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TV shows and films set in the 19th Century
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- StarsDuncan RenaldoLeo CarrilloTroy MeltonThe Cisco Kid rides through the American frontier with his sidekick, Pancho, fighting corruption with a blend of pride and humor that created a legend in the hearts of generations of television viewers.
- StarsDale EvansRoy RogersTriggerThe Double R Ranch featured "The King of the Cowboys" Roy, his "Smartest Horse in the Movies" Trigger, "Queen of the West" Dale, her horse Buttermilk, their dog Bullet, and even Pat's jeep, Nellybelle.
- StarsGuy MadisonAndy DevineSam FlintHickok rode Buckshot while 300-pound Jingles rode Joker. Jingles described Hickok as "the bravest, strongest, fightingest U.S. Marshal in the whole West." And that's about it: he beat up all the bad guys and somehow kept his good looks.
- CreatorRuth WoodmanStarsStanley AndrewsRobert TaylorRonald ReaganWestern stories and legends based, and filmed, in and around Death Valley, California. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s. The continuing sponsor was "20 Mule Team" Borax, a product formerly mined in Death Valley.
- StarsWilliam BoydEdgar BuchananGeorge D. WallaceHopalong and his horse Topper catch bad guys with Red Connors for comic relief.
- StarsJean MaraisLia AmandaDaniel IvernelEdmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
- StarsLee AakerJames BrownRin Tin Tin IIRusty was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache in Arizona, and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa Grande.
- StarsGail DavisBrad JohnsonJimmy HawkinsA fictionalized account of the life of legendary Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenClyde WareStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeMarshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
- StarsClint WalkerClyde HowdyChuck HicksAfter the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the West looking for fights, bad guys to beat up, and women. His job changed from episode to episode.
- StarsHugh O'BrianJimmy NoelEthan LaidlawLoosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.
- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleFran StrikerStarsDick SimmonsYukon KingVic PerrinCanadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
- CreatorLuke ShortCharles A. WallaceStarsDick PowellWalter SandeDenver PyleAn anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.
- StarsScott ForbesWilliam SchallertJohn LaingThe adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series.
- StarsJohn LuptonMichael AnsaraSteven RitchIndian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.
- StarsMicky DolenzNoah Beery Jr.Robert Lowery12-year-old Corky has been adopted by a traveling circus owned by Big Tim Champion. He is water boy to baby elephant Bimbo and otherwise participates in the behind-the-scenes life of the circus.
- StarsGuy WilliamsGene SheldonHenry CalvinDon Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro.
- StarsFrank McGrathTerry WilsonRobert HortonStories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.
- CreatorRoy HugginsStarsJack KellyJames GarnerRoger MooreBret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.
- CreatorHerb MeadowSam RolfeStarsRichard BooneKam TongHal NeedhamThe adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
- CreatorFrank GruberJames BrooksGene ReynoldsStarsDale RobertsonArt FelixKit CarsonAgent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.
- StarsPat ConwayRichard EasthamQuentin SondergaardTough Sheriff Clay Hollister keeps the law in Tombstone, Arizona with the support of his faithful deputies and the editor of the local newspaper.
- StarsWill HutchinsCharles FredericksGil PerkinsCorrespondence-school law graduate Tom Brewster travels west to seek his fortune. Unfortunately, his "cowboy" abilities leave a lot to be desired and earn him the nickname "Sugarfoot", which is one step lower than a "Tenderfoot".
- StarsRobert CulpNorman LeavittEllen CorbyTexas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.
- StarsJohn PayneLeonard P. GeerDan BlockerThe adventures of Vint Bonner, a cowboy in the post Civil War era.
- StarsAlan Hale Jr.Bobby ClarkEddy WallerTelevision version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".
- StarsChuck ConnorsJohnny CrawfordPaul FixThe adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
- StarsSteve McQueenWright KingOlan SouleA Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
- StarsGene BarryAllen JaffeAllison HayesBat Masterson roams The West and defends the innocent.
- StarsJohn RussellPeter BrownPeggie CastleThis is the story of Marshal Dan Troop of Laramie, Wyoming, and his Deputy Johnny McKay, an orphan Troop took under his wing.
