The Deputy
The Deputy
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The Deputy

6.2 / 10
1959
2 seasons
76 episodes
Western

The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.

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The Deputy 1959-61 (1950s Western Theme Song)

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  • Ep 1

    1.Badge For A Day (The Deputy)

    12-09-195930m

    In the premiere episode, titled "The Deputy," Fry selects Silver City, Arizona, as the spot to head off two men he suspects of carrying supplies to a holdup gang led by Ace Gentry...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Wild Wind

    19-09-1959

    Charlotte Nelson tells Clay McCord of her concern for her younger brother, Trooper, who has fallen into a gang headed by the evil Bull Ward. McCord then arranges for Trooper to get...

  • Ep 3

    3.Back To Glory

    26-09-1959

    Three bank robbers come across a traveling-players' caravan. They shoot the actor-manager and two of them then kidnap Angela, one of the actresses. The third robber, Cowan, stays w...

  • Ep 4

    4.Shadow Of The Noose

    03-10-1959

    Simon Fry arrests a ""Drifter"" for shooting a man, stealing his wife, and then shooting her. He takes the Drifter to a jail in the nearby town but, when a lynch-mob gathers, moves...

  • Ep 5

    5.Powder Keg

    10-10-1959

    supplying gunpowder to the Apaches. Herk's journey to Prescott with his prisoner is endangered when a garrulous telegrapher spreads the word of Deaver's capture - word that reaches...

  • Ep 6

    6.Like Father

    6.0
    17-10-1959

    While Chesley Vantage eagerly greets the arrival in Silver City of his son, Brad, who's been studying in Kansas to be a veterinarian, word reaches Deputy McCord that a gunfighter i...

  • Ep 7

    7.Proof Of Guilt

    24-10-1959
  • Ep 8

    8.The Johnny Shanks Story

    31-10-1959
  • Ep 9

    9.Focus Of Doom

    07-11-1959

    Marshals in three Arizona towns have been shot dead and Simon Fry fears the killer may now be coming to Silver City. He sends Herk Lamson off on vacation and watches as four suspic...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Big Four

    14-11-195930m

    McCord infiltrates a group of outlaws to inform Fry of their plans. Fry: Henry Fonda. Johnny: Henry Brandon. Curly: Gerald Milton. Billy: Richard Bakalyan. Ike: Charles Fredericks.

  • Ep 11

    11.The Next Bullet

    28-11-1959

    Clay finds a note in a murdered man's pocket that threatens death to Herk Lamson. Marshal Fry is convinced that the crime is linked to a sensational trial held the previous year wh...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Deal

    05-12-195960m

    A gang headed by men named Quincannon and Usher kidnap Fran McCord. They tell her brother, Clay, that to save his sister he must go along with their plan to rob the payroll of a lo...

  • Ep 13

    13.Land Greed

    12-12-195930m

    Vivian Vance as widow Emma Gant, who tries to enlist Fry's help in protecting her property from greedy ranchers. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Billy: Robin Riley. Fran: Bet...

  • Ep 14

    14.Man Of Peace

    19-12-1959

    Apaches steal a shipment of repeating-rifles headed for the cavalry at Ft. Donaldson. Simon Fry fears this means war but Clay McCord wants to get the Indians' side of the story and...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Orphans

    26-12-195930m

    Fry baits a trap for three killers by fixing a raffle. McCord: Allen Case. Mrs. Bean: Carol Kelly. Timmy: Dennis Rush. Finley: Lane Bradford. Lamson: Wallace Ford. Dillon: Karl Luc...

  • Ep 16

    16.Backfire

    02-01-196060m

    Con Marlowe makes a violent escape from a work-gang at the Arizona Territorial Prison. He heads for Silver City where his wife, Peg, awaits him and where he can find Marshal Lamson...

  • Ep 17

    17.Hang The Law

    09-01-196030m

    Fry enlists the help of a clergyman's sister to clear McCord of a murder charge. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Blanche: Lillian Bronson. Rev. Cartwright: Willard Sage.

  • Ep 18

    18.Silent Gun

    23-01-1960
  • Ep 19

    19.The Hidden Motive

    30-01-1960

    While defending the Spencer ranch against rustlers, Deputy McCord shoots and kills ranch-owner Aaron Spencer. Though the shooting seems justified, McCord feels guilty, especially w...

  • Ep 20

    20.Lawman's Blood

    06-02-1960
  • Ep 21

    21.The Return Of Simon Fry

    13-02-196030m

    A man named Kipp has been brought in from San Francisco to get rid of Simon Fry. He ambushes Fry who's driving a buckboard but the buckboard overturns, spills a can of coal oil, an...

