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Trackdown
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman

CBS Television Network 
October 4, 1957 - September 23, 1958
Four Star Productions, Inc.
In Association with CBS Television
70 - b&w - 30 minute episodes

Recurring Cast:
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
James Griffith as Aaron Adams
Addison Richards as Dr. Jay Calhoun
Gail Kobe as Penny Adams
Narrated by Ed Prentiss


Update: Credits are up for all 70 episodes. I still have a few missing names to add. Need to finish the synopsis, trivia and screencaps for each episode & link to videos. Sorry it's taking so long! If you have any information, corrections or suggestions for this guide please contact me.

Pilot Episode:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

"Badge of Honor"

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Hoby Gilman (Robert Culp)
returns home from the war
War weary Hoby Gilman returns home to Crawford, Texas and his sister Norah, only to find the town under the control of a power mad ex- colonel.

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This was Robert Culp's first television series.

Producer Dick Powell introduced this episode .

In the pilot, Hoby carries an unusual weapon made from leather  and cartridges. In the series itself he carries a Smith & Wesson.
Guest star Peggy Webber reprised her role as Hoby's sister Norah in  "Back to Crawford" whichwas written by
Robert Culp


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First Aired: Friday May 3, 1957
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Introduction by Dick Powell
Guest Stars:
Gary Merrill as Colonel Boyd Nelson 
Tom Tully as Jed Phillips
Peggy Webber as Norah (Hoby's sister)
Dick Gardner as Tim Dougherty
Mike Ragan as Sam Gibson
Walter Coy as Jim Shane
Bill Henry as George Wallace
Bill Leicester as Ranger
Richard Devon as Army Hendricks
Eddie Parker as Townsperson

This episode is set in Crawford.
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Season One:
"The Marple Brothers"

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Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
in "The Marple Brothers" the first
regular episode of Trackdown.
Hoby finally catches up with the notorious Marple Brothers in Stockton, Texas -  but finds they are holding the town's women and chlldren hostage
in the church

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 "Back to Crawford" references this episode as Hoby realizes his childhood sweetheart was married to one of the Marple Brothers.


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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 1
First Aired: Friday October 4, 1957
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by John McGreevey
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
James Best as Rand Marple
James Griffith as Thad Marple
Jan Merlin as Cece Marple
Gail Kobe as Beth Waislip
Tom Pittman as Tom Sladen
Don House as Doctor
Sheb Wooley as Townsman with Rifle(uncredited) 
Roy Engel as Marshal (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw as Bartender (uncredited)

This episode is set in Stockton, Texas.
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"Law in Lampasas"

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The townsfolk in Lampasas are about to hang a man for the murder of a newspaper publisher, Hoby isn't convinced  they have the right man.

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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 2
First Aired: October 11, 1957
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Norman Jacob
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Frank Ferguson as Judge Tolliver
James Lydon as Sam Devlin
Vaughn Taylor as Doc Rivers
John Cliff as Sheriff Muldane
Fintan Meyler as Ruth Devlin
James Anderson as Lance Conners  
 (uncredited)
 Chick Hannon as Trial Spectator
 (uncredited)

This episode is set in Lampasas.
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"The San Saba Incident"

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While escorting a prison wagon, Hoby encounters a mysterious stranger who wants one of his prisoners.

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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 3
First Aired: Friday Oct 18, 1957
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by D.D.Beachamp
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Rex Reason as Travis
Margaret Hayes as Abby Lindon
Mort Mills as Ike Collins
Guy Wilkerson as Dutchy Hoffman
Chris Alcaide as 1st Prisoner
Robert Karnes as 2nd Prisoner 
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"Easton, Texas"

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Hoby tries to solve a robbery that left two men dead and the bank teller  wounded.

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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 4
First Aired: October 25,1957
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Barry Kelley as Sheriff Joe French
Dabbs Greer as Ethan Felps
Gale Robbins as Sherry Lamar
Dee Carroll as Larissa
Robert Foulk as Dan Cutler
Ned Glass as Helen Farr
Frank Sully as Charlie (uncredited)
Jack Tomek as Barfly (uncredited)
Herman Hack as Barfly (uncredited)
Chick Hannon as Barfly (uncredited)

"Like Father"

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Hoby has to contend with a dangerous outlaw's hostile young son.