- CreatorRichard SaleMary LoosStarsJock MahoneyX BrandsKevin HagenAn adventurer, gambler, and widely respected southern gentleman is recruited to work as a secret agent, at no pay, in post-Civil War New Orleans, helped by his companion, a silent Pawnee Native American.
- CreatorJames GunnKathleen HiteStarsRory CalhounRegis PartonDuncan LamontThe Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble, but trouble finds him.
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsClint EastwoodPaul BrinegarSteve RainesGil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
- StarsRobert FullerJohn SmithSpring ByingtonIn the 1870s Wyoming Territory, Slim Sherman and his 14-year-old brother Andy try to hang on to their ranch after their father's death.
- CreatorNick AdamsAndrew J. FenadyStarsNick AdamsChuck HamiltonSid TroyAfter the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys.
- CreatorRoland KibbeeNorman LearStarsHenry FondaAllen CaseRead MorganClay McCord is who often helped Chief Marshal Simon Fry in 1880's Arizona territory. McCord eventually becomes Fry's Chief Deputy assigned to Silver City. Fry and McCord are assisted by Sergeant Hapgood Tasker Army cavalry Sergeant.
- StarsDarren McGavinDick WesselJack LambertGrey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.
- CreatorSam PeckinpahStarsBrian KeithHank GobbleJimmy Lee CookLaconic cowboy Dave Blasingame wanders the Wild West with his faithful dog Brown and the occasional companionship of pal Burgundy Smith.
- CreatorSamuel A. PeeplesStarsBarry SullivanClu GulagerWalter LawrenceFictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsDoug McClureJames DruryLee J. CobbPersonable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
- CreatorMichael GarrisonStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinDick CangeyTwo Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
- CreatorA.I. BezzeridesLouis F. EdelmanStarsRichard LongPeter BreckLee MajorsThe Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.
- CreatorRichard M. BluelStarsForrest TuckerLarry StorchKen BerryThe misadventures of the staff and neighbors of a remote U.S. Army outpost in the Wild West.
- CreatorLarry CohenStarsChuck ConnorsChuck HamiltonWilliam BryantIn the 1880s Jason McCord travels the country trying to prove he's no coward. He needs to do this because the military career of this West point graduate came to an end when he was thrown out of the army after being accused of cowardice.
- StarsNeville BrandPeter BrownWilliam SmithA group of Texas Rangers keeps getting in and out of trouble, under the command of Captain Parmalee.
- CreatorE. Jack NeumanStarsRobert HortonGregory WalcottJohn CliffA man shot and left for dead on the trail is found and revived. With no recollection of his past, he calls himself Shenandoah as he roams the West searching for his identity.
- CreatorMilt RosenStarsMichael Anderson Jr.Barbara HersheyKeith SchultzClayt is 18 when orphaned heading to a new home out West. He's responsible for sisters Kathy and Amy who are 16 and 6, twin brothers almost 12. New neighbor is Major Mapoy, a sometime antagonist while Jim is their hand.
- CreatorJames GoldstoneStephen KandelStarsDale RobertsonRobert RandomGary CollinsBen Calhoun won the half-completed Buffalo Pass, Scalplock, and Defiance Line railroad in a poker game and must interact with 1880s first nation, bankers, and bad guys to complete the line.
- StarsDavid CarradineJill IrelandTom TullyShane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and other perils plaguing the Old West.
- CreatorDavid DortortStarsLeif EricksonCameron MitchellHenry DarrowThe Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s.
- StarsEric PorterMargaret TyzackNyree Dawn PorterSpanning decades, the saga contrasts obsessive Soames, clinging to wife Irene, and Jolyon, leaving for his kids' governess. Their diverging paths intertwine, bringing highs and lows to the upper-class Forsyte clan.
- CreatorChristopher KnopfStarsStuart WhitmanPercy HerbertRandy BooneThe western adventures of tough, but fair, Marshal Jim Crown.
- CreatorRichard CarrAaron SpellingStarsWalter BrennanDack RamboJason EversAn old former Army scout and his grandson search the west for the man's son, a gunfighter on the run.
