Jefferson Drum
Encyclopedia
Jefferson Drum is an American
Western
television series starring Jeff Richards
and Eugene Martin on the NBC
network
that aired from April 25 to December 11, 1958.
editor in the Old West. A widow
er, he took care of his young son, Joey, played by Martin. Drum was helped out by his printer, Lucuis Coin, played by Cyril Delevanti
and Big Ed, the town bartender
, played by Robert Stevenson.
The series aired at 7:30 Eastern on Thursday opposite repeats of I Love Lucy
on CBS and Leave It to Beaver
on ABC
. Jefferson Drum was produced by Screen Gems
and only ran for parts of two seasons before it was cancelled.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
television series starring Jeff Richards
Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)
Jeff Richards , was an American minor league baseball player with the Portland Beavers who later became an actor. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor and Richard Taylor.-Early life and career:...
and Eugene Martin on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
network
Television network
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that aired from April 25 to December 11, 1958.
Overview
Jefferson Drum, played by Richards, was a crusading newspaperNewspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
editor in the Old West. A widow
Widow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed...
er, he took care of his young son, Joey, played by Martin. Drum was helped out by his printer, Lucuis Coin, played by Cyril Delevanti
Cyril Delevanti
Cyril Delevanti , sometimes credited as Syril Delevanti, was an English-born character actor with a long career in American films....
and Big Ed, the town bartender
Bartender
A bartender is a person who serves beverages behind a counter in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. A bartender, in short, "tends the bar". The term barkeeper may carry a connotation of being the bar's owner...
, played by Robert Stevenson.
The series aired at 7:30 Eastern on Thursday opposite repeats of I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on the Columbia Broadcasting System...
on CBS and Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood...
on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. Jefferson Drum was produced by Screen Gems
Screen Gems
Screen Gems is an American movie production company and subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
and only ran for parts of two seasons before it was cancelled.
Cast
- Jeff Richards .... Jefferson Drum
- Eugene Martin .... Joey Drum
- Cyril Delevanti .... Lucius Coin
- Robert Stevenson .... Big Ed
Guest stars
- Dennis CrossDennis CrossDennis Cross was an American actor who was the lead star of the syndicated television series The Blue Angels, fictional stories of daredevil United States Navy pilots which aired from 1960-1961...
appeared as Gideon Easton in the episode "Showdown". - Francis De SalesFrancis De Sales (actor)Francis A. De Sales was an American actor. He was known for his roles on two early television series: as police Lieutenant Bill Weigand on the CBS and then NBC drama Mr. and Mrs. North and as Sheriff Maddox in the syndicated western Two Faces West...
appeared as Bass Williard in the episode "$50 for a Dead Man". - Ron HagerthyRon HagerthyRonald F. "Ron" Hagerthy is a former American actor known primarily for his guest-starring and supporting roles on television westerns. In 1952, he portrayed Clipper King in the modern western series, Sky King, with Kirby Grant in the title role of Clipper's uncle, Schuyler "Sky" King, pilot of...
, formerly of Sky KingSky KingSky King is a 1940s and 1950s American radio and television adventure series. The title character is Arizona rancher and aircraft pilot Schuyler "Sky" King...
, guest starred as Will Barton in "Thicker Than Water". - Gregg PalmerGregg PalmerGregg Palmer, originally Palmer Lee is an American actor, known primarily for his prolific work in television westerns...
appeared in the episode "Band of Iron". - Judson PrattJudson PrattJudson Pratt was an American actor whose longest continuing work was in thirteen episodes of ABC's Walt Disney Presents and NBC's Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. A native of Hingham in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Pratt appeared in numerous television westerns and drama series from...
appeared as Father Andrew Damon in "Prison Hill". - Barbara StuartBarbara StuartBarbara Ann Stuart was an American actress.-Major roles:Stuart portrayed "Miss Bunny", the girlfriend of Sergeant Vincent Carter, played by Frank Sutton, on three seasons of CBS's Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C....
appeared twice as Ellie in 1958 episodes "The Bounty Man" and "The Outlaw".
Season 1
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "Arrival" | April 25, 1958 |
| 1-2 | "The Bounty Man" | May 2, 1958 |
| 1-3 | "Law and Order" | May 9, 1958 |
| 1-4 | "A Bad Day For a Tinhorn" | May 16, 1958 |
| 1-5 | "The Cheater" | May 23, 1958 |
| 1-6 | "A Very Deadly Game" | May 30, 1958 |
| 1-7 | "Madame Faro" | June 6, 1958 |
| 1-8 | "Bandidos" | June 13, 1958 |
| 1-9 | "The Outlaw" | June 20, 1958 |
| 1-10 | "Wheel of Fortune" | June 27, 1958 |
| 1-11 | "The Post" | July 4, 1958 |
| 1-12 | "A Matter of Murder" | July 11, 1958 |
| 1-13 | "The Lawless" | July 18, 1958 |
| 1-14 | "The Hanging of Joe Lavett" | August 1, 1958 |
Season 2
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 2-1 | "Showdown" | September 26, 1958 |
| 2-2 | "The Keeney Gang" | October 3, 1958 |
| 2-3 | "Stagecoach Episode" | October 10, 1958 |
| 2-4 | "Obituary" | October 16, 1958 |
| 2-5 | "Band of Iron" | October 23, 1958 |
| 2-6 | "Return" | October 30, 1958 |
| 2-7 | "The Captive" | November 6, 1958 |
| 2-8 | "$50 For a Dead Man" | November 13, 1958 |
| 2-9 | "Pete Henke" | November 20, 1958 |
| 2-10 | "Thicker Than Water" | November 27, 1958 |
| 2-11 | "Prison Hill" | December 4, 1958 |
| 2-12 | "Simon Pitt" | December 11, 1958 |