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Texas John Slaughter (formally titled: Tales of Texas John Slaughter) is a western television series which aired seventeen episodes between October 31, 1958 and April 23, 1961, as part of The Wonderful World of Disney, starring Tom Tryon in the title role. The character was based upon an actual historical figure, Texas Ranger John Horton Slaughter. Tryon memorably wore an enormous white cowboy hat with the brim pinned up in the front as part of his wardrobe for the series. Narration is provided by Paul Frees.[1]

Texas John Slaughter
Genre	Western
Written by	Frank D. Gilroy Burt Styler Albert E. Lewin
Directed by	Harry Keller James Neilson
Starring	Tom Tryon
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	17
Release
Original release	October 31, 1958 (1958-10-31) – April 23, 1961 (1961-04-23)

The beginning theme song for the series includes the line "Texas John Slaughter made 'em do what they oughta, and if they didn't, they died."

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Tales of Texas John Slaughter"	October 31, 1958 (1958-10-31)
2	"Tales of Texas John Slaughter - Ambush at Laredo"	November 14, 1958 (1958-11-14)
3	"Killers from Kansas"	January 9, 1959 (1959-01-09)
4	"Showdown at Sandoval"	January 23, 1959 (1959-01-23)
5	"Tales of Texas John Slaughter - The Man from Bitter Creek"	March 6, 1959 (1959-03-06)
6	"Tales of Texas John Slaughter - The Slaughter Trail"	March 20, 1959 (1959-03-20)
7	"The Robber Stallion"	December 4, 1959 (1959-12-04)
8	"Wild Horse Revenge"	December 11, 1959 (1959-12-11)
9	"Range War Tombstone"	December 18, 1959 (1959-12-18)
10	"Desperado from Tombstone"	February 12, 1960 (1960-02-12)
11	"Apache Friendship"	February 19, 1960 (1960-02-19)
12	"Kentucky Gunslick"	February 26, 1960 (1960-02-26)
13	"Geronimo's Revenge"	March 4, 1960 (1960-03-04)
14	"The End of the Trail"	January 29, 1961 (1961-01-29)
15	"A Holster Full of Law"	February 5, 1961 (1961-02-05)
16	"A Trip to Tucson"	April 16, 1961 (1961-04-16)
17	"Frank Clell's in Town"	April 23, 1961 (1961-04-23)

Background

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Guest stars

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Release

The series was originally broadcast as segments of The Wonderful World of Disney.

The series appeared in re-runs on the Disney Channel's classic program block "Disney Drive-In" which was later known as "Vault Disney".

Merchandising

The TV show was also adapted into a comic book by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Dell Comics.[2]

References

External links

• Texas John Slaughter at IMDb
• Texas John Slaughter at Inducks

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