F R O N T I E R G E N T L E M A N
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1958

First Show: Feb 02, 1958 Last Show: Nov 16, 1958
Number Shows: 41 plus 2 auditions Audition Show: Jan 29, 1958
Jan 30, 1958

Series Description:

FRONTIER GENTLEMAN was a Western that viewed the Wild West through
the eyes of a British correspondent from the London Times. That
reporter was J.B. Kendle, also known as Britt Kendle, who, besides
being a reporter, was a veteran of the British army. He was sent
to America to write about the people who lived in the Wild West. He
was quite adept with fist, gun and knife and was smart enough to
know when to use them. Britt was played by John Dehner , who is
probably better known as Paladin in the radio version of HAVE GUN,
WILL TRAVEL.

The show was directed by Tony Ellis who also wrote for GUNSMOKE. It
displayed mature, well written plots. All the acting was very good,
especially by Mr. Dehner.

Unfortunately, radio's Golden Age was in it's twilight and new shows
had to face stiff competition from TV. FRONTIER GENTLEMAN lasted
less than a year and only 40 episodes were produced.


Log Comments:

The shows were untitled leading to significant variation in titles
from catalog to catalog. Where titles were similar, the most common
title was used. Where not similar, the most common is listed first,
with others listed below it as alternates. Titles that could not be
matched to another were placed at the end of the list.


Chronological Log:

Date Num Title
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Jan 29, 1958 Aud The Shelton Brothers script
Audition starring Ben Wright

Jan 30, 1958 Aud The Shelton Brothers script
Audition starring John Dehner

...... all shows aired Sundays ......

Feb 02, 1958 1 "The Shelton Brothers"
Alt: No Guns In South Sunday
Feb 09, 1958 2 "Half-Breed"
Alt: Charlie Meeker
Alt: Sitting Bull
Alt: Six Toes
Feb 16, 1958 3 "The Honkytonkers"
Alt: Bill Bascomb
Alt: Wild Bill Bascombe
Alt: J.B. Becomes a Surgeon
Feb 23, 1958 4 "Kendall's Last Stand"
Alt: Little Big Horn
Mar 02, 1958 5 "The Lost Mine"
Alt: Shorthorn Tom
Mar 09, 1958 6 "The Claim Jumpers"
Alt: Three Greedy Prospectors
Mar 16, 1958 7 "Big Sam For Governor"
Mar 23, 1958 8 "The Actress"
Alt: Actress is Shot
Mar 30, 1958 9 "Gentle Virtue"
Apr 06, 1958 10 "The Powder River Kid"
Apr 13, 1958 11 "The Trial"
Alt: Kendall For The Defense
Alt: Defense For McCream
Apr 20, 1958 12 "Aces and Eights"
Alt: Dead Man's Hand
Apr 27, 1958 13 "Random Notes"
Stagecoach version, see last
show notes.
May 04, 1958 14 "Daddy Buckbucks"
Alt: Daddy Buck Horton
May 11, 1958 15 "The Cannibal"
Alt: Shelter For The Night
May 18, 1958 16 "Advice to the Lovelorn"
Alt: Tom Hart Seeks Revenge
May 25, 1958 17 "The Cowboy"
Alt: Rescue
Alt: Slim
Alt: Woman Held By Indians
Jun 01, 1958 18 "School Days"
Alt: School Marm
Alt: Teacher of Rottenhead
Gulch
Jun 08, 1958 19 "Belljoy's Prisoner"
Alt: Sick Sheriff of Shoshone
Jun 15, 1958 20 "The Well"
Jun 22, 1958 ... no show ...
Jun 29, 1958 21 "Gambling Lady"
Alt: Madame Birdie
Alt: Belle Siddons
Alt: Madam Verdi in Deadwood
Alt: Madam Verde's Gambling House
Jul 06, 1958 22 "The Education of Kid Yancy"
Jul 13, 1958 23 "Justice of the Peace"
Jul 20, 1958 24 "Mighty Mouse"
Alt: Mighty Mouse, Sheriff Harper
Alt: Jesse James, Part 1
Jul 27, 1958 25 "Mighty Tired"
Alt: Jesse James, Part 2
Aug 03, 1958 26 "Nebraska Jack"
Aug 10, 1958 27 "The Cat Man"
Aug 17, 1958 28 "The Wonderboy"
Alt: Wonder Man
Aug 24, 1958 29 "Belle Siddons' Encore"
Aug 31, 1958 30 "Belle Siddons Strikes Back"
Sep 07, 1958 31 "The Last of Belle Siddon"
Alt: Madam Verdi in Cheyenne
Sep 14, 1958 32 "A Horse for Kendall"
Alt: Kendall Buys a Horse
Sep 21, 1958 33 "Indian Lover"
Sep 28, 1958 34 "The Golddigger"
Alt: The Gold Bug
Oct 05, 1958 35 "The Librarian"
Alt: Claim Jumpers
Oct 12, 1958 36 "Aces and Eights" (repeat)
Oct 19, 1958 37 "The Preacher"
Oct 26, 1958 38 "The Rainmaker"
Nov 02, 1958 39 "Nasty People"
Alt: Deadly Homesters
Alt: The Grover Family
Nov 09, 1958 40 "Holiday"
Alt: A Living Man's Funeral
Nov 16, 1958 41 "Random Notes"
Same "notes" as in #13, done
on a train instead. last show.

