High Mountain Rangers
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High Mountain Rangers was a weekly television show about a group of highly trained wilderness search and rescue law enforcement officers in Tahoe, Nevada.
It starred Robert Conrad as Jesse Hawkes and also starred his two sons, Christian Conrad and Shane Conrad. Robert's daughter Joan was the executive producer. Only 12 episodes were broadcast, from 1/2/1988 until 4/9/1988 on the CBS network. Even though the series only lasted one season, it had a spin-off show called Jesse Hawkes. That show only lasted less than one season and was canceled after the sixth episode.
[edit] List of episodes
Episode titles and original broadcast dates:
- The Only Place To Live - 1/2/1988
- Old Friend On The Run With Daughter - 1/9/1988
- Jesse Accused Of Murder - 1/16/1988
- Washout With Matt's School Rival - 1/23/1988
- Blizzard During Cross-Sierra Race - 1/30/1988
- Bodyguards For Honeymooning Ambassador - 2/6/1988
- Deaf Children Attacked By Bear - 2/13/1988
- Sacred Ground - 2/20/1988
- Jesse Shot By Drunken Hunters - 2/27/1988
- Russian Skier Defects - 3/5/1988
- Avalanche Traps Skiers & Matt - 3/23/1988
- Paintball Game Gone Too Far - 4/9/1988
CAST
JESSE HAWKES - ROBERT CONRAD /
MATT HAWKES [FLYING TIGER] - CHRISTIAN CONRAD /
CODY HAWKES - SHANE CONRAD /
JIM CUTLER [FLASH] - RUSSELL TODD /
ROBIN KELLY [FROST BITE]- P.A. CHRISTIAN /
IZZY FLOWERS [POCATELLO KID] - TIMOTHY ERWIN /
TIM HART [BLACK MAGIC] - EUGENE WILLIAMS /
FRANK AVILA [WHITE EAGLE] - TONY ACIERTO /
REOCURRING CAST
JACKIE HAWKES - ROBYN PETERSON SHERIFF MAC MCBRIDE - MED FLORY
- HOW THE SHOW BEGAN;
JESSE HAWKES HAD STARTED THE HIGH MOUNTAIN RANGERS OVER 35 YEARS EARLIER. HE HAD RETIRED AFTER A CRIMINAL NAMED T.J. COUSINS WHO HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER, HAD BEEN SPARED THE DEATH PENALTY ON A LEGAL TECHNICALITY, AND WAS GIVEN LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE INSTEAD. AFTER HE RETIRED HIS ELDEST SON MATT, TRIED OUT FOR THE RANGERS AND EVENTUALLY WOULD BECOME THE TEAMS LEADER. WHEN TJ COUSINS IS BROKEN OUT OF JAIL, AND KILLS MERLIN - THE RANGER - WHO BECAME JESSE'S SUCCESSOR AS LEADER, MATT URGES HIS FATHER TO HELP HIM AND THE OTHER RANGERS HUNT DOWN COUSINS AND BRING HIM TO TRIAL.
TRIVIA
HIGH MOUNTAIN RANGERS WAS A REAL FAMILY AFFAIR FOR ITS STAR, ROBERT CONRAD; HIS 2 SONS CHRISTIAN AND SHANE PLAYED HIS SONS ON THE SHOW. HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER JOAN CONRAD WAS THE PRODUCER. ACTOR TIMOTHY ERWIN IS MARRIED TO JOAN CONRAD [ROBERT CONRAD'S SON IN LAW!!] AND, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER CAMILLE, APPEARED IN AN EPISODE OF THE SPIN OFF - JESSE HAWKES.
P.A CHRISTIAN'S [ROBIN KELLY] - REAL NAME IS PA NEMUELLER - SHE HAS HAD QUITE A SUCCESSFULL CAREER AS AN ACTRESS AND MEDIA PERSONALITY IN HER NATIVE SWEDEN.
TIMOTHY ERWIN NOW WORKS BEHIND THE CAMERA [ALTHOUGH WAS SPOTTED IN A COUPLE OF EPISODES OF HIS FATHER IN LAW'S OTHER SERIES - HIGH SIERRA SEARCH AND RESCUE PLAYING A PARAMEDIC] HE NOW GOES BY THE NAME TIM TOES ERWIN.
SADLY, EUGENE WILLIAMS WHO PLAYED TIM HART, COMMITTED SUICIDE [FACTS TO BE VERIFIED]
