Western Stories | OTRWesterns.com
Not all westerns were done as full series. This is a collection of Western Stories from different shows that did not focus strictly on westerns but had episodes that were westerns or during the western era.
Bakers Theater of Stars | Mail Order Bride (03-08-53)
Original Air Date: March 08, 1953
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Robert Taylor
• Jeanne Bates
Special Guests:
• John Dehner
• Harry Bartell
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Will Wright
• Mary McGovern
Narrator:
• Parley Baer
Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell
Writer:
• John Meston
Music:
• Wilbur Hatch
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Shoo Fly | Death Valley Days (39-06-16)
Original Air Date: June 16, 1939
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Host:
• The Old Ranger
Creator:
• Ruth Woodman
Music:
• Leith Stevens
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Burro Who Had No Name - Death Valley Days (38-06-17)
Original Air Date: June 17, 1938
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Host:
• The Old Ranger
Creator:
• Ruth Woodman
Music:
• Leith Stevens
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Whitney Death Valley Highway Dedication - Death Valley Days (37-10-29)
Original Air Date: October 29, 1937
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Host:
• The Old Ranger
Creator:
• Ruth Woodman
Music:
• Leith Stevens
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Sam Bass is Captured | Death Valley Days (36-08-27)
Original Air Date: August 27, 1936
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Host:
• The Old Ranger
Creator:
• Ruth Woodman
Music:
• Leith Stevens
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The First Steel Plow | Adventures in Research (07-24-51)
The story of how John Deere came up with the first Steel Plow
Original Air Date: July 24, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Narrator:
• Paul Shannon
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Redman's Vengeance | Silver Eagle (06-29-54)
After a Trapper shoots an Indian, he and his partner are hunted by other Indians who witness the shooting
Original Air Date: June 29, 1954
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Jim Ameche (Sergeant Jim West)
• Jack Lester (Joe Bideaux)
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Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Sound Heard Round the World | Adventures in Research (02-06-51)
The Story of the telegraph
Original Air Date: February 06, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Narrator:
• Paul Shannon
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Lost Gold Mine | Adventures in Research (11-06-51)
A tale of a lost gold mine, a mine that no one ever staked a claim to.
Original Air Date: November 06, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Narrator:
• Paul Shannon
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Wilderness Train | Adventures in Research (08-14-51)
The story of the Wilderness Train, a railroad that came to be known as the mainline of mid-America.
Original Air Date: August 14, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Narrator:
• Paul Shannon
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
George and the Iron Monster | Adventures in Research (52-12-30)
Story of an English coal miner and his creation of the steam locomotive.
Original Air Date: December 30, 1952
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Narrator:
• Paul Shannon
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Jack the Giant Killer | Armchair Adventures
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Narrator:
• Marvin Miller
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
West is West | Armchair Adventures
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Narrator:
• Marvin Miller
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Judgment Day at Crippled Deer - Escape (54-06-24)
Original Air Date: June 24, 1954
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Harry Bartell
Special Guests:
• Lou Krugman
• Georgia Ellis
• James Nusser
• Clayton Post
Writers:
• Les Crutchfield
Announcer:
• George Walsh
Director:
• Norman MacDonnell
Music:
• Leith Stevens
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Audition Show | Adventures Of The Scarlet Cloak (50-02-15)
Original Air Date: February 15, 1950
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Wendell Niles
Writers:
• Joel Murcott
Producer:
• Vic Hunter
Music:
• Lyn Murray
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Stampede on the Chisholm Trail | Adventure Trail (46-03-22)
Original Air Date: March 22, 1946
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Going to the Circus | All Set And Saddled (1942)
Original Air Date: 1942
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Caddis Fly | Romance (56-08-25)
Original Air Date: August 25, 1956
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Sam Edwards
• Vic Perrin
Special Guests:
• Gloria Grant
• Helen Kleeb
• Will Wright
