Lancer (TV series)

Lancer is an American Western television series that aired Tuesdays at 7:30 pm (Eastern Time) on CBS^[1] from September 24, 1968, to June 23, 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan as a father with two half-brother sons, played by James Stacy and Wayne Maunder.^[2]

Lancer
Andrew Duggan and Elizabeth Baur, 1968
Genre	Western
Created by	Samuel A. Peeples
Directed by	Various
Starring	James Stacy Wayne Maunder Andrew Duggan Elizabeth Baur Rick Dalton
Theme music composer	Jerome Moross
Composers	Jerome Moross Sidney Fine Hugo Friedhofer Robert Drasnin Leith Stevens Joseph Mullendore Irving Gertz Fred Steiner Alexander Courage Harry Geller Arthur Morton George Duning
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	51
Production
Producers	Sam Wanamaker (pilot episode) Alan A. Armer George Amy Edwin Self
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	48 mins.
Production company	20th Century-Fox Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24) – June 23, 1970 (1970-06-23)

Synopsis

Duggan starred as Murdoch Lancer, the patriarch of the Lancer family. Maunder played Scott Lancer, the educated older son and a veteran of the Union Army. Stacy played gunslinger Johnny Madrid Lancer. Paul Brinegar appeared as Jelly Hoskins and Elizabeth Baur played Murdoch Lancer's ward Teresa O'Brien.^[1]

Lancer lasted for 51 hour-long episodes and was shot in color.^{[citation needed]} It was rerun on CBS May 1971 - September 1971 on Thursdays from 8 to 9 p.m. E. T.^[1]

Guest stars

Guest stars included Joe Don Baker, Noah Beery, Jr., Scott Brady, Ellen Corby, Bruce Dern, Jack Elam, Sam Elliott, Beverly Garland, Kevin Hagen, Ron Howard, Wright King, Cloris Leachman, Barbara Luna, George Macready, Warren Oates, Stefanie Powers, Tom Selleck, and William Tannen.

Episodes

Season 1 (1968–69)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"The High Riders"	Sam Wanamaker	T : Dean Riesner S : Samuel A. Peeples	September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24)
2	2	"Blood Rock"	Gene Nelson	Jack Turley	October 1, 1968 (1968-10-01)
3	3	"Chase a Wild Horse"	Walter Grauman	Paul Playdon	October 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)
4	4	"Foley"	Alex Singer	S : Brian McKay S/T : Anthony Spinner	October 15, 1968 (1968-10-15)
5	5	"The Lawman"	Allen Reisner	Laurence Heath	October 22, 1968 (1968-10-22)
6	6	"Julie"	Alex Singer	S : Don Brinkley S/T : Paul Playdon	October 29, 1968 (1968-10-29)
7	7	"The Prodigal"	Sobey Martin	S : Mel Goldberg S/T : D. C. Fontana	November 12, 1968 (1968-11-12)
8	8	"Jelly"	Sobey Martin	Jack Turley	November 19, 1968 (1968-11-19)
9	9	"The Last Train for Charlie Poe"	Don Richardson	Carey Wilber	November 26, 1968 (1968-11-26)
10	10	"Glory"	Gene Nelson	Jack Turley	December 10, 1968 (1968-12-10)
11	11	"The Heart of Pony Alice"	Christian I. Nyby II	Ken Trevey	December 17, 1968 (1968-12-17)
12	12	"The Escape"	William Hale	Anthony Spinner	December 31, 1968 (1968-12-31)
13	13	"The Wedding"	Sobey Martin	Anthony Spinner	January 7, 1969 (1969-01-07)
14	14	"Death Bait"	Robert Butler	Jack Turley	January 14, 1969 (1969-01-14)
15	15	"The Black McGloins"	Don Richardson	Carey Wilber	January 21, 1969 (1969-01-21)
16	16	"Yesterday's Vendetta"	Otto Lang	Don Brinkley	January 28, 1969 (1969-01-28)
17	17	"Warburton's Edge"	Don Medford	S : K. C. Alison S/T : Ken Trevey	February 4, 1969 (1969-02-04)
18	18	"The Fix-It Man"	William Hale	Charles Wallace	February 11, 1969 (1969-02-11)
19	19	"Angel Day and Her Sunshine Girls"	Don Richardson	Jack Turley	February 25, 1969 (1969-02-25)
20	20	"The Great Humbug"	William Hale	Carey Wilber	March 4, 1969 (1969-03-04)
21	21	"Juniper's Camp"	William Hale	Barry Oringer	March 11, 1969 (1969-03-11)
22	22	"The Knot"	Don Richardson	Laurence Heath	March 18, 1969 (1969-03-18)
23	23	"The Man Without a Gun"	Don Richardson	Roland Wolpert	March 25, 1969 (1969-03-25)
24	24	"Child of Rock and Sunlight"	Don Richardson	Penrod Smith	April 1, 1969 (1969-04-01)
25	25	"The Measure of a Man"	Don McDougall	Gerry Day	April 8, 1969 (1969-04-08)
26	26	"Devil's Blessing"	Christian I. Nyby II	Sam Roeca	April 22, 1969 (1969-04-22)

