Have Gun Will Travel: Paladin's Real Name REVEALED!

The 1950s was the era of cowboys -- the audiences loved men on horseback and few onscreen gunslingers enjoyed as much popularity as Paladin of Have Gun - Will Travel. This American Western series that chronicled the life of Paladin, a West Point trained American Civil War veteran who mirrored the image of a Knight Errant, a character associated with a strict moral code and virtuous life. Palladin used both his gun as well as his wit and intelligence to help those in need of his services. His business card, which featured a white knight chess piece and had "Have Gun Will Travel. Wire Paladin, San Francisco" written on it reminded audiences of the knights in shining armour. Falling in love with Paladin wasn't difficult at all.
The role was played by the magnetic actor Richard Boone and the show made Boone an international star. Boone also exercised great influence on the sets of the drama -- a TV Guide issue revealed that Boone, alongside starring in the show, also directed many of its episodes as well as exercised great control on both script and casting approval. Other than Paladin, the only recurring character on the show was Kam Tong -- the Chinese bellhop at the Carlton Hotel where Paladin usually stayed.
Have Gun -- Will Travel aired on CBS between 1957 and 1963 and was the number three show in the US for three consecutive years. Its this video, we take a look at some of the most interesting facts from this beloved series. One of these facts even reveals the Paladin’s real name! Be sure to watch the full video to find out this and other great facts from the show.
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[@michaelwright-tu6qb]

One of the best written shows in television.

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

They not only had Gene Roddenberry but they had Sam peckenpaugh for multiple episodes! Both went on to great great careers!

[@DanielHernandez-vc6go]

I saw a paladin episode, Where a long time friend he ran into called him Bob. Check the episodes

[@jesshenderson1844]

One of my favorite TV shows as a kid growing up in the 1950s-60s. Well written; it holds up today. As mentioned by poster Martin below, Paladin was a character of high moral values. A Knight of the Round Table hence the chess Knight as the emblem on his calling card. Very cool concept by the originators of the series. This show was never corny, as were many of the '60s shows of that era.

[@michaelsmodelrailroading7665]

"Have Gun, Will Travel" is still the very BEST western, in my opinion, and I've seen them all.

[@WestCascades]

True, but "Wanted Dead or Alive" is a very close second runner up.

[@getoverit2789]

I like Paladdin, but I'm quite partial to "The Big Valley" as well.

[@JusticeRyan-n6d]

I'd personally would take Gunsmoke #1 and have gun for hire #2.

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Opinions are like navels everybody has one. Yours is not important in the grand scheme of things

[@doctyler5382]

I came across Palidin one morning a few years ago and got hooked! Even after all these years it's still quite a good show Richard Boone is a great actor.

[@ellenpa2000]

Yes I also got hooked a few months ago thanks to my hubby seeing the series on KZbin and recommending it to me. We bought the DVDs , better quality. I think this was the best of all in its genre recognizing people of all races, classes and gender as human beings. bounderies.

[@audreyricci6383]

I don't like John Dehner as Paladin. He did not cut it. Richard Boone fit the part much better. He was the real Paladin. One of a kind gunfighter.

[@doctyler5382]

@@audreyricci6383 Didn't realize that was a thing? I am still coming across episodes I haven't seen 😁👍

[@audreyricci6383]

Paladin.

[@bartsorrells9026]

I watch Paladin every Saturday afternoon on METV. Being born in 1951 I also watched it as a kid. When I can I also watch Rawhide, Wagon Train, and Maverick. These shows remind of simpler times when I was a kid.

[@tyronekim3506]

Didn't you also watch Johnny Yuma, Zorro, Wild Bill Hickock, and others?

[@tommurphree5630]

I was born in 51 also . Sorry to say , I have no TV to watch .

[@KWH_John_3-16]

I was born in 1955 and loved Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, and Wagon Train.

[@MelvinLew]

Same here...born the same year! Also liked 77 Sunset Strip...A Warner Brothers production!

[@eldoradovance1536]

Exactly what Bart said same time 1951. All the Western shows were great. Watched them with my Dad and little brother.

[@markmartin3152]

This has been a favorite TV program of mine since I was a child. I am 52 now. This character is what we need more of in society. Honor, morals, values as if he was some kind of rogue knight of the round table. This will forever be one of the important TV programs that I will carry with me until my last breath on this earth. Unfortunately, they don’t make TV programs like this anymore.

[@WestCascades]

And they never will. Just look at today's commercials. Men are portrayed as weak and stupid. The butt of every joke. This is sickining. Men portrayed in movies or TV shows nowadays as heros are usually still laughed at.

[@wendylabonte9330]

@@WestCascades unfortunately the percentage of weak and spineless men and women are growing by leaps and bounds

[@WestCascades]

@@wendylabonte9330 Yes. I should have included women in that category also. My mistake. Strong men and women make strong people and a strong society/nation. Thank you.