- StarsRalph TaegerKathie BrowneNoah Beery Jr.Hondo, an embittered former rebel officer, travels to Arizona Territory in the 1870s with his dog Sam. Often clashing with the local cavalry, which he holds responsible for the death of his Indian wife.
- CreatorN. Richard NashStarsRobert BrownBobby ShermanDavid SoulThe adventures of a logging work team and the marriageable single women sent to them in post-American Civil War Seattle in the Washington Territory.
- CreatorSamuel A. PeeplesStarsJames StacyWayne MaunderAndrew DugganA tyrannical owner of a vast ranch recruits his two estranged and vastly opposite sons to maintain an uneasy alliance as they fight off forces that would destroy the ranch.
- StarsHellmut LangePierre MassimiAlexandru DavidNathaniel "Natty" or "Nat" Bumppo, a white male, leaves his home valley to seek freedom. On his journey he encounters Mohicans who call him "Leatherstocking" and imprison him. Soon he befriends with the young Chingachgook and sides with the tribe, standing besides them in confrontations against other Indians and white settlers.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsBen MurphyRoger DavisPete DuelHannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks".
- CreatorCyril AbrahamStarsPeter GilmoreJessica BentonHoward LangJames Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
- StarsAnn FirbankBryan MarshallMarian SpencerAnne Elliot is convinced to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth. When her father rents the family estate to Admiral Croft, Anne is forced to accompany Frederick. Will he and Anne rekindle the old flame?
- StarsMargaret TyzackThorley WaltersHelen MirrenA poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
- CreatorEd SpielmanHerman MillerStarsDavid CarradineRadames PeraKeye LukeThe adventures of Shaolin Monk Kwai Chang Caine as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
- StarsAnthony HopkinsMorag HoodAlan DobieNapoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.
- StarsDoran GodwinJohn CarsonDonald EcclesWhile matchmaking for friends and neighbours, a young 19th Century Englishwoman nearly misses her own chance at love.
- StarsVytautas TomkusVaiva MainelyteAlgis MatulionisThis movie is a story of the legendary Lithuanian peasant- Tadas Blinda (1846-1877), a Lithuanian folk hero of the 19th century often compared to Robin Hood. He is shown as a leader of serfs battling and ridiculing the Polish landlords and the Russian Empire that governed Lithuania, Lithuania after the law about the end of serfdom. The movie is a an intense drama with a mix of cruelty and love, comic situations and jokes, heroism and treason. In the first part of the movie the landlord's daughter returns from St. Peterburg with lots of positive ideas in her head, willing to find a more human way to co-live with their peasants but her family isn't that much open-minded and liberal. Tadas gets a message that his father died while working in the landlord's fields but he can't attend the funeral because he's ordered to give a carriage ride to his "master's" family. The horses "get frightened" in the middle of the river and the carriage breaks. Tadas Blinda goes under the punishment. Fellow peasants are told to whip him under the threat of weapons. Reluctant at first, they still obey. The night comes, Tadas recovers from injuries, gathers a group of loyal peasants and starts his revenge...
- StarsYul BrynnerSamantha EggarKeye LukeA stern schoolteacher clashes with an aristocratic 19th-century king.
- StarsSorcha CusackMichael JaystonMegs JenkinsAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- CreatorElroy SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsBob DenverForrest TuckerIvor FrancisA stage and a wagon heading west get separated from the rest of the wagon train thanks to Dusty. Now they must make their way to California.
- CreatorBlanche HanalisStarsMelissa GilbertMichael LandonKaren GrassleThe life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
- CreatorJohn ElliotStarsMichael HordernCharles KayBarry FosterThe collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
- StarsSusan HampshirePhilip LathamBarbara MurrayBeginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in England as we watch the comings and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not-so-powerful.
- StarsShintarô KatsuRenji IshibashiKeizô KanieBlind masseur Zatôichi travels from town to town gambling, drinking, and fighting off the local gangs.
- StarsJamshid MashayekhiParviz FanizadehNaser Malek MotieeThe life of Amir Kabir, from the Ghajar dynasty.
