About this season
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.
Episodes (37)
1. Texan in Town
Aired 29 September 1958 • 30 min
2. The Man with the Solid Gold Star
Aired 6 October 1958 • 30 min
3. The Troubled Town
Aired 13 October 1958 • 30 min
There is a card shark that didn't appreciate having his cheating be revealed, even if it was subtle. He is gunned down in the street. His brothers seek revenge, one brother is a little more cautious than the other. He wants to make sure they get the person who did the shooting or that the sheriff locates the person.
4. The First Notch
Aired 20 October 1958 • 30 min
5. The Edge of the Cliff
Aired 27 October 1958 • 30 min
Orin and Ruth McKnight's May/December romance hits a rough spot when Bill Longley returns from a cattle drive with news that Orin's son from his first marriage died driving off rustlers. To make matters worse, Ruth's old beau has traveled all the way from Ohio to bring his former girlfriend home.
6. Jail for the Innocents
Aired 3 November 1958 • 30 min
An alcoholic lawyer battles the local sheriff over voting procedures. Davis: Edgar Stehli. Sheriff: Robert Lowery. Longley: Rory Calhoun. Carlin: Charles Cooper.
7. A Tree for Planting
Aired 10 November 1958 • 30 min
8. The Hemp Tree
Aired 17 November 1958 • 30 min
9. The Widow of Paradise
Aired 24 November 1958 • 30 min
10. Desert Passage
Aired 1 December 1958 • 30 min
Outlaws besiege a small town where their leader is jailed. Pete: Jon Locke. Cliff: R.G. Armstrong. Ruth: Mae Clarke. Atkins: Fay Roope. Mac: Wright King.
11. No Tears for the Dead
Aired 8 December 1958 • 30 min
12. The Easterner
Aired 15 December 1958 • 30 min
13. A Time of the Year
Aired 22 December 1958 • 30 min
14. The Lord Will Provide
Aired 29 December 1958 • 30 min
After Longley rescues the wounded Reverend Kilgore from two would-be bushwhackers, he learns that the parson was heading for Phillipsburg, a town with a reputation for killing men of the cloth. Bill decides to pose as the minister to investigate, but without his holster at the minister's insistence. With only Kilgore's Bible for protection, Bill attempts to rally the townspeople against the town boss and his crooked judge.
15. The Duchess of Denver
Aired 5 January 1959 • 30 min
16. A Quart of Law
Aired 12 January 1959 • 30 min
17. Outpost
Aired 19 January 1959 • 30 min
18. The Peddler
Aired 26 January 1959 • 30 min
19. Return to Friendly
Aired 2 February 1959 • 30 min
20. The Man Behind the Star
Aired 9 February 1959 • 30 min
21. The Ringer
Aired 16 February 1959 • 30 min
22. The Eyes of Captain Wylie
Aired 23 February 1959 • 30 min
23. The Marshal of Yellow Jacket
Aired 2 March 1959 • 30 min
24. No Love Wasted
Aired 9 March 1959 • 30 min
25. A Race for Life
Aired 16 March 1959 • 30 min
26. Letter of the Law
Aired 23 March 1959 • 30 min
27. Private Account
Aired 6 April 1959 • 30 min
Longley, trapped by a landslide, is rescued by Johnny Hinshaw who the Texan soon discovers is on the run from the law. Johnny's accused of shooting a man after a quarrel and since he's already served a jail term and has two brothers on the run from the law he seems like a reasonable suspect to the sheriff - the more so since Johnny's sweet on the lawman's beautiful sister.
28. Caballero
Aired 13 April 1959 • 30 min
29. Blood Money
Aired 20 April 1959 • 30 min
30. No Place to Stop
Aired 27 April 1959 • 30 min
31. Reunion
Aired 4 May 1959 • 30 min
32. Badlands
Aired 11 May 1959 • 30 min
33. South of the Border
Aired 18 May 1959 • 30 min
34. The Smiling Loser
Aired 25 May 1959 • 30 min
35. The Sheriff of Boot Hill
Aired 1 June 1959 • 30 min
36. The Gunfighter
Aired 8 June 1959 • 30 min
37. The Man Hater
Aired 15 June 1959 • 30 min