The Sheriff of Cochise

This article is about the TV show. For the real life position, see Cochise County Sheriff's Office.

The Sheriff of Cochise is an American police crime drama television series of 79 black-and-white episodes broadcast from 1956 to 1958. The show has two seasons of 39 episodes, and there is an additional standalone episode. Each episode runs for 30 minutes. The series features John Bromfield as Frank Morgan, the sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona. The series is succeeded by U.S. Marshal, in which Morgan was promoted to be the United States marshal for Arizona.^[1]

The Sheriff of Cochise
Genre	Police procedural Neo-Western
Created by	Stan Jones Mort Briskin
Starring	John Bromfield
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	79
Production
Production location	Arizona
Running time	30 mins.
Production company	Desilu Productions
Original release
Network	Broadcast syndication
Release	September 21, 1956 (1956-09-21) – December 27, 1957 (1957-12-27)

Plot

Frank Morgan is the sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, and his duties force him to go after people breaking the law in his home county. These include robbers, thugs, con artists, killers, and other lawbreakers. The series is based on Westerns, though with a contemporary twist as in the neo-Western sub-genre. Morgan drives a Chrysler station wagon, rarely fights personally, and uses radios and fingerprints to aid in his investigations.^[2]

Cast

Main cast

• John Bromfield as Frank Morgan, the sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona (79 episodes)
• Stan Jones as Harry Olson, a sheriff's deputy and Morgan's second-in-command (63 episodes)

Recurring cast

• Roy Engel as Bob Tobin, a sheriff's deputy (7 episodes)
• Joe Kirk as Edgar Dawson (4 episodes)
• Robert Brubaker as Blake, a sheriff's deputy (3 episodes)
• Harry Shannon as Caleb (3 episodes)
• Dale Van Sickel as Clifford (3 episodes)
• Joseph Sargent as Amon Lattimer (3 episodes)
• James Griffith as Tom Ferguson, a sheriff's deputy (3 episodes)
• Joe De Santis as Jack Sanford (2 episodes)
• Peter Whitney as Oney (2 episodes)
• Frank Ferguson as Briscoe (2 episodes)
• John Dennis as Mike Lawton (2 episodes)
• Claudia Bryar as Vera Bennett (2 episodes)
• Alan Wells as Jim Clark, a sheriff's deputy (2 episodes)
• Kathleen Mulqueen as Martha (2 episodes)
• Frank Richards as Andy (2 episodes)
• Ray Lamont as Fred Sanders (2 episodes)
• John Doucette as Vince Walker (2 episodes)
• Douglass Dumbrille as Judson Knox (2 episodes)
• Trevor Bardette as Carter (2 episodes)
• Jack Albertson as Greenbriar Merritt (2 episodes)
• Joseph V. Perry as Tom Wylie (2 episodes)
• William Forrest as Whittiker, a local judge (2 episodes)
• Hugh Sanders as Ben Blair (2 episodes)
• Ed Kemmer as Ed, a sheriff's deputy (2 episodes)
• Jeanne Bates as Maude Larkin (2 episodes)
• Fred Graham as Dave Snyder (2 episodes)
• Mack Williams as Greenwald, a local doctor (2 episodes)
• Robert Foulk as Emory Riggs (2 episodes)
• Helen Wallace as Ellie Murdock (2 episodes)
• Howard Wendell as Edwin Hatrick (2 episodes)
• Dennis Cross as Fred Jameson (2 episodes)
• Richard Reeves as Joe Franklin (2 episodes)
• Primo Carnera as Otto Povich (2 episodes)
• Frank Worden as Joe Heap (2 episodes)

Guest cast

• Chris Alcaide
• Robert Fuller (actor)
• Charles Bronson