The following is an episode list for ABC's 1957 comedy-western television series, Maverick , starring James Garner, Jack Kelly, and Roger Moore. Unusually for an American television program, Maverick 's main cast varied episodically. As such, the starring cast members for each episode are listed below alongside other details. The series was created by Roy Huggins .
Series leads
Bret Maverick: James Garner (seasons 1-4; 55 episodes)
Bart Maverick: Jack Kelly (seasons 1-5; 75 episodes)
Beau Maverick: Roger Moore (season 4; 14 episodes * )
Brent Maverick: Robert Colbert (season 4; 2 episodes * )
Featured recurring characters
Dandy Jim Buckley: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (seasons 1-2; 5 episodes)
Samantha Crawford: Diane Brewster (seasons 1-2; 4 episodes)
Gentleman Jack Darby: Richard Long (seasons 2-3; 4 episodes)
Big Mike McComb: Leo Gordon (seasons 1-2; 5 episodes)
Cindy Lou Brown: Arlene Howell* (season 2; 3 episodes)
Doc Holliday: Gerald Mohr* (season 1; 2 episodes) and Peter Breck (seasons 4-5; 5 episodes)
Modesty Blaine: Mona Freeman (season 3; 2 episodes) and Kathleen Crowley* (season 5; 1 episode)
Melanie Blake: Kathleen Crowley* (season 3; 2 episodes)
Big Ed Murphy: John Dehner* (season 3; 1 episode) and Andrew Duggan* (season 5; 1 episode)
Also:
Ben Gage delivers Marshal Matt Dillon parodies in four different episodes, playing sheriffs with different names but always looking and sounding like James Arness in Gunsmoke while delivering comedic lines.
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First season (1957-1958)
James Garner (as Bret Maverick) is the sole star for the first seven episodes. With episode eight, he's joined by Jack Kelly as brother Bart Maverick. From that point on, the two alternate leads from week to week, sometimes teaming up for the occasional episode. Recurring characters include rival gamblers/operators Samantha Crawford, Dandy Jim Buckley and Big Mike McComb.
Second season (1958-1959)
Garner and Kelly continue as alternating leads, with the odd 'team-up' episode. Semi-regulars Samatha Crawford and Dandy Jim Buckley exit partway through the season; new semi-regulars include Cindy Lou Brown and Gentleman Jack Darby. Big Mike McComb also returns from the first season.
Third season (1959-1960)
Writer/creator Roy Huggins leaves the show. Garner and Kelly are still the leads. Of the recurring characters, only Gentleman Jack Darby returns for season 3, and only for one episode.
Fourth season (1960-1961)
Jack Kelly stays on as Bart Maverick, who now alternates the lead with Roger Moore as cousin Beau Maverick. Kelly and Moore are also featured in occasional two-cousin episodes. With the exception of a single episode held over from the third season, Garner is no longer a part of the show. Before the end of the season, Moore also leaves. At the very end of the season, Moore is briefly replaced by Garner lookalike Robert Colbert as Bart's brother Brent Maverick.
Fifth season (1961-1962)
Jack Kelly is now the sole star of new Maverick offerings. This season's episodes alternated with reruns of some of Garner's earlier shows (both solo and Garner/Kelly team-ups, including "The Saga of Waco Williams"), but during Kelly's new installments, neither Bret, Beau, nor Brent are ever mentioned; the series' new episodes had finally reverted to the original single-Maverick formula observed for the initial seven episodes, only with Kelly as Maverick instead of Garner. However, Garner's name once again appears in the weekly series opening credits before all the newly produced shows, albeit now with second billing under Kelly (Ed Reimers announces "Maverick! Starring Jack Kelly and James Garner!" each week over the opening credits).
External links
- Maverick Episode List in TV.com
- Maverick Episode Guide at epguides.com
- TV Guide Maverick Episode List
- Internet Movie Database Maverick Episodes
- Roger Moore as Beau Maverick - Episode Guide
- Maverick at TV.com
- Roy Huggins' Archive of American Television Interview
- Stephen J. Cannell's Archive of American Television explanation of Huggins' approach
- Museum of Broadcast Communications: Maverick
- James Garner's Archive of American Television Interview
- Tim's TV Showcase: Maverick
- TV Tome - Maverick
- James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
- James Garner as Bret Maverick
- James Garner and Roxane Berard in the episode "Game of Chance"
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