[@KevinS3928]

I'm 63, other than that, ditto! 😂😢😊

[@rongendron8705]

If you're only 52, you were watching this show in re-runs, even then!

[@shaffer4220]

I bought every Paladin DVD. Love the character he portrays. A wonderful and talented actor that brought so much to the world by way of displaying fairness, morality, toughness and teachings of wisdom. Would surely welcome more of the same. Btw, he was also great at playing a “bad guy” against John Wayne.

[@hottoddy1071]

Its 2020 n I'm 49 years old , this show is before my time but I have some 65 year old friends that got me watching it! Paladin was an awsome show thanks for having them all on UTUBE.😁

[@malgremor85]

Loved this show as a kid. Now, in my 60s, I'm enjoying it all over again, with a depth of understanding that I lacked as a kid.

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@malgremor85]

I suppose..."The Mountebank" stands out most in my mind, but I've never tried to rate them.@@FactsVerse

[@eddielee6490]

The days of sending a " Wire " meant to send a telegram , since the message went through wire . Very few of todays actors can hold the charm or charisma as in the series of cowboy actors of the 50s and 60s and some went on beyond those years as TV heroes began to fade . Richard Boone as Palidin lives on and so do a few others that are being revived ...Thanks for posting this !

[@audreyricci6383]

Paladin not Palidin.

[@paulberkuta4965]

I'm 76 years young and watched ALL of the westerns of the time period. No one could have played Paladin any better than Richard Boone - he was GREAT in that roll.

[@Rob22511]

Never missed a show of Paladin growing up. Still play the Ballad of Paladin to bring back old memories.

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

Have Gun was a thinking man's western. Paladin was a moral and ethical man who knew when to stay his hand with mercy or when to ruthlessly mete out justice and either way, he showed the viewer the process he went through to arrive at his decision. One of the all-time great programs.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

I always enjoyed this western drama and the way that "Mr.Paladin"(Mr.Boone)fought for what is right.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Funny enough, I once heard an old timer, who since has passed, fondly recall HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL. He recalled the whole Clay Alexander identity. Didn't realize the name was from a novelization of the series. Yet I recall the old man mentioning that the Clay name was supposedly alluding to Palladin being a Union soldier during the Civil War. The treatment of Black men and women during his time serving was supposed to be the reason he treated non-whites with some empathy. His sheer disgust with humanity's cruelty led him on a one-man crusade to lend his help for those in need. It makes sense when you consider the navy blue color revealed in those old magazines showing Palladin in full color. His look would have hinted at his being a Union soldier. He always showed a high amount of intelligence throughout the series. So it wouldn't have been impossible to imagine a 20- ish year old Palladin playing Chess and reading some Shakespeare between battles during the Civil War...🤔🇵🇷🇺🇸📽🗽🦂😎

[@DeaconBlues117]

He was a West Point grad, so that would fit timewise as well. If he started advocating for equality in those days, that could account for his family disowning him and paying him to stop using the family name.

[@davegamel3779]

In the 1970’s Boone played Heck Ramsey who had been in law enforcement in the 1880’s wild west , being assigned to a town police force using forensics such as finger prints and ballistics and other emerging sciences to solve crimes. During the show he was asked about his past and he mentions he used the name Paladin in his younger years, but now goes by the name Heck Ramsey no doubt so no one would come looking to beat him to the draw and interrupt his detective work. It was on NBC, great show only about 8 movie length movies made.

[@rareimer]

If I may be pardoned for dwelling on this, please allow me to point out why the claim is not only wrong but practically impossible. "Have Gun Will Travel" was produced by CBS Films. "Hec Ramsey" was produced by Jack Webb's Mark VII for Universal. For the latter series to have explicitly claimed its hero was actually Paladin, permission would have had to been required from CBS--permission that almost certainly not have been granted without long negotiations (the lawyers involving all being paid by the hour) and without a fee being paid to CBS. Also, Sam Rolfe, the creator of "Have Gun," would almost certainly have sued to have himself credited as the creator of "Ramsey," and to receive the creator's share of residuals. Why would any responsible company subject itself to all of this just for the sake of a passing reference? I have noticed that people on-line tend to take it for granted that of course characters from one TV show can appear on another show, or characters from one movie series can wander into another, without any consideration of the rights issues involved. I suppose this comes from youthful reading of comic books, where such crossovers are indeed common (and now the Marvel Cinematic Universe is carrying the idea into movies, resulting in lots of people who cannot understand why Wonder Woman does not team up with Captain Marvel).