..... Show titles that couldn't .....
..... be match to those above .....
..... and had no broadcast dates ....

not known ?? Montana Gold
not known ?? Cheyenne Sage
not known ?? Disaster In Montana
not known ?? Adventure In Montana


Alphabetical Listing:

Title Date Num
----------------------------------------- -------- ---
Aces and Eights 58-04-20 12
Aces and Eights (repeat) 58-10-12 36
Actress is Shot 58-03-23 8
Actress, The 58-03-23 8
Adventure In Montana unknown ??
Advice to the Lovelorn 58-05-18 16
Belle Siddons' Encore 58-08-24 29
Belle Siddons 58-06-29 21
Belle Siddons Strikes Back 58-08-31 30
Belljoy's Prisoner 58-06-08 19
Big Sam For Governor 58-03-16 7
Bill Bascomb 58-02-16 3
Cannibal, The 58-05-11 15
Cat Man, The 58-08-10 27
Charlie Meeker 58-02-09 2
Cheyenne Sage unknown ??
Claim Jumpers 58-10-05 35
Claim Jumpers, The 58-03-09 6
Cowboy, The 58-05-25 17
Daddy Buck Horton 58-05-04 14
Daddy Buckbucks 58-05-04 14
Dead Man's Hand 58-04-20 12
Deadly Homesters 58-11-02 39
Defense For McCream 58-04-13 11
Disaster In Montana unknown ??
Education of Kid Yancy, The 58-07-06 22
Gambling Lady 58-06-29 21
Gentle Virtue 58-03-30 9
Gold Bug, The 58-09-28 34
Golddigger, The 58-09-28 34
Grover Family, The 58-11-02 39
Half-Breed 58-02-09 2
Holiday 58-11-09 40
Honkytonkers, The 58-02-16 3
Horse for Kendall, A 58-09-14 32
Indian Lover 58-09-21 33
J.B. Becomes a Surgeon 58-02-16 3
Jesse James, Part 1 58-07-20 24
Jesse James, Part 2 58-07-27 25
Justice of the Peace 58-07-13 23
Kendall's Last Stand 58-02-23 4
Kendall Buys a Horse 58-09-14 32
Kendall For The Defense 58-04-13 11
Last of Belle Siddon, The 58-09-07 31
Librarian, The 58-10-05 35
Little Big Horn 58-02-23 4
Living Man's Funeral, A 58-11-09 40
Lost Mine, The 58-03-02 5
Madam Verde's Gambling House 58-06-29 21
Madam Verdi in Cheyenne 58-09-07 31
Madam Verdi in Deadwood 58-06-29 21
Madame Birdie 58-06-29 21
Mighty Mouse 58-07-20 24
Mighty Mouse, Sheriff Harper 58-07-20 24
Mighty Tired 58-07-27 25
Montana Gold unknown ??
Nasty People 58-11-02 39
Nebraska Jack 58-08-03 26
No Guns In South Sunday 58-02-02 1
Powder River Kid, The 58-04-06 10
Preacher, The 58-10-19 37
Rainmaker, The 58-10-26 38
Random Notes (stagecoach version) 58-04-27 13
Random Notes (train version) 58-11-16 41
Rescue 58-05-25 17
School Days 58-06-01 18
School Marm 58-06-01 18
Shelter For The Night 58-05-11 15
Shelton Brothers, The 58-02-02 1
Shelton Brothers, The (stars Ben Wright) 58-01-29 Aud
Shelton Brothers, The (stars John Dehner) 58-01-30 Aud
Shorthorn Tom 58-03-02 5
Sick Sheriff of Shoshone 58-06-08 19
Sitting Bull 58-02-09 2
Six Toes 58-02-09 2
Slim 58-05-25 17
Teacher of Rottenhead Gulch 58-06-01 18
Three Greedy Prospectors 58-03-09 6
Tom Hart Seeks Revenge 58-05-18 16
Trial, The 58-04-13 11
Well, The 58-06-15 20
Wild Bill Bascombe 58-02-16 3
Woman Held By Indians 58-05-25 17
Wonder Man 58-08-17 28
Wonderboy, The 58-08-17 28


References:

* "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All
All Circulating Shows", by Jay Hickerson, 27436 Desert Rose Ct.,
Leesburg, FL 34748

* OTR club and vendor catalogs or web sites:
* Crabapple Sound, Henry Hinkel, 254 Florida Ave., Amsterdam, NY
12010
* Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512
* Erstwhile Radio, PO Box 2284, Peabody, MA 01960
* Jerry Haendiges Productions, Jerry Haendiges, 13808 Sunset Dr.,
Whittier, CA 90602
* McCoy's Recordings, PO Box 1069, Richland, Wash. 99352
* Memories Of Radio, Dick Judge, PO Box 67800, Rochester NY 14617
* North American Radio Archives, 134 Vincewood Dr., Nicolasville,
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Englewood, CO 80150
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Rock, AR 72116
* Radio Showcase, Steve Kelez, PO Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
* Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety And
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* Radio Spirits, PO Box 2141, Schiller Park, IL 60176-2141
* Vintage Broadcasts, Andy Blatt, PO Box 50065, Staten Island, NY
10305


Other Logs or Books:

* FRONTIER GENTLEMAN log, Jay Hickerson, 27436 Desert Rose Ct.,
Leesburg, FL 34748

* FRONTIER GENTLEMAN log, Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset
Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 (http://www.otrsite.com)

* FRONTIER GENTLEMAN log, Audio Classics Archive, Terry Salomonson,
P.O. Box 347, Howell, MI 48844-0347 (http://www.audio-classics.com)

* THE CBS WESTERN LOGS, by Don Aston and Terry Solomonson, AVPRO,
PO Box 1392, Lake Elsinore, CA 92531-1392


Reader Feedback:

* Bill Wines identified "J.B. Becomes a Sugeon" as "The Honkytonkers".


Last Update: Jul 25, 2007


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