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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 5
First Aired: Friday  November 1, 1957
Directed by John English
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast :
William Talman as Blaine Sand
Malcolm Brodrick as Jeremy Sand 
James Seay as Duke Kincaid
James Nolan as Hank Pearson
Don Diamond as Hodges

"Sweetwater, Texas"

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After finding a baby at the scene of a stagecoach robbery, Hoby tries to find the baby's aunt and solve the crime.

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The baby in this episode is NOT  one of  Robert Culp's children.

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Video Coming Soon

Season 1, Episode 6
First Aired: Friday November 8, 1957
Directed By Donald McDougall
Written By Norman Jacobs
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Valerie French as Marcia
Ray Danton as Clem Reese
Paul Richards as Mr. Nelson
Paul Birch as Sheriff
John Mitchum as Bar Patron

Arthur Space as Doc

This  episode is set in Sweetwater.


"Alpine, Texas"

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Hoby travels to Alpine to investigate the murder of a  Ranger. When he arrives he finds the towspeople hate  the Rangers and only the cafe owner  and her son are  willing to help him.

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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 7
First Aired: Friday November 15, 1057
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Fred Freiberger
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Ian MacDonald as Jed Burroughs
Virginia Christine as Millie 
Robin Raymond as Sal Hendricks
Dick Wessel as Matt Morris
Robert Griffin as Ben Arnold
Paul Engle as Peter
Frank Richards as The Trail Boss
Tom Steele as Cowboy
Ed Prentiss as Store Owner (uncredited)

This episode is set in Alpine.
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"Self Defense"

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Duke Kincaid is about to be released from jail, but Polly Webster has promised to shoot him as soon as he is released to avenge her husband.

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Videos Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 8
First Aired: Friday November 22, 1957
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Constance Ford as Polly Webster
Stacy Harris as Duke Kinkaid
Eve Miller as Sally McDermit
Richard Webb as Sheriff Eden Lake
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"End of an Outlaw"

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Sam Bass and his gang travel to Round Rock to rob the bank, but  Hoby and  another Ranger are waiting for them after 
receiving a tip.

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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 9
First Aired: Friday November 29, 1957
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Curtis Kenyon
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
John Anderson as Sam Bass
Willard Sage as Dick Wade
John Baer as Jim Murphy
DeForest Kelley as Deputy Perry Grimes
James Gavin as Captain Reynolds
Mario Siletti as Luigi Campelloni
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"Look for the Woman"

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A dying outlaw asks Hoby to look after his sister, But when Hoby meets her he finds that she has been blackmailing his two accomplices and Hoby  tries to find out who they are.

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Video Coming Soon
Season 1, Episode 10
First Aired: Friday December 6, 1957
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by Daniel B. Ullman
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Phyllis Avery as Charlotte Crome
Lawrence Dobkin as Lee Caldwell
Ray Teal as Sheriff Michaels
Ross Elliott as Bill Judson
William Phipps as Bud Crome
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"The Town"

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Hoby trails an outlaw to a town owned by he and his brother. Soon after he arrives his guns and horse are confiscated and he is running for his life.

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Season 1, Episode 11
First Aired: Friday December13, 1957
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Lee Van Cleef as Ben Fraser
Stuart Whitman as Cal Fraser
Gloria Saunders as Rose
Richard Hale as Dad McCready
Richard Reeves as Saul McCready
Ric Roman as Deputy John Minor
Alan Wells as Frank
John Reach as Al
Roy Barcroft as Marshall Kent
George Keymas as  Clerk
Kem Dibbs as Harry
James Chandler as Store Owner
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"Man and Money"

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After Hoby tracks down outlaw Stoney Buckram, he tries to trick Stoney into leading him to the money he stole, by pretending to be an outlaw.

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Season 1, Episode 12
First Aired: Friday December, 27, 1957
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Vic Morrow as Stoney Buckram
Victor Millan as Rodolfo
Anna Navarro as Juanita
Don Diamond
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"The Reward"

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Hoby travels to Alpine to deliver a reward to a botanist
who provided a tip about a stagecoach robbery. But when he arrives the man and a rare orchid have gone missing. Hoby wants to know how hthe knew about the robbery . As it turns out there are three dangerous men in town that are also looking for the missing man.

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Season 1, Episode 13
First Aired: Friday January 3, 1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Virginia Christine as Millie
Pernell Roberts as Bannion
Jay Novello as Robert Murchison
Russ Bender as Sheriff John Kemp
John Doucette as Joe Garth
Robin Raymond as Sal Hendricks
Val Dufour as Mort Williams

This  episode is set in Alpine.

