The Deputy (TV series)
{{Short description|American TV series}}
{{For|the 2020 series|Deputy (TV series)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Vivian Vance Allen Case The Deputy 1959.JPG
| caption = Allen Case as McCord on the set with guest star Vivian Vance, 1959
| genre = Western
| creator = {{Plainlist|
- Roland Kibbee
- Norman Lear
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| writer =
| director =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| narrated = Henry Fonda
| theme_music_composer = Jack Marshall
| opentheme =
| composer = Jack Marshall
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 76
| list_episodes = List of The Deputy episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Henry Fonda
- William Frye
}}
| producer =
| editor =
| cinematography =
| camera = Single-camera
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Top Gun Productions
- Revue Studios
}}
| channel = NBC
| first_aired = {{start date|1959|09|12}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1961|07|01}}
}}
The Deputy is an American Western television series starring Henry Fonda and Allen Case that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Fonda portrayed Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Case played Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, pp. 212-213
Synopsis
{{Further|List of The Deputy episodes}}
Fonda narrated most episodes and appeared briefly at the beginning and ending of most segments. He played the lead in only six episodes in the first season and 13 in the second. Usually, he gave his deputy the assignment, and on rare occasions, thanked him at the conclusion of the episode. As Fred MacMurray did while shooting the sitcom series My Three Sons, Fonda performed all of his work on The Deputy in several lengthy sessions, so as to leave himself free for other projects. Although based in Silver City, the marshal's district also covered several nearby towns. Deputy McCord was a storekeeper who bore arms with great reluctance. Wallace Ford appeared as the elderly marshal, Herk Lamson, with Betty Lou Keim as McCord's sister, Fran, in the first season. Read Morgan joined the show in the second season as Sergeant Hapgood Tasker, known as "Sarge", a one-eyed United States Army cavalry enlisted man stationed in town. Gary Hunley played as Deputy Clay McCord's young brother Brandon McCord in an episode of the television series.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=87|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 16, 2017|isbn=9781476628561|via=Google Books}}
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry
- Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord
- Read Morgan as Sergeant Hapgood Tasker
- Wallace Ford as Marshal Herk Lamson
- Betty Lou Keim as Fran McCord
=Recurring cast=
- Vito Scotti as Jose
- Addison Richards as Doc Landy
Episodes
=Season 1=
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Badge For A Day (The Deputy)
| DirectedBy = Don Medford
| WrittenBy = Roland Kibbee & Norman Lear
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|09|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Wild Wind
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = N.B. Stone Jr.
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|09|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Back To Glory
| DirectedBy = Felix E. Feist
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|09|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Shadow Of The Noose
| DirectedBy = Robert B. Sinclair
| WrittenBy = Roland Kibbee & Norman Lear
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|10|03}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Powder Keg
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Wells Root & Ron Bishop
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|10|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Like Father
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Jerry Sackheim
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|10|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Proof Of Guilt
| DirectedBy = Arthur Lubin
| WrittenBy = Melvin Levy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|10|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Johnny Shanks Story
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = N.B. Stone Jr.
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|10|31}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Focus Of Doom
| DirectedBy = Arthur Lubin
| WrittenBy = Sidney Michaels & Michael Kraike
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|11|07}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Big Four
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|11|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Next Bullet
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|11|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Deal
| DirectedBy = Herschel Dougherty
| WrittenBy = Herbert Purdom & Michael Kraike
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|12|05}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Land Greed
| DirectedBy = Robert B. Sinclair
| WrittenBy = Dale Eunson & Katherine Albert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|12|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Man Of Peace
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Herbert Purdom
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|12|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Orphans
| DirectedBy = Frederick Stephani
| WrittenBy = Katherine Albert & Dale Eunson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1959|12|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Backfire
| DirectedBy = Jim Hogan
| WrittenBy = Wilton Schiller
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|01|02}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Hang The Law
| DirectedBy = Robert B. Sinclair
| WrittenBy = Herbert Purdom
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|01|09}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Silent Gun
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Hendrik Vollaerts
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|01|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Hidden Motive
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield & Robert B. Sinclair
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol & Michael Kraike
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|01|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Lawman's Blood
| DirectedBy = John Brahm
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|02|06}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = The Return Of Simon Fry
| DirectedBy = Arthur Lubin
| WrittenBy = Terence Maples
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|02|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Queen Bea
| DirectedBy = Herschel Daugherty & Robert B. Sinclair
| WrittenBy = Herbert Purdom
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|02|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = The Two Faces Of Bob Claxton
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Charles O'Neal
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|02|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Lady With A Mission
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|03|05}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = The Border Between
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Hal Biller & Austin Kalish
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|03|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Final Payment
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Charles R. Marion
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|03|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = Dark Reward
| DirectedBy = Louis King & Robert B. Sinclair
| WrittenBy = Marianne Mosner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|03|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = Marked For Bounty
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = William Yagemann
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|04|02}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = The Truly Yours
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Montgomery Pittman & Herbert Purdom
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|04|09}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = A Time To Sow
| DirectedBy = Louis King
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|04|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Last Gunfight
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith & Richard Carr
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|04|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = Chain Of Action
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Lester Fuller
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|05|07}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = The Lucifer Urge
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|05|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Palace Of Chance
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith & Frank Edmunds
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|05|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = The X Game
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Herbert Purdom
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|05|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = The Stand-Off
