Cowboy in Africa

Cowboy in Africa
Chuck Connors as Jim Sinclair, 1967
Created by	Ivan Tors Andy White
Starring	Chuck Connors Ronald Howard Gerald Edwards Tom Nardini
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Aaron Spelling
Running time	60 min.
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 11, 1967 (1967-09-11) – April 1, 1968 (1968-04-01)

Cowboy in Africa is an ABC television series produced in 1967–1968 by Ivan Tors and starring Chuck Connors. A 1966 television pilot turned into a movie and released to cinemas starring Hugh O'Brian as Jim Sinclair was called Africa Texas Style.

Plot

Jim Sinclair (Chuck Connors) is hired by Commander Hayes (British actor Ronald Howard) to introduce modern methods to his game ranch in Kenya. He brings his helper and best friend, a Navajo Indian named John Henry. Together, they work at roping wildlife and building herds on the ranch. During the first episode, a ten-year-old African boy named Samson (played by Gerald Edwards) watches from afar and decides Jim would make a perfect father. Samson runs for a day and a half to the Hayes/Sinclair ranch and declares to Jim, the world's champion cowboy, that Jim would be his father. By the end of the first episode the boy and cowboy have adopted each other. Samson, John Henry, and Jim Sinclair become a family.

The series competed during its single season for the same time period as the programs Gunsmoke and The Monkees.

Cast

• Chuck Connors as Jim Sinclair
• Ronald Howard as Commander Hayes
• Tom Nardini as John Henry
• Gerald Edwards as Samson

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The New World"	Andrew Marton	Unknown	September 11, 1967 (1967-09-11)
2	"Kifaru! Kifaru!"	Andrew Marton	Norman Katkov	September 18, 1967 (1967-09-18)
3	"Incident at Derati Wells"	Allen Reisner	Robert Sabaroff	September 25, 1967 (1967-09-25)
4	"What's an Elephant Mother to Do?"	Allen Reisner	Story by : Roswell Rogers Teleplay by : Ed Adamson & Roswell Rogers	October 2, 1967 (1967-10-02)
5	"Search for Survival"	Gene Nelson	Ed Adamson	October 9, 1967 (1967-10-09)
6	"Stone Age Safari"	Andrew Marton	Palmer Thompson	October 16, 1967 (1967-10-16)
7	"The Adopted One"	Unknown	Andy Lewis	October 23, 1967 (1967-10-23)
8	"Fang and Claw"	Andrew McCullough	Penrod Smith	October 30, 1967 (1967-10-30)
9	"The Time of the Predator"	Andrew Marton	Roger H. Lewis	November 6, 1967 (1967-11-06)
10	"Lake Sinclair"	Jack Arnold	Story by : Norman Katkov Teleplay by : Ed Adamson & Norman Katkov	November 13, 1967 (1967-11-13)
11	"Tomorrow on the Wind"	Andrew McCullough	Story by : Samuel Roeca Teleplay by : Ed Adamson & Samuel Roeca	November 20, 1967 (1967-11-20)
12	"Little Boy Lost"	Jeffrey Hayden	Jay Simms	November 27, 1967 (1967-11-27)
13	"The Man Who Has Everything"	Unknown	Ed Adamson & Palmer Thompson	December 4, 1967 (1967-12-04)
14	"To Build a Beginning"	Unknown	Gordon T. Dawson	December 11, 1967 (1967-12-11)
15	"The Hesitant Hero"	Unknown	Don Brinkley	December 18, 1967 (1967-12-18)
16	"African Rodeo: Part 1"	Alex March	Gordon T. Dawson	January 15, 1968 (1968-01-15)
17	"African Rodeo: Part 2"	Alex March	Gordon T. Dawson	January 22, 1968 (1968-01-22)
18	"First to Capture"	Paul Henreid	Gordon T. Dawson	January 29, 1968 (1968-01-29)
19	"The Red Hand of Michael O'Neill"	Unknown	Unknown	February 5, 1968 (1968-02-05)
20	"The Quiet Death"	Earl Bellamy	Ed Adamson	February 19, 1968 (1968-02-19)
21	"A Man of Value"	Earl Bellamy	John O'Dea & Jay Simms	February 26, 1968 (1968-02-26)
22	"Search and Destroy"	Unknown	Unknown	March 4, 1968 (1968-03-04)
23	"Work of Art"	Lawrence Dobkin	Frank L. Moss	March 11, 1968 (1968-03-11)
24	"John Henry's Eden"	Earl Bellamy	Ed Adamson	March 18, 1968 (1968-03-18)
25	"The Lions"	Lawrence Dobkin	Alan Caillou	March 25, 1968 (1968-03-25)
26	"The Kasubi Death"	Unknown	Gordon T. Dawson	April 1, 1968 (1968-04-01)

External links

• Cowboy in Africa at IMDb