Early TV Westerns featuring Star Trek Actors
A list of Western TV Series appearances by the actors who would later make up the main cast of Star Trek, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig & Grace Lee Whitney. Also, Western episodes that were written by Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek. (Detail View to see episode names)
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- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleGeorge W. GeorgeStarsJay SilverheelsClayton MooreJohn HartThe adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.Deforest Kelley in The Legion of Old Timers, Gold Train, Death in the Forest
- StarsTristram CoffinKelo HendersonHal HopperTrue stories of the Arizona rangers around 1900.DeForest Kelley in Trail of Revenge, Long Trail Home & Leonard Nimoy in Ricochet
- CreatorE. Jack NeumanStarsRobert HortonGregory WalcottJohn CliffA man shot and left for dead on the trail is found and revived. With no recollection of his past, he calls himself Shenandoah as he roams the West searching for his identity.DeForest Kelley in The Riley Brand, James Doohan in Care of General Delivery, Leonard Nimoy in Run, Killer, Run
- StarsGene BarryAllen JaffeAllison HayesBat Masterson roams The West and defends the innocent.DeForest Kelley in No Amnesty for Death, Grace Lee Whitney in The Good and the Bad
- CreatorHal HudsonJohn McGreeveyStarsPeter BreckRussell JohnsonAnna-LisaAfter his brothers are killed in a shootout, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer.DeForest Kelley in Apache Trail
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.DeForest Kelley in The Honor of Cochise, The Decision, Ride the Wind: Part 1 & Ride the Wind: Part 2, James Doohan & Majel Barrett in Gift of Water, James Doohan in The Legacy, Majel Barrett in Three Brides for Hoss, Leonard Nimoy in The Ape
- CreatorRobert A. CinaderStarsJohn PickardDave WillockMichael HinnCaptain Shanks Adams is in charge of the real Ft. Lowell in this syndicated fictional series set in the dangerous Arizona territory, where Adams combats all sorts of trials assisted by his scout Luke Cummings and Lt. Binning.DeForest Kelley in The Marquis of Donnybrook, Gene Roddenberry wrote The Gatling Gun, The Marquis of Donnybrook, Prussian Farmers, Rescue of the Stranger
- StarsJohn LuptonMichael AnsaraSteven RitchIndian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.Leonard Nimoy in The Trial, Conquistador, The Iron Maiden
- StarsGeorge MontgomeryJohn SmithAudrey TotterCimmaron City is booming due to oil and gold and hopes to become capital of the future state of Oklahoma. Matthew Rockford is the son of the city's founder; he's now mayor and a major cattle rancher. Sheriff Temple must keep law and order.Leonard Nimoy in I, the People
- CreatorChristopher KnopfStarsStuart WhitmanPercy HerbertRandy BooneThe western adventures of tough, but fair, Marshal Jim Crown.Grace Lee Whitney in Knife in the Darkness
- CreatorRuth WoodmanStarsStanley AndrewsRobert TaylorRonald ReaganWestern stories and legends based, and filmed, in and around Death Valley, California. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s. The continuing sponsor was "20 Mule Team" Borax, a product formerly mined in Death Valley.DeForest Kelley in The Breaking Point, Coffin for a Coward, Devil's Gate, Lady of the Plains, Grace Lee Witney in The Breaking Point,The Last Shot, The Quiet and the Fury, Angel of Tombstone & Tall Heart, Short Temper, George Takei in The Book, Leonard Nimoy in The Journey
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenClyde WareStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeMarshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.DeForest Kelley in Indian Scout, Leonard Nimoy in A Man a Day, The Search, I Call Him Wonder,
Treasure of John Walking Fox, Grace Lee Witney in Reprisal, Jimmy Doohan in Quint Asper Comes Home, William Shatner in Quaker Girl - CreatorHerb MeadowSam RolfeStarsRichard BooneKam TongHal NeedhamThe adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.Gene Roddenberry wrote The Yuma Treasure, The Hanging Cross, Helen of Abajinian, The Great Mojave Chase, Ella West, The Hanging of Roy Carter, The Road to Wickenburg, Juliet, The Monster of Moon Ridge, Maggie O'Bannion, Return of Roy Carter, The Golden Toad, Tiger, Charley Red Dog, Episode in Laredo, Les Girls, The Posse, El Paso Stage, Alice, Marshal of Sweetwater, Trial at Tablerock, Taylor's Woman, Cage at McNaab, The Savages
