"Sky King" (1951)TV series 1951-1962

Directors:

Oliver Drake
Richard C. Kahn

Writers:

Dwight V. Babcock (writer) (episode)
Leslie Edgley (story)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

16 September 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

"From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King" was the familiar opening to television's premier aviation program...

Plot Keywords:

Arizona | Aviation | Modern Western | Niece | Uncle

Cast

Kirby Grant	...	Sky King (72 episodes, 1952-1959)
Gloria Winters	...	Penny King (72 episodes, 1952-1959)

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (72 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Jack Chertok Television Productions

Trivia:

There were two "Songbirds" used in the series - the first was a Cessna T-50 Bobcat, the second was a Cessna 310B.

Quotes:

[first lines of each episode]
Narrator: Out of the clear blue of the Western sky comes... Sky King!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Movie Orgy (1968)

Out of the clear blue Western sky,

it's... SKY KING! Neeeeeeooooooowww (plane diving behind announcer's voice) I saw this show when I was a kid - around 5 yrs. old. The shows were syndicated releases shown on my local station. It was around 1959 or 1960 and the series had debuted in 1951. I don't remember much about the shows, other than Sky King wore Western Wear, Penny had blonde hair and they flew around in a plane looking for lost people and stopping baddies from doing dastardly deeds.

I liked the plane, a Cessna T-50 named Songbird, but I was a little more impressed with jets at the time.

Sky was friendly and Penny was "Golly-gee-whiz." It was a good show as I remember it.