- StarsAnnette CrosbieTimothy WestHelen RyanThe life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the King, he developed a reputation of a playboy, which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.
- StarsRaimund HarmstorfLorenza GuerrieriPierre VernierCaptain Michael Strogoff is chosen in Moscow to be the courier of the Tsar, 5,523 km far to Irkutsk, to warn the governor about the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a former colonel, who was once demoted and exiled and now seeks revenge.
- StarsSarah Hollis AndrewsHope JohnstoneWilliam MarshIn 19th-century India, Mary Lennox is suddenly orphaned by cholera. Her only living relative is her uncle, Archibald Craven, so Mary is sent to live at his estate on the Yorkshire moors. Where she discovers a secret garden and a cousin.
- CreatorDouglas HeyesStarsWilliam ShatnerRichard KielDave TurnerThe wild wild west adventures of 19th-century agents Jeff Cable and Cash Conover.
- CreatorJim ByrnesAlbert S. RuddyStarsJames ArnessBruce BoxleitnerKathryn HolcombThe Macahans, a family from Virginia, headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
- StarsKabir BediAdolfo CeliPhilippe LeroyMalaysia, second half of 1800. Sandokan is a young prince who as a child lost his kingdom due to the English invasion. He is now the captain of a band of pirates that constantly attacks the British army.
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsGemma JonesVictoria PlucknettJohn WelshLouisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
- StarsSven WollterGurie NordwallEvert LindkvistAn historical depiction of the joys and hardships of life in southern Sweden during the late 19th century, seen from the perspective of a soldier and his family.
- StarsRichard JordanHarvey JasonPatty DukeRags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s.
- StarsSancho GraciaJosé SanchoÁlvaro de LunaSet in 19th-century Southern Spain, this successful TV series features the endless adventures of Curro Jiménez (prototype of the Andalusian "bandolero"), a kind of Spanish Robin Hood, and his gang, the two main members of which are El Estudiante and El Algarrobo. The plot changes in every episode, but all have the theme of the legendary bandit--fair, brave, and good-natured--who leads the guerrilla against the French troops during the Spanish War of Independence. There are love stories, fights against injustice, and even some comic episodes.
- CreatorTracy Keenan WynnStarsKurt RussellTim MathesonFrank SalsedoTwo brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
- StarsLeVar BurtonRobert ReedJohn AmosA dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
- StarsNicola PagettStuart WilsonEric PorterAnna Karenina is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life.
- StarsMary LarkinKerry McGuireJon EnglishEighteen-year-old Mary Mulvane gets convicted for trying to get back her father's cow. She has to endure the travel in a prison ship from Ireland and living the life of a convict in Australia.
- StarsFrancesca AnnisCatherine FellerPeggy Ann WoodSeen on Masterpiece Theatre, starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance, Lillie vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era.
- StarsElizabeth MontgomeryHal HolbrookJane SeymourFrontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
- StarsCicely TysonJason BernardClifford DavidA film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.
- StarsAlan BatesJanet MawJack GallowayIn a drunken and disheartened state, Michael Henchard sells his wife at a fair. When he becomes sober again, he realizes what he has done, and though unable to find his wife and child, changes his ways. He becomes the Mayor of the town. Nearly twenty years later, his past comes back to haunt him.
- StarsMeredith BaxterSusan DeyAnn DusenberryLouisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken woman for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
- StarsIan McShaneRosemary LeachMary PeachA penetrating look at one of British history's most enigmatic and controversial figure, Benjamin Disraeli--a dandy, womanizer and a Jew.
- StarsKen HutchisonBrian WildePat HeywoodAn eternally romantic love story between Heathcliff and Catherine.
- StarsJudy CornwellBarbara HicksPippa GuardThe tragic tale of Maggie Tulliver, the miller's daughter, who defies her embittered brother in standing by the man she loves - shocking the stifling society in which she lives - in an attempt to pursue her blighted dreams.
- CreatorErnest KinoyStarsDebbi MorganDorian HarewoodPaul KosloThe dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
- StarsSam ElliottTom SelleckJeff OsterhageAfter the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.