My Friend Flicka 68 years old
My Friend Flicka is a 39-episode western television series set at the fictitious Goose Bar Ranch in Wyoming at the turn of the 20th century. The program was filmed in color but initially aired in black and white on CBS at 7:30 p.m. Fridays from February 10, 1956, to February 1, 1957. It was a mid-season replacement for Gene Autry's The Adventures of Champion. Both series, however failed in the ratings against ABC's The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. After the initial Friday airing, viewers could still find the series on CBS Saturdays at 7 p.m. Eastern during March 1957, on Sundays at 6 p.m. from April to May 1957, and on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. from June to August 1957. NBC carried the program in color at 6:30 p.m. Sunday from September to December 1957 and at 7 p.m. Sunday from January to May 1958. In subsequent years, the series aired mostly on Saturday mornings on all networks. The Disney Channel ran it on Monday evenings in the mid-1980s. Over the years many viewers were unaware that the series produced episodes for only a single season. My Friend Flicka starred native Canadian Johnny Washbrook as Ken McLaughlin, a boy devoted to his horse Flicka, Swedish for "little girl", but actually an Arabian sorrel named Wahana. Gene Evans played the authoritarian father Rob McLaughlin, a former U.S. Army cavalry officer. Anita Louise was cast as the gentle-spirited mother, Nell. Frank Ferguson portrayed Gus Broeberg, the loyal ranch hand. Flicka is based on a novel by Mary O'Hara, written at the Remount Ranch, located between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Some Internet sites say that the series is set in Montana, where some of the filming was done. The majority of the filming, however, was at Fox Movie Ranch. My Friend Flicka holds the distinction of having been the first television series filmed by 20th Century Fox. A 1943 film, My Friend Flicka, starred Roddy McDowall as Ken.
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Gene Evans He was 33 , 75 years old when he died | |
| Jeanne Bates She was 37 , 89 years old when she died | |
| Anita Louise She was 41 , 55 years old when she died | |
| Denver Pyle He was 35 , 77 years old when he died | |
| Hugh Beaumont He was 46 , 73 years old when he died | |
| Sheb Wooley He was 34 , 82 years old when he died | |
| Forrest Taylor He was 72 , 81 years old when he died | |
| Claude Akins He was 29 , 67 years old when he died | |
| Francis McDonald He was 64 , 77 years old when he died | |
| Raymond Bailey He was 51 , 75 years old when he died | |
| Frank Ferguson He was 56 , 78 years old when he died | |
| Don C. Harvey He was 44 , 51 years old when he died | |
| Marie Blake She was 60 , 82 years old when she died | |
| John Doucette He was 35 , 73 years old when he died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| John English Directing He was 52 , 66 years old when he died | Director |
| James B. Clark Directing He was 47 , 92 years old when he died | Director |
| George W. George Writing He was 36 , 87 years old when he died | Writer |
| Nathan H. Juran Directing He was 48 , 95 years old when he died | Director |
| Albert S. Rogell Directing He was 54 , 86 years old when he died | Director |
| Robert Gordon Directing He was 8 , 43 years old when he died | Director |
| Malvin Wald Writing He was 38 , 90 years old when he died | Writer |
| Warren Wilson Writing | Writer |
My Friend Flicka (68 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1955-09-30
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 39