I am watching the first episode (“Mountain Fortress”) of the TV show “Cheyenne,” (1955) with Clint Walker (Cheyenne Bodie) and L.Q. Jones as his sidekick. A US Calvary patrol is coming up the gulch, and then I realized that the young lieutenant is James Garner. Now there’s two handsome men, Clint Walker and James Garner, both in their virile youth. *I just googled and see that James Garner appeared on several episodes of “Cheyenne.”

L. Q. Jones is one of those iconic cowboys that appeared in many Westerns (movies & TV shows). He had a distinctive look and voice (as most of the actors of the time did).

Ann Robinson is playing “the damsel in distress” in this episode, who is the Lieutenant’s love interest. Although this show is in Black & White, she has a distinctive face (dimpled chin) & red hair, that I remember from “The War of the Worlds” where she played Gene Barry‘s love interest as they were being attacked by Martians. The actress had a cameo appearance in the remake of “The War of the Worlds” 2005.

I run through periods where I like to watch Westerns, both movies and TV series. A few years ago I watched a bunch of episodes of “Laramie” with Robert Fuller and John Smith. In the episode, “Run of the Hunted,” I first recognized Charles Bronson, and then R. G. Armstrong and finally Richard Kiel. But even with this impressive cast, the real surprise was the house they were using for an insane asylum. The building was the set that was used as the Bate’s home in the movie “Psycho.” This set is located on Laramie Street, in Universal City.

Not too long ago, I realized how short Charles Bronson (5’9″) was. He was walking next to some other actor, and the way they filmed the two highlighted that Bronson was several inches shorter. I guess he was like Tom Cruise (5’7″). Now 5’7″ is a girly size, but you wouldn’t know it from all the action movies Cruise has been in.

R. G. Armstrong has a distinctive face and voice and I think I recall that he attended Carolina (UNC-Chapel Hill) along with Andy Griffith about 1945.

Cheyenne – Now, the bunch of good guys are being chased by a larger group of blood thirsty Indians, and I’m half expecting to recognize one of the Indians as maybe Chuck Connors. Somewhere in my mind I’ve seen Connors playing an Indian, and biding his time before becoming “The Rifleman.” But here come the Calvary to the rescue. Oh, good Cheyenne, L.Q., Ann and James all survive and wave goodbye to each other at the end.

Oh, and that’s Chuck Connors as Geronimo (1962).

I’m not through writing this posting and now see Rod Taylor in the third episode of Cheyenne. Rod Taylor was one of my favorite actors appearing in “The Time Machine” and “The Birds.”