Steve Donovan, Western Marshal

Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (also known as Western Marshal^[1]) is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from September 24, 1955 to June 6, 1956.

Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
Also known as	Western Marshal
Genre	Western
Starring	Douglas Kennedy Eddy Waller
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer	Jack Chertok
Producer	Harry Poppe
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	25 mins.
Production company	Jack Chertok Television Productions
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 24, 1955 (1955-09-24) – June 16, 1956 (1956-06-16)

Cast and characters

• Douglas Kennedy as United States Marshal Steve Donovan.^[2]
• Eddy Waller as Rusty Lee, assistant of Donovan.^[2]

Production

Jack Chertock's Vibar Productions filmed the show on the Iverson Movie Ranch.^[3]

Reception

Billboard described the 1951 pilot as "a slick swift-paced item which shows the know-how [producer Jack] Chertok picked up in the course of turning out his Lone Ranger series."^[4]

Steve Donovan, Texas Ranger

In July 1952, Consolidated Television Productions began syndication of Steve Donovan, Texas Ranger, which starred Kennedy.^[5] Twenty-six 30-minute filmed episodes were available.^[6] The program was a Jack Chertok production.^[7]