F Troop 

The misadventures of the staff and neighbors of a remote U.S. Army outpost in the Wild West.

Creator:

Richard M. Bluel

Stars:

Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Ken Berry

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Forrest Tucker	...	Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967
Larry Storch	...	Cpl. Randolph Agarn / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967
Ken Berry	...	Capt. Wilton Parmenter / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967
Melody Patterson	...	Wrangler Jane Angelica Thrift 65 episodes, 1965-1967
James Hampton	...	Hannibal Dobbs / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967
Frank DeKova	...	Chief Wild Eagle / ... 63 episodes, 1965-1967
Bob Steele	...	Trooper Duffy 63 episodes, 1965-1967
Ben Frommer	...	Smokey Bear / ... 52 episodes, 1965-1967
Don Diamond	...	Crazy Cat / ... 50 episodes, 1965-1967
Joe Brooks	...	Trooper Vanderbilt 47 episodes, 1965-1967
Ivan Bell	...	Trooper Duddleson / ... 46 episodes, 1965-1967
Jimmie Horan	...	Trooper Hogan 31 episodes, 1965-1967

Storyline

Becoming a hero by accidentally leading a cavalry charge the wrong way, Captain Wilton Parmenter is given command of Fort Courage. The Fort's crafty Sergeant O'Rourke has a deal with the local Hekawe Indians to market their wares to the tourists. They must sometimes pretend to be enemies (and the Shugs really are enemies). Jane is out to marry the innocent Parmenter.

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Plot Keywords:

fort | u.s. army | blonde | comic sidekick | commanding officer | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

I forti di Forte Coraggio

Filming Locations:

Kanab Movie Ranch - 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (65 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White (season 1) Color (season 2)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many viewers have thought that because "Old Charlie" the town drunk would usually be thrown through the saloon doors (or window), bounce off a support post, fall face forward over the hitching rail, spin around and land on his face or back in three episodes, he was actually a young stuntman in "old man" make-up. In reality, "Charlie" was ace stuntman Harvey Parry, who at that time was sixty-five-years-old and had been a stuntman for almost forty-five years.

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Goofs

Trooper Duffy claims to have been a Texas Independence fighter wounded at the Alamo. No white adult males from that army survived the battle. However, he is probably telling a tall tale.

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Quotes

Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke: F Troop just wouldn't be the same without the Old Man, sir.
Captain Wilton Parmenter: What Old Man?
Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke: Why, you, sir. You're the Old Man.
Captain Wilton Parmenter: That's right. I keep forgetting I'm the Old Man around here.

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Connections

Version of McHale's Navy (1962)

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Soundtracks

F Troop
Lyrics by Irving Taylor
Music by William Lava

User Reviews

Great show - too short of a run

My favorite episode of this show, which ran way too short of its potential was the episode where Agarn managed The Bedbugs (which were actually an L.A. band called The Factory which included Lowell George and Ritchie Hayward, later of Little Feat) and then in order to convince Agarn back into the service, F.Troop had its own band, The Termites, that had some of F.Troop in hilarious wigs, compete with the Bedbugs for the Playbrave Club circuit, and at the end of the show, The Termites do "Mr. Tambourine Man! What a riot! There are other episodes just as hilarious, too many to mention. I also think Gilligan's Island got screwed, mainly because Bill Paley wanted Gunsmoke (a true TV dinosaur already at that time) to continue, but Gilligan's Island was in its time slot that year. What a shame that two great shows got canceled way before their time.