It was 50 years ago this month that NBC opened the Ponderosa for business. After a slow start, the Cartwrights' sprawling ranch became a ratings gold mine, and it was ... well, it was nothing less ...

“Tall in the saddle” was a phrase used to describe the next in our review of “B Western” movie actors. This guy was born in Alberta, Canada in December 1910 as Nathan Roderick Cox. His first career ...

During the late 1940s and the 1950s, Westerns were a huge part of the television landscape. New shows featuring cowboys debuted all the time, earning even more fans. By 1959, there were more than 30 ...

Ladies of the western : interviews with fifty-one more actresses from the silent era to the television westerns of the 1950s and 1960s / Michael G. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers ; with forewords by ...

Historically, Westernactors are so synonymous with the silver screen that it’s easy to forget some of the greats who made their names in TV. Whether it’s John Wayne’s surly heroes of the Old West or ...