• Air date: 24 Sep '64 29 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (29)
    • 1. Ken-Tuck-E

      24 Sep '64
      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. Once they arrive, they encounter representatives of two of those four nations -- Shawnee warriors chasing a lone Cherokee warrior. Daniel helps drive the Shawnee away, and the grateful Cherokee, Mingo, returns the favor by showing Daniel and Yad an ideal location to build their fort. Yad returns east while Daniel remains with Mingo to explore th
    • 2. Tekawitha McLeod

      01 Oct '64
    • 3. My Brother's Keeper

      08 Oct '64
    • 4. The Family Fluellen

      22 Oct '64
      Boone invites a widow (Bethel Leslie) and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.
    • 5. The Choosing

      29 Oct '64
      British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.
    • 6. Lac Duquesne

      05 Nov '64
      Boone chases a river pirate (Emile Genest) who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.
    • 7. The Sound of Wings

      12 Nov '64
      A British officer (Michael Rennie) captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies; guest Frank DeKova
    • 8. A Short Walk to Salem

      19 Nov '64
      Israel becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.
    • 9. The Sisters O'Hannrahan

      03 Dec '64
      Yadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters (Fay Spain, Nina Shipman).
    • 10. Pompey

      10 Dec '64
      A bondsman (Peter Whitney) insists on returning a runaway slave (Brock Peters) unshackled by Boone.
    • 11. Mountain of the Dead

      17 Dec '64
    • 12. Not in Our Stars

      31 Dec '64
      Mingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general (Walter Pidgeon)
    • 13. The Hostages

      07 Jan '65
    • 14. The Returning

      14 Jan '65
      Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend (Pat Hingle) murdered two Cherokee youths.
    • 15. The Prophet

      21 Jan '65
      A Shawnee prophet (John Russell) predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough; guest Patricia Huston.
    • 16. The First Stone

      28 Jan '65
      Boone befriends a mother (Geraldine Brooks) and son (Kurt Russell), but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.
    • 17. A Place of 1000 Spirits

      04 Feb '65
      While hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer (Macdonald Carey) pursued by vengeful Shawnees.
    • 18. The Sound of Fear

      11 Feb '65
      A condemned bounty hunter (Dan Duryea) who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.
    • 19. The Price of Friendship

      18 Feb '65
      Boone assists a boy (Kurt Russell) and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan; guests Lloyd Nolan, Lane Bradford.
    • 20. The Quietists

      25 Feb '65
      A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter; guests Alexander Scourby, Jay Silverheels.
    • 21. The Devil's Four

      04 Mar '65
      Boone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough; guests Sean McClory, Gordon Jump.
    • 22. The Reunion

      11 Mar '65
    • 23. The Ben Franklin Encounter

      18 Mar '65
    • 24. Four-Leaf Clover

      25 Mar '65
      An idealistic schoolteacher (George Gobel) incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.
    • 25. Cain's Birthday (1)

      01 Apr '65
      Boone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men