The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.

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Scott Forbes
Scott Forbes
as Jim Bowie
William Schallert
William Schallert
as
Peter Hansen
Peter Hansen
as Rezin Bowie
Lorna Thayer
Lorna Thayer
as
Kem Dibbs
Kem Dibbs
as
Minerva Urecal
Minerva Urecal
as Ma Bowie
Ivan Triesault
Ivan Triesault
as
Val Dufour
Val Dufour
as Armand Duprez
Lawrence Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin
as
Booth Colman
Booth Colman
as
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer
as
Michael Landon
Michael Landon
as Jerome Juventin
Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors
as
Peggy McCay
Peggy McCay
as
Donald Randolph
Donald Randolph
as
June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash
as
Denver Pyle
Denver Pyle
as
Claude Akins
Claude Akins
as Manion
Lurene Tuttle
Lurene Tuttle
as
Forrest Lewis
Forrest Lewis
as
Louis Mercier
Louis Mercier
as
Roberto Contreras
Roberto Contreras
as
Tommy Ivo
Tommy Ivo
as
Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
as
Kay E. Kuter
Kay E. Kuter
as
Sean McClory
Sean McClory
as
Anthony Eustrel
Anthony Eustrel
as
Addison Richards
Addison Richards
as
Jack Kruschen
Jack Kruschen
as
Ross Elliott
Ross Elliott
as
Gary Gray
Gary Gray
as
Lyn Osborn
Lyn Osborn
as
Charles Meredith
Charles Meredith
as
Charles Stevens
Charles Stevens
as
Lomax Study
Lomax Study
as Hotel Clerk as Nashville Inn Keeper
Eugenia Paul
Eugenia Paul
as
Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso
as
Lisa Gaye
Lisa Gaye
as
Rita Lynn
Rita Lynn
as
Lyle Latell
Lyle Latell
as 1st Policeman
Belle Mitchell
Belle Mitchell
as Tia Ana
Edwin Jerome
Edwin Jerome
as
Mike Mazurki
Mike Mazurki
as
Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby
as
Edd Byrnes
Edd Byrnes
as Eli
Lane Bradford
Lane Bradford
as
S. John Launer
S. John Launer
as
John Craven
John Craven
as
Napoleon Whiting
Napoleon Whiting
as
Michael Pate
Michael Pate
as
Eugene Jackson
Eugene Jackson
as
Paul Frees
Paul Frees
as
Richard Benedict
Richard Benedict
as
Robert J. Wilke
Robert J. Wilke
as
Helen Kleeb
Helen Kleeb
as
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
as
Harry Lauter
Harry Lauter
as
Abraham Sofaer
Abraham Sofaer
as
Charles Halton
Charles Halton
as
Doug McClure
Doug McClure
as
George Dunn
George Dunn
as
Connie Gilchrist
Connie Gilchrist
as
Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur
as
Lilyan Chauvin
Lilyan Chauvin
as
Robert Easton
Robert Easton
as
Morey Amsterdam
Morey Amsterdam
as
Mike Connors
Mike Connors
as
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
as
Robert Ellenstein
Robert Ellenstein
as
Douglas Kennedy
Douglas Kennedy
as
Florence Marly
Florence Marly
as
Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones
as
Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan
as
Neil Hamilton
Neil Hamilton
as
Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Arnold
as
Ray Stricklyn
Ray Stricklyn
as
Romney Brent
Romney Brent
as
James Westerfield
James Westerfield
as
Carey Loftin
Carey Loftin
as
Joe Conley
Joe Conley
as
Ernestine Wade
Ernestine Wade
as
Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe
as
Robin Hughes
Robin Hughes
as
Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva
as
Eddy Waller
Eddy Waller
as
Eleanor Audley
Eleanor Audley
as Miss Peabody
Peter Whitney
Peter Whitney
as
Torben Meyer
Torben Meyer
as
Carole Mathews
Carole Mathews
as
Ben Wright
Ben Wright
as
Iphigenie Castiglioni
Iphigenie Castiglioni
as
Grandon Rhodes
Grandon Rhodes
as
Alan Reed
Alan Reed
as
Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell
as
Felix Locher
Felix Locher
as
Joyce Compton
Joyce Compton
as
Howard McNear
Howard McNear
as
John Hoyt
John Hoyt
as
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
as
Margo
Margo
as
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
as
King Donovan
King Donovan
as
Karl Swenson
Karl Swenson
as Andre Rochambeau
Pamela Duncan
Pamela Duncan
as
Ann Codee
Ann Codee
as
Lee Erickson
Lee Erickson
as
William Ching
William Ching
as
Argentina Brunetti
Argentina Brunetti
as
Vic Perrin
Vic Perrin
as
Francis McDonald
Francis McDonald
as
William Benedict
William Benedict
as
Julian Rivero
Julian Rivero
as
Monte Blue
Monte Blue
as
Nick Dennis
Nick Dennis
as
Amzie Strickland
Amzie Strickland
as
Harry Bartell
Harry Bartell
as
Doris Packer
Doris Packer
as
Willard Waterman
Willard Waterman
as Judge Jonas Koford
Peter Brocco
Peter Brocco
as
Brad Morrow
Brad Morrow
as
Perry Lopez
Perry Lopez
as
Chubby Johnson
Chubby Johnson
as
Regis Toomey
Regis Toomey
as
Fred Graham
Fred Graham
as
Glenn Strange
Glenn Strange
as
Wendell Holmes
Wendell Holmes
as
Percy Helton
Percy Helton
as
John Bryant
John Bryant
as
Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon
as
Lloyd Corrigan
Lloyd Corrigan
as
Olin Howland
Olin Howland
as
Kasey Rogers
Kasey Rogers
as
Linda Watkins
Linda Watkins
as
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick
as
Scatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers
as
Hank Worden
Hank Worden
as
Buddy Roosevelt
Buddy Roosevelt
as
Henry Kulky
Henry Kulky
as
James Griffith
James Griffith
as
Trevor Bardette
Trevor Bardette
as
Myrna Dell
Myrna Dell
as
Henry Rowland
Henry Rowland
as
Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis
as
Malcolm Atterbury
Malcolm Atterbury
as
Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves
as
Virginia Christine
Virginia Christine
as
Jack Lambert
Jack Lambert
as
Ben Welden
Ben Welden
as
Jim Hayward
Jim Hayward
as
Hilda Plowright
Hilda Plowright
as
Myron Healey
Myron Healey
as
George Eldredge
George Eldredge
as
Paulene Myers
Paulene Myers
as
Rose Marie
Rose Marie
as
Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour
as
Michael Fox
Michael Fox
as
William Allyn
William Allyn
as
DeForest Kelley
DeForest Kelley
as
Dan White
Dan White
as Settler
Hans Conried
Hans Conried
as
John Warburton
John Warburton
as
Bill Walker
Bill Walker
as
Brett Halsey
Brett Halsey
as
Eugene Iglesias
Eugene Iglesias
as
Charlotte Austin
Charlotte Austin
as
Martín Garralaga
Martín Garralaga
as
Strother Martin
Strother Martin
as
Lillian Bronson
Lillian Bronson
as
Hal Baylor
Hal Baylor
as Kneeland
Paul Brinegar
Paul Brinegar
as
Don C. Harvey
Don C. Harvey
as
Richard Avonde
Richard Avonde
as Count Victor De Nivernais
Mike Steen
Mike Steen
as Matt Lasher (as Malcolm Steen)
Celia Lovsky
Celia Lovsky
as Mme. Juventin
Jorie Wyler
Jorie Wyler
as Justine Juventin
Ray Teal
Ray Teal
as Sheriff Carson Singletary
Jason Johnson
Jason Johnson
as Nelson
Narda Onyx
Narda Onyx
as Marcella Duprez
Joyce van der Veen
Joyce van der Veen
as Angelique Moreau
Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey
as Madame Odin
Yvonne Lime
Yvonne Lime
as Mary Lou Carter
Lisa Montell
Lisa Montell
as Lisette Rochambeau
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The birth of the blade

