The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western

Western (genre)

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 series that aired in syndication

Television syndication

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 from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

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. It stars Bill Williams

Bill Williams (actor)

Bill Williams was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early 1950 television show The Adventures of Kit Carson.-Career:...

 in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson

Kit Carson

Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson was an American frontiersman and Indian fighter. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at age 16 and became a Mountain man and trapper in the West. Carson explored the west to California, and north through the Rocky Mountains. He lived among and married...

. Don Diamond

Don Diamond

Donald Alan "Don" Diamond was an American radio, film, and television actor who portrayed "Crazy Cat", the sidekick and heir apparent to Chief Wild Eagle on the popular 1960s television sitcom, F Troop .-Career:...

 co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.

Synopsis

The Adventures of Kit Carson was intended for children, and presents a fictionalized version of Carson and his life. In the series, Kit Carson roamed the West with his companion El Toro, seeking to help those in need.

Recurring cast members

• John L. Cason - Appeared in the role of Carl Rigby.
• Lupe Mayorga - Appeared three times as Rosita Salvadore
• William Fawcett
  William Fawcett (actor)
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   - Appeared in seven episodes as Jeremy Repp
• Sheb Wooley
  Sheb Wooley
  Shelby F. "Sheb" Wooley was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty song "Purple People Eater"...
  
   - Appeared five times as Carl
• Tristram Coffin - Appeared eight times as Colonel Culver
• Myron Healey
  Myron Healey
  Myron Daniel Healey was an American actor. He began his Hollywood, California, career during the early 1940s in bit parts and minor supporting roles at various studios.-Early years:...
  
   - Appeared seven times as Captain Bandcroft
• Lee Van Cleef
  Lee Van Cleef
  Lee Van Cleef was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his being cast as a villain in scores of films such as High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.-Early life:Van Cleef was...
  
   - Appeared six times as Burt Tanner
• Denver Pyle
  Denver Pyle
  Denver Dell Pyle was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard .-Early life:...
  
   - Appeared five times as Denning.
• Lyle Talbot
  Lyle Talbot
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   - Appeared three times as Colonel Billings
• John Doucette
  John Doucette
  John Doucette was a film character actor. He was a balding, husky man remembered for playing mob muscle and western bad guys in movies...
  
   - Appeared twice as Bill Repp
• J. Pat O'Malley
  J. Pat O'Malley
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   - Appeared twice as Cinnebar Jones
• Ann Tyrrell
  Ann Tyrrell
  Ann Tyrrell was an American actress who co-starred in both of the Ann Sothern CBS sitcoms Private Secretary and The Ann Sothern Show .-Career:...
  
   - Appeared twice as Mrs. Agatha Prichert
• Phyllis Coates
  Phyllis Coates
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  - Appeared twice as June Sanders
• Glenn Strange
  Glenn Strange
  Glenn Strange was an American actor who appeared mostly in Western films. He is best known for playing the Frankenstein Monster in three Universal films during the 1940s and for his role as Sam Noonan, the bartender on CBS's Gunsmoke television series...
  
   - Appeared twice as Jim Wade
• Gail Davis
  Gail Davis
  Gail Davis was an American actress, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television Western series Annie Oakley.-Life and career:...
  
   - Appeared twice as Rose Banning
• James Best
  James Best
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  - Appeared twice as Henry Jordan

Production notes

The series was filmed by Revue Studios at the ranch of Ray Corrigan, later purchased by Bob Hope

Bob Hope

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, near Simi Valley, California

Simi Valley, California

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