"The Farrand Story"

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Season 1, Episode 14
First Aired: Friday January 10, 1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Carole Mathews as Millie Gwynn
Judith Ames as Jenny Krail
Grant Richards as Norval Franklin
Richard Webb as Sheriff Eden Lake
Richard Crane as Jeff Krail

"Right of Way"

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Season 1, Episode 15
First Aired: Friday January 17, 1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp  as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Dan Barton as Phil Ballard
Robert Cornthwaite as Jerome Ballard
Edward Platt  as Sheriff Harper
Harry Harvey Jr. as Billy
Barbara Wilson  as Nancy Fowler

"The Witness"

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Season 1, Episode 16
First Aired: Friday January 24, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Harold J. Stone as Aaron Yewcic
Jacques Aubuchon as Payette
Joseph Perry as Tolla
Malcolm Atterbury as Ned Case
Dabbs Greer  as Ward Barrett

"The Toll Road"

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Season 1, Episode 17
First Aired: Friday January 31, 1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Will Wright as Luke Monroe
Trevor Bardette as Dr. Wilson
Bill Erwin as Dawson
Parley Baer as Ronald Desmond
John Cliff as Sheriff
Harry Hickox as Jerry Linden
Chuck Hamilton as Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Jones as Townsman (uncredited)

"The Young Gun"

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Season 1, Episode 18
February 7, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Daniel P. Ullman
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Corey Allen as Tom Summers
Karen Sharpe as Edith Collins
Bill Henry as Turley
Christopher Dark as Dover
Robert Anderson as Sheriff 
Norman Leavitt as Hotel Clerk

"The Wedding"

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First Aired on February 14, 1959, this episode was apparently intended as a Valentine's Day episode.

Season 1, Episode 19
First Aired: Friday February 14, 1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by Sidney Marshall
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Virginia Gregg as Matilda Parsons
June Vincent as Mary Howard
Robert Burton as Sheriff Jeb Dobbs
John Harmon as Henry Bennett
Frank Cady as Bob Tail
Kem Dibbs as Murray Venner
William Kerman as Robert
June Vincent as Mary Howard

"The Trail"

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While trying to bring an outlaw back from Mexico Hoby  encounters a bitter, corrupt ex ranger, the local authorities, a rattlesnake, the outlaws  stepdaughter and winds up under arrest after he returns to Texas.

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Season 1, Episode 20
First Aired: Friday, February 28, 1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
 Wrtten by John Robimson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Harry Bellaver as Michael Doyle
Elisha Cook Jr.  as Clint Serle
Didi Ramati as Theresa Doyle
Ted  de Corsia as Lt. Bailey
Thomas Browne Henry as Captain Wendell 
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Chief of Police Otega

"The Bounty Hunter"

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Pilot for Wanted: Dead or Alive
Hoby meets bounty hunter Josh Randall and they  team up to find a wanted man..

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Season 1, Episode 21
First Aired: Friday March 7,1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Cast:
Steve McQueen as Josh Randall
Jean Willes as Janette York
George N. Neise as Nate Phillips
Barbara Fuller as Mrs. Phillips
Stacy Harris as Ira Black
James Griffith as Felix (uncredited)
Kenneth MacDonald as Sheriff
Herman Hack as Barfly
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"The Judge"

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Judge Henry's son escapes from Hoby's jail after he murders a man and holds Henrietta and George at gunpoint.

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John Litel
  • This is the first episode set in Porter as Hoby becomes the acting sheriff. 
  • Ellen Corby, Norman Leavitt and James Griffith join the cast as Henrietta Porter, Ralph and Aaron Adams.
  • Aaron's sister Penny is mentioned in one scene although Gail kobe did not appear until the next episode.
  • Norm Leavitt had appeared in an earlier episode as a hotel clerk.
  • James Griffith had appeared just one episode earlier in (The Bounty Hunter ) as a gambler and in the first regular episode (The Marple Brothers.)
  • John Litel would reprise his role as Judge Henry in Jailbreak.


