"Rawhide" (1959) TV series 1959-1965

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

9 January 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Western

Plot:

Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Cattle Drive | Cult TV | Horse | Famous Theme

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Rowdy Yates (216 episodes, 1959-1965)
Paul Brinegar	...	Wishbone / ... (216 episodes, 1959-1965)
Steve Raines	...	Jim Quince (215 episodes, 1959-1965)
Eric Fleming	...	Gil Favor (202 episodes, 1959-1965)
James Murdock	...	Mushy / ... (201 episodes, 1959-1965)
Rocky Shahan	...	Joe Scarlet (180 episodes, 1959-1965)
Robert Cabal	...	Hey Soos / ... (115 episodes, 1959-1965)
Sheb Wooley	...	Pete Nolan (110 episodes, 1959-1965)
William R. Thompkins	...	Toothless / ... (93 episodes, 1959-1964)

Series Directed by
Thomas Carr		(28 episodes, 1962-1965)
Ted Post		(24 episodes, 1959-1964)
Christian Nyby		(14 episodes, 1962-1964)
Harmon Jones		(13 episodes, 1959-1965)
Jesse Hibbs		(11 episodes, 1959-1965)
Jus Addiss		(10 episodes, 1961-1965)
Don McDougall		(9 episodes, 1962-1963)
R.G. Springsteen		(8 episodes, 1960-1961)
George Templeton		(8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Andrew V. McLaglen		(6 episodes, 1959-1962)
Stuart Heisler		(6 episodes, 1959-1960)
Joseph Kane		(6 episodes, 1960)
Sobey Martin		(6 episodes, 1961-1962)
Charles Marquis Warren		(5 episodes, 1959-1960)
Michael O'Herlihy		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jack Arnold		(4 episodes, 1959-1964)
Anton Leader		(4 episodes, 1961-1965)
Harry Harris		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Richard Whorf		(3 episodes, 1959-1965)
Robert L. Friend		(3 episodes, 1961-1965)
Tay Garnett		(3 episodes, 1962)
Bernard L. Kowalski		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Vincent McEveety		(3 episodes, 1964)
George Sherman		(2 episodes, 1959)
Gerd Oswald		(2 episodes, 1960-1965)
Gene Fowler Jr.		(2 episodes, 1960)
Murray Golden		(2 episodes, 1962)
Herschel Daugherty		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Philip Leacock		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bernard McEveety		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sutton Roley		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Writing credits
Louis Vittes		(30 episodes, 1959-1965)
John Dunkel		(24 episodes, 1959-1965)
Charles Larson		(20 episodes, 1959-1964)
Buckley Angell		(13 episodes, 1959-1965)
Albert Aley		(9 episodes, 1961-1964)
Paul King		(9 episodes, 1963-1964)
Fred Freiberger		(8 episodes, 1959-1962)
Winston Miller		(7 episodes, 1959-1962)
Samuel Roeca		(7 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack Turley		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jan Winters		(5 episodes, 1959-1961)
Elliott Arnold		(5 episodes, 1962-1965)
Dean Riesner		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Al C. Ward		(4 episodes, 1959-1963)
Endre Bohem		(4 episodes, 1959-1962)
David Lang		(4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Carey Wilber		(4 episodes, 1962-1964)
John Hawkins		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Lewin		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Oliver Crawford		(3 episodes, 1959)
Herbert Little Jr.		(3 episodes, 1959)
David Victor		(3 episodes, 1959)
Wilton Schiller		(3 episodes, 1960-1962)
Tom Seller		(3 episodes, 1961-1965)
Chris Miller		(3 episodes, 1961-1964)
Robert Lees		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Richard Carr		(3 episodes, 1964)
Walter Black		(3 episodes, 1965)
N.B. Stone Jr.		(2 episodes, 1959-1965)
James Edmiston		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Curtis Kenyon		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Herbert Purdom		(2 episodes, 1959)
Ted Gardner		(2 episodes, 1960)
Charles Marquis Warren		(2 episodes, 1960)
Jack Curtis		(2 episodes, 1961-1965)
Eric Fleming		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ward Hawkins		(2 episodes, 1962-1965)
Richard Fielder		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Joseph Petracca		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Cliff Gould		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Mantley		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sam Ross		(2 episodes, 1964)
Clyde Ware		(2 episodes, 1964)
Robert Bloomfield		(2 episodes, 1965)
Mort R. Lewis		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Produced by
Charles Marquis Warren	....	producer (84 episodes, 1959-1961)
Ernest J. Nims	....	associate producer (72 episodes, 1959-1961)
Endre Bohem	....	producer / associate producer (65 episodes, 1960-1965)
Vincent M. Fennelly	....	producer (60 episodes, 1962-1964)
Paul King	....	associate producer (30 episodes, 1963-1964)
Mel Epstein	....	associate producer (22 episodes, 1961-1962)
Bruce Geller	....	producer (21 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bernard L. Kowalski	....	producer (21 episodes, 1964-1965)
Del Reisman	....	associate producer (21 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ben Brady	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1965)
Robert Stillman	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1965)
Robert E. Thompson	....	producer (13 episodes, 1965)
A.C. Lyles	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1959)
Robert L. Friend	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1965)