• John Dehner
• Sammie Hill
• Joseph Kearns
Writers:
• Charles B. Smith
Producer/Director:
• Antony Ellis
Music:
•Jerry Goldsmith
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Bear | Romance (11-05-55)
Original Air Date: November 05, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• John Dehner
• Virginia Gregg
Special Guest:
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Harry Bartell
Writers:
• Anton Chekhov
• Walter Newman
Producer/Director:
• William Froug
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Pawhuska - Romance (54-10-09)
Original Air Date: October 09, 1954
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• John Dehner (Jack)
• Joyce McCluskey
Special Guests:
• Vic Perrin
• Joseph Kearns
• Harry Bartell
• Barney Phillips
• Lou Krugman
Producer/Director:
• Norman Macdonnell
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Madame 44 - Romance (52-06-09)
Original Air Date: June 09, 1952
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Joan Banks
• John Dehner
Special Guests:
• Jeanette Nolan
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Harry Bartell
• Paul Dubov
Writer:
• Michael Foster
• John Meston
Producer/Director:
• Norman Macdonnell
Music:
• Earl Towner
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Pagosa | Romance (08-06-51)
Original Air Date: August 06, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• William Conrad
• Georgia Ellis
• Will Wright
Special Guests:
• Tony Barrett
• Lamont Johnson
• Tom Holland
• Herb Ellis
• Junius Matthews
Writers:
• John Meston
Producer/Director:
• Norman Macdonnell
Music:
• Alexander Courage
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
White Buffalo | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (11-27-55)
Original Air Date: November 27, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Announcer:
• Don Morrow
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Ambassador | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (11-13-55)
Original Air Date: November 13, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Announcer:
• Don Morrow
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Punishment and Crime | Sears Radio Theater (79-07-16)
A western story about twin brothers who moved into an abandoned house and someone ends up getting shot and killed around their property.
Original Air Date: July 16, 1979
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Parley Baer
• Howard Culver
Special Guests:
• Len Birman
• Peggy Webber
• Joe Moross
• Jack Carroll
Writers:
• Percy Grainger
Producer/Director:
• Fletcher Markle
Music:
• Nelson Riddle
The Gunfighter | Screen Director's Playhouse (51-06-07)
Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.
Original Air Date: June 07, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Gregory Peck
Special Guests:
• Byron Kane
• Ted de Corsia
• Sam Edwards
• Grace Lenard
• Tom Holland
• Ruth Paris
• Betty Lou Gerson
• Jeffery Silver
• Wally Maher
Adaptation:
• Nat Wolff
Directors:
• Henry King
• Bill Cairn
Producer:
• Howard Wi
The Paleface - Screen Director's Playhouse (50-03-03)
Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.
Original Air Date: March 03, 1950
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Bob Hope ('Painless' Peter Potter)
• Jane Russell (Calamity Jane)
Director:
• Norman Z. McLeod
Music:
• William Lava
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Wyatt Earp - Hallmark Hall of Fame (12-05-54)
The Story of Wyatt Earp the American lawman and gambler in the American West.
Original Air Date: December 05, 1954
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Parley Baer
• Herb Vigran
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Harry Bartell
• Joseph Kearns
• Paul Dubov
• Paul Frees
Host:
• Lionel Barrymore
Producer:
• William Froug
Writer:
• Frank Burt
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Tom Mix - Hallmark Hall of Fame (01-03-54)
A good Western yarn about the time Tom Mix stayed awake for four days during a blizzard to capture two murderers.
Original Air Date: January 03, 1954
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• John Dehner
• Vic Perrin
• Jack Edwards
• Harry Bartell
• Lawrence Dobkin
Host:
• Lionel Barrymore
Producer:
• William Froug
Writer:
• Wilbur James
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Sam Houston | Hallmark Hall of Fame (09-13-53)
The story of the 1836 defeat of the settlers of early Texas territory.
Original Air Date: September 13, 1953
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• John Dehner
• Margaret Brayton
• Dick Beals
• Herb Butterfield
• Sam Edwards
• Harry Bartell
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Ted de Corsia
• Parley Baer
• Bill Johnstone
• Roy Glenn
Host:
• Lionel Barrymore
Producer:
• William Gay
Writer:
• James Poe
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Sacajawea - Hallmark Hall of Fame (03-08-53)
The Story of the guide and interpreter, (Sacajawea), who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition negotiate with the Shoshone and explore the Louisiana Territory.