Season 1, Episode 22
First Aired: Friday March 14, 1958
Directed by Donald McDougall
 Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter 
James Griffith as Aaron Adams
Norman Leavitt as Ralph 
Guest Cast:
Steve Terrell as Malcolm Henry
John Litel as Judge Henry
Kasey Rogers as Vera

This episode is set in Porter.
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"The House"

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A young blind woman comes to town searching for her mother, who had moved to Porter after marrying a mysterious man. Her new stepfather says her mother ran away and offers to let her come stay wiith him -

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Season 1, Episode 23
First Aired: Friday March 21, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
James Griffith as  Aaron Adams
Gail Kobe  as Penny Adams
Norman Leavitt  as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Rachel Ames  (Judith Ames)
as Melinda Curry
Jacques Aubuchon  as Ben Steele

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Boy"

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A young boy's mother is brutally murdered and Hoby tries to protect him from  an outlaw stepfather who blaims him for the failure of his marriage.

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Season 1, Episode 24
First Aired: Friday March 28, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Wrtten by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
James Griffith as Aaron Adams
Gail Kobe as Penny Adams
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Johnny Crawford as  Eric Paine
Lawrence Dobkin as Joel Paine
King Donovan as Dean Burke
Adrienne Marden as Gina Paine

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Pueblo Kid"

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Season 1, Episode 25
First Aired: Friday April 4, 1958  
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by Frank Burt
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Gail Kobe as Penny Adams
James Griffith as Aaron Adams 
Guest Cast: 
Michael Landon as Jed Daws
George Brenlin as Dave Phillips
Sally Fraser as  Lucy Franklin

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Winter Boys"

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Season 1, Episode 26
First Aired: Friday April 11, 1958
Directed by  Don McDougall
Written by Frank Burt
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
James Griffith as Aaron Adams
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Nick Adams as Luke Crane
Richard Devon as Thad Winter 
Harry Lauter as Walt Graves 
Tom Pittman  as Red Bolton
Doris Singleton as Inez Bard
Mathew McCue as Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Barfly (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Mistake"

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Season 1, Episode 27
First Aired: Friday April 18, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
James Griffith
 as Aaron Adams
Guest Stars:
James Best as Bob Ahler
Bruce Gordon as
Steve Marriner
Joseph Mell as
Farrow
Rusty Wescoatt
  as Bartender
 Roy Engel  as Jeff (uncredited)
Mathew McCue as
Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Barfly (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Deal"

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Season 1. Episode 28
First Aired: Friday April 25, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
James Griffith as Aaron Adams
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Johnny Crawford  as Eric Paine 
 Bert Stevens as  Banker
James Westerfield as Dingo Noble

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Jailbreak"

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Season 1., Episode 29
First Aired: Friday May 2, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by John McGreevey
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
James Griffith  as Aaron Adams
Gail Kobe as Penny Adams
Norman Leavitt as
Ralph
Guest Stars:
DeForest Kelley as Brock Childers
I. Stanford Jolley as Dan Loring
Ned Glass as Jace 

 Nolan Leary as George
John Litel as Judge Henry

This episode is set in Porter.

"The End of the World"

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Trackdown Trading Card

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Robert Culp and Claudia Barrett

Season 1, Episode 30
First Aired: Friday May 9, 1958
Directed by  Don McDougall
Written by John Robinson
Starring:  Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Lawrence Dobkin as Walter Trump
Claudia Barrett  as Dora McHenry
Dabbs Greer as Sheriff Chet Farrow

Richard Hale as  Judge Clement
Neyle Morrow  as Fred
Gene Coogan as Townsman (uncredited)
Troy Melton as Townsman (uncredited)



"The Brothers"

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Season 1, Episode 31
First Aired Friday May 9, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by D.D. Beauchamp
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Steve McQueen as Mal & Wes Cody
Richard Devon  as  Fenn Dooley
Rebecca Welles as Julie Corbin
Tim Graham as The Bartender
Ian MacDonald as The Sheriff 
Ethan Laidlaw as Barfly (uncredited)

"The Governor"

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Season 1, Episode 32
First Aired: Friday May 23, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by Fred Freiberger
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman 
Frank Wilcox as Gov. Jed Henricks
Amzie Strickland as Madge Roberts
Robert Griffin as Sheriff Bill Welch 
Robert Gothie as Lance
Vic Perrin as Jenson
B.G. Norman as Ronnie
Troy Melton as Maddern
Don Beddoe as Mayor
Paul Keast as Banker (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw  as Bill - Deputized Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Tornek as Townsman (uncredited)

Season Two
"Killer Take All"

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Season 2, Episode 33
First Aired September 5, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by Norman Jacobs
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Guest Stars:
Whit Bissell as Pendleton
Don Durant as Bobby Carlyle
Nancy Gates as Ellen Hackett
Forrest Lewis as Bank teller
Frank Mills as Barfly (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson as Buckboard Driver (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"Outlaw's Wife"

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Abigail Duke, who is married to a notorious outlaw, returns to Porter.
Aaron is glad to see her, but some of the local ladies want Hoby to run her out of town. Hoby refuses. Aaron is interested in Abby, but Abby's husband is interested in a payroll that is about to be delivered by an elderly rancher. After the rancher becomes ill Hoby and Aaron end up delivering it in his place.

