Custer 57 years old
Custer, also known as The Legend of Custer, is a 17-episode military-western television series which ran on ABC from September 6 to December 27, 1967, with Wayne Maunder in the starring role of then Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. During the American Civil War, Custer had risen to the rank of major general, the youngest in the Union Army. He was demoted after the war during force reductions to the rank of Captain, but was reinstated in 1866 as a Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Seventh Cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. Many of the soldiers in the regiment were derelicts, former Confederates, or even criminals. The series was cancelled before the script timeline would have reached the Little Big Horn River of southeastern Montana, where all perished on June 25, 1876, in a Sioux Indian ambush, Robert F. Simon played Custer's commanding officer, U.S. General Alfred H. Terry, who disapproved of Custer's long hair and much of his methodology of fighting Indians. Slim Pickens starred as a scout named California Joe Milner. Michael Dante appeared as Sioux Chief Crazy Horse. Peter Palmer played Sergeant James Bustard, a former Confederate soldier. Grant Woods appeared as Captain Myles Keogh. Read Morgan, formerly a cavalry officer on NBC's The Deputy, appeared in the episode "Spirit Woman" in the role of a medicine man.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rory Calhoun He was 45 , 76 years old when he died | |
| Barbara Rush She was 40 , now 97 years old | |
| Agnes Moorehead She was 66 , 73 years old when she died | |
| Robert Loggia He was 37 , 85 years old when he died | |
| Earl Holliman He was 38 , now 96 years old | |
| Albert Salmi He was 39 , 62 years old when he died | |
| James Whitmore He was 45 , 87 years old when he died | |
| Darren McGavin He was 45 , 83 years old when he died | |
| Lloyd Bochner He was 43 , 81 years old when he died | |
| William Windom He was 43 , 32 years old when he died | |
| Dub Taylor He was 60 , 87 years old when he died | |
| Pierre Jalbert He was 42 , 89 years old when he died | |
| R. G. Armstrong He was 50 , 95 years old when he died | |
| Donnelly Rhodes He was 29 , 80 years old when he died | |
| William Smith He was 154 , 80 years old when he died | |
| Larry Pennell He was 39 , 85 years old when he died | |
| Alexander Davion He was 38 , 90 years old when he died | |
| Gene Evans He was 45 , 75 years old when he died | |
| Mary Ann Mobley She was 30 , 77 years old when she died | |
| Slim Pickens He was 48 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Edward Mulhare He was 44 , 74 years old when he died | |
| Yvonne De Carlo She was 45 , 84 years old when she died | |
| Arthur Franz He was 47 , 86 years old when he died | |
| James Daly He was 48 , 59 years old when he died | |
| Hank Patterson He was 78 , 86 years old when he died | |
| Paul Petersen He was 21 , now 79 years old | |
| Wayne Maunder He was 29 , 80 years old when he died | as George Armstrong Custer |
| Ralph Meeker He was 46 , 67 years old when he died | |
| Pamelyn Ferdin She was 8 , now 65 years old | |
| George Sawaya He was 44 , 80 years old when he died | |
| Rodolfo Acosta He was 47 , 54 years old when he died | |
| Henry Beckman He was 45 , 86 years old when he died | |
| Rodd Redwing He was 63 , 66 years old when he died | |
| James Craig He was 55 , 73 years old when he died | |
| Michael Dante He was 36 , now 93 years old | as Crazy Horse |
| Philip Carey He was 42 , 83 years old when he died | |
| Robert F. Simon He was 58 , 83 years old when he died | as Alfred H. Terry |
| Peter Palmer He was 35 , now 93 years old | |
| Charles Dierkop He was 30 , now 88 years old | |
| Kathleen Nolan She was 33 , now 91 years old | |
| Dennis Patrick He was 49 , 84 years old when he died | |
| Burr DeBenning He was 30 , 66 years old when he died | |
| James McCallion He was 48 , 72 years old when he died | |
| Jack Hogan He was 37 , now 95 years old | |
| Chris Robinson (actor) He was 28 , now 86 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Christian Nyby Directing He was 54 , 80 years old when he died | Director |
| Samuel A. Peeples Writing He was 49 , 79 years old when he died | Writer |
| William Blinn Writing He was 30 , now 87 years old | Writer |
| Richard Sale Writing He was 55 , 81 years old when he died | Writer |
| Lawrence Dobkin Directing He was 47 , 83 years old when he died | Director |
| Leo Penn Directing He was 46 , 77 years old when he died | Director |
Custer (57 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1967-09-06
- Runtime: [60] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 16