DeForest Kelley in The Treasure - CreatorJames GoldstoneStephen KandelStarsDale RobertsonRobert RandomGary CollinsBen Calhoun won the half-completed Buffalo Pass, Scalplock, and Defiance Line railroad in a poker game and must interact with 1880s first nation, bankers, and bad guys to complete the line.James Doohan in Joy Unconfined
- StarsJeff RichardsEugene MazzolaCyril DelevantiA widower with a young son starts a newspaper in a wild Western town.Gene Roddenberry wrote The Post, Law and Order, Madame Faro, Stagecoach Episode
- StarsRobert FullerJohn SmithSpring ByingtonIn the 1870s Wyoming Territory, Slim Sherman and his 14-year-old brother Andy try to hang on to their ranch after their father's death.DeForest Kelley in Gun Duel, The Unvanquished, Leonard Nimoy in The Runt
- StarsNeville BrandPeter BrownWilliam SmithA group of Texas Rangers keeps getting in and out of trouble, under the command of Captain Parmalee.Jimmy Doohan in I See by Your Outfit, DeForest Kelley in Sound of Terror, The Thimblerigger, The Squatters
- StarsEdgar BuchananCarleton CarpenterCharles BronsonLeonard Nimoy in The Boston Kid
- StarsRichard CarlsonArt GilmoreRiley HillColonel Mackenzie, commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Clark near Brackettville in Kinney County in southwest Texas during the 1870s, receives secret orders from President Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of War William W. Belknap to stop bandits from crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, or from returning to Mexico.DeForest Kelley in Son of the Hawk, Joe Ironhat
Leonard Nimoy in The Imposter - StarsDon CollierBarton MacLaneBruce YarnellThe adventures of a Marshal and his young Deputies in a section of Oklahoma infested with bandit gangs, gunmen, and robbers.William Shatner in Starfall: Part 1, Starfall: Part 2, Leonard Nimoy in Shorty
- StarsWilliam BendixDoug McClureHarry GuardinoThe adventures of a crusty superintendent for the Overland Stage Co. and his young sidekick as they try to keep the stage routes safe.Grace Lee Whitney in Fire in the Hole, Most Dangerous Gentleman
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsClint EastwoodPaul BrinegarSteve RainesGil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.DeForest Kelley in Incident at Barker Springs
Leonard Nimoy in Incident Before Black Pass - StarsDarren McGavinDick WesselJack LambertGrey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.DeForest Kelley in Listen to the Nightingale
- StarsWayne RogersRichard EyerRobert BrayLuke Perry and Simon Kane, accompanied by Simon's young son David, run a stagecoach line in the Old West, where they come across a wide variety of ladies in distress, killers, and robbers.DeForest Kelley in Image of a Man, The Big Gun
- CreatorFrank GruberJames BrooksGene ReynoldsStarsDale RobertsonArt FelixKit CarsonAgent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.DeForest Kelley in Captain Scofield
Leonard Nimoy in Something Pretty - CreatorHarry Julian FinkStarsDavid McLeanDon WilbanksRobert RedfordThe adventures of a one-armed gunfighter (he lost the use of an arm during the Civil War) in the Old West.Leonard Nimoy in Comanche Scalps
- StarsJeffrey HunterJack ElamFrank FergusonThe adventures of frontier lawyer Temple Houston, son of the legendary Sam Houston.Grace Lee Whitney in Do Unto Others, Then Gallop
- CreatorA.I. BezzeridesLouis F. EdelmanStarsRichard LongPeter BreckLee MajorsThe Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.William Shatner in A Time to Kill
Grace Lee Whitney in Run of the Savage - StarsRichard CooganSean McCloryAdam KennedySan Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force.DeForest Kelley in The Painted Lady
George Takei in A Hundred Barrels - StarsLarry WardJack ElamChad EverettMarshal Ragan and his Deputies maintain the peace in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory.DeForest Kelley in Reformation at Big Nose Butte
- CreatorRoland KibbeeNorman LearStarsHenry FondaAllen CaseRead MorganClay McCord is who often helped Chief Marshal Simon Fry in 1880's Arizona territory. McCord eventually becomes Fry's Chief Deputy assigned to Silver City. Fry and McCord are assisted by Sergeant Hapgood Tasker Army cavalry Sergeant.DeForest Kelley in The Means and the End