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison & Louis Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|06|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Trail Of Darkness
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Hendrik Vollaerts
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|06|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = The Choice
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Saul Schwartz & Lester Fuller
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|06|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 39
| Title = Ma Mack
| DirectedBy = Robert B. Sinclair
| WrittenBy = Rod Peterson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|07|09}}
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=Season 2 (1960–61)=
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| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Deadly Breed
| DirectedBy = Virgil W. Vogel
| WrittenBy = Clarke Reynolds
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|09|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Meet Sergeant Tasker
| DirectedBy = Reginald Le Borg
| WrittenBy = Richard Morgan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|01}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Jason Harris Story
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|08}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Fatal Urge
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Joseph Carter
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Mother and Son
| DirectedBy = Louis King
| WrittenBy = Charles R. Marion
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|10|29}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Bitter Root
| DirectedBy = Louis King
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|05}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Higher Law
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith & William Nash
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Passage to New Orleans
| DirectedBy = Louis King
| WrittenBy = Hendrik Vollaerts
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The World Against Me
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Hal Biller & Austin Kalish
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|11|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Sally Tornado (aka Lady For A Hanging)
| DirectedBy = Louis King
| WrittenBy = Charles Smith
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|03}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Three Brothers
| DirectedBy = Sidney Lanfield
| WrittenBy = Peggy O'Shea & Lou Shaw
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Day of Fear
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Clarke Reynolds
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Second Cousin to the Czar
| DirectedBy = Louis King
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 53
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The Judas Town
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Hal Biller & Austin Kalish
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1960|12|31}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Duty Bound
| DirectedBy = Herschel Daugherty
| WrittenBy = Rod Peterson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|07}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 55
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = The Lesson
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Past and Present
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Rudy Makoul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 57
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Hard Decision
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Peggy and Lou Shaw
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|01|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Dream
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|04}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Shackled Town
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Clarke Reynolds
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = The Lonely Road
| DirectedBy = Louis King
| WrittenBy = William F. Leicester
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = The Challenger
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Richard Morgan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|02|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Edge of Doubt
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Peggy O'Shea & Lou Shaw
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|04}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Two-Way Deal
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = William Yagemann
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = The Means and the End
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Finlay McDermid
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = The Example
| DirectedBy = Otto Lang
| WrittenBy = Ralph Goodman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|03|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = Cherchez La Femme
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Stuart Jerome
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|01}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = Tension Point
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Clarke Reynolds
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|08}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = Brother in Arms
| DirectedBy = David Butler
| WrittenBy = Edward J. Lakso
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = The Return of Widow Brown
| DirectedBy = Otto Lang
| WrittenBy = Norman Jacob
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = Spoken In Silence
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|04|29}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = An Enemy of the Town
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Jerry Sackheim & Curtis Kenyon
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|05|06}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 72
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = The Legend of Dixie
| DirectedBy = Frank Arrigo
| WrittenBy = Michael Kraike & Robert Sabaroff
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|05|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = The Deathly Quiet
| DirectedBy = Otto Lang
| WrittenBy = Paul Franklin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|05|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 74
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = Brand of Honesty
| DirectedBy = Tay Garnett
| WrittenBy = Herbert Purdom
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|06|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 75
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = Lorinda Belle
| DirectedBy = Sherry Shourds
| WrittenBy = Hendrik Vollaerts & Michael Kraike
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|06|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 76
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Lawman's Conscience
| DirectedBy = Fredrick Stephani
| WrittenBy = Michael Kraike & Saul Schwartz
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|07|01}}
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Production notes
The series was created by Roland Kibbee and Norman Lear, produced by Revue Studios, and featured a jazz guitar score by Jack Marshall.{{cite magazine |date=September 7, 1959 |page=76 |title=This Week (Cont'd) |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele84ross/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=Ross Reports |access-date=November 18, 2023 }}{{Cite book |last=Aaker |first=Everett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ |title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary |date=2017-06-08 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6250-3 |pages=169 |language=en}} It was the first television series that involved Lear as a creator or executive producer.{{Cite book |last=Evans |first=Art |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u3ntDwAAQBAJ |title=World War II Veterans in Hollywood |date=2020-07-09 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-7777-4 |pages=214 |language=en}} William Frye was the executive producer, and Michel Kraike was the producer. Kibbee and Lear were the head writers. Kellogg's sponsored alternate weeks. The Deputy aired at 9 pm Eastern on Saturdays.
Original tie-in novel
An original, licensed novel, based on the TV series concept and characters, was issued in paperback by Dell Publishing. The book was titled simply The Deputy, after the series; the author was veteran Western novelist Roe Richmond; the publication date was September, 1960; and the cover illustration, featuring Henry Fonda and Allan Case, was a painting by John Leone. The cover price was 35¢.
Bantam Books reissued the novel in 1986, as a non-tie-in, paperback edition, displaying no stated connection to the TV series whatsoever, under the title The Saga of Simon Fry. The cover price was $2.75. The circumstances behind the reprint are unknown.
Home media
On October 26, 2010, Timeless Media Group released the complete series on DVD in Region 1. The 12-disc set features all 76 episodes of the series.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0052462|The Deputy}}
{{Norman Lear}}
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