"Tate" (1960) TV series 1960-

Creator:

Harry Julian Fink
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

8 June 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The adventures of a one-armed gunfighter (he lost the use of an arm during the Civil War) in the Old West.

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

David McLean

...

Tate (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Directed by
Richard Whorf		(4 episodes, 1960)
David Orrick McDearmon		(3 episodes, 1960)
David Lowell Rich		(3 episodes, 1960)
Ida Lupino		(2 episodes, 1960)

Series Writing credits
Harry Julian Fink		(13 episodes, 1960)
Herman Groves		(2 episodes, 1960)
Harry Kronman		(2 episodes, 1960)

Series Produced by
Alvin Cooperman	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1960)
Shelley Hull	....	producer (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Cinematography by
Wilfred M. Cline		(13 episodes, 1960)

Series Film Editing by
Fred R. Feitshans Jr.		(13 episodes, 1960)

Series Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster		(4 episodes, 1960)

Series Art Direction by
Edward L. Ilou		(13 episodes, 1960)

Series Set Decoration by
Mac Mulcahy		(13 episodes, 1960)

Series Makeup Department
Dick Hamilton	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Production Management
George Tobin	....	production manager (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Forsyth	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Art Department
James Trepeck	....	property master (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Sound Department
Jack Kirschner	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 1960)
Robert O'Brien	....	sound (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dick James	....	costume supervisor (13 episodes, 1960)

Series Music Department
Irving Friedman	....	music supervisor (13 episodes, 1960)
Igo Kantor	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1960)
William Loose	....	composer: theme music (4 episodes, 1960)

Series Other crew
Harry Julian Fink	....	script consultant (13 episodes, 1960)
Marie Kenney	....	script supervisor (7 episodes, 1960)
William E. Orr	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1960)
Burt Nodella	....	production executive (4 episodes, 1960)

Production Companies

• Roncom Films

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1960) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Nostalgia Collectibles (????) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Company:

Roncom Films

adventures of a one-armed gunfighter (david MacLean

Here was another of those western series that NBC tried out for a summer run to see if it was worth bringing back as a replacement in January for one of their fall season shows that failed to catch on. But Tate never returned, and the thirteen episodes that were shot did not go into widespread syndication, so this rates as something of a one summer wonder. By the time Tate appeared, TV was glutted with guns for hire, Paladin the most popular of all over at CBS on Saturday night's Have Gun Will Travel series. He of course dressed all in black leather. On Tate, the anti-hero also had black leather, but merely as a heavy stump covering for the arm that he had lost during the War Between the States. Yep, a one-armed hero in a western, which must have broken considerable ground for hire-the-handicapped back then. Tate never had to wait long for a job, but like Paladin (this was, after all, TV) he never did anything cold-blooded, and was picky enough to only take money from people who deserved to win in the end. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the show was that the hero was played by The Marlboro Man, which is why - even though this was David MacLean's first official acting job - he looked awfully familiar to western fans. And smokers. And, yes, MacLean did die of lung cancer.