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Season 2,  Episode 34
First Aired: September 12, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by Frank Burt
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter

James Griffith as Aaron Adams
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Diane Brewster as Abigail Wilson Duke
Dorothy Adams as Dora Wilson
Marjorie Bennett as Hetty  Lake
Kathryn Card as Emma Perkins 

Richard Crane as Lem Duke (uncredited)
George DeNormand as John Stoddard (uncredited)
George Mitchell as Doctor (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.
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Dinner at Henrietta's.

"Chinese Cowboy"

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Season 2, Episode 35
First Aired September 19, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by Bob Barbash
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as
Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Keye Luke as Wong
Don Gordon as Les Morgan
Fred Sherman
 as Sam Benson
Rusty Wescoatt
 as The Bartender
Ethan Laidlaw as Townsman (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn
 as The Town Citizen (uncredited)
Keith Richards as Charlie (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Set Up"

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Season 2, Episode 36
First Aired: September 26, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by:
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as  Henrietta Porter
James Griffith as Aaron Adams

Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Douglas Fowley as  Rex Carlson
King Donovan as  Lane Sawyer 

Jan Arvan as Doctor

This episode is set in Porter.

"A Stone for Benny French"

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Season 2, Episode 37
First Aired: October 3, 1958
Directed by: Don McDougall
Written by: Christopher Knopf
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Strother Martin as Benny French
Richard Devon as Morgan Larker

Wallace Ford as  Eli Zach 
Gordon Polk as Adrian Zach
Hugh Sanders as Sheriff
James Goodwin  as  Francis Zach (uncredited)

"Trapped"

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Season 2, Episode 38
First Aired:  October 10, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by D.D. Beauchamp and
Mary Beauchamp
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Virginia Grey as Laurie Tabor
Ross Elliott as Brett Hudson
John Beradino  as  Mark Beaudine 

"Matter of Justice"

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  • Virginia Christine makes her third appearance on the show.

Season 2, Episode 39
First Aired: October 17, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by David Lang
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Steve Brodie  as  John Quince
Virginia Christine as  Mrs. Doan
Robert Nichols as  Cotti
Kasey Rogers as Mavis
Regis Toomey as  Murdoch
Alan Wells as  Dorcas
(as Allen Wells)
Larry White 
Frank Mills as  Townsman (uncredited)
Max Wagner as  Storekeeper (uncredited)

This episode is set in Alpine.

"Tenner Smith"

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  • Peter Leeds joins the cast as Tenner Smith.

Season 2, Episode 40
First Aired: October 24, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by John Robinson
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter

Norman Leavitt as  Ralph
Guest Stars:
George Brenlin as  Del Taylor
Walter Sande as  Fred Creight
Bob Tetrick as  Michael Doofin
Rusty Wescoatt as  Joe
Buddy Roosevelt as Cowhand (uncredited}

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Avenger"

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Season 2, Episode 41
First Aired: October 31, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as  Tenner Smith
Ellen Corby as  Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt  as Ralph
Guest Stars
Marjorie Owens
 as  Bess Garth
George N. Neise as  Kels Gregory 
Barbara Lawrence
 as  Grace Marsden 
John Eldredge
  as Banker (uncredited)
Reed Howes as  Townsman (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes
 as  Townsman (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
 as  Lance Garth (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn
 as  Doctor (uncredited)
Orville Sherman
 as  Jed Garth (uncredited

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Schoolteacher"

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Season 2, Episode 42
First Aired: November 7, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as  Tenner Smith

Ellen Corby as  Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as  Ralph
Guest Stars:
Robert Cornthwaite as  Jim Martin
Harold J. Stone as  Quince Flanders
Jean Howell as Bess Martin
Rusty Wescoatt as  Joe
the Bartender
This episode is set in Porter.