Series Original Music by
Leon Klatzkin		(7 episodes, 1963-1964)
Fred Steiner		(6 episodes, 1961-1964)
Rudy Schrager		(6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Nathan Scott		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bernard Herrmann		(2 episodes, 1965)
Lyn Murray		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Cinematography by
John M. Nickolaus Jr.		(88 episodes, 1959-1962)
Jack Swain		(42 episodes, 1961-1964)
Philip H. Lathrop		(9 episodes, 1959)
Howard Schwartz		(6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Neal Beckner		(4 episodes, 1965)

Series Film Editing by
George A. Gittens		(47 episodes, 1959-1964)
Roland Gross		(42 episodes, 1959-1964)
James Baiotto		(40 episodes, 1959-1964)
Leon Barsha		(4 episodes, 1964)
Jack Kampschroer		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
George Watters		(3 episodes, 1964)
Gene Fowler Jr.		(3 episodes, 1965)
Frank Gross		(2 episodes, 1959)
Everett Sutherland		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Casting by
Russel Trost		(127 episodes, 1959-1964)
James Lister		(11 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Art Direction by
John B. Goodman		(139 episodes, 1959-1965)
George W. Davis		(32 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert Clatworthy		(9 episodes, 1959)
Alexander Golitzen		(9 episodes, 1959)

Series Set Decoration by
Ray Jeffers		(73 episodes, 1959-1961)
Donald E. Webb		(35 episodes, 1962-1965)
Budd Friend		(32 episodes, 1961-1962)
Russell A. Gausman		(9 episodes, 1959)
Carl J. Lawrence		(8 episodes, 1961)
Henry Grace		(2 episodes, 1961)

Series Makeup Department
Jack Dusick	....	makeup artist (72 episodes, 1959-1961)
Don Schoenfeld	....	makeup artist (16 episodes, 1963-1965)
Ernie Parks	....	makeup artist (14 episodes, 1962-1963)
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist (9 episodes, 1959)
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist (9 episodes, 1959)

Series Production Management
Harry Templeton	....	production manager / unit production manager (184 episodes, 1959-1965)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Templeton	....	assistant director (33 episodes, 1959-1961)
Bert Chervin	....	assistant director (29 episodes, 1959-1961)
Jack Voglin	....	assistant director (26 episodes, 1961-1963)
Kurt Neumann	....	assistant director (24 episodes, 1961-1963)
Wilbur Mosier	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1961)
Dick Gallegly	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Terence Nelson	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1959)
Edward Haldeman	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Lee H. Katzin	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1964)
James Welch	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1959)
John W. Rogers	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1965)

Series Art Department
Anthony Bavero	....	property master (31 episodes, 1959-1965)

Series Sound Department
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor (104 episodes, 1959-1962)
Larry Jost	....	sound mixer (59 episodes, 1959-1961)
Fred Faust	....	sound mixer (38 episodes, 1961-1962)
King Guidice	....	sound effects editor (30 episodes, 1960-1961)
Stephen Bass	....	sound mixer (23 episodes, 1962-1964)
Gene Eliot	....	sound effects / sound effects editor / ... (22 episodes, 1962-1965)
Leslie I. Carey	....	sound (7 episodes, 1959)
Jean G. Valentino	....	sound mixer (7 episodes, 1959)
Vernon W. Kramer	....	sound (6 episodes, 1959)
Jack A. Finlay	....	sound effects / sound effects editor (4 episodes, 1965)