[@tomhenry897]

Only found the pilot

[@DeaconBlues117]

@@rareimer Note that in the MCU, as in Marvel Comics, the "crossovers" are exclusively characters who already exist in the Marvel universe. (Back in the day Marvel and DC used to do the occasional multiversal crossover, my particular favorite being the "Vs" storyline leading up to the short-lived Amalgam universe, but mutual disagreements and lawerly interventions seem to have put a permanent hold on such things. Sad, really.) Thus, you can't really blame the MCU for people thinking characters can just wander in and out of existing franchises, but instead should fall back on the argument of general ignorance - it seems that almost as many people are confused about which company publishes which comics as are confused about the distinction between CBS Films (now Paramount) and Universal/Mark VII.

[@LeonardAaron]

@@rareimer Great points! I do remember on Have Gun Will Travel, Paladin mentions that a criminal was using the name Matt Dillon as an alibi and Paladin disproved it. I wish I could remember the episode. I have the entire series on DVD so one day I will run across it again.

[@merletemple9256]

My favorite TV show as a kid. One Christmas, I got the holster-gun set, replete with the cards to hand out. It doesn't matter what some speculate about his name. He was Paladin, and that's what virtually everyone called him. The name Paladin was drawn from literature and history, meaning a champion, a knight known for heroism and chivalry, a holy crusader, one of 12 on Charlemagne's court, like the Knights of the Roundtable. I referenced this term and some of the ending lyrics in one of my books. Richard Boone also played Sam Houston in John Wayne's The Alamo and later a bad guy in the Duke's movie, Big Jake. He was also in John Wayne's last movie, The Shootist. He played the heavy in another great western, Hombre, with Paul Newman. His father was the 4th great-grandson of the brother of Daniel Boone. He had "it," whatever "it' is.

[@catmanflorida2839]

I was born in 1957 and I also got the gun and holster kit when I was about 7, Wish I had that today.

[@harriettanthony7352]

Hey Ho OP! you must be of the age of this writer; I also got the cowboy set. Now, of course, its lost, but I'd wager I could 'retire again' on its value! Your correct his name is NOT important, his title IS.

[@jayjacobs3420]

Growing up, I watched this show regularly with my dad, and it's a fond memory. I think speculating on Paladin's "real" name removes some of the mystique and fascination of the character, so for me, I'll always choose to remember him simply as "Paladin".

[@JG-wh9ib]

Great show...... one of my all time favorites... Loved Richard Boone

[@MrGhendri]

Big fan here. I have an autographed Johnny Western photo and a replica Model 92 made in 1893 with a silver Knight on the stock. My pride and joy is a real Alphonso of Hollywood holster with a cast silver knight with a ruby eye holding a Colt SAA.

[@bobconklin7159]

When I was a kid in the 50’s I watched the show. I thought his name was Wire Paladin because that’s what his business card said. I always thought that Wire was a cool first name.

[@jeffsmith2022]

I did as well...

[@Jojodancer20100]

Lol.

[@bobsradio6025]

I used to think so too, until I started studying for my Amateur Radio License and learned what telegraphy (radio telegraphy) is all about. Back in those days, telegraphy was a much faster means of communications than the Pony Express.

[@bobsradio6025]

@WIRE PALADIN - 73

[@kevinrbarker]

..me too...

[@waynelabeaud7945]

A bon vivant, a gourmet, West Point grad, calvary officer, art collector, wine aficionado, opera fan, fencing master, hand to hand combat expert, expert gunman possessing custom designed handgun and ammo...talk about your Warrior Poet/Renaissance Man... oh BTW, that chess piece on his holster wasn't silver...it was PLATINUM!!!

[@johnbernstein7887]

It was Palladium!

[@rrsteamer]

Gee whiz guys, it was silver and mentioned in one episode as such.

[@SnowLeopardMcD]

😂A Gentileman rhru and thru

[@davidjacobs3275]

​@@rrsteamerThere is an episode where Paladin buys a platinum chess knight to go in his watch chain.

[@audreyricci6383]

He also had a knight chess piece on the stock plate of his rifle.

[@plutoplatters]

I LOVE how they constantly made him the cowboy who could speak 100 languages including Chinese... along with a cuisine expert,etc,etc

[@thelmaparker7888]

Don't for get an expert sledding dog driver in Alaska. Also visited Spain.

[@Marc-zn7ok]

Well as it says on the card, he traveled!

[@chrismc410]

And his armor was like ten fold shield, his teeth are like swords. His claws: Spears! The shock of his tail: A thunderbolt! His wings: A Hurricane! And his breath......DEATH!!!!!!

[@audreyricci6383]

@@chrismc410 He was the original Smaug the Dragon. He was hell on wheels and death to those who tried to hurt or kill him.

[@tcjjacobs4390]

I like the way he was portrayed across the board..the mystery of his name is cool as well..Ladies love Paladin

[@billiecurtis9908]

Love this show wished it still came on I love all old westerns

[@wandadiamond6128]

You can watch HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL on H&I TV Monday thru Friday. On Saturdays, you can watch HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL on METV. The TV schedule is online. Google it.

