Here’s another never-repeated rare Western TV series unearthed by getTV, which you can find by visiting the getTV website. Beginning today with a multi-episode mini-marathon, getTV is adding to its schedule Hondo, a 1967 Western TV series based on the 1953 movie. John Wayne starred in the big-screen version, and his production company produced this small-screen spinoff. Ralph Taeger plays the title character, a former Rebel officer and widower of an Indian wife, who resides in the post-Civil War West with a dog, a lot of bitterness, and little else – at least at first. Quickly, he’s positioned between the Native Americans and the cavalry, trying to make, and broker, peace, for himself and those around him. Noah Beery Jr., who later played James Garner’s dad in The Rockford Files, co-stars, and guest stars include Annette Funicello and Rick Nelson.

Leave a Comment: (No HTML, 1000 chars max)

Name (required)

Email (required) (will not be published)


Type in the verification word shown on the image.

New From TVWW

getTV, 12:00 p.m. ET

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up

The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation

Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'

Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver

'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy

1957: Julie Andrews Stars in 'Cinderella'

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action

How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James

For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth

In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self

Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption