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The Rounders was an American western-style sitcom about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas. It starred Ron Hayes as Ben Jones and Patrick Wayne, a son of John Wayne, as Howdy Lewis. The M-G-M television series aired on ABC from September 6, 1966, to January 3, 1967. The program was loosely based on a 1965 film of the same name, The Rounders, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda, set near Sedona, Arizona, rather than Texas.
Original Release
09/06/1966 on ABC
US Release
09/06/1966
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ron Hayes | Ben Jones |
| Chill Wills | Jim Ed Love |
| Patrick Wayne | 'Howdy' Lewis / Howdy Lewis |
| Bobbi Jordan | Ada |
| Janis Hansen | Sally |
| Jason Wingreen | Shorty Dawes |
| Casey Tibbs | 3rd Posseman / Buck / Folliat |
| Robert B. Williams | Doctor |
| Leonard P. Geer | Cowboy / 1st Posseman |
| G.D. Spradlin | Jed |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Horse on Jim Ed Love | Tuesday, 06 September 1966 |
| 2 | Frontier Frankenstein | Tuesday, 13 September 1966 |
| 3 | It's the Noble Thing to Do | Tuesday, 20 September 1966 |
| 4 | The Moonshine Still Shines | Tuesday, 27 September 1966 |
| 5 | Don't Buffalo Me | Tuesday, 04 October 1966 |
| 6 | The Scavenger Hunt | Tuesday, 11 October 1966 |
| 7 | Some Things Are Not for Sale | Tuesday, 18 October 1966 |
| 8 | It Takes Only One to Suffer | Tuesday, 25 October 1966 |
| 9 | Man of the Year | Tuesday, 01 November 1966 |
| 10 | Four Alarm Wing Ding | Tuesday, 15 November 1966 |
| 11 | You Hold Your Temper, I'll Hold My Tongue | Tuesday, 22 November 1966 |
| 12 | Horse of a Different Cutter | Tuesday, 29 November 1966 |
| 13 | Polo, Anyone? | Tuesday, 06 December 1966 |
| 14 | Low Moon at Hi Lo | Tuesday, 13 December 1966 |
| 15 | The Sweet Little Old Lady | Tuesday, 20 December 1966 |
| 16 | Efficiency is for Experts | Tuesday, 27 December 1966 |
| 17 | What Elephants? | Tuesday, 03 January 1967 |
Directors
Hollingsworth Morse, Alexander Singer, Tom Gries, Burt Kennedy, Allen Reisner
Writers
Max Evans, Marion Hargrove, Milton S. Gelman, Stanley Adams, George F. Slavin, Teddi Sherman, Jack Turley, Ed Adamson, Harold Swanton, Norman Lessing, Norman Katkov, Lois Hire, Palmer Thompson, Gene Thompson, Judith Plowden, John Dunkel
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ron Hayes | Ben Jones |
| Chill Wills | Jim Ed Love |
| Patrick Wayne | 'Howdy' Lewis / Howdy Lewis |
| Bobbi Jordan | Ada |
| Janis Hansen | Sally |
| Jason Wingreen | Shorty Dawes |
| Casey Tibbs | 3rd Posseman / Buck / Folliat |
| Robert B. Williams | Doctor |
| Leonard P. Geer | Cowboy / 1st Posseman |
| G.D. Spradlin | Jed |
| Hal Smith | Orville |
| Troy Melton | 4th Posseman / Mechanic |
| Strother Martin | Cousin Fletch |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | Ilona Hobson |
| Harry Carey Jr. | MacKenzie |
| J. Pat O'Malley | Vince Moore |
| John Smith | Noble Vestry |
| James Brown | Luke Henderson |
| Marianne Gordon | Lorene |
| Margaret Teele | Cousin Cindy |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ed Adamson | Producer |
| Palmer Thompson | Producer |
| Burt Kennedy | Producer |