[@bobsradio6025]

This show and many other westerns are on You Tube. You just have to look for them.

[@jvsmith7888]

If you ever watch the first episode of season 6 called Genesis, you learn quickly that Paladin was not always the cool, tough, and confident person he usually portrayed. It also seems like he had some deep dark secret that brought shame to his family and they had, at one time, paid him to disappear and not use the family name. You never really know what his name is but in this episode you see him become Paladin. You also see him redeem himself just as the old gunfighter he encounters once redeemed himself. When I first saw this episode I had hoped that there might be more episodes throughout season 6 (the final season) like this one. I hoped they would build on Genesis and fill in some blanks and answer some questions. Unfortunately that did not happen.

[@audreyricci6383]

He remained a man of mystery. That is the way it should be.

[@jvsmith7888]

@@audreyricci6383 That's probably right, but still............................

[@audreyricci6383]

@@jvsmith7888 He did not want everyone to know who he was.

[@chrischeshire6528]

That episode was the best! Richard Boone playing both "Paladin's" and watching him break down in tears at the end only made himself believe he had to become Paladin.

[@sheliajones8238]

Me and my husband to this day still watches that show. My mother and dad I used to watch it with him still love to watch it today every now and then it comes on TV love the show

[@rustynails5797]

I watch it near daily

[@bobsradio6025]

Sheila - "Me and my husband" or "My husband and I"? "watches" or "watch"? Things improved in the next sentence, even though it was a run on sentence. If you watched the show when you were young, then surely you should have learned English by now.

[@richardmontgomery7221]

@@bobsradio6025 (sigh) It's obvious that her original sentence was "My husband to this day still watches that show." But then, since she watched with him, decided to add herself, hence the " Me and..." Maybe not the best grammar, but perhaps she was in a hurry or just didn't notice the end result... But thank you for noticing and providing the correction. Shelia Jones and I can rest much better knowing the "Grammar Police" are alive and well and watching over our shoulder...

[@bobsradio6025]

@@richardmontgomery7221 - You cannot help someone by supporting their ignorance. You only can help them by pointing out what they need to learn.

[@thomaspacheco1687]

I have just begin watching this show. And i love it.

[@gradybrowning3976]

Why can't we have TV like this today?

[@eddielee6490]

Too many reasons to mention .But I will say that in todays Hollywood NO movie can be without a generous helping of smut.

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

Story is no longer paramount. The Paladin character, very 'Homeric' on its own, often alluded to prominent themes and personalities in 'Great Literature.' These were mythos and parable, both of which are not part of modern government education. And we'll beyond what passes for "teachers" as well, now.

[@robertsr.249]

It would undoubtedly “ offend “ the snowflakes

[@deweydodo6691]

Watch ME tv , since H&I went away from westerns

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

@@deweydodo6691 You can find the entire series on YooToob...

[@athenaosborne1974]

I love and listen to Have Gun Will Travel today!! Both the radio and TV show we're awesome!! 👍💜👍💜👍

[@karenmickens4854]

Whatever his name was doesn't matter to me. I just loved the show.

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

The Virginian didn't have a name either. Boone was the perfect person to play Paladin.

[@eleanorturner4651]

I just love the show 😍 to me it doesn't matter if his name was Clay Alexander or Jimbo

[@donwild50]

In the first episode of Season Six, titled "Genesis," Boone played the iconic character AND the character named "Smoke," who was a clean shaven but ailing gunman who wore the same basic outfit as Paladin, it is Smoke who refers to him as "a Paladin." It is essentially a flashback where Paladin is almost assassinated by a younger man (played by James Mitchum, the son of the actor Robert Mitchum.) The would be assassin was set on by another man who blackmailed the younger man into trying to kill Paladin because he had a grudge on him but was afraid to try to kill him himself. At that point, Paladin tells the story of how he was set on the path he followed in circumstances almost identical...he was blackmailed into trying to kill Smoke years before. Smoke actually gives the Boone character (unnamed as yet) advice and lessons on how to be a gunfighter so their fight will be fair. Boone kills Smoke, then realizes Smoke was protecting a town from the predations of the person who sent Boone after him. And at that point, Boone accepts the title "Paladin," dons Smokes gear and it is closely inferred...either kills or runs off the dictatorial man who set him on the trail. Boone becomes Paladin, the title Smoke bestowed on him. It's probably one of the best episodes in the series...but it does NOT reveal the name of the younger Boone before he took on his nom de guerre.

[@AtmxDawg24]

Bingo.!! Moon Pie; there are 6 Seasons of the show.😉

[@pargolf3158]

@Moon Pie This episode is on KZbin

[@LeonardAaron]

@@pargolf3158 yes. It's colorized, so if you're a purist and don't like colorization, best to watch Pluto TV for the episode, or buy Season 5.