"Deadly Decoy"

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Season 2, Episode 43
First Aired: November 14, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by George F. Slavin
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:

Chris Alcaide as Cass Desmond

Tom Fadden as  Nub Beamer
Ed Kemmer as Stan Elliott
Tom McKee as  Ranger Captain
Than Wyenn as  Ed Teller

"Sunday's Child"

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Season 2, Episode 44
First Aired: November 21, 1958
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as  Ralph
Guest Stars:
Gail Kobe as Cindy
James Best as Joe Sunday
 Dick Elliott as Pete
William Fawcett as Loafer
Frank Mills as Townsman (uncredited)
Rusty Wescoatt .as Joe the  Bartender (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"Day of Vengeance"

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Season 2, Episode 45
First Aired: November 28, 1958
Directed by
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Guest Stars:
Michael Landon as Jack Summers 
Francis McDonald as Milo Spencer
Jean Allison as Eileen Day 
George Keymas as Peter Stratton 
Frank Mills as Barfly (uncredited)
Rusty Wescoatt as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"Three-Legged Fox"

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Season 2, episode 46
First Aired: December 5, 1958
Directed by
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as Ralph

Guest Stars:
Robert Armstrong as Vernan Croft
Peter Brocco as Jed Work 
Sam Flint as Phillips
Henry Hull as  Moss
Jason Johnson as Bank teller
Ray Teal as Ward
Hank Patterson as Taverner (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson as Gang Member (uncredited)



"The Kid"

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Season 2, Episode 47
First Aired: December 12, 1958
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter

Addison Richards as Dr. Jay Calhoun
Jack Kruschen as Milo York
Vivi Janiss as Summer York 

Dabbs Greer as Mike Kilroy
Jonathan Hole as Coroner Petrie
Joseph Mell as Armadillo

This episode is set in Porter

"Guilt"

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Season 2. Episode 48
First Aired: December 15, 1958
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by Christopher Knopf
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars: 
Ted de Corsia as George Caldwell
Regis Toomey as Sheriff Waterman
Don Gordon as Hector
Forrest Lewis as Abe Perkins
David Post as Boy

"Every Man a Witness"

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Season 2, Episode 49
First Aired: December 26, 1958
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
Written by George F. Slavin
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Walter Coy as Sheriff Alvin Freemont
Joan Lora as Dolores Lopez
Kenneth MacDonald as Hub Grimm 
Edward Platt as George Mason 
Kasey Rogers as Stella Mason
Dick Ryan as Tad Collins

"McCallin's Daughter"

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Season 2, Episode 50
First Aired: January 2, 1959
Directed by Arthur Hilton
Written by Sidney Marshall
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Ahna Capri as Debby McCallin
 (as Ann Marie Nanasi)
Russ Conway  as Bart McCallin
Barbara Eiler as Janet McCallin 
Russell Thorson as Dr. Aaron Hosper
Thomas Browne Henry as Banker Jeb Stevens
Charles Boaz as Praeger

This episode is set in Porter.

"Bad Judgement"

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Season 2, Episode 51
First Aired: December 28, 1959
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Mort Mills  as Rafe Borden

King Calder as Sheriff Whittaker
Lee Farr as Charley Wagner

Jean Howell  as Greta Wagner
Warren Oates as Lute Borden
Bill Quinn as Bartender (uncredited)

"Terror"

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Season 2, Episode 52
First Aired: February 4, 1959
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by D.D. Beauchamp
and Mary M. Beauchamp
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Addison Richards as Dr. Jay Calhoun
Guest Stars:
Karl Swenson as Tom Monroe

Jan Shepard as Emily Monroe
Frank Ferguson as Adam Turner

Adrienne Marden as Annabelle Winters
Ralph Bucko as Townsman (uncredited)

Reed Howes as Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Townsman (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Fued"

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Season 2, Episode 53
First Aired: February 11, 1959
Directed by R.G. Springsteen
Written by John McGreevey
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Lillian Bronson as Maude Turley
Trevor Bardette as Verg Corbett
Jimmy Lydon as Mark Turley 
Helen Wallace as Nellie Corbett
Gary Gray as Luke Turley

George DeNormand as  Mr. Grant (uncredited)

This episode is set in Porter.

"The Samaritan"

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Robert Culp and Rita Moreno
Hoby rescues a man from a bear trap.After rescuing the man he is attacked and wakes up  with the bear trap on his leg.



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Rita Moreno and Robert Culp.
On June 6,  2009 guest star Rita Moreno and Robert Culp starred in a stage production of "Love Letters" in Centralia, Washington. It was his last theatrical perfoormance, before he passed away suddenly on March 24, 2010.

