

The Deputy
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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Badge For A Day (The Deputy)
12-09-195930mIn 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
19-09-1959Charlotte 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
26-09-1959Three 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
03-10-1959Simon 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
10-10-1959supplying 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
6.017-10-1959While 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
07-11-1959Marshals 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
14-11-195930mMcCord 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
28-11-1959Clay 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
05-12-195960mA 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
12-12-195930mVivian 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
19-12-1959Apaches 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
26-12-195930mFry 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
02-01-196060mCon 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
09-01-196030mFry 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
30-01-1960While 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
13-02-196030mA 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
20-02-196030mProtection 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
27-02-196030mMcCord 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
05-03-196030mA 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
12-03-196030mWhile 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
19-03-196030mA 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
26-03-196030mLocal 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
02-04-196030mA 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
09-04-196030mA 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
23-04-196030mAndy 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
30-04-1960Gunfighter 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
07-05-196030mA 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
14-05-196030mBarney 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
21-05-196030mMcCord 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
28-05-196030mTwo 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
11-06-196030mFry falls prey to a trap laid by an escaped criminal.
- Ep 37
37.Trail Of Darkness
18-06-196030mFry 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
25-06-196030mVince 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
09-07-196030mMcCord 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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