Hotel de Paree is a Western

Western (genre)

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 television series that aired on the CBS

CBS

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 Friday schedule from October 2, 1959, until June 3, 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of Liggett & Myers (L&M cigarettes

L&M

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) and Kellogg's.

The show starred Earl Holliman

Earl Holliman

-Early life:Earl Holliman was born at Delhi in Richland Parish of northeastern Louisiana. Holliman’s biological father died before he was born, and his biological mother, living in poverty with several other children, gave him up for adoption at birth...

 as Sundance, a gunfighter just released after seventeen years in prison. In the first episode, he is in Georgetown

Georgetown, Colorado

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, Colorado

Colorado

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, where he kills the town villain and is then urged by the citizens to become the marshal

Marshal

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. He accepts the job and also becomes a part owner of the Hotel de Paree, owned by two French

France

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 women, Annette Deveraux, played by Jeanette Nolan

Jeanette Nolan

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, and her niece, Monique, portrayed by Judi Meredith

Judi Meredith

-Early life:Born Judith Clare Boutin in Portland, Oregon, she was a talented figure skater who became a professional star performer with the Ice Follies. All this changed when she broke her back in an accident...

, relatives of the man whom he had earlier killed. Sundance wore a string of polished silver discs in the band of his black Stetson

Stetson

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, which often blinded his adversaries.

During the brief run of the series, Sundance dealt with assorted antagonists and maintained flirtations with both of the Deveraux women. Sundance also befriended a local shopkeeper, Aaron Donoger, played by veteran Western performer Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Strother Martin was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate."-Early life:Strother Martin Jr. was born in Kokomo,...

. The program was filmed at CBS Studio Center

CBS Studio Center

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.

Guest stars included Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

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, Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot (actor)

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, Russ Conway

Russ Conway (actor)

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, Dennis Cross

Dennis Cross

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, Walter Coy

Walter Coy

Walter Darwin Coy was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, originally from Great Falls, Montana. He was best known for narrating the NBC western anthology series, Frontier, which aired early Sunday evenings in the 1955-1956 season.-Career:Coy performed on Broadway...

, Royal Dano

Royal Dano

Royal Edward Dano was an American film and television character actor.-Early life:Dano was born in New York City to Mary Josephine , an Irish immigrant, and Caleb Edward Dano, a printer for newspapers. He reportedly left home at the age of twelve and at various intervals, lived in Florida, Texas...

, King Donovan

King Donovan

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, Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

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, Jack Elam

Jack Elam

William Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies .-Early life:...

, Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

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, Ron Hayes

Ron Hayes

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, Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn

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, Don Keefer

Don Keefer

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, Martin Milner

Martin Milner

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, Read Morgan

Read Morgan

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, Gregg Palmer

Gregg Palmer

Gregg Palmer, originally Palmer Lee is an American actor, known primarily for his prolific work in television westerns...

, John M. Pickard

John Pickard (American actor)

John M. Pickard was an American actor who appeared primarily in television Westerns.-Early life and career:...

, Judson Pratt

Judson Pratt

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, Darryl Richard

Darryl Richard (actor)

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, Peter Mark Richman, Vic Tayback

Vic Tayback

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, and Peter Whitney

Peter Whitney

Peter Whitney, was an American actor in film and television. Born as Peter King Engle in Long Branch, New Jersey, Whitney's corpulent, heavy build qualified him to play villains in many Hollywood movies in the 1940s and 1950s.From the late 1950s, he was more prolific playing character roles in...

.

A comic-book adaptation appeared in Dell's Four Color

Four Color

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 #1126. It was written by Gaylord Du Bois.

Episode list

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	"Sundance Returns" [aka "Sundance Comes Home"] (pilot)	October 2, 1959
1-2	"Juggernaut"	October 9, 1959
1-3	"Vein of Ore"	October 16, 1959
1-4	"The High Cost of Justice"	October 23, 1959
1-5	"The Return of Monique"	October 30, 1959
1-6	"A Rope Is For Hanging"	November 6, 1959
1-7	"A Fool and His Gold"	November 13, 1959
1-8	"The Only Wheel In Town"	November 20, 1959
1-9	"The Man Who Believed In Law"	November 27, 1959
1-10	"Sundance and the Hostiles"	December 11, 1959
1-11	"Sundance and the Violent Siege"	December 18, 1959
1-12	"The Louis XIV Table"	December 25, 1959
1-13	"Sundance and the Blood Money"	January 1, 1960
1-14	"Sundance and the Bare-Knuckled Fighters"	January 8, 1960
1-15	"Sundance and the Kid From Nowhere"	January 15, 1960
1-16	"Sundance Goes To Kill"	January 22, 1960
1-17	"Sundance and the Boat Soldier"	February 5, 1960
1-18	"Sundance and the Man In Room Seven"	February 12, 1960
1-19	"Hard Luck For Sundance"	February 19, 1960
1-20	"Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader"	February 26, 1960
1-21	"Sundance and Useless"	March 4, 1960
1-22	"Sundance and the Hero of Bloody Blue Creek"	March 11, 1960
1-23	"Sundance and the Marshal of Water's End"	March 18, 1960
1-24	"Sundance and the Black Widow"	April 1, 1960
1-25	"Vengeance For Sundance"	April 8, 1960
1-26	"Sundance and the Man in the Shadows"	April 15, 1960
1-27	"Sundance and the Long Trek"	April 22, 1960
1-28	"Bounty For Sundance"	April 29, 1960
1-29	"Sundance and the Good-Luck Coat"	May 6, 1960
1-30	"Sundance and the Cattlemen" (aka "Sundance and the Outlaw Holiday")	May 13, 1960
1-31	"Sundance and the Barren Soil"	May 20, 1960
1-32	"Sundance and the Fallen Sparrow"	May 27, 1960
1-33	"Sundance and the Delayed Gun"	June 3, 1960

External links

• Hotel de Paree at The Internet Movie Database