Season 2, Episode 54
First Aired: February 18, 1959
Directed by R.G. Springsteen
Written by D.D. Beauchamp
and Mary M. Beauchamp
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Rita Moreno as Tina
Chill Wills as Sebulen Hunt 
Charles Aidman as Len Starbuck
Edgar Dearing as Doctor (uncredited)
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Chill Wills and Rita Moreno.

"The Gang"

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Hoby returns to Porter and finds the town is under seige by a gang of young outlaws.

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Nick Adams makes his first guest appearance on Trackdown. He also guest starred in "The Trick"

Season 2,  Episode 55
First Aired: February 25, 1959
Directed by
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Addison Richards as Doc Jay Calhoun
Michael Fox as Blake Yedor
Guest Stars:
Nick Adams as Will Hastings
George Brenlin as Guthrie 
Gordon Polk as Lafe

"The Threat"

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A harmless looking gentleman appears in Porter one day and announces that he has left time bombs at various locations , which will destroy the town unless he is paid a ransom.

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Season 2, Episode 56
First Aired: March 4, 1959
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Norman Leavitt as  Ralph
Michael Fox as  Blake Yedor 
Guest Stars:
Lloyd Corrigan as  Fred Kettle

This episode is set in Porter.

"Hard Lines"

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Confederate veteran Joker Wells comes home to Porter and  is accused of cowardice  by Ed Crow, who was left badly wounded  when Joker deserted. After Ed is killed his widow plots revenge and Hoby must protect Joker from angry townspeople.

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DeForest Kelley makes his third guest appearance here.

Season 2, Episode  57
First Aired: March 11, 1959
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Guest Stars:
James Coburn as Joker Wells 
Beverly Garland  as Dora Crow
DeForest Kelley as  Ed Crow 
Dennis Moore as The Saloon Patron
Ethan Laidlaw as Townsman (uncredited)
This episode is set in Porter.

"Fear"

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Season 2, Episode 58
First Aired: Mrch 18, 1959
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Christopher Knopf
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Guest Stars:
Warren Oates as  Kelly
Gordon Polk as Garth

Harold J. Stone as Ambrose Hooker
Paul von Schreiber as  Little Beamer
Barry Brooks as Townsman (uncredited)
Rusty Wescoatt as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
This episode is set in Porter.

"Stranger in Town"

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Season 2, Episode 59
First Aired March 25. 1959
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as  Henrietta Porter
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith

Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
James Drury as John Ward
Paul Carr as Joshua
Clarke Gordon as Wilson
John Hackett as Joseph
Adam Williams as Al Harp
Reed Howes as Townsman (uncredited)
This episode is set in Porter.

"The Protector"

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Season 2, Episode 60
First Aired: April 1, 1960
Directed by R.G. Springsteen
Written by
Starring Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Russell Thorson as Sheriff Jesse Jackson
Grace Raynor as Ann Jackson
Paul Brinegar  Deputy Zack Armstead
Richard Jaeckel as Frank Wilson
Sidney Clute as Sam Willis 
John Harmon as Sid Meggs 
Jason Johnson as Brad Hawkins

"False Witness"

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This episode is set in Porter.

Season 2, Episode 61
First Aired: April 8, 1959
Directed by
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter

Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Addison Richards as Dr. Jay Calhoun
Guest Stars:

Patricia Donahue as Jan Palmer 
Ed Kemmer as Leo Crane

Bethel Leslie as Marcy James
Jimmy Lydon as Joe Corbett
Ethan Laidlaw as Barfly (uncredited)

"The Trick"

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An ex-con and a young gunslinger come looikng for Tenner Smith. 

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Rebel star Nick Adams also appeared in "The Gang".

Season 2, Episode 62
First Aied April 15, 1959
Directed by R.G. Springsteen
Written by David Lang
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Peter Leeds as Tenner Smith
Guest Stars:
Nick Adams as Deal Jackford
Edgar Buchanan as Tully Saxon 
Ethan Laidlaw as Poker Player (uncredited)
Jon Lormer as Will  the Blacksmith (uncredited)

"The Eyes of Jerry Kelso"

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Hoby questions a strange young girl, her father and her boyfriend about a murder in this unusual episode about hypnosis.

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Season 2, Episode 63
First Aired: April 22, 1959
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Written by John Robinson
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Addison Richards as Dr. Jay Calhoun (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Judith Braun .as Pearl Madson
Carleton Carpenter as Jerry Kelso
Edward Platt as  Adam Madson  
Malcolm Atterbury as  Haskins
Jonathan Hole as  Mike Kilroy
 This episode is set in Porter.