[@ybrynecho2368]

I never thought about his name - I just thought of him as "Paladin" and I enjoyed the show.

[@BillHinson]

There is a later episode where is shows how Paladin got his name

[@ronprice6543]

@@BillHinson old smoke.

[@toinimoore3463]

Even if I was told real name I would still consider him to be Paladin we watched the show and enjoyed it Very Much

[@generalawareness101]

@@ronprice6543 I just saw that episode a day, or two ago, and very good it was. He was basically atoning (by becoming Paladin) for his sin that he committed with old smoke.

[@ronprice6543]

@@generalawareness101 I just liked the show!!

[@michaelproctor8100]

Two of the scripts that Roddenberry wrote for the series revolved around a preacher named Robert April. Later on when he was putting together the first pilot for Star Trek he compiled a list of possible names for the captain of the Enterprise. One of those names was Robert April, which would later be used in a episode of the animated Star Trek series The Counter-Clock Incident.

[@chrismc410]

Robert April was the first captain of the original Enterprise, NCC-1701. Then Christopher Pike and we all know who was the third captain was: James Tiberius Kirk

[@STho205]

Then you should watch his Have Gun episode "Les Girls"...it may seem familiar.

[@STho205]

He also used the name Dylan Hunt in all his Buck Rogers hero from the past adaptations: Gen II, New Earth, Andromeda

[@DeaconBlues117]

@@chrismc410 This, however, was a retcon originating in the animated series; prior to that, the only named previous captain of the _Enterprise_ was Pike, and even that wasn't mentioned in the aired series until its only two-parter, "The Menagerie", as that re-used most of "The Cage" as video testimony in Spock's court-martial. (This, incidentally, was two episodes before Spock confidently stated that there had never been a mutiny in Starfleet history, because quite frankly the writers in the '60s didn't give a flip about "continuity".)

[@fionam3554]

Roddenberry liked to re-use names. Tiberius as a middle - before Kirk, it was the middle name for Gary Lockwood's title character in The Lieutenant, which he wrote. He brought along Lockwood for the second Star trek pilot. But he killed him the first episode

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

This was great, very informative. Seeing as Paladin was one of the first westerns I started getting into, it will always be my favorite! I enjoy every tidbit I can get, so thanks a lot!

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[@lawrencequave7361]

Under his belt, Paladin carried a Remington Model 95 double-barrel pocket pistol commonly recognized as a Derringer. Some toy company made a beautiful cast medal version with ivory (plastic) handles. The double barrels flipped over just like real. It had two bullet cartridges you put caps into. It was a beautiful 'weapon' that this 10-year old boy HAD to have. Problem was, I didn't have two bucks, and Mom said money didn't grown on trees. As I said, I HAD to have it so I stole it. As I got to the car, I realized I would never be able to play with it as 'nosey' Mom would ask, "Where'd you get that?" (as she knew I wanted the gun REALLY bad.) Even without her question, I knew I could never play with it with a clear conscience, so I took the gun back to the store and that was the end of that. I'm 77 now and remember the gun fondly, (would still love to have it and would even pay big bucks) but I've never regretted taking it back. Stuff just ain't fun if you gotta steal it, right? Wooo, boy! Not anymore! You can sure tell I'm OLD, can't you.

[@billywest56]

Not sure which episode but someone said to Paladin," hi Bob, haven't seen you since Bull Run" Paladin answered in his unmistakable voice off camera. His name was Robert!

[@vickieharris854]

Hey Billy west I'm with you on this one...the episode is called Comanche season two.since he answered to the other guy calling him Bobby... paladin's real first name was probably robert and it suits him...not this clay alexander which don't fit him ..it sounds too contrived.

[@vickieharris854]

Hey Billy west...but nevertheless...whatever his real name is I'm gonna always call him paladin

[@billywest56]

I always hoped his real name was Hec Ramsey.

[@baskervillebee6097]

@@billywest56 😄

[@kenlangley2460]

Paladin's real name was Richard Boone. Don't have to go down the rabbit hole to appreciate that fact. I miss the Black Knight. He was a ronin.

[@HM2SGT]

4:10 *What a pleasant surprise to see one of my favorite novels mentioned, and that somewhere, somehow, you are aware of this delightful bit of trivia.* 😃👌👍

[@bobsradio6025]

Gene Roddenberry also wrote several episodes of Wagon Train. That is why Star Trek is sometimes referred to as "Wagon Train to the Stars" because both programs are about traveling to new territories.

[@DeaconBlues117]

Also because when Gene was originally pitching it, that was the slogan he used on studio execs. If he'd tried to describe the whole thing, he'd have been laughed off every network on TV.

[@edwardadams9358]

I thought of it as Cowboys in Space. James T. Kirk, the captain who thought with his fists.

