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Frontier Gentleman

43 episodes · 1958 · CBS, Armed Forces Radio Service · Westerns

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John Dehner played J. B. Kendall, a reporter for The Times of London, writing about the American West, on CBS from February 2 to November 16, 1958. Antony Ellis created, wrote and directed it, and Jerry Goldsmith wrote the theme. Kendall met invented characters and real ones, like Jesse James and Wild Bill Hickok. It was one of the grittier adult Westerns of radio's last years.

Sources: Frontier Gentleman, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1958

• Remittancemanaud-benwright January 29, 1958 · 26 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Audition Show.”
• The Shelton Brothers February 2, 1958 · 24 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• A Meeting with Sitting Bull February 9, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Kendall and a local reporter, Charlie Meeker, hire a guide to take them to Sitting Bull, and are double-crossed and shot on the trail.
• The Honky Tonkers February 16, 1958 · CBS · 23 min
  Kendall the reporter meets Wild Bill Bascombe in a saloon and ends up as Kendall the surgeon.
• Kendall's Last Stand February 23, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  While Custer meets his end, Kendall nearly meets his own.
• The Lost Mine March 2, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Shorthorn Tom, an old prospector, has a big gold nugget and knows where the mine is.
• The Claim Jumpers March 9, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A widow has one week to get a claim jumper off her land or lose it all, and the claim jumper has troubles of his own.
• Big Sam for Governor March 16, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Big Sam is running for governor and wants a friendly story from Kendall. He won't take no for an answer.
• The Actress March 23, 1958 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
  An English actress dies on the frontier, and Kendall uncovers her secret.
• Gentle Virtue March 30, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Kendall wins a young Chinese woman, Gentle Virtue, in a poker game.
• The Powder River Kid April 6, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  The Powder River Kid is dying of a gangrened gunshot wound, and there's a reward on him.
• Kendall for the Defense April 13, 1958 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  Kendall turns frontier lawyer to defend a former Army scout charged with murder.
• Aces and Eights April 20, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Kendall meets Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok, and learns why aces and eights are called the dead man's hand.
• Some Random Notes from a Stagecoach April 27, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Kendall looks back on his first three months in the West.
• The Richest Man in the West May 4, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Badmen hold up a rich man's private train.
• Shelter from the Storm May 11, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Stagecoach passengers wait out a storm, and one of them is keeping a secret.
• Advice to the Lovelorn May 18, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  A man comes home from back East to find his friend paralyzed by a bullet and his girl married to the man who fired it.
• Bound for Laramie May 25, 1958 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  A white woman taken captive by Indians, and the attempt to bring her back.
• Duel for a School Marm June 1, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  The new schoolteacher is the most popular woman in town, though the town has no children.
• Sheriff Belljoy's Prisoner June 8, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A sheriff who is also judge and jury locks up Kendall, who ends up teaching the sheriff's daughter proper English.
• The Well June 15, 1958 · CBS · 23 min
  A feud between cattlemen and homesteaders is about to turn violent, and then a little girl falls down a well.
• Episodegambling Lady June 28, 1958 · 24 min
• Madame Belle Siddons, Confederate Spy June 29, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Kendall meets Belle Siddons, a gambler of rare skill and a woman with a past.
• The Education of Kid Yancy July 6, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  A wild young Texan meets a dance-hall girl who knows a thing or two.
• Justice of the Peace July 13, 1958 · CBS · 26 min
  A woman justice of the peace can't stop a mob from lynching an Indian accused of murder.
• Jesse James Robs Kendall July 20, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Five holdup men outside Laramie, and Kendall's try at getting them arrested. A surprise ending.
• Kendall Robs Jesse James July 27, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Kendall's second run-in with Jesse James.
• Nebraska Jack August 3, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Nebraska Jack has five Indian wives, a crowd of children and a taste for whiskey.
• A Wagon Full of Cats August 10, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A wandering Irishman with sixty-two cats and big plans for them.
• The Fastest Gun That Never Was August 17, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A young man with a lightning draw seems bound to become a killer.
• Belle Siddons' Encore August 24, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Belle Siddons, now Madame Verdi, comes to the Dakotas and makes a deal with the highwayman Archie McLaughlin.
• Belle Siddons Strikes Back August 31, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A stagecoach holdup is planned, and Madame Verdi knows about it, but she also turns out to be a fine surgeon.
• The Last of Belle Siddons September 7, 1958 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  Archie McLaughlin has escaped to Cheyenne, and Madame Verdi has her say about it.
• A Horse for Kendall September 14, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A race from Deadwood to Cheyenne, the hard way.
• Injun Lover September 21, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Crow Dog, charged with murder, offers no defense, then breaks out.
• The Gold Digger September 28, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Two miners strike it rich, and a saloon woman sets out to get the gold away from them.
• The Librarian October 5, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A Boston librarian and a Confederate veteran fight over a Dakota homestead.
• How the Dead Man's Hand Got Its Name October 12, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, and how aces and eights came to be called the dead man's hand.
• The Preacher October 19, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  Kendall tries to stop a gunfight between a preacher and a man set on killing him.
• The Rainmaker October 26, 1958 · CBS · 25 min
  A Kansas rainmaker who really can make it rain.
• The Deadly Grover Family November 2, 1958 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
  Kendall spends a night in a strange house with a strange family, and death.
• Holiday November 9, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Cole Williams, a notorious killer of the war years, lies dying in Batesville, Missouri.
• Some Random Notes from a Train November 16, 1958 · CBS · 24 min
  Kendall starts home to England and looks back on his adventures in the territories.