“The Troubled Heir”
“The Troubled Heir”
Season: 5 episode 11
Series Episode: 121
Air Date: April 1, 1962
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
“Pearly” Gates may actually see the “Pearly Gates.”
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 34 Credited
Marla Mother Hubbard's Friendly Rooms proprietor / Confidence woman Kathleen Crowley 32 Credited
"Pearly" Gates Gambler / Confidence man / Mine owner Mike Road 43 Credited
Chester Bentley Sheriff of Sunset Will (J.) Wright 68 Credited
Lester Hawkins Sheriff of Payoff Frank Ferguson 56 Credited
Hub Watson's gang member 36 Credited
Oliver S. "Slippery" Perkins Confidence man Chick Chandler 57 Credited
Ward Quillan Owner of Quillan's Poker Palace in Sunset Gordon Jones 50 Credited
"Big" Jim Watson (a.k.a. Wiley Carger) Outlaw Alan Hale 41 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 59 Uncredited
Copp Hotel proprietor Uncredited
Laine Livery stable owner Uncredited
Stagecoach driver Emile Avery 53 Uncredited
Stagecoach shotgun Uncredited
Watson's gang member Uncredited
Watson's gang member Uncredited
Western Union Telegrapher Doodles Weaver 49 Uncredited
Mine owner
Mentioned
Mine owner's sick sister Mentioned
"Pearly" Gates "uncle" Mentioned
Dr. "Doc" John Henry Holliday Mentioned
Crew
Director Sidney Salkow
Assistant Director Bill (William) Kissell
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer George F. Slavin
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer William L Stuart
Supervising Producer Arthur W. Silver
Director of
Photography
Louis Jennings
Lamp Operator Earl C. Williman
Art Director
LeRoy Dean
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor
Fred M. Bohanan
Production Manager
Sound B. F. Ryan
Set Decorator Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Supervising Hair Stylist Jean Burt Reilly, C.H.S.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredtied)
Music Composer
Music Supervisor
Music Editor Joe Inge
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Bart: Great Mortimer’s mustache!
Bart: (To Marla) You know if my old Pappy could see me now he’d be real proud of you.
Notable Mentions
Silver mining stocks
Geographic References
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Sunset, Nevada, United States of America
Virginia City, Nevada, United States of America
Payoff, Nevada, United States of America
The Games People Play
Grub
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