  • Ep 22

    22.Queen Bea

    20-02-196030m

    Protection racketeers invade Silver City, planning to replace the small merchants with a chain of stores. Beatrice: Phyllis Avery. Fry: Henry Fonda. Fletcher: Paul Dubov. Briscoe:...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Two Faces Of Bob Claxton

    27-02-196030m

    McCord and Fran try to rehabilitate a teenage thief (Robert Montgomery Jr.). McCord: Allen Case. Fran: Betty Lou Keim. Fry: Henry Fonda. Mike: Bob Hopkins. Pete: Johnny Seven. Solo...

  • Ep 24

    24.Lady With A Mission

    05-03-196030m

    A suffragette incurs the wrath of male citizens. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Hodges: Carleton Young. Sloan: James Lanphier. Tinny: Tod Griffin.

  • Ep 25

    25.The Border Between

    12-03-196030m

    While returning from Mexico with a prison escapee, Marshal Fry and Clay McCord are ambushed by a Mexican landowner whose daughter, Felipa, has been kidnapped by an American miner f...

  • Ep 26

    26.Final Payment

    19-03-196030m

    A paraplegic seeks revenge on McCord and Fran, whose father he blames for his condition. Groat: Gerald Mohr. McCord: Allen Case. Fran: Betty Lou Keim. Kemmer: Kevin Hagen. Priscill...

  • Ep 27

    27.Dark Reward

    26-03-196030m

    Local businessmen offer a reward for bank robbers---dead ones. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Rosie: Jean Willes. Ross: Richard Garland. Hawkins: John Dennis. Mrs. Carter: F...

  • Ep 28

    28.Marked For Bounty

    02-04-196030m

    A bounty hunter stalks Ralph Jenson, who escaped from prison to visit his dying father. Jenson: Ron Hayes. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Harch: Alan Baxter. Judge: Edward E...

  • Ep 29

    29.The Truly Yours

    09-04-196030m

    A trio of three men, (Coffer, File, and Fancy), rob the bank in Silver City one night after setting fire to Clay McCord's store as a diversion. Clay persues them to a mine but wind...

  • Ep 30

    30.A Time To Sow

    23-04-196030m

    Andy Willis' boyish looks are deceiving---he's a hired killer. Willis: Richard Crenna. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Lucy: Coleen Gray. McCullough: Frank Ferguson.

  • Ep 31

    31.The Last Gunfight

    30-04-1960

    Gunfighter Johnny Dean wants to shed his reputation by settling down in Silver City under the alias ""Roger Enright."" He plans to buy a ranch north of town and marry the local mus...

  • Ep 32

    32.Chain Of Action

    07-05-196030m

    A man refuses to reveal the location of stolen loot needed to save a boy from blindness. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Scofield: Lee Patterson. Claudia: Bek Nelson. Porter:...

  • Ep 33

    33.The Lucifer Urge

    14-05-196030m

    Barney Wagner uses loopholes in the law to evict farmers from their land. Clay McCord deplores this practice but cannot intervene since Wagner's staying within the law. Eventually...

  • Ep 34

    34.Palace Of Chance

    21-05-196030m

    McCord uses a gambling-hall hostess to lure her boy friend---a wanted outlaw---to Silver City. Julie: Karen Steele. McCord: Allen Case. Fry: Henry Fonda. Reed: Dennis Cross. Lucill...

  • Ep 35

    35.The X Game

    28-05-196030m

    Two cowboys swindle an illiterate farmer. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Huerta: Carlos Rivera. Allison: John Hoyt. Webb: Howard Wendell. Coyle: Tom McKee. Queed: Don Gordon...

  • Ep 36

    36.The Stand-Off

    11-06-196030m

    Fry falls prey to a trap laid by an escaped criminal.

  • Ep 37

    37.Trail Of Darkness

    18-06-196030m

    Fry guards his prisoner from the Brainard gang, who have orders to free---or silence---the jailed man. Brainard: Donald Woods. McCord: Allen Case. Tully: Gregg Palmer. Jose: Vito S...

  • Ep 38

    38.The Choice

    25-06-196030m

    Vince Edwards as an ex-convict who intends on becoming a doctor---if the townspeople let him forget his past. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Sutton: Rex Holman. Tanner: Chri...

  • Ep 39

    39.Ma Mack

    09-07-196030m

    McCord helps a woman search for her missing son. Ma Mack: Nina Varela. Abner: Jack Hogan. Fry: Henry Fonda. Bates: Douglas Kennedy. Reece: Gregory Walcott. Lamson: Wallace Ford.

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