[@jackdull5699]

One of my favorite Western TV shows growing up. When it was on reruns with The Lone Ranger. I'd watched every Sunday afternoon with my brother on WGN in Chicago. Great memories from my childhood.

[@FactsVerse]

Same here!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Grew up on the show, i still watch it today and own the DVD sets

[@deanrao4805]

I bought the complete series on dvd a few years ago. It's about time to go through them again.

[@kenparnell4297]

Honestly, I cannot imagine anyone but Richard Boone in that role. And that show made a monster impression on me as a child to the point that later on when he did Heck Ramsey, I watched it with the same zeal. He just had that subtle level of cool that was untouchable. RIP Richard Boone.

[@johnking6252]

One of my earliest memories of TV , when it was refining it's image. Good western/ detective/action drama ! Thx.

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[@OriginalCaliKitty]

My Mom and I used to watch Paladin together when it was first on TV and we both loved it - and loved Richard Boone.

[@FactsVerse]

Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! Which episode of Paladin appealed to you the most?

[@arthur-ri4zo]

Soldier of fortune, Paladin. Saturday afternoons at 4 pm est.

[@erikmayernik9679]

In the middle of an episode in season 4, Paladin rides up on an old acquaintance who calls him, "Bobby".

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

yes i saw that one too ... i don't know where this clay whatever came from

[@chuckromano859]

Havn't seen you since Bull Run. " the names Robert"

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

@@chuckromano859 ok maybe another he gets called "bobby" that's what i remember

[@chuckromano859]

Yes" Davey Jones" Paladin's reply was "names Robert"!

[@chuckromano859]

@@davidjones-vx9ju that was Paladin's reply

[@Canandaigua1951]

In S2, E34 Paladin meets an old Irish cavalry sergeant he knew from his army days. Saying good by to Paladin on his way to the Little Bighorn, the sergeant calls out to Paladin, "Jamie me boy !". James Paladin seems to have been his name.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@DeaconBlues117]

Or at least a name he used...

[@charlieadams8417]

James Something, maybe, but not Paladin. That was taken from the sarcastic nickname he was given in the episode "Genesis", by the experienced gunman he modeled himself after.

[@sm0237]

Loved the show then and still now, Boone was the perfect choice for the role. His name was Paladin of course.

[@South40Slim]

Grew up loving Paladin. Didn't realize the radio version came after TV. Both were very good. Would love to see a series reboot set in the same time. We need more westerns!

[@76RoseBudq]

Love the show as a kid still at 75 yrs old !!

[@thom4446]

When I was young certain times of the year I could not go outside because of my high fever and asthma. So I would sit down in front of the television and watch all the Westerns. Everyone will travel the rifleman bonanza just to name a few.

[@RabbiSteve1]

Thanks for this interesting video essay on HGWT. I am a fan of both the tv series and the radio series starring John Dehner.

[@johnraines4825]

The ongoing joke was that his first name was WIRE. Just look at his calling card and you'll see WIRE PALLADIN.

[@CUDA1970Terry]

Name was never an issue, Paladin was all that was needed. This was one of my favorites growing up. And I always looked forward to the opening soliloquy with that Colt .45 SAA pointed right at you. And I was a great fan of the radio version as well. No one could bring a scene to life on radio like John Dehner.

[@quiltguy1906]

Paladin's first name was WIRE. It was right there on his business/calling card. I thought everyone knew that? 😉🤭

[@iowa_don]

Our family watched all of the westerns back in the day. Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Branded, Maverick, Death Valley Days, The Cisco Kid, Cheyenne, Bat Masterson, Annie Oakley, Branded, Bonanza, The Lone Ranger, Rawhide, The Rifleman, Stoney Burke, The Rebel, Wagon Train, The Wild Wild West, Wanted Dead or Alive. Good times for westerns.

[@FactsVerse]

Thanks for watching! We're glad to know that you love our video. What types of topics do you love?

[@audreyricci6383]

Paladin is one of a kind. Original badass. R.i.p. gunslinger.

[@michaelmorgansr.9335]

There's a 95% chance that I am related to Richard Boone through Shara (Morgan) Boone, Daniel Boone's mother!

[@Maine307]

A Man Called Paladin, Frank C. Robertson's novelization of the season-six premiere "Genesis", gives Paladin's real name as Clay Alexander. @3:30

[@RabbiSteve1]

Thank you for that.

[@ryanbarker4422]

His full name was Richard Allen Boon his Dad was Kirk Edna Boone and his Mom is Cecile Lilian Boone.

[@od1452]

I always wanted to believe his business card wasn't instructions on how to get in touch with Paladin but his name... Wire Paladin. lol I loved that show as a kid.