"Gift Horse"

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Two men show up in Porter claiming to be Ralph's longlost uncles. Ralph is delighted, but Hoby is suspicious -

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Season 2, Episode 64
First Aired:  April 29, 1959
Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Christopher Knopf
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Norman Leavitt as  Ralph
Peter Leeds as  Tenner Smith
Michael Fox as  Blake Yedor
Guest Stars: 

James Burke as Levi
Will Wright as  Zack
This episode is set in Porter
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"The Vote"

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Season 2, Episode 65
First Aired: May 6, 1959
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Ellen Corby as Henrietta Porter
Peter Leeds .as Tenner Smith
Norman Leavitt as Ralph
Guest Stars:
Rodney Bell as Wick
Barbara Eiler as Ameilia Hallswell 
Bruce MacFarlane as Jed
James Seay as Gil Hallswell
Gregory Walcott as Cliff Doby
This episode is set in Porter.

"The Unwanted"

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Hoby investigates when a religious sect is blamed for an unexplained illness.

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Season 2, Episode 66
First Aired May 16, 1959
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by Fred Freiberger
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
Dorothy Adams as Widow Harper
Rhys Williams as Jedidiah
Walter Brooke as Doc Walters 
Hal K. Dawson as  Gus
Thomas Wilde as Will Stoddard
Bob LaVarre as Jensen 
Roy Barcroft as Sheriff Gaines 

Paul Engle as Jeremiah (uncredited)
Mathew McCue as Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Townsman (uncredited)

"Toss Up"

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Season 2, Episode 67
First Aired May 20 , 1959
Directed by Don McDougall
Written by
Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Guest Stars:
John Anderson as Billy McCall
Lee Farr as Tris Carey
Scott Forbes as Paul Wallace
Jean Howell  as Naomi Wallace

Season Three
"Back to Crawford"

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Hoby goes home to Crawford after his sister Nora begins receiving threatening letters. He is shocked when he realizes that the culprit is his childhood sweetheart Merilee Quintana.

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Back to Crawford" was written by Robert Culp.

Nancy Asch, (Merilee) was Robert Culp's second wife and the mother of his four oldest children. (Joshua, Jason, Joseph and Rachel).

Peggy Webber reprises her role from the pilot episode Badge of Honor as Hoby's sister Norah.

Warren Oates makes his third guest appearance on the series.

Hoby's nephew Tommy is now played by Donald Losby.

In this episode we learn that Merilee was married to Marple who is killed by Hoby in the first regular episode "The Marple Brothers."

King Calder also appeared in "The Setup as a different character.




Season 3, Episode 68
First Aired: September 9, 1959
Directed by R.G. Springsteen 
Written by Robert Culp  
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Nancy Asch as Merilee Quntana
Peggy Webber  as  Norah 
Donald Losby as  Tommy
King Calder as  Sheriff Jed
Warren Oates as  Deputy Norvil
Charles Seel as Fred Sales
Robert Williams as The Bartender
This episode is set in Crawford
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"Blind Alley"

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Hoby helps a young man learn to cope with blindness after he is wounded by an outlaw.

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Susan Oliver  and Richard Devon guest starred on I Spy.

Season 3, Episode 69
First Aired: Setember 16, 1959
Directed by Don McDougall     
Written by S.L. Maita  
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman 
Addison Richards as Dr. Jay Calhoun
Norman Leavitt as  Ralph
Guest Stars:
Bobby Driscoll as Mike Hardesty 
Susan Oliver as Rebecca Ford
Richard Devon as Rufus Cole 
Robert Anderson as Sheriff
 Dennis Cross as Stokes

 
 
 

Final Episode
"Quiet Night in Porter"

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The Dooley brothers try to protect their senile mother from a murder charge by taing Hoby and Doc Calhoun prisoner .

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  • This episode is set in Porter.
  • Deforest Kelley makes his fourth and  final guest appearance on the show.

Season 3, Episode 70
Firste Aired September  23, 1959
Directed by Don McDougall  
Written by
Starring: Robert Culp as Hoby Gilman
Addison Richards as  Dr. Jay Calhoun
Norman Leavitt  as  Ralph
Guest Stars:
Helen Kleeb as Mrs. Meg Dooley 
Don Durant  as Frank Dooley
DeForest Kelley as Tom Dooley
This episode is set in Porter.

 


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