Series Stunts
Bobby Somers	....	stunts (9 episodes, 1959-1964)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Lloyd Ahern II	....	assistant camera (10 episodes, 1965)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dick James	....	wardrobe supervisor (1 episode, 1959)

Series Editorial Department
Art Seid	....	editorial supervisor (1 episode, 1959)

Series Music Department
Frankie Laine	....	singer: theme music (217 episodes, 1959-1965)
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	composer: theme music (217 episodes, 1959-1965)
Ned Washington	....	lyricist: theme music (217 episodes, 1959-1965)
John Elizalde	....	music editor (54 episodes, 1959-1961)
Don B. Ray	....	music supervisor (41 episodes, 1960-1962)
Gene Feldman	....	music editor (26 episodes, 1962-1965)
Leon Klatzkin	....	music supervisor / conductor (25 episodes, 1961-1964)
Milton Anderson	....	music supervisor (23 episodes, 1959-1961)
Herschel Burke Gilbert	....	music supervisor / conductor (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Martin L. Klein	....	music supervisor (6 episodes, 1961)
Fred Steiner	....	conductor (4 episodes, 1961-1964)
Jerome Moross	....	composer: additional music (3 episodes, 1962)
Robert Drasnin	....	music supervisor (2 episodes, 1961)
Nathan Scott	....	conductor (2 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (3 episodes, 1962)

Series Other crew
Endre Bohem	....	story consultant / story editor (81 episodes, 1959-1961)
Lou Morheim	....	story consultant (30 episodes, 1961-1962)
Paul King	....	story consultant (30 episodes, 1962-1964)
Herman Miller	....	story editor (13 episodes, 1965)
Jack Mitchell	....	assistant: producer (9 episodes, 1961-1962)
Sonia Chernus	....	story assistant (9 episodes, 1965)
Michel Saleh	....	technical advisor (2 episodes, 1960-1962)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Distributors

• Revelation Films (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1959-1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• First Draw Video (video)
• Fox Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• NET (TV Asahi) (1959) (Japan) (TV)
• Paramount Television
• Soul media (2009) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Viacom
• Video Film Express (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Video Film Express (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 2)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Colgate-Palmolive Company  original sponsor: Rapid Shave shaving cream
• Drackett  original sponsor (Windex, Drano drain cleaner)
• Philip Morris Cigarettes  original sponsor: Marlboro cigarettes

Also Known As:

Runtime:

50 min (217 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Netherlands:12 (2009-2010) (DVD) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

The full names for Wishbone and Mushy are George Washington Wishbone and Harkness Mushgrove III.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In some episodes Gil Favor is seen wearing Wrangler jeans - rivets and the trademark "W" on two pockets. The Wrangler brand wasn't sold until 1947.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Clint Eastwood: Director (1982) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Rawhide Theme

Another one from TV's best days.

These were simple, friendly stories about the same Old West you may have read about as a kid. Did it really exist? Who cares? The time and place these video plays were set in is made of the same clay and light as the one where "The Twilight Zone" was set. Both relied on a degree of attention to plot and character by the viewer as necessary to the presentation of morality plays you don't see anymore. What do you do when the local sherriff threatens to hang your man when his townfolk are desperate to find the rustler taking their livestock, but you know he's not guilty? How do you cope with a proud boss when you need his best judgment, but only you know his wife has run off with another man? This is where the stories that, for a while, we thought of as "cliche'" originally came from. That was before we thought of anything not based on jiggle or teen angst as too much trouble to think about. (Though, lately, "reality" shows have relieved us of having to think at all.)

If you want to be reminded of just what a great storytelling medium TV can be, watch this show (currently on the Hallmark Channel, c. 2003). Be warned, though: you'll be spoiled for such fare as "Fear Factor" and "Dawson's Creek," thereafter. Maybe even for "Buffy," though I know you don't believe that.