Cowboy in Africa

Cowboy in Africa is an ABC television series produced in 1967–1968 by Ivan Tors and starring Chuck Connors. A 1966 television pilot turned into a movie and released to cinemas starring Hugh O'Brian as Jim Sinclair was called Africa Texas Style.[1]

Cowboy in Africa
Chuck Connors as Jim Sinclair, 1967
StarringChuck Connors
Ronald Howard
Gerald Edwards
Tom Nardini
Country of originUSA
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producer(s)Aaron Spelling
Running time60 min.
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 11, 1967 –
April 1, 1968

Plot

Jim Sinclair (Chuck Connors) is hired by Commander Hayes (British actor Ronald Howard) to introduce modern methods to his game ranch in Kenya. He brings his helper and best friend, a Navajo Indian named John Henry. Together, they work at roping wildlife and building herds on the ranch. During the first episode, a ten-year-old African boy named Samson (played by Gerald Edwards) watches from afar and decides Jim would make a perfect father. Samson runs for a day and a half to the Hayes/Sinclair ranch and declares to Jim, the world's champion cowboy, that Jim would be his father. By the end of the first episode the boy and cowboy have adopted each other. Samson, John Henry, and Jim Sinclair become a family.

The series competed during its single season for the same time period as the programs Gunsmoke and The Monkees.

Cast

Episodes
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"The New World"TBATBASeptember 11, 1967 (1967-09-11)
2"Kifaru! Kifaru!"TBATBASeptember 18, 1967 (1967-09-18)
3"Incident at Derati Wells"TBATBASeptember 25, 1967 (1967-09-25)
4"What's an Elephant Mother to Do?"TBATBAOctober 2, 1967 (1967-10-02)
5"Search for Survival"TBATBAOctober 9, 1967 (1967-10-09)
6"Stone Age Safari"TBATBAOctober 16, 1967 (1967-10-16)
7"The Adopted One"TBATBAOctober 23, 1967 (1967-10-23)
8"Fang and Claw"TBATBAOctober 30, 1967 (1967-10-30)
9"The Time of the Predator"TBATBANovember 6, 1967 (1967-11-06)
10"Lake Sinclair"TBATBANovember 13, 1967 (1967-11-13)
11"Tomorrow on the Wind"TBATBANovember 20, 1967 (1967-11-20)
12"Little Boy Lost"TBATBANovember 27, 1967 (1967-11-27)
13"The Man Who Has Everything"TBATBADecember 4, 1967 (1967-12-04)
14"To Build a Beginning"TBATBADecember 11, 1967 (1967-12-11)
15"The Hesitant Hero"TBATBADecember 18, 1967 (1967-12-18)
16"African Rodeo: Part 1"TBATBAJanuary 15, 1968 (1968-01-15)
17"African Rodeo: Part 2"TBATBAJanuary 22, 1968 (1968-01-22)
18"First to Capture"TBATBAJanuary 29, 1968 (1968-01-29)
19"The Red Hand of Michael O'Neill"TBATBAFebruary 5, 1968 (1968-02-05)
20"The Quiet Death"TBATBAFebruary 19, 1968 (1968-02-19)
21"A Man of Value"TBATBAFebruary 26, 1968 (1968-02-26)
22"Search and Destroy"TBATBAMarch 4, 1968 (1968-03-04)
23"Work of Art"TBATBAMarch 11, 1968 (1968-03-11)
24"John Henry's Eden"TBATBAMarch 18, 1968 (1968-03-18)
25"The Lions"TBATBAMarch 25, 1968 (1968-03-25)
26"The Kasubi Death"TBATBAApril 1, 1968 (1968-04-01)

References
  1. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 254. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.


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