Cowboy in Africa

Cowboy in Africa is an ABC television series produced in 1967–1968 by Ivan Tors and starring Chuck Connors. A 1966 television pilot turned into a movie and released to cinemas starring Hugh O'Brian as Jim Sinclair was called Africa Texas Style.[1]

Cowboy in Africa
Chuck Connors as Jim Sinclair, 1967
Created byIvan Tors
Andy White
StarringChuck Connors
Ronald Howard
Gerald Edwards
Tom Nardini
Country of originUSA
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerAaron Spelling
Running time60 min.
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 11, 1967 (1967-09-11) –
April 1, 1968 (1968-04-01)

Plot

Jim Sinclair (Chuck Connors) is hired by Commander Hayes (British actor Ronald Howard) to introduce modern methods to his game ranch in Kenya. He brings his helper and best friend, a Navajo Indian named John Henry. Together, they work at roping wildlife and building herds on the ranch. During the first episode, a ten-year-old African boy named Samson (played by Gerald Edwards) watches from afar and decides Jim would make a perfect father. Samson runs for a day and a half to the Hayes/Sinclair ranch and declares to Jim, the world's champion cowboy, that Jim would be his father. By the end of the first episode the boy and cowboy have adopted each other. Samson, John Henry, and Jim Sinclair become a family.

The series competed during its single season for the same time period as the programs Gunsmoke and The Monkees.

Cast

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"The New World"Andrew MartonUnknownSeptember 11, 1967 (1967-09-11)
2"Kifaru! Kifaru!"Andrew MartonNorman KatkovSeptember 18, 1967 (1967-09-18)
3"Incident at Derati Wells"Allen ReisnerRobert SabaroffSeptember 25, 1967 (1967-09-25)
4"What's an Elephant Mother to Do?"Allen ReisnerStory by : Roswell Rogers
Teleplay by : Ed Adamson & Roswell Rogers		October 2, 1967 (1967-10-02)
5"Search for Survival"Gene NelsonEd AdamsonOctober 9, 1967 (1967-10-09)
6"Stone Age Safari"Andrew MartonPalmer ThompsonOctober 16, 1967 (1967-10-16)
7"The Adopted One"UnknownAndy LewisOctober 23, 1967 (1967-10-23)
8"Fang and Claw"Andrew McCulloughPenrod SmithOctober 30, 1967 (1967-10-30)
9"The Time of the Predator"Andrew MartonRoger H. LewisNovember 6, 1967 (1967-11-06)
10"Lake Sinclair"Jack ArnoldStory by : Norman Katkov
Teleplay by : Ed Adamson & Norman Katkov		November 13, 1967 (1967-11-13)
11"Tomorrow on the Wind"Andrew McCulloughStory by : Samuel Roeca
Teleplay by : Ed Adamson & Samuel Roeca		November 20, 1967 (1967-11-20)
12"Little Boy Lost"Jeffrey HaydenJay SimmsNovember 27, 1967 (1967-11-27)
13"The Man Who Has Everything"UnknownEd Adamson & Palmer ThompsonDecember 4, 1967 (1967-12-04)
14"To Build a Beginning"UnknownGordon T. DawsonDecember 11, 1967 (1967-12-11)
15"The Hesitant Hero"UnknownDon BrinkleyDecember 18, 1967 (1967-12-18)
16"African Rodeo: Part 1"Alex MarchGordon T. DawsonJanuary 15, 1968 (1968-01-15)
17"African Rodeo: Part 2"Alex MarchGordon T. DawsonJanuary 22, 1968 (1968-01-22)
18"First to Capture"Paul HenreidGordon T. DawsonJanuary 29, 1968 (1968-01-29)
19"The Red Hand of Michael O'Neill"UnknownUnknownFebruary 5, 1968 (1968-02-05)
20"The Quiet Death"Earl BellamyEd AdamsonFebruary 19, 1968 (1968-02-19)
21"A Man of Value"Earl BellamyJohn O'Dea & Jay SimmsFebruary 26, 1968 (1968-02-26)
22"Search and Destroy"UnknownUnknownMarch 4, 1968 (1968-03-04)
23"Work of Art"Lawrence DobkinFrank L. MossMarch 11, 1968 (1968-03-11)
24"John Henry's Eden"Earl BellamyEd AdamsonMarch 18, 1968 (1968-03-18)
25"The Lions"Lawrence DobkinAlan CaillouMarch 25, 1968 (1968-03-25)
26"The Kasubi Death"UnknownGordon T. DawsonApril 1, 1968 (1968-04-01)

References
  1. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 254. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
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