“Genesis”

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“Genesis”

 

Season:             6 episode 1
Series Episode: 194
Air Date:          September 15, 1962

 

Teaser

“Where is righteousness, noble Paladin? Where is your cause? You remember, there’s always a dragon loose…somewhere.”

 

 

Employment Solicitation

Forced by Norge

 

Fee

Payment of a gambling debt

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Mr. Burton	Attending Smoke's funeral	Nestor Paiva	57	Credited
Mrs. Burton	Attending Smoke's funeral	Ann Merrison		Credited
Roderick Jefferson	Gambler / Apprentice	James Mitchum	21	Credited
Norge	Owns Delta Valey	William Conrad	41	Credited
Reston	Gave the eulogy	Parley Baer	48	Credited
Smoke	Guardian		45	Credited
	Poker player	William Meader	58	Uncredited
	Poker player	Tony Reagan (Regan)	54	Uncredited
	Townsman	Ethan Laidlaw	62	Uncredited
	Townsman	John Rice	68	Uncredited
	Townsman	Robert Random	19	Uncredited

 

 

Crew

Director	Willilam Conrad
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Sam Rolfe
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Robert Sparks
Associate Producer	Don Ingalls
Production Manager	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by	Van Cleave
Conductor	Van Cleave
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Everett Sutherland, A.C.E.
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Claude E. Carpenter
Casting	Peggy Rae
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Historical Reference

Paladin

 

 

Geographic References

Delta Valley, California, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

 

 

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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