26 Men

26 Men
Genre	Western
Written by	Dwight V. Babcock Oliver Drake Warren Douglas Tom Hubbard Sloan Nibley Lawrence Resner Samuel Roeca
Directed by	Franklin Adreon Joseph Kane Reg Browne Oliver Drake
Starring	Tristram Coffin Kelo Henderson
Theme music composer	Russell Hayden Hal Hopper (Performed by Hal Hopper.)
Composer(s)	Al Sack Gordon Zahler
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	78
Production
Executive producer(s)	Russell Hayden
Producer(s)	William Dennis Russell Hayden
Editor(s)	Tom Biggart Reg Browne Frank Capacchione Everett Dodd Axel Hubert Sr. Roy V. Livingston
Cinematography	Buddy Harris John Mathew Nickolaus, Jr. Kenneth Peach J.D. Weiler
Running time	22–24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndication
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monoaural
Original run	November 1, 1957 (1957-11-01) – June 30, 1959 (1959-06-30)

26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.

Synopsis

The program stars Tristram Coffin as the real life Captain Thomas H. Rynning and Kelo Henderson, a Golden Boot Award winner, as Ranger Clint Travis. The series was based on true incidents with episodes centered around the Arizona Rangers' attempts to maintain order.

Notable guest stars

• Robert Blake
• Edgar Buchanan
• William Fawcett
• Don Haggerty
• Ron Hayes
• DeForest Kelley
• Lash La Rue
• Forrest Lewis
• Jackie Loughery
• Doug McClure
• Leonard Nimoy
• Gregg Palmer
• Denver Pyle
• Maudie Prickett
• Kim Spalding
• Glenn Strange
• Dub Taylor
• Gregory Walcott
• Grant Withers

External links

• 26 Men at the Internet Movie Database
• 26 Men at TV.com