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BarBara Luna recalls her husband Doug McClure and their first meeting on the western series, OVERLAND TRAIL. The show starred William Bendix and Doug, before he was cast as “Trampas” on the long running hit, THE VIRGINIAN. Marriage for Doug and Luna followed but not before Luna headed to Hawaii to shoot a movie. The talented actress was cast opposite Frank Sinatra in THE DEVIL AT 4 O’CLOCK and thought Doug, who joined her on location, might get jealous. What happened there is an unforgettable memory for Luna, which she shares.
Because she could ride a horse, hit her marks, and say her lines, the stunning beauty worked steadily during the heyday of TV westerns. Luna appeared as the hot-blooded “Theresa” in the ZORRO TV series with Guy Williams because she could both sing and ride! She guest starred on most of the TV cowboy classics from GUNSMOKE, DEATH VALLEY DAYS, THE HIGH CHAPARRAL, BONANZA, CIMARRON STRIP, LAREDO, THE WILD, WILD WEST and others. She recalls being typecast in her early roles and of being chased around a hay filled barn by Richard Boone on HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, in a scene that was definitely NOT in the script.
Luna is also part of the original STAR TREK legacy and described how the sci-fi series was so different for her because it was one of the few times that she wasn’t typecast.
“It’s all about love and understanding,” she says about STAR TREK and her classic episode, “Mirror, Mirror.”
Short excerpts from this conversation between Luna and Rob Word were posted before, but with the addition of unused footage, it has been re-edited and lengthened to include everything from the July 20, 2016 taping of A WORD ON WESTERNS at the Autry Museum.
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