F Troop (an Episode Guide) (2024)

1st Season 1965 b&w

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  • "Scourge of the West"

    gs: Alan Hewitt [ Col. Malcolm ], Jay Sheffield [ Lt. Jefferson Hawkes ], Barry Kelley [ The General ], Henry Brandon [ Indian Chief ]

    Private Wilton Parmenter gets promoted after leading a charge against the Confederates and receives an assignment as Fort Courage's new commanding officer.

    b: 14 Sep 65 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Don't Look Now but One of Our Cannons is Missing"

    gs: Donald Barry [ Col. Donnely ]

    O'Rourke plots to retrieve the cannon he loaned to the Hekawis for use in a festival.

    b: 21 Sep 65 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
  • "The Phantom Major"
    gs: Bernard Fox [ Maj. Bently Royce ], John Holland [ Col. Leslie Willoughby ], Willis Bouchey [ Col. Herman Saunders ], Bella Bruck [ Old Squaw ]

    A British Major shows the men the advantages of using camouflage to fight Indians.

    b: 28 Sep 65 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Leslie Goodwins
  • "Corporal Agarn's Farewell to the Troops"
    gs: Forrest Lewis [ Doc Emmett ], Vic Tayback [ Bill Colton ], Robert G. Anderson [ Bob Colton ], Georgia Simmons [ Granny ], Buff Brady [ Stagecoach Driver ]

    Agarn believes he is dying after his medical report is mixed up with that of his horse.

    b: 5 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: Stan Dreben & Howard Merrill d: Charles R. Rondeau
  • "The Return of Bald Eagle"
    gs: Don Rickles [ Bald Eagle ]

    A renegade Indian tries to go straight but finds he can't.

    b: 12 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Leslie Goodwins
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  • "Dirge for the Scourge"
    gs: Jack Elam [ Sam Urp ], Benny Baker [ Pete the bartender ], Harvey Parry [ Charlie the drunk ]

    Sam Urp, scourge of the west, comes to Fort Courage for a showdown with Parmenter, the Scourge of the West.

    b: 19 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
  • "The Girl From Philadelphia"
    gs: Linda Marshall [ Lucy Landfield ], Laurie Sibbald [ Flying Sparrow ]

    Wilton's old girlfriend comes to vie for his affection and to persuade him to return to the East.

    b: 26 Oct 65 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Charles R. Rondeau
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  • "Old Iron Pants"
    gs: John Stephenson [ Gen. Custer ], Harvey Parry [ Charlie ]

    O'Rourke Enterprise's tries mail order brides while Parmenter is away at command school.

    b: 2 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Me Heap Big Injun"

    Agarn leaves the troop to become an Indian, and turns out to be a better Indian than the entire Hekawi tribe.

    b: 9 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
  • "She's Only a Build in an Girdled Cage"
    gs: Patrice Wymore [ Laura Lee ], Bartlett Robinson [ Col. Griswald ], Nydia Westman [ Mama Dobbs ], Charles Seel [ Abijah Mimms ], Ivan Bell [ Trooper Duddleson ]

    Dobbs' mother is coming but everyone thinks it is Laura Lee, a dance hall singer to entertain the men.

    b: 16 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: Larry Markes & Michael Morris d: Leslie Goodwins
  • "A Gift From the Chief"
    gs: Mae Clarke [ Woman ], Ivan Bell [ Trooper Duddleson ]

    Parmenter accidentally saves Wild Eagle's life, and receives a baby as a reward.

    b: 23 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: Al Gordon & Hal Goldman d: Charles R. Rondeau
  • "Honest Injun"
    gs: John Dehner [ Prof. Cornelius Clyde ], Lou Wills [ Running Bull ]

    A con man muscles his way into O'Rourke Enterprises by selling worthless land as potential gold mines.

    b: 30 Nov 65 pc: _________ w: Ed James & Seaman Jacobs d: Charles R. Rondeau
  • "O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly"
    gs: Lee Meriwether [ Lily O'Reilly ], Benny Baker [ Pete the bartender ]

    A beautiful woman almost drives O'Rourke Enterprises out of business when she opens a saloon across the street.

    b: 7 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Leslie Goodwins
  • "The 86 Proof Spring"
    gs: Parley Baer [ Col. Watkins ], J. Pat O'Malley [ Medicine Man ]