Season 2 (1969–70)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
27	1	"Blind Man's Bluff"	Leo Penn	Carey Wilber	September 23, 1969 (1969-09-23)
28	2	"Zee"	Leo Penn	S : Mitchell Lindemann S/T : Andy Lewis	September 30, 1969 (1969-09-30)
29	3	"The Kid"	Allen Reisner	Carey Wilber	October 7, 1969 (1969-10-07)
30	4	"The Black Angel"	Allen Reisner	Jack Turley	October 21, 1969 (1969-10-21)
31	5	"The Gifts"	Allen Reisner	S : D. C. Fontana S/T : Andy White	October 28, 1969 (1969-10-28)
32	6	"Cut the Wolf Loose"	Robert Day	Ken Trevey	November 4, 1969 (1969-11-04)
33	7	"Jelly Hoskins' American Dream"	Christian I. Nyby II	Andy White	November 11, 1969 (1969-11-11)
34	8	"Welcome to Genesis"	Robert Day	Ken Pettus	November 18, 1969 (1969-11-18)
35	9	"A Person Unknown"	William Hale	Andy Lewis	November 25, 1969 (1969-11-25)
36	10	"Legacy"	Christian I. Nyby II	Jack Turley	December 9, 1969 (1969-12-09)
37	11	"A Scarecrow at Hacket's"	Marvin Chomsky	Sam Roeca	December 16, 1969 (1969-12-16)
38	12	"Little Darling of the Sierras"	Allen Reisner	Ken Trevey	December 30, 1969 (1969-12-30)
39	13	"Shadow of a Dead Man"	Robert Butler	Jack Turley	January 6, 1970 (1970-01-06)
40	14	"Blue Skies for Willie Sharpe"	Allen Reisner	Andy White	January 13, 1970 (1970-01-13)
41	15	"Chad"	Alan A. Armer	Carey Wilber	January 20, 1970 (1970-01-20)
42	16	"The Lorelei"	Christian I. Nyby II	Sam Roeca	January 27, 1970 (1970-01-27)
43	17	"The Lion and the Lamb"	Allen Reisner	Andy White	February 3, 1970 (1970-02-03)
44	18	"The Experiment"	Virgil W. Vogel	Herbert Purdum	February 17, 1970 (1970-02-17)
45	19	"Splinter Group"	Virgil W. Vogel	Sam Roeca	March 3, 1970 (1970-03-03)
46	20	"Lamp in the Wilderness"	Michael Caffey	Andy White	March 10, 1970 (1970-03-10)
47	21	"The Buscaderos"	Allen Reisner	T : Ken Trevey S : Jim Byrnes	March 17, 1970 (1970-03-17)
48	22	"Dream of Falcons"	Don Richardson	Carey Wilber	April 7, 1970 (1970-04-07)
49	23	"Goodbye, Lizzie"	Allen Reisner	Kathleen Hite	April 28, 1970 (1970-04-28)
50	24	"The Rivals"	Christian I. Nyby II	Thomas Thompson	May 5, 1970 (1970-05-05)
51	25	"Lifeline"	Robert Butler	Sam Roeca	May 19, 1970 (1970-05-19)

Production

Samuel Peeples created the series, and Alan A. Armer produced it for 20th Century-Fox.^[2] The pilot episode, "The High Riders", was mostly filmed on location in and around the hacienda now located within the Santa Lucia Preserve. All interior shots of the hacienda in subsequent episodes were filmed on a sound stage in Hollywood, recreated from photographs of the original.^{[citation needed]}

In popular culture

The 2019 movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood incorporates a fictionalized account of the filming of Lancer's pilot episode, depicting fictional actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) appearing as a villain in the episode. Director Sam Wanamaker and series stars James Stacy and Wayne Maunder are depicted. Additional scenes are featured in the novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, as well depicting other actors, including Andrew Duggan.