The Virginian

Premiered

Sep 19, 1962

Platform

NBC

Genre

Western

The Virginian

About

Character and relationship drama set in The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s. It was loosely based on Owen Wister's 1902 novel The Virginian: Horseman of the Plains.

Trivia

The show was also known as The Men from Shiloh in its final season. It became the third longest running western on TV behind Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

#2860 Show

The Virginian Cast

Clu Gulager (1928-2022)

Emmett Ryker

James Drury (1934-2020)

The Virginian

Doug McClure (1935-1995)

Trampas

John McIntire (1907-1991)

Clay Grainger

Lee J. Cobb (1911-1976)

Judge Henry Garth

Roberta Shore, 81

Betsy Garth

Gary Clarke, 91

Steve Hill

Charles Bickford (1891-1967)

John Grainger

Popularity

Show #2860

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