    Parmenter searches for the Hekawis' whiskey supply, unaware that it is hidden at Fort Courage.

    b: 14 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson d: Charles R. Rondeau
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  • "Here Comes the Tribe"
    gs: J. Pat O'Malley [ Medicine Man ], Laurie Sibbald [ Silver Dove ], Blaisdell MaKee [ War Cloud ], Jeff Lerner [ Brave #1 ]

    The Chief's daughter is kidnapped by a brave from another tribe looking for a wife, and the troop comes to the rescue.

    b: 21 Dec 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
  • "Iron Horse Go Home"
    gs: Allyn Joslyn [ Col. Parmenter ]

    The Hekawis sell their land to the railroad and move into Fort Courage.

    b: 28 Dec 65 pc: _________ w: Ed James & Seaman Jacobs d: Charles R. Rondeau
  • "Our Hero, What's His Name?"
    gs: Mike Mazurki [ Geronimo ], Jackie Joseph [ Betty Lou MacDonald ], William Woodson [ Secretary of War ], Robert Lieb [ Attache ], Robert Sorrells [ Clarence ]

    Agarn boasts to a girl he's trying to impress that he killed Geronimo, so Geronimo comes after Agarn.

    b: 4 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: Howard Merrill & Stan Dreben d: Charles R. Rondeau
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  • "Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black"
    gs: Henry Gibson [ Pvt. Wrongo Starr ], Sarah Marshall [ Hermione Gooderly ], Clyde Howdy [ Man ]

    A famous jinx comes to town and meets a widow whose four husbands have all died mysteriously.

    b: 11 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "El Diablo"

    gs: Hal England [ Lt. George Anderson ], Tony Martinez [ Felipe ], Benny Baker [ Pete ]

    Agarn's look-a-like Mexican bandit cousin comes to town, and the Corporal must capture him to clear his name.

    b: 18 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________NOTE: Larry Storch plays 4 roles in this episode.
  • "Go For Broke"
    gs: George Gobel [ Henry Terkel ], Del Moore [ Dapper Dan Fulbright ], James Drake [ Dan's Confederate ], Ivan Bell [ Trooper Duddleson ]

    Jane's cousin, an inventor, helps Parmenter win a poker game to replace the pension funds lost by O'Rourke.

    b: 25 Jan 66 pc: _________ w: Howard Merrill & Stan Dreben d: Seymour Robbie
  • "The New I.G."
    gs: Andrew Duggan [ Maj. Chester Winster ], Ed Prentiss [ Gen. Morgan ]

    The new Inspector General plots to wipe out the Hekawis with a rifle he has invented.

    b: 8 Feb 66 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Charles R. Rondeau
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  • "Spy, Counterspy, Counter Counterspy"
    gs: Pat Harrington Jr. [ B Wise ], Abbe Lane [ Lorelei Duval ], William Woodson [ Secretary of War ], Robert Lieb [ Assistant ]

    Agarn is chosen to test a bullet proof vest, but it is stolen when Fort Courage in infiltrated by spies.

    b: 15 Feb 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "The Courtship of Wrangler Jane"

    gs: Rachel Romen [ Barmaid ]

    O'Rourke, figuring his operations will be more profitable with Wilton away, plays cupid for Wilton and Jane.

    b: 22 Feb 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Play, Gypsy, Play"

    gs: Zsa Zsa Gabor [ Marika ], Jackie Loughery [ Tanya ], Angela Korens [ Sonya ]

    Gypsies come and invade Fort Courage.

    b: 1 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Reunion for O'Rourke"

    gs: Marjorie Bennett [ Ella Vorhees ], Eve McVeagh [ Wilma McGee ], Ben Gage [ Mike O'Hanlon ], Richard Reeves [ Jim Sweeney ]

    Agarn arranges a celebration of O'Rourke's 25 years of service in the Army.

    b: 8 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
  • "Captain Parmenter, One Man Army"
    gs: Willard Waterman [ Bill McCormick ], William Phipps [ Scout ], Herman Rudin [ Shug Chief ]

    The men learn that they are not legally enlisted so they leave and Wilton is forced to man the fort alone.

    b: 15 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: Howard Merrill & Stan Dreben d: Charles R. Rondeau
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  • "Don't Ever Speak to Me Again"
    gs: George Tyne [ Colonel ], William Woodson [ Secretary of War ], Robert Lieb [ Jenkins ], