Daniel Boone(1964)

7.0
6 Seasons
Action & AdventureWestern

Overview

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

Created By: Borden Chase

Episodes

Ken-Tuck-E
Ep 1

Ken-Tuck-E

George Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort.

24/09/196460 min
Tekawitha McLeod
Ep 2

Tekawitha McLeod

A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.

01/10/196460 min
My Brother's Keeper
Ep 3

My Brother's Keeper

Mingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through....

08/10/196460 min
The Family Fluellen
Ep 4

The Family Fluellen

Boone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.

22/10/196460 min
The Choosing
Ep 5

The Choosing

British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.

29/10/196460 min
Lac Duquesne
Ep 6

Lac Duquesne

Boone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.

05/11/196460 min
The Sound of Wings
Ep 7

The Sound of Wings

A British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.

12/11/196460 min
A Short Walk to Salem
Ep 8

A Short Walk to Salem

Israel becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.

19/11/196460 min
The Sisters O'Hannrahan
Ep 9

The Sisters O'Hannrahan

Yadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.

03/12/196460 min
Pompey
Ep 10

Pompey

A bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.

10/12/196460 min
Mountain of the Dead
Ep 11

Mountain of the Dead

A dream about a man whom Daniel thought was dead is followed by the appearance of three men at his door demanding that he take them to the site of a bloody Native American massacre.

17/12/196460 min
Not in Our Stars
Ep 12

Not in Our Stars

Mingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.

31/12/196460 min
The Hostages
Ep 13

The Hostages

Rumors circulate that the British are employing Indians to fight for them. Daniel becomes personally involved when he gets word his wife Rebecca has been taken by an Indian raiding party.

07/01/196560 min
The Returning
Ep 14

The Returning

Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.

14/01/196560 min
The Prophet
Ep 15

The Prophet

A Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.

21/01/196560 min
The First Stone
Ep 16

The First Stone

Boone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.

28/01/196560 min
A Place of 1000 Spirits
Ep 17

A Place of 1000 Spirits

While hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.

04/02/196560 min
The Sound of Fear
Ep 18

The Sound of Fear

A condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.

11/02/196560 min
The Price of Friendship
Ep 19

The Price of Friendship

Boone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.

18/02/196560 min
The Quietists
Ep 20

The Quietists

A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.

25/02/196560 min
The Devil's Four
Ep 21

The Devil's Four

Boone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.

04/03/196560 min
The Reunion
Ep 22

The Reunion

While out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.

11/03/196560 min
The Ben Franklin Encounter
Ep 23

The Ben Franklin Encounter

Boone and Mingo travel East and get caught up in a confrontation between Benjamin Franklin and British Admiral Lord Clydesdale, who threatens to hang them all for treason.

18/03/196560 min
Four-Leaf Clover
Ep 24

Four-Leaf Clover

An idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.

25/03/196560 min
Cain's Birthday (1)
Ep 25

Cain's Birthday (1)

Boone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men

01/04/196560 min
Cain's Birthday (2)
Ep 26

Cain's Birthday (2)

Lacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.

08/04/196560 min
Daughter of the Devil
Ep 27

Daughter of the Devil

A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.

15/04/196560 min
Doll of Sorrow
Ep 28

Doll of Sorrow

Israel accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.

22/04/196560 min
The Courtship of Jericho Jones
Ep 29

The Courtship of Jericho Jones

Jericho and Sumah, the daughter of the Indian chief, want to marry. Daniel proposes a trial engagement. For a month Jericho will live with the Indians and Sumah will live with Boone's family and see if each can adapt to the other culture.

29/04/196560 min

Show Info

StatusEnded
NetworkNBC
TypeScripted

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