“Darwin’s Man”

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“Darwin’s Man”

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Season:             5 episode 32
Series Episode: 187
Air Date:          April 21, 1962

 

 

Teaser

“Now ‘Hey Boy’, I have a number of choices.  I can let that young man shoot me… or I can shoot him or  I could take his gun away from him; that would humiliate him further  and only postpone the inevitable.  No, no,  I need an honorable, a legitimate excuse for leaving town for a few days. ”

 

Employment Solicitation

Letter

Paladin,

My father and brother are trying to kill me. Can you help me?

Signed,

Tully Coombs

 

Fee

Undisclosed

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	55	Credited
Avery Coombs	Owner of the C Double O	Kent Smith	55	Credited
Jayce Coombs	Avery Coomb's son	Richard Rust	26	Credited
Tully Coombs	Avery Coomb's son	Buzz Martin	22	Credited
	Teresa's husband	Robert Dornan	23	Credited
	Blacksmith	Bud Osborne	75	Credited
	Hotel Carlton desk clerk	Tony Reagan (Regan)	53	Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton guest	Herschel Graham	58	Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton guest	Cosmo Sardo	53	Uncredited
	Townsman	John George	39	Uncredited
	Townsman	Bert Madrid	46	Uncredited
	Townsman	Mathew McCue	66	Uncredited
	Townsman	Lucian Tiger	45	Uncredited
	Townsman	Sid Troy	53	Uncredited
Reed	Avery Coombs former partner			Mentioned
Teresa	Paladin's inamorate			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	William Conrad
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Archie L. Tegland
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer	Howard Joslin & Albert Ruben
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Samuel (Sam) Gold
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Fay Babcock
Casting	Peggy Rae
Titles and Opticals	Pacific Title
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

 

 

Filming Locations

Sets
Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

Historical References

Charles Darwin
Richard King
Middleton
“On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”.
Whaley of Oscelola County, Florida

 

Geographic Reference

San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

Gastronomic Delights

Biscuits
Coffee
Steak

 

Sources

Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.

 

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