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New releases announced today, September 15: Power Rangers Jungle Fury - Volume 1: Into the Jungle will be coming out December 16 Power Rangers Jungle Fury - Volume 2: Way of the Master will be coming out December 16 The Rosie O'Donnell Show - Season 1 will be available in a Home Shopping Network debut on September 21 Steve Canyon - The Complete TV Series, Volume 1 will be coming out November 18 Wagon Train - Going West 3-disc set will be coming out October 7 Wagon Train - The Complete Color Season 16-disc set will be coming out November 4 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items. read more

Sir, could you please tell me ...

The wheel thing: Wagon Train's Horton and Bond

Question: Sir, could you please tell me who the main stars were on Wagon Train? Thank you.


Answer: Thanks for the respect, Teri (I get so little), but as the old boot-camp admonishment goes, don't call me "sir" — I work for a living!

There are a few answers to that question, the first being the cast list (which I'll run down in a moment) and the second being a list of guest stars, since episodes revolved around one-shot characters who came and went. But any fan of the show would whittle it down to one actor: the opinionated, tough-as-leather Ward Bond.

In the series, which ran on NBC from 1957-62 before jumping to ABC and finishing out its run there in 1965, Bond played Major Seth Adams, who led the train each season from St. Louis to California with assistant wagon master Bill Hawks (Terry Wilson) and cook Charlie Wooster (Frank McGrath) by h read more

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Premiered: September 19, 1962, on NBC
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Premise: This classy Western followed the trials of a California-bound wagon train after the Civil War. There were regulars and some action, but the emphasis was on strong storytelling and top guests such as Bette Davis, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, Lee Marvin and Joseph Cotten. John Ford even came on board to direct 1960's `The Colter Craven Story.' John McIntire replaced Ward Bond after the latter's death in 1961. The Bond shows aired in syndication as `Major Adams, Trailmaster.'

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