“Trooper Maverick”
“Trooper Maverick”
Season: 3 episode 12
Series Episode: 65
Air Date: November 29, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Somehow, Bart finds it easy to be the worst soldier that ever was.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist / Jack Kelly 32 Credited
Acando American Indian Tony Young 22 Credited
Jed Benedict Private at the fort Myron Healey 36 Credited
Ronald Berger Captain at the fort Charles Cooper 33 Credited
Dakota Cadman Frontiersman I. Stanford Jolley 59 Credited
Albert C. Heaven Private at the fort Sammy Jackson 22 Credited
O'Dell Private at the fort / Poker player Thomas H. Middleton 33 Credited
Catherine Percy Colonel Percy's wife Suzanne Lloyd 25 Credited
Samuel "Colonel Sam, "Sam" Percy Colonel in the Cavalry / Commander of the fort Herbert Rudley 49 Credited
Rogers Sergeant at the fort Mark Tapscott 34 Credited
Schumacher Sergeant at fort Joe Sawyer 53 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 57 Uncredited
Bart's horse Sickle Uncredited
Hangman Joe Walls 43 Uncredited
Owner of the settler's store Clegg Hoyt 48 Uncredited
Trapper Art Stewart 42 Uncredited
Trooper Louie Elias 26 Uncredited
Trooper Rod MGaughy 35 Uncredited
Trooper Uncredited
Trooper Uncredited
General Smith Colonel Percy's commander Mentioned
Acando's father / Chief Mentioned
Last soldier assigned to infiltrate the gunrunning ring Mentioned
Trooper Mentioned
Crew
Director Richard L. Bare
Assistant Director Don Blair
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer William Driskill
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Floyd Crosby
Art Director
Howard Campbell / Perry Ferguson
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Jim Faris
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Frank Webster
Set Decorator
Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Stunts Bobby Somers (uncredited)
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Music Supervisors Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor Joe Inge
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Notable Mentions
President Grant
Gattling gun
Sutler’s store
Geographic References
Fort Smith, Montana, United States of America
Twin Forks
Washington, D.C., United States of America
North Carolina, United States of America
California, United States of America
Mexico
The Games People Play
Bart Maverick: Mostly you don’t catch me hanging around army posts. I don’t have a hankering for the military life. But this fort was different.There was always a big poker game going on in the suttler’s store. Trappers in from the wilds would take a hand and some of those cavalry boys in blue are pretty sharp card players.You know the kind. When payday came around they’d wind up with most of the money in the barracks.So whenever I was in the neighborhood, I’d drop in and try to even things up a little.
O’Dell: You got a true gambler’s heart, Maverick.
Grub
Beer
Stew
Bread
Coffee
Potatoes
Music
“Reveille” (instrumental)
Theme from Maverick (whistle)
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