Daniel Boone
TV-PG1964•1h 0m•7.0/10
Action & AdventureWestern
Ratings
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7.0/10(31)
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
Production
20th Century Fox Television
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 24, 1964
Last Aired
May 7, 1970
Networks
NBC
Created By
Borden Chase
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Ken-Tuck-E
Air date: 1964-09-24
George Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort.
E2
Tekawitha McLeod
Air date: 1964-10-01
A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.
E3
My Brother's Keeper
Air date: 1964-10-08
Mingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through....
E4
The Family Fluellen
Air date: 1964-10-22
Boone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.
E5
The Choosing
Air date: 1964-10-29
British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.
E6
Lac Duquesne
Air date: 1964-11-05
Boone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.
E7
The Sound of Wings
Air date: 1964-11-12
A British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.
E8
A Short Walk to Salem
Air date: 1964-11-19
Israel becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.
E9
The Sisters O'Hannrahan
Air date: 1964-12-03
Yadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.
E10
Pompey
Air date: 1964-12-10
A bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.
E11
Mountain of the Dead
Air date: 1964-12-17
A dream about a man whom Daniel thought was dead is followed by the appearance of three men at his door demanding that he take them to the site of a bloody Native American massacre.
E12
Not in Our Stars
Air date: 1964-12-31
Mingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.
E13
The Hostages
Air date: 1965-01-07
Rumors circulate that the British are employing Indians to fight for them. Daniel becomes personally involved when he gets word his wife Rebecca has been taken by an Indian raiding party.
E14
The Returning
Air date: 1965-01-14
Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.
E15
The Prophet
Air date: 1965-01-21
A Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.
E16
The First Stone
Air date: 1965-01-28
Boone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.
E17
A Place of 1000 Spirits
Air date: 1965-02-04
While hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.
E18
The Sound of Fear
Air date: 1965-02-11
A condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.
E19
The Price of Friendship
Air date: 1965-02-18
Boone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.
E20
The Quietists
Air date: 1965-02-25
A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.
E21
The Devil's Four
Air date: 1965-03-04
Boone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.
E22
The Reunion
Air date: 1965-03-11
While out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.
E23
The Ben Franklin Encounter
Air date: 1965-03-18
Boone and Mingo travel East and get caught up in a confrontation between Benjamin Franklin and British Admiral Lord Clydesdale, who threatens to hang them all for treason.
E24
Four-Leaf Clover
Air date: 1965-03-25
An idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.
E25
Cain's Birthday (1)
Air date: 1965-04-01
Boone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men
E26
Cain's Birthday (2)
Air date: 1965-04-08
Lacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.
E27
Daughter of the Devil
Air date: 1965-04-15
A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.
E28
Doll of Sorrow
Air date: 1965-04-22
Israel accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.
E29
The Courtship of Jericho Jones
Air date: 1965-04-29
Jericho and Sumah, the daughter of the Indian chief, want to marry. Daniel proposes a trial engagement. For a month Jericho will live with the Indians and Sumah will live with Boone's family and see if each can adapt to the other culture.
Cast
Fess Parker
Daniel Boone
Ed Ames
Mingo
Patricia Blair
Rebecca Boone
Darby Hinton
Israel Boone
Dal McKennon
Cincinnatus
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