
| 10 | Return of the Baby | |
| 11 | Evan's Vendetta | |
| 12 | Suffer the Children | |
| 13 | Wagon Race |
Directors
Herb Wallerstein, Bill Bixby, John C. Champion, William Wiard, Don Richardson, Richard Benedict, Lewis Allen, Boris Sagal, Virgil W. Vogel, Hollingsworth Morse, Alan J. Levi, Burt Brinckerhoff, Paul Stanley
Writers
Nicholas Corea, Eugene Price, Michael Gleason, E. Jack Neuman, Burt Arthur, Stanley Roberts, William Kelley, John W. Bloch, Richard Bartlett, Richard Collins, Robert Hamilton, S.S. Schweitzer, Norman Jolley, Parker Browning, Robert Boxberger, Budd Arthur, John Austin, Robert Pirosh
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rod Taylor | Evan Thorpe |
| Andrew Stevens | Andrew Thorpe |
| Tony Becker | William Thorpe |
| Gina Smika Hunter | Rachel Thorpe |
| Charles Napier | Luther Sprague |
| Darleen Carr | Margaret Devlin |
| Hoke Howell | Vaughn |
| William Windom | Packy |
| Wilford Brimley | Joseph Burke / Ludlow |
| Lucky Hayes | Mrs. Smith |
| Blair Brown | Jessica Thorpe |
| David Huddleston | Painted Face Kelly |
| Douglas Fowley | Eli Thorpe (as Douglas V. Fowley) |
| Stella Stevens | Hannah Morgan |
| Donna Mills | |
| Claude Akins | Lemus Harker |
| Kevin McCarthy | Levering |
| Lonny Chapman | Coe Webster |
| Mariette Hartley | Susan |
| Ed Lauter |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Michael Gleason | Executive Producer |
| Michael Gleason | Producer |
| Carl Vitale | Producer |
| Richard Collins | Producer |
