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Western. A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts. Creators. Ben Brady. Leon Tokatyan. Stars. Don Murray. Otis Young. Don 'Red' Barry. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. 9 User reviews. 1 Critic review. Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.
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The Outcasts is an American Western television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series stars Don Murray and Otis Young. It is most notable for being the first television Western with an African American co-star.
The history of the The Outcast television series. No doubt encouraged by the interracial success of “I Spy” on NBC, without a doubt, one of the most unusual pair of heroes to ride the TV Western range in one of ABC’s boldest programming attempts were Don Murray as Earl Corey, a former Confederate officer from an aristocratic Virginia background turned bitter and hard by the Civil War ...
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- Don Murray had acting in his blood. Murray’s mother Ethel was a Ziegfeld Follies performer and his father was a singer and dancer. When sound filmmaking became prevalent in 1928, the couple relocated from New York to Hollywood.
- Otis Young was born on the 4 of July. Young was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 4, 1932. After serving in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, he enrolled at NYU on the G.I.
- There was a novel. In 1968, Popular Library published a tie-in novel by Steve Frazee appropriately titled, “The Outcasts.” Frazee also novelized other popular Western series of the era, including Bonanza and The High Chaparral and his stories formed the basis for episodes of Bronco and Cheyenne, as well as a handful of feature films.
- The frank racial component of The Outcasts appealed to both actors. “I believe this is sociologically important,” Murray told Variety after he was cast in 1968.
The Virginian. Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1965–67, starring Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. It is set on the Mexican border around Laredo in Webb County in South Texas. The program presented 56 episodes in color. It was produced by Universal Television.
Sep 30, 2009 · September 29, 2009 by Robert Jay. TV & Violence in 1968: The Outcasts. I wrote briefly about ABC’s The Outcasts in yesterday’s Q & A but today I thought I’d focus on how the network changed the show following the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy on June 5th, 1968.
The Outcasts is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series stars Don Murray and Otis Young. It is most notable for being the first television Western with an African American co-star. Hugh Benson. Creator. Don Murray. Otis Young. William Bassett. Charles McGraw. Ida Lupino. Pippa Scott.
