
Daniel Boone
Creator Borden Chase · Channel NBC · Starring Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. Ken-Tuck-ESeptember 24, 1964 · 60 minGeorge Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort.
- Episode 2: 2. Tekawitha McLeodOctober 1, 1964 · 60 minA dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.
- Episode 3: 3. My Brother's KeeperOctober 8, 1964 · 60 minMingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through....
- Episode 4: 4. The Family FluellenOctober 22, 1964 · 60 minBoone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.
- Episode 5: 5. The ChoosingOctober 29, 1964 · 60 minBritish soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.
- Episode 6: 6. Lac DuquesneNovember 5, 1964 · 60 minBoone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.
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- Episode 7: 7. The Sound of WingsNovember 12, 1964 · 60 minA British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.
- Episode 8: 8. A Short Walk to SalemNovember 19, 1964 · 60 minIsrael becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.
- Episode 9: 9. The Sisters O'HannrahanDecember 3, 1964 · 60 minYadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.
- Episode 10: 10. PompeyDecember 10, 1964 · 60 minA bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.
- Episode 11: 11. Mountain of the DeadDecember 17, 1964 · 60 minA dream about a man whom Daniel thought was dead is followed by the appearance of three men at his door demanding that he take them to the site of a bloody Native American massacre.
- Episode 12: 12. Not in Our StarsDecember 31, 1964 · 60 minMingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.
- Episode 13: 13. The HostagesJanuary 7, 1965 · 60 minRumors circulate that the British are employing Indians to fight for them. Daniel becomes personally involved when he gets word his wife Rebecca has been taken by an Indian raiding party.
- Episode 14: 14. The ReturningJanuary 14, 1965 · 60 minBoone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.
- Episode 15: 15. The ProphetJanuary 21, 1965 · 60 minA Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.
- Episode 16: 16. The First StoneJanuary 28, 1965 · 60 minBoone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.
- Episode 17: 17. A Place of 1000 SpiritsFebruary 4, 1965 · 60 minWhile hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.
- Episode 18: 18. The Sound of FearFebruary 11, 1965 · 60 minA condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.
- Episode 19: 19. The Price of FriendshipFebruary 18, 1965 · 60 minBoone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.
- Episode 20: 20. The QuietistsFebruary 25, 1965 · 60 minA Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.
- Episode 21: 21. The Devil's FourMarch 4, 1965 · 60 minBoone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.
- Episode 22: 22. The ReunionMarch 11, 1965 · 60 minWhile out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.
- Episode 23: 23. The Ben Franklin EncounterMarch 18, 1965 · 60 minBoone and Mingo travel East and get caught up in a confrontation between Benjamin Franklin and British Admiral Lord Clydesdale, who threatens to hang them all for treason.
- Episode 24: 24. Four-Leaf CloverMarch 25, 1965 · 60 minAn idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.
- Episode 25: 25. Cain's Birthday (1)April 1, 1965 · 60 minBoone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men
- Episode 26: 26. Cain's Birthday (2)April 8, 1965 · 60 minLacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.
- Episode 27: 27. Daughter of the DevilApril 15, 1965 · 60 minA man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.
- Episode 28: 28. Doll of SorrowApril 22, 1965 · 60 minIsrael accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.
- Episode 29: 29. The Courtship of Jericho JonesApril 29, 1965 · 60 minJericho and Sumah, the daughter of the Indian chief, want to marry. Daniel proposes a trial engagement. For a month Jericho will live with the Indians and Sumah will live with Boone's family and see if each can adapt to the other culture.
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Credits
- Fess ParkerDaniel Boone · 165 episodes · Director · 5 episodes
- Ed AmesMingo · 165 episodes
- Patricia BlairRebecca Boone · 165 episodes
- Darby HintonIsrael Boone · 165 episodes
- Dal McKennonCincinnatus · 165 episodes
- Veronica CartwrightJemima Boone · 59 episodes
- Borden ChaseCreator
- Nathan JuranDirector · 29 episodes
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 60 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- September 24, 1964
- LAST AIRED
- May 7, 1970
- PRODUCTION COMPANY
- 20th Century Fox Television
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