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Sgt. Preston – The part of Sgt. Preston was played by different actors over the course of the long run. Jay Michael, who had often played villain Butch Cavendish on The Lone Ranger , originated the role, and played the brave Mountie from 1939 through the mid-1940s.
- Klondike Big Inch Land Promotion
Starting in January 1955, 93 newspapers across the United...
- Richard Simmons (actor)
In 1955, Simmons won his best-known role, portraying...
- Klondike Big Inch Land Promotion
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Created by George W. Trendle, Fran Striker. With Dick Simmons, Yukon King, Vic Perrin, Rex. Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
Starting in January 1955, 93 newspapers across the United States ran advertisements that read "Get a real deed to one square inch of land in the Yukon gold rush country" and "You'll actually own one square inch of Yukon land". The promotion was tied to the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon television show which Quaker Oats was sponsoring at the time.
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In 1955, Simmons won his best-known role, portraying Sergeant William Preston in Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. Following the end of the series in 1958, he continued to have a successful acting career, mostly in television series guest appearances, through 1982.
Sergeant Preston and a U. S. Marshal trail a ruthless bone-crushing bruiser and two henchmen who are stealing tobacco in Alaska and smuggling it across the border for sale in the Yukon.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon was a CBS network adventure\drama series created by George W. Trendle & Fran Striker based on the radio drama series "Challenge of the Yukon", starring Richard Simmons in the lead role. The show aired from September 29, 1955 to September 25, 1958, lasting for three...
Sergeant Preston goes to Skagway, Alaska on a mail run and is asked to help solve a series of eight murders. With no official authority to arrest, he becomes Forty Mile Bill, a sourdough, and begins his investigation.
