| Buffalo Bill, Jr. | |
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| Genre | Western |
| Written by | John K. Butler Oliver Drake Paul Franklin Eric Freiwald Paul Gangelin Maurice Geraghty Orville H. Hampton Samuel Newman Robert Schaefer |
| Directed by | George Archainbaud William A. Berke Thomas Carr John English William McCarthy Frank McDonald Don McDougall Ray Nazarro Robert G. Walker |
| Starring | Dickie Jones Harry Cheshire Nancy Gilbert |
| Composer(s) | Carl Cotner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gene Autry Armand Schaefer |
| Producer(s) | Louis Gray Eric Jenson |
| Running time | 30 mins. (approx) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | March 1, 1955 – September 21, 1956 |
Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American Western television series starring Dickie Jones that aired in syndication from March 1, 1955, until September 21, 1956.
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Jones portrayed Buffalo Bill, Jr., an orphan adopted by Judge Ben Wiley (played by Harry Cheshire). Bill and his younger sister, Calamity (played by Nancy Gilbert), live with Judge Wiley in fictitious Wileyville, Texas, a town founded by the judge. Bill was the marshal of Wileyville. The program, which lasted for two seasons, was produced by Gene Autry's Flying A Productions.
Guest stars: Chris Alcaide, Ed Hinton
In 1964, the series appeared on ABC's Saturday morning schedule for one year.
Buffalo Bill Jr. Dell Comics series ran for thirteen issues from January 1956 to August-October 1959. The first six issues appeared in Dell's catch-all nigh-weekly comic book, Four Color Comics #673,742,766,798,828,856. It appeared under its own numbering for issues #7-13. Art by Mike Sekowsky. The final issue was written by Gaylord Du Bois.
Adapting the television series (and outliving it), the comic books sported exciting photo-covers featuring the actor Dickie Jones, a native of Snyder, the seat of Scurry County on the South Plains, portraying the title role.