Trackdown

(1957-1959)

Western

30 minutes

Cast: Robert Culp as Ranger Hoby Gilman, Norman Leavitt, Ellen Corby, James Griffith and Gail Kobe

Trackdown is an American Western series that aired on CBS for 70 episodes from October 4, 1957 to September 23, 1959 which starred Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman, a gunslinger hunting down criminals throughout the Old West . Culp's character was based in the real life town of Porter, Texas, where he served as de facto sheriff. Occasionally, his duties as Ranger took him out of town, using his fast gun to apprehend criminals throughout the Lone Star State. His friends included Henrietta Porter (Ellen Corby), widow of the town's founder and owner of The Porter Enterprise, the local newspaper, and Tenner Smith (Peter Leeds), owner of the local saloon, a former gambler and gunslinger whose past was shrouded in mystery. Other series regulars included Norman Leavitt (as Ralph, his deputy), James Griffith, and Gail Kobe.