Young Maverick
| Young Maverick | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Western Comedy |
| Developed by | Juanita Bartlett |
| Directed by |
Bernard McEveety Don McDougall Leslie H. Martinson Hy Averback Ralph Senensky Bob Claver Hollingsworth Morse |
| Starring |
Charles Frank Susan Blanchard |
| Theme music composer | David Buttolph |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Robert Van Scoyk |
| Producer(s) | Chuck Bowman |
| Location(s) | California |
| Running time | 60 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | 1.33:1 |
| Audio format | monaural |
| Original run | 1979 – 1980 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
Maverick The New Maverick |
| Followed by |
Bret Maverick Maverick |
| Related shows |
Sugarfoot Cheyenne Lawman Colt .45 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw |
Young Maverick is a 1979 television series that unsuccessfully attempted to recapture some of the magic of the highly successful 1957 series Maverick, which had starred James Garner as roving gambler Bret Maverick. Charles Frank played Ben Maverick, the son of Bret's first cousin Beau Maverick, making him Bret's first cousin once removed.[1][2] Frank's real-life wife Susan Blanchard played his girlfriend Nell, while John Dehner (who appeared in Maverick's "Shady Deal At Sunny Acres") appeared as a frontier marshal who had arrested Ben's father Beau decades before. The series was cancelled by CBS after only six hour-long episodes had been shown, leaving two which were never aired on the network.[3] All eight episodes were screened later that year on BBC1 in the UK.
The 1978 TV-movie The New Maverick, featuring Garner as Bret, Frank as Ben, Jack Kelly as Bret's brother Bart Maverick, and Blanchard as Nell, served as the pilot for the series. (Garner appeared briefly in the first regular episode of Young Maverick, "Clancy," making him the only person to appear in all three series.) Among the actors appearing on the series were Howard Duff, John McIntire, James Woods, Donna Mills (all in "Dead Man's Hand," parts 1 and 2), J. Pat O'Malley ("A Fistful Of Oats"), Morgan Fairchild, John Hillerman (both "Makin' Tracks") and Harry Dean Stanton. Roger Moore, who played Beau Maverick (Ben's father) in the original series, never appeared in Young Maverick. Despite the title, Frank was three years older than Garner had been at the launch of the original series.
Cast
- Charles Frank as Ben Maverick
- Susan Blanchard as Nell McGarrahan
- John Dehner as Marshall Edge Troy
References
- ↑ "Young Maverick Episodes on CBS". TV Guide. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Clancy (episode 1)". tv.com. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ↑ Ed Robertson, Maverick: Legend Of The West, p. 173, Pomegranate Press, Ltd., ISBN 0-938817-35-3
External links
Young Maverick at the Internet Movie Database