The Oregon Trail 47 years old

The Oregon Trail is a 14-episode NBC western television series starring Rod Taylor as the widower Evan Thorpe, who leaves his Illinois farm in 1842 to take the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest. The show also starred Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, and Gina Marie Smika as Thorpe's children. Darleen Carr starred as Margaret Devlin, one of the passengers on the wagon train, and Charles Napier portrayed Luther Sprague, a frontier scout recruited by Thorpe. The series was filmed in the Flagstaff, Arizona area.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Richard Jaeckel He was 50 , 70 years old when he died
Robert Pine He was 36 , now 83 years old
William Shatner He was 46 , now 93 years old
Billy Green Bush He was 41 , now 89 years old
Charles Napier He was 41 , 75 years old when he died as Luther Sprague
Darleen Carr She was 26 , now 74 years old as Margaret Devlin
John Vernon He was 45 , 72 years old when he died
William Windom He was 53 , 32 years old when he died
Clu Gulager He was 48 , now 96 years old
Donna Mills She was 36 , now 84 years old
Mariette Hartley She was 37 , now 84 years old
William Smith He was 164 , 80 years old when he died
Rod Taylor He was 47 , 84 years old when he died as Evan Thorpe
Kim Hunter She was 54 , 79 years old when she died
Stella Stevens She was 38 , now 86 years old as Hannah Morgan
Bill Bixby He was 43 , 59 years old when he died
Robert Fuller He was 26 , now 73 years old
Andrew Stevens He was 22 , now 69 years old as Andrew Thorpe
Wilford Brimley He was 42 , now 90 years old
Kevin McCarthy He was 63 , 96 years old when he died
Claude Akins He was 51 , 67 years old when he died
William Phipps He was 55 , 96 years old when he died
Mills Watson He was 37 , now 84 years old
Nicholas Hammond He was 27 , now 74 years old
Jack Hogan He was 47 , now 95 years old

Crew

Name Job title
William Wiard Directing He was 49 , 59 years old when he died Director
Robert Pirosh Writing He was 67 , 79 years old when he died Writer
Bill Bixby Directing He was 43 , 59 years old when he died Director
Paul Stanley Directing He was 25 , now 72 years old Director
Richard Benedict Directing He was 57 , 64 years old when he died Director
Lewis Allen Directing He was 71 , 94 years old when he died Director
Herb Wallerstein Directing He was 51 , 59 years old when he died Director
John C. Champion Directing He was 53 , 70 years old when he died Director
The Oregon Trail poster
The Oregon Trail (47 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1977-09-21
  • Runtime: [60] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 13