[@TheRockin1953]

His great-great-great-great-grandfather, George Boone, was a brother of pioneers Daniel Boone and Squire Boone. He is a sixth cousin of singer and actor Pat Boone

[@Bill-jc1fy]

In 1966 my family moved from New Jersey to the Beverly Canyon area in California. Herb Meadow who was one of the creaters of Pallidin lived a few houses away and I got to know him fairly well. In addition to Paladin he wrote the original screenplay of the Lone Ranger movie as well as several of the tv scripts and many other tv and movie scripts.

[@SPORGE]

I still watch it 5 days a week...love me some Paladin!!

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

two episodes

[@audreyricci6383]

@@davidjones-vx9ju I also watch this show five days a week on H and I on 49.1 and ME tv at four o clock on Saturday afternoon.

[@ceciliamasters5972]

Love Palladin!! Fond memories of watching the series as a child with my Dad. He loved Richard Boone. Palladin was the original equalizer!! ♟️

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@williamjc7195]

Paladin's name is Paladin. "Wire" is an instruction.

[@AtmxDawg24]

Not his real name genius; in Season6 Episode 1 they Explain who he has and how he became Paladin and why.😉

[@bradleykramer6949]

It would have been humorous if Paladin’s real name was “Will Travel”.

[@jasonkane6156]

The first time I heard that from someone the guy was 56 and i was 50. Wire paladin. Lmao

[@williamjc7195]

@@jasonkane6156 I'm 70 ;)

[@casualobserver485]

Yeah, what kind of Mom would name her kid"Wire" ?

[@saltyroe3179]

Boon's son and I were classmates in elementary school. Boon would sometimes pick up his son at school and seemed like a very nice man.

[@michaelgmoore5708]

I watch the show all the time. I heard the name Alexander on one show and Paladin said that was his name to somebody. So that was his real name. He was a knight without armour and he was called Paladin.

[@kat-reneekittel6159]

The episode I remember is a woman from his past shows up and calls him by another name and Paladin escorts her to somewhere no one can hear her ... It was on several weeks ago on Heroes and Icons network. I don't know the name of the episode.

[@SuzanneWho]

Maybe it was Robert Alexander, since Robert came up in one of the shows?

[@Hoppenoffer]

I loved this show when I was a kid. My parents bought me the toy guns, the belt, and even the Derringer that was worn around the ankle. As a senior now I just realized I also wear black shirts and pants and a black hat all the time!

[@LadyCathryn]

Since Boone played in Hec Ramsey in the Mystery Movie series in the 70s and used the fledgling science of forensics, I like the idea that that was Paladin's real name

[@percybyssheshelly]

This was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. Back then I always thought his first name was Wire which I thought was a very cool first name. Eventually I figured it out that it wasn't his first name.

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@robertmyers5269]

Yep, me too. It wasn't until revisiting the show as an adult that it hit me that 'Wire Paladin' was an instruction, not a name.

[@dwaynelangerher3287]

The show did not have a title theme. The theme was always played over the ending credits

[@billmarshall1082]

This still comes on in my hometown, I still watch it.

[@sonnysantana5454]

it was way ahead of it's times for the 1950's in his treatment of minorities , with respect and dignity , a lot moral philosophies and humor and wit , but he showed fear and twice shot some 1' in the back and he was an intensive womanizer with no shame and like any real man could take a beating and old Connery ho'ho'7 should have these same attributes in the beginning of his franchise, Paladin was a well written with fine acting all in all it was damn near a 10'

[@trainliker100]

Actually, "The Lone Ranger" had most of those traits and it started in 1949 on TV and ended the year Paladin started. There was "The Lone Ranger Creed" which had high ideals. And he routinely used wit to make a "plan" (which was never revealed to you ahead of time usually). Although, I would concede there wasn't much humor, if any, in "The Lone Ranger".

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

Themes pulled from Great Literature and a better educated audience, also not hung up on the "politically correct" and in want if a good story. The modern audience wants to be tickled and stroked, "Panem et Circensus..."

[@tex.45]

Ahaha..."Hey Boy"?

[@Jim-t2q4b]

Look at his business card, his name is "Wire Paladin."

[@Paladin1873]

There is a logic and continuity flaw between at least two episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel. The 1959 episode titled "Comanche" centers around the Battle of the Little Big Horn which was fought in 1876. Just prior to the engagement Paladin encounters an old sergeant he served with in the Civil War who addresses him as Lieutenant Paladin. By comparison, in the similar radio version he runs into a former colleague from the Civil War, Captain Myles Keogh, who addresses him as Paladin. In real life Captain Keogh did die at the Little Big Horn. His horse, Comanche, was the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand, hence the title of the story. This story arc would not present a problem except that in the later 1962 flashback episode "Genesis" we discover that post-Civil War he was an unnamed and disillusioned former Army officer who is inveigled to confront a mysterious black clad gunman named Paladin. Forced to shoot the man, he agrees to his dying wish that he redeem himself by assuming this stranger's name and persona. Thus Paladin lives on.

[@patriciaburr4826]

Loved the show then and I watch it every morning in reruns now. Palladin is Palladin. Don't care what or if he had a "real name" or not..he's just Palladin.

[@bettyjackson3444]

I loved this show and watched it with my father every week.

[@johnbockelie3899]

I watched that maverick episode. They also spoofed Bonanza .

[@audreyricci6383]

@@johnbockelie3899 It would have been funny if Paladin had actually shown up on that episode of Maverick.

[@ColoradoGenie]

I loved Paladin as a kid in the 50s along with all the other cowboy tv shows, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne, The Rifleman, Dead or Alive, and on and on. Ok, I was a western junkie as a kid and I still am, lol.

[@LizShiflet-xr5kb]

Have gun will travel, was about the best show of its time, and Richard Boone was excellent! RIP MAN

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@LizShiflet-xr5kb]

@@FactsVerse thanks, no favorites, I just really like have gun will travel and Richard Boone, he was good every movie he was in! HOMBRE was one of my favorites, Aloha Richard!

[@dadsred59]

Why not, I believe that is his real name, I remember watching that show when I was a kid, and every once in a while you can still see it on Saturday mornings🔫

[@sandysue202]

Paladin will forever be Richard Boone to me. I watched this show along with Gunsmoke and all the other westerns that were so popular in the 1950's. As an 8 year old, in 1959, I had such a crush on a very dark haired Matt Dillon and also on Paladin. Those were good shows and I am glad I had the privilege of growing up while Richard Boone and James Arness, and all the other old west heroes were in their heyday. ❤

[@pdm2201]

Cool holster and revolver rig. Richard Boone made a good villain in several films.

[@TexasEngineer]

I always thought Paladin’s first name was “Wire.” On his bussiness card it says Wire Paladin, San Francisco.

[@maureen-g4m]

Paladin was my first love! I was 14 years old.I never missed his show.

[@joemancini2988]

I loved Paladin. I had the board game, it was my pride and joy. I could care less if his name was Clay Alexander or Alexander Clay. I don’t know who could play Paladin a reboot, Richard Boone was so iconic, but I would like to see someone try.

[@stevenf1953]

Hal Needham was a stunt man on the show. You know the famous director of Smoky and the Bandit, and other movies. Another director was Andrew V. McLaglen. His father, Victor, was in a lot of movies with John Wayne. Andrew directed his father in one of the Have gun eps., just before his father died. There was a lot a great actors and actresses on the show!

[@robertmyers5269]

Good points. I was thinking of adding a shoutout for Andrew McLaglen.

[@MeanJohnDean]

When I was a kid I thought his name was Will Travel.

[@kentpeters9542]

He is Paladin. I've always thought he wanted to leave his former self behind due to a civil war haunting memory!

[@lyndonbrookins5300]

I always figured his character to be a colonel retired. College educated with Bachelors or Masters' degree.

[@Grumpyagain]

When I was a kid my fathers job was on strike and he went to California to work. To keep himself entertained he fished a lot (Owens river) and they came in to film a HGWT episode and to get rid of the fisherman they gave him a bunch of the "business" cards to give to his kid. I wish I had been smart enough to put them some place safe.

[@bobsradio6025]

Cars, guns, toys, business cards; almost anything can become a collector's item and grow in value. That is, except electronics gear. I parted with a couple of (now) very valuable guns because I wanted a ham transceiver and an oscilloscope. Now I realize how financially unwise that was.

[@benbrooks5567]

I’m 35 ad watch it every morning while my 2 yr old daughter sings and dances to the ballad of palladin

[@ericrickert3045]

one of the best TV shows ever!

[@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish]

I’m still out there to carry on Paladin’s mission! If you recall the one episode when Paladin is attacked in his SF hotel room, he teaches the young intruder (played by Robert Mitchum’s son), how he too had once had to seek money ($15k) to pay a gambling debt or have his family name tarnished (no surname is mentioned). The episode is a look back in time and he heads off to kill a man for money. The man he encounters is also played by Boone. The man says, I call you Paladin, a knight etc…basically the only episode looking back on his origin, his knight-errant mission and how he became “Paladin” from a teacher wiser than him and his killing of this teacher which changed the trajectory of his life and what the show series is about.

[@q95oldies57]

Watch it every morning. One of my favorites.

[@FactsVerse]

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@q95oldies57]

Probably the 2 episodes with June Lockhart as the lady doctor. Can't remember the names of those episodes.

[@larrykennedy1746]

I still watch it every morning

[@supergeek1418]

On one of the radio episodes, he met up with an old army buddy who called him "Bobby", so (perhaps) it was Robert Clay Alexamder? (Depemding on whether he was going by his first or middle name.)