The young actor already had the TV Westerns Maverick and Black Saddle under his belt before appearing in The Big Valley. After the series ended ... most of the top cast members have died.

In 1964, The Big Valley premiered on ABC ... bringing their favorite actors into their homes every week. “Early TV western series helped define America as a nation,” the New York Public ...

The Big Valley' Was an Ambitious, Star-Studded Deconstruction of the Western Genre The 1950s and 1960s were the peak era for ...