  • 1x2

    The squatter

  • 1x3

    An adventure with audubon

  • 1x4

    Deputy sheriff

  • 1x5

    Trapline

  • 1x6

    Broomstick wedding

  • 1x7

    Natchez trace

  • 1x8

    Jim bowie comes home

  • 1x9

    The ghost of jean battoo

  • 1x10

    The secessionist

  • 1x11

    Land jumpers

  • 1x12

    The select females

  • 1x13

    Bowie and his slave

  • 1x14

    Outlaw kingdom

  • 1x15

    The swordsman

  • 1x16

    The return of the alcibiade

  • 1x17

    Monsieur francois

  • 1x18

    A horse for old hickory

  • 1x19

    The beggar of new orleans

  • 1x20

    Osceola

  • 1x21

    Master of arms

  • 1x22

    Convoy gold

  • 1x23

    Spanish intrigue

  • 1x24

    Bayou tontine

  • 1x25

    German george

  • 1x26

    An eye for an eye

  • 1x27

    The captain's chimp

  • 1x28

    Jackson assassination

  • 1x29

    Rezin bowie, gambler

  • 1x30

    Thieves' market

  • 1x31

    The pearl and the crown

  • 1x32

    The general's disgrace

  • 1x33

    The lottery

  • 1x34

    The intruder

  • 1x35

    Country cousin

  • 1x36

    The bound girl

  • 1x37

    Bounty hunter

  • 1x38

    Gone to texas

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Epitaph for an indian

  • 2x2

    Flowers for mcdonough

  • 2x3

    The irishman

  • 2x4

    Counterfeit dixie

  • 2x5

    Bullet metal

  • 2x6

    Quarantine

  • 2x7

    A fortune for madame

  • 2x8

    House divided

  • 2x9

    The whip

  • 2x10

    Pearls of talimeco

  • 2x11

    Charivari

  • 2x12

    Hare and tortoise

  • 2x13

    The bridegroom

  • 2x14

    The alligator

  • 2x15

    Country girl

  • 2x16

    Mexican adventure

  • 2x17

    Silk purse

  • 2x18

    Choctaw honor

  • 2x19

    Close shave

  • 2x20

    Pirate on horseback

  • 2x21

    Curfew cannon

  • 2x22

    Home sweet home

  • 2x23

    Deaf smith

  • 2x24

    Ursula

  • 2x25

    Apache silver

  • 2x26

    A grave for jim bowie

  • 2x27

    Up the creek

  • 2x28

    The lion's cub

  • 2x29

    Horse thief

  • 2x30

    Jim bowie, apache

  • 2x31

    The brothers

  • 2x32

    Patron of the arts

  • 2x33

    Bad medicine

  • 2x34

    A night in tennessee

  • 2x35

    Bowie's baby

  • 2x36

    The cave

  • 2x37

    Man of the streets

  • 2x38

    The puma

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