Original Air Date: March 08, 1953
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Lurene Tuttle
• Whitfield Connor
• Lamont Johnson
• John Stephenson
• Ben Wright
• Ted de Corsia
• Frank Martin
Host:
• Lionel Barrymore
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Fort Apache | Screen Director's Playhouse (49-08-05)
At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
Original Air Date: August 05, 1949
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Screen Director's Playhouse
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• John Wayne (Capt. Kirby York)
• Ward Bond (Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke)
Special Guests:
• Sharon Douglas
• Paul McVeigh
• Tony Barrett
• Eddie Field
• Pat McGeehan
• Lou Merrill
• John Stanley
Director:
• John Ford
Music:
Wild Jack Rhett | Escape (12-17-50)
A story about the old west and a great show-down on Main Street.
Original Air Date: June 23, 1950
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• John Dehner
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Lou Krugman
Special Guests:
• Junius Matthews
• Russell Simpson
• Jeanne Bates
• Paul Dubov
• Sam Edwards
Narrator:
• Parley Baer
Writer:
• John Meston
Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell
Music:
• Ivan Ditmars
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Sundown | Escape (06-23-50)
A story about the gunfighters of the old west.
Original Air Date: June 23, 1950
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Barton Yarborough
• Sam Edwards
• Will Geer
• Ted Osborne
• John Ramsey Hill
Special Guest:
• Paul Frees
• John Dehner
Writers:
• Joel Murcott
Producer:
• William N. Robson
Music:
• Ivan Ditmars
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Pistol - Escape (01-03-50)
An action-packed western about the first Colt six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen.
Original Air Date: January 03, 1950
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Gerald Mohr
• Betty Lou Gerson
• Charles McGraw
• Will Geer
Special Guests:
• Eddie Marr
Writers:
• Les Crutchfield
Producer:
• William N. Robson
Music:
• Del Castillo
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Command | Escape (12-06-49)
A story about the Union Army
Original Air Date: December 06, 1949
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Escape
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Elliott Reid
• Bill Johnstone
• Ted de Corsia
Special Guests:
• Sam Edwards
• Tony Barrett
• Bert Holland
• Paul Frees
Producer/Writer:
• William N. Robson
Music:
• Del Castillo
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Escape (12-10-47)
Peyton Farquhar, a civilian who also happens to be a successful planter and slave owner, is being prepared for execution by hanging from an Alabama railroad bridge during the American Civil War
Original Air Date: December 10, 1947
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Harry Bartell (Peyton Farquhar)
Special Guests:
• Luis van Rooten
Narrators:
• William Conrad
• Bill Johnstone
Producer/Writer:
• William N. Robson
Music:
• Cy Feuer
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Ken...
Virginia City | Lux Radio Theatre (05-26-41)
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is sets out to Virginia City in Nevada
Original Air Date: May 26, 1941
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Errol Flynn (Kerry Bradford)
• Martha Scott (Julia Hayne)
• Frank McGlynn Sr. (Abraham Lincoln)
Special Guests:
• Gale Gordon
• Warren Nash
• Griff Barnett
• Edwin Max
• Lou Merrill
• Theodore von Eltz
• Hans Conried
• Forrest Taylor
• Charles Seel
• Stanley Farrar
• Edward Arnold Jr.
• James Eagles
Producer:
• Cecil B. DeMille
...
The Westerner | Lux Radio Theatre (09-23-40)
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
Original Air Date: September 23, 1940
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Gary Cooper (Cole Harden)
• Walter Brennan (Judge Roy Bean)
• Doris Davenport (Jane Ellen Mathews)
Special Guests:
• Lou Merrill
• Fred Shields
• Harry Humphrey
• Donald Curtis
• John Deering
• Brooks Benedict
• Jay Michael
• Ted Arthurs
• Hal K Dawson
• Forrest Taylor
• Gloria Holden
Producer:
• Cecil B. DeMi...
Ruggles of Red Gap | Lux Radio Theatre (07-10-39)
An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Original Air Date: July 10, 1939
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Charles Laughton (Ruggles)
• Charles Ruggles (Egbert Floud)
• Zasu Pitts (Prunella Judson)
Producer:
• Cecil B. DeMille
Music:
• Louis_Silvers
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