- StarsRussell JohnsonVan HeflinEddie Little SkyA filmed series of one-hour dramatizations of the lives of famous historical people, as well as important historical events.Walter Koenig in Six Wagons to the Sea
- StarsHugh O'BrianJimmy NoelEthan LaidlawLoosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.Grace Lee Whitney in Kill the Editor
- CreatorFrank BaronStarsRobert RockwellJean WillesBethel LeslieThe adventures of an insurance investigator for the Blackhawk Insurance Co. in the Old West.DeForest Kelley in Station Six
- CreatorNick AdamsAndrew J. FenadyStarsNick AdamsChuck HamiltonSid TroyAfter the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys.Leonard Nimoy in The Hunted
- StarsChuck ConnorsJohnny CrawfordPaul FixThe adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.Grace Lee Whitney in The Hunted
- StarsKent TaylorJan MerlinPeter WhitneyAfter the Civil War, two former Union soldiers and an ex-Confederate team up to travel the West.DeForest Kelley in The Nightbinders
Leonard Nimoy in Gunpoint Persuasion - CreatorSamuel A. PeeplesStarsBarry SullivanClu GulagerWalter LawrenceFictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.Leonard Nimoy in A Bounty for Billy, A Gun Is for Killing
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsDoug McClureJames DruryLee J. CobbPersonable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.DeForest Kelley in Duel at Shiloh, Man of Violence, Gene Roddenberry wrote Run Away Home, Grace Lee Witney in Echo of Another Day, The Mustangers, Jimmy Doohan in The Man Who Couldn't Die, Letter of the Law, Leonard Nimoy in Man of Violence, The Showdown, Show Me a Hero, William Shatner in Black Jade, The Claim, Walter Koenig in Crooked Corner
- StarsPat ConwayRichard EasthamQuentin SondergaardTough Sheriff Clay Hollister keeps the law in Tombstone, Arizona with the support of his faithful deputies and the editor of the local newspaper.Leonard Nimoy in The Horse Thief
- StarsRobert CulpNorman LeavittEllen CorbyTexas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.DeForest Kelley in End of an Outlaw, The Jailbreak, Hard Lines, Quiet Night in Porter
- StarsCharles BatemanFrancis De SalesJoyce MeadowsMarshal Ben January and his twin brother, Dr. Rick January (both played by Charles Bateman) fight to establish law and order in the wild frontier town of Gunnison in the 1860s.DeForest Kelley in Fallen Gun, Doctor's Orders
Gene Roddenberry wrote The Lesson - StarsFrank McGrathTerry WilsonRobert HortonStories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.Leonard Nimoy in The Estaban Zamora Story, The Maggie Hamilton Story, The Tiburcio Mendez Story, The Baylor Crofoot Story
Grace Lee Whitney in The Andrew Elliott Story - StarsSteve McQueenWright KingOlan SouleA Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.DeForest Kelley in Secret Ballot, The Empty Cell
- StarsJason EversEli BoraksJulie AdamsPitcairn is a roving cowboy who rides the 1880s Western frontier helping people.Gene Roddenberry wrote Incident at the Bar M
- CreatorLuke ShortCharles A. WallaceStarsDick PowellWalter SandeDenver PyleAn anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.DeForest Kelley in Stage for Tucson, Village of Fear, Shadow of a Dead Man, Calico Bait
Grace Lee Whitney in Honor Bright - StarsWayde PrestonDonald MayKenneth MacDonaldChristopher Colt appeared to be a gun salesman, but he was actually a government agent tracking down notorious bad guys. His cousin Sam took the lead when the studio had contract disputes with the original star.Leonard Nimoy in Night of Decision
- CreatorR.S. AllenHarvey BullockStarsTim ConwayGuy MarksNorman AldenThe adventures of Rango, a bumbling Texas Ranger stationed at Deep Wells Ranger Station in the late 19th century, and his sidekick, the cowardly Indian scout Pink Cloud.Grace Lee Whitney in My Teepee Runneth Over
- StarsScott ForbesWilliam SchallertJohn LaingThe adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series.DeForest Kelley in An Eye for an Eye
- CreatorMichael NoonanMichael PlantStarsPeter GravesTony WickertRobert TudawaliThe story of American Christopher Cobb and his foundation of Australia's first coach-line, which he established in the colony of New South Wales, Australia.Gene Roddenberry wrote Sarong, Episode in Bathurst, Dutchman's Reef, The Actress