Hawkeye is a television series, airing in syndication for one season during 1994-1995, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen Joseph Cannell was an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor, and the founder of Stephen J. Cannell Productions.-Early life:...

. The series was filmed in North Vancouver and Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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.

Based on characters from the Leatherstocking Tales

Leatherstocking Tales

The Leatherstocking Tales is a series of novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, each featuring the main hero Natty Bumppo, known by European settlers as "Leatherstocking," 'The Pathfinder", and "the trapper" and by the Native Americans as "Deerslayer," "La Longue Carabine" and...

, a set of novels written by James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo...

, the series takes place in 1755 Hudson Valley

Hudson Valley

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, New York

New York

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 during the French and Indian War

French and Indian War

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. It follows the main character, Natty Bumppo

Natty Bumppo

Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales.- Fictional biography :...

, his Native American

Native Americans in the United States

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 companion Chingachgook

Chingachgook

Chingachgook was a fictional character in four of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, a lone Mohican chief and companion of the series' hero Natty Bumppo. Chingachgook married Wah-ta-Wah who bore him a son Uncas, but she died young. Uncas, at his birth "last of the Mohicans" grew...

, trading post owner Elizabeth Shields, and others persons stationed at or living in the vicinity of Fort Bennington.

Main cast

• Lee Horsley
  Lee Horsley
  Lee Arthur Horsley is an American film, television, and theater actor known for starring roles in the television series, Nero Wolfe , Matt Houston , and Paradise . He starred in the 1982 cult film, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and recorded the audiobook edition of Lonesome Dove...
  
   as Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo
  Natty Bumppo
  Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales.- Fictional biography :...
  
  )
• Lynda Carter
  Lynda Carter
  Lynda Jean Carter is an American actress and singer, best known for being Miss World USA and as the star of the 1970s television series The New Original Wonder Woman and The New Adventures of Wonder Woman ....
  
   as Elizabeth Shields
• Duncan Fraser as Colonel Munro
• Dave "Squatch" Ward as Sam
• Rodney A. Grant
  Rodney A. Grant
  Rodney Arnold Grant is an American actor.Grant, a Native American, was raised on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. He is probably most well known for his role as "Wind In His Hair" in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves...
  
   as Chingachgook
• Garwin Sanford
  Garwin Sanford
  Garwin Sanford is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Narim in Stargate SG-1 and Simon Wallis in Stargate Atlantis....
  
   as Captain Taylor Shields

Episode list

Twenty-two episodes were broadcast, the pilot being shown in two parts and later distributed as one show on VHS

VHS

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 the entire series is now on DVD.


1. Hawkeye, Part I

2. Hawkeye, Part II

3. The Bear

4. The Furlough

5. The Siege

6. The Child

7. The Vision

8. Out of the Past

9. The Warrior

10. The Quest

11. The Escape

12. Fly With Me

13. The Ally

14. The Boxer

15. The Traitor

16. Amnesty

17. The Visit

18. Vengeance is Mine

19. The Plague

20. Hester

21. The Bounty

22. The Return

DVD release

On March 22, 2011, Mill Creek Entertainment

Mill Creek Entertainment

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released Hawkeye: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.

External links

• Hawkeye page on Cannell.com
• http://www.wonderland-site.com/html/hawk.htm