“Pappy”
“Pappy”
Season: 3 episode 1
Series Episode: 54
Air Date: September 13, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist James Garner 31 Credited
Beauregard "Pappy" "Beau" Maverick Gambler / Con artist / Father of Bret & Bart Maverick James Garner 31 Credited
Bart Maverick (a.k.a. "Dandy Jim" James Aloysius Buckley Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 31 Credited
Bentley "Bent" Maverick Beauregard Maverick's brother / Uncle to Bret and Bart Maverick Jack Kelly 31 Credited
Daniel "Dan'l" "Dan" "Danny" Jamison Gida Jamison's son Troy Donahue 23 Credited
"Lady" Gida Jamison Owner of Lady Gida's Show Boat / Actress Virginia Gregg 43 Credited
Chester Miller Owner of Miller's Store Chubby Johnson 56 Credited
Sampson Actor / Lady Gida's new leading man John Hubbard 45 Credited
Jean Paul St. Cloud Rene St. Cloud's son Michael Forest 30 Credited
Josephine St. Cloud Rene St. Cloud's 18-year-old daughter Kaye Elhardt 24 Credited
Rene St. Cloud Friend/nemisis of Beauregard "Pappy" Maverick Henry Daniell 65 Credited
Rudolph St. Cloud Rene St. Cloud's son Adam West 30 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Pierre French employee at Le Cherlez Club Torben Meyer 74 Uncredited
Barber Donald Kerr 68 Uncredited
Bartender where Dan Jamison finds Bret Maverick Sailor Vincent 57 Uncredited
Engagement party guest John Fritz Uncredited
Engagement party guest James Gonzalez 48 Uncredited
Man playing poker with "Pappy" Gene Coogan 50 Uncredited
Cole Poker player Uncredited
Poker player John Albright 46 Uncredited
Sheriff Ralph Stanford 60 Uncredited
Mayor beaten at poker by Bart Maverick Mentioned
Crew
Director Montgomery Pittman
Assistant Director C. Carter Gibson
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Montgomery Pittman
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Herold (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Elbert K. Hollingsworth
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Robert B. Lee
Set Decorator
John P. Austin
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Allusions/Dialogue/Euphemisms/Idioms/Literary References/Proverbs/Quotes
Bret: I think I know a way. It might work and it might sink in the quicksand. But let’s take it out in the swamp and try it.
Bart: The world is full of jackanapes like that.
Rudolph St. Cloud: Second best thing is the hair of the dog that bit us.
Notable Mentions
Pawnee
Showboat
Gentlemen’s Club
Our American Cousin
Abraham Lincoln
Dueling
Napolionic Code
Geographic References
Leto, Louisiana, United States of America
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Burns County, Texas, United States of America
Louisiana, United States of America
New York, United States of America
Texas, United States of America
Stratford on Avon , England
The Games People Play
Cole: You know, if I hadn’t dealt this hand with my own cards, I’d say this was just a little more than luck.
5-Card Draw Poker
5-Card Stud Poker
Blackjack / Twenty-one
Grub
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