Stoney Burke 1962 episode with Jack Lord, Warren Oates, Bruce Dern, and Bob Dowdell (Voyage)

[@DJSB2024x]

Used to watch Stoney Burke as a boy. Sent Jack Lord a fan letter in the 1960s and got a letter back from his secretary with an autographed photo. Took it to school and proudly showed it to my classmates and our teacher. I also liked the theme music to Stoney Burke. Memories 🌞.

[@lisamcarthur6175]

Stoney was my hero when I was about 4….all my dads friends would call me Stoney. 😊

[@worldline7147]

Excellent screenplay, fine acting all around, good stuff.

[@UberLummox]

Warren Oats has "that look", just like he said. 😁 Always or usually plays a similar character. Awesome!

[@chrisikaris5891]

Oates always left an impression no matter how big or small the role. Way under-rated actor. He left us way too soon.

[@UberLummox]

@@chrisikaris5891 Well said. He put the 'character' in character actor!

[@chrisikaris5891]

@@UberLummoxThere was always something about his roles which was of the ordinary man caught up in something larger. Of course, none larger than being part of The Wild Bunch"! If you haven't seen it yet, check out "The Thief Who Came to Dinner" in which Oates plays an investigator for an insurance company trying to catch a prolific jewel thief played by Ryan O'Neal. Speaking of the performance of Oates, the screenwriter Walter Hill, who was a director in his own right (e.g., 1981's Southern Comfort), observed that "Warren Oates was very good in the movie - better than the movie was." Enjoy!

[@UberLummox]

@@chrisikaris5891 Never did see that. Thanks for the recommendation Chris!

[@ukestudio3002]

Good episode. Good pacing..lots of suspense. Better character than in Hawaii 5-0. I miss this show. Thanks for upload !

[@BAM-jc7uy]

as a young teen in albuquerque, my best friend linda L. had a young, kindergarten age nephew we would babysit...he always wore kids' cowboy pistols even in his p-js and "Stoney Burke" was his hero over n above and he used to say when he grew up he was going to be Stoney Burke. About 30 years later, I attended a wedding for Linda's daughter...that little nephew, now a man looked like Stoney Burke...he was standing in the church foyer wearing the western dress hat, the boots, the western suit & jacket with the yokes....he looked like a rich, handsome oil man from Dallas...Stevie looked exactly like Stoney Burke dressed up. Before Linda could "re-introduce" him to me, I put up my hand and I said "You're Stoney Burke!" He started laughing and laughing, I nailed it.

[@LoisHarris-n8e]

Thanks for posting this show. I was a big Stoney Burke fan.

[@caseyjonessnr1200]

This is a new series to me. I had never heard of or seen this series. I found this episode highly entertaining.

[@watchgoose]

I remember the series well, from when it was first on TV. I liked Jack Lord right off.

[@fuzzvoid9383]

me to

[@765kvline]

Stoney Burke was based on the real life professional cowboy, Casey Tibbs. He was well known between 1949 and 1955 and launched professional rodeo into the national spotlight. A major figure in South Dakota history.

[@DJSB2024x]

"Hard working Dakota family". Thanks for that. I didn't know Stoney was based on a particular rodeo personality.

[@maxinenall9950]

Hot DAMN but Jack Lord is so cute 🥰😘 I watched this show as a young girl and I had the biggest crush on him 🥰

[@LoisHarris-n8e]

Me too! Him and Sugarfoot. But I wanted to marry Roy Rogers! Didn't know Dale was his wife already cause she didn't have his last name.

[@chrisikaris5891]

His voice alone was unforgettable.

[@MovieMakingMan]

I watched it too. This was one of my favorites. At that time I wished I had a girlfriend.

[@allensacharov5424]

the acting was impeccable. they just dont make them like this anymore

[@gj8683]

"You know a better place to bust out of?" Great line!

[@JohnDoe-fh4gd]

Indubitably ☺️

[@paulbacchus1015]

Remember this show, good ol Warren Oats.

[@virginiaemby3591]

More please, one of the best ever, along with "The Tales of Texas Rangers" and "Bat Masterson".

[@MONGOOSE1ful]

"The Scavenger" was played by an uncredited James Mason, who Leslie Stevens also directed in United Artists' "HERO'S ISLAND" (1962) The 1962-63 ABC series from Daystar Productions and United Artists Television was also the sister show to "THE OUTER LIMITS" (1963-65), in which the same people worked on both TV shows, like Robert H. Justman, who became associate producer on "STAR TREK" and "STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION", and later, as a producer of "SEARCH" (1972-73) which Leslie Stevens created for Warner Bros. Television and NBC.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Wowza. Outer Limits production style all over the place. [From Daystar, Leslie Stevens' production company]. One of a handful of early 60s "contemporary westerns" that were put into the market during a momentary lull in the delivery of "regular" westerns to the networks. All were good but each only lasted a season.

[@watchgoose]

That police officer played Sidny Poitier's dad in the movie Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. He was very good.

[@765kvline]

--So that's . . . where I recognized him. The postman!

[@Andy_Hinners]

I thought Sgt. Tate looked and sounded like James Earl Jones

[@davesherwood211]

Strange but I never heard of this show Jack Lord is Hawaii Fiveo😮

[@765kvline]

I remember it well, I was in 2nd grade at the time.

[@markg7030]

Thanks TooleMan I never knew about this show.

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

Indubidubly 🙂

[@JohnCasciello]

@TooleMan tv===Plenty of comments here of admirations for BRUCE DERN & WARREN OATES together in one show{== all thats missing is BO HOPKINS**LUKE ASKEW***EARL HOLLIMAN***DOUG McCLURE**

[@tiredlawdog]

My dear ole ma and I used to be stuck in front of the TV watching Stoney Burke. Warren Oates was always getting them in trouble. I had forgotten Bruce Dern was a member of the cast. Many years later, I chanced into Bruce at a gas station in Las Vegas. At the end, I was looking at the bum's face and thought at the time that was James Mason. Wow, wonder how they got a star of his standing to appear on a TV western.

[@JohnDoe-fh4gd]

Mama's, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys. ☺️

[@MovieMakingMan]

I was in Gilleys where Urban Cowboy was filmed. I met two girls on the Galveston seawall and became instant friends. They flew down to Galveston from Minnesota. I left Jan and her friend at a table to get us a few beers. When I got back a guy was hanging over them obviously bothering them. I walked up and sternly told that guy “You’re looking for love in all the wrong places”. He immediately backed away and stopped messing with my friends. Gilleys was just a mile from my house so I went to Gilleys fairly regularly. One night I was drinking and listening to the Sons of the Pioneers. They were fantastic. When they took a break everyone began moving around. The dance floor was completely filled up. I was in the middle of the crowd trying to get to a bar to buy beer. But as I was moving I felt a someone run into my left leg. I looked down and it was Hervé Villechaize (Tattoo of Fantasy Island fame). He looked up and said ‘excuse me’ and kept moving. Being only 3’ 11” he quickly disappeared in the crowd of mostly 6 footers. I had a lot of great times at Gilleys, most of them I can’t remember due to getting wasted on the drip beer they sold at Gilleys. If you haven’t heard about it ‘drip beer’ is beer that waiters pick up off tables from bottles that have any beer left. They pour the drip beer back into the beer kegs, then resell it. My dad was a bartender and several clubs. He told me how bars would accumulate and sell ‘drip beer’. He said after people got drunk they wouldn’t notice the change in beer taste (or the backwash that ends up in bottles from other drinkers). I don’t buy draft beer because you never know if you’re getting drip beer.

[@MichaelKurse]

They reused the music from Outer Limits.🤔

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Series from Leslie Stevens' Daystar production company. Outer Limits followed Stoney Burke a year later.

[@randyoleman424]

Good show

[@emmanuelwinner4149]

That IS James Mason! What is he doing here?

[@richardryan1846]

Music reused in the outer limits from Dom Frontiere...

[@TooleManTV]

Irwin Allen wasn't the only recycler in the biz!

[@eddiefaccioni2453]

@@TooleManTV Music also used from The Rat Patrol before it was a TV show. By the way, IMDb identifies the hobo as James Mason.

[@davesherwood211]

I recognize Bruce Dern the minute he opened his mouth Good Bad guy in many Westerns He killed John Wayne in The Cowboys.😮😮😮

[@Andy_Hinners]

Paris Texas!

[@markrosato1352]

So the first thing I hear is a music cue from The Outer Limits! Or was it used here first?!

[@TooleManTV]

"The Outer Limits" debuted in September 1963. This episode of "Stoney Burke" premiered in November 1962. We don't know whether Dominic Frontiere composed this music specifically for this series or if it was used even earlier. (By the way, Mr. Frontiere also composed music for "The Invaders." That series' soundtrack included bits heard in "The Outer Limits" and possibly "Stoney Burke.")

[@royharris7299]

Did you happen to notice the "Producer/Director"? Leslie Stevens also had a hand in the original "Outer Limits" series in the same roles.

[@johnl5316]

it was based on Chopin

[@chrisn7259]

Jack Lord before he became so full of himself.

[@UberLummox]

What makes you think he wasn't at this time? Just curious.

[@chrisoconnell5143]

Betcha jack lord ever had hair problems

[@JohnCasciello]

@TooleMan==Thanks===commenters hardly noticed JOHN KELLOGG as the DETECTIVE and PAUL COMI as the suspect and BOTH were in many tv series guest parts and KELLOGG was in many MOVIES from the 1940s tru 1950s then he went into TV SERIES guest parts****

[@gallery7596]

Music repurposed for "The Outer Limits."

[@elliottschertzer876]

Aired November 19th,1962