• Air date: 16 Sep '65 30 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 (30)
    • 1. Empire of the Lost

      16 Sep '65
    • 2. The Tortoise and the Hare

      23 Sep '65
      Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.
    • 3. The Mound Builders

      30 Sep '65
      A chief (Henry Silva) of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death; guest Simon Oakland.
    • 4. My Name Is Rawls

      07 Oct '65
      Boone pursues a runaway slave (Rafer Johnson) stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa; guest Michael Conrad.
    • 5. The Old Man and the Cave

      14 Oct '65
      Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian (Cyril Delevanti) from death in a cave; guest Val Avery.
    • 6. The Trek

      21 Oct '65
      Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.
    • 7. The Aaron Burr Story

      28 Oct '65
    • 8. Cry of Gold

      04 Nov '65
    • 9. The Peace Tree

      11 Nov '65
      A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.
    • 10. The Thanksgiving Story

      25 Nov '65
      Boone s eccentric father-in-law (John McIntire) concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.
    • 11. A Rope for Mingo

      02 Dec '65
      Vigilantes stalk Mingo after his knife falls into the hands of a Cherokee who murders a trader s family.
    • 12. The First Beau

      09 Dec '65
      Feelings for Jemima make a dashing young outlaw (Fabian) consider reforming.
    • 13. The Perilous Journey

      16 Dec '65
      Daniel and Rebecca finally get to take a long delayed honeymoon but it gets interrupted by an officer of the Continental Army with a confidential message for Daniel to deliver to New Orleans.
    • 14. The Christmas Story

      23 Dec '65
      On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.
    • 15. The Tamarack Massacre Affair

      30 Dec '65
      The sister of a British officer lies that she narrowly escaped an Indian massacre; Boone must avert war.
    • 16. Gabriel

      06 Jan '66
      A Spanish military expedition chasing a French revolutionary mistakes Boone for its quarry; guests Cesar Romero, Mike Mazurki.
    • 17. Seminole Territory

      13 Jan '66
      After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head; guests Diane Ladd, Leonard Nimoy.
    • 18. The Deserter

      20 Jan '66
      A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.
    • 19. Crisis by Fire

      27 Jan '66
      A former Continental Army officer (George Sanders) uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.
    • 20. The Gun

      03 Feb '66
      Boone heads to Pennsylvania to have a new gun made, but meets two scoundrels seeking a guide to the Mississippi.
    • 21. The Prisoners

      10 Feb '66
      Three escaped Army prisoners, seeking revenge on a former commander, pressure Boone by seizing his children.
    • 22. The Fifth Man

      17 Feb '66
      Boone and his party endure hardship to blow up a bridge between the advancing British and Fort Wayne.
    • 23. The Gun-Barrel Highway

      24 Feb '66
    • 24. The Search

      03 Mar '66
      An ambush on the way to New Orleans leaves Boone in possession of a famous pirate s journal.
    • 25. Fifty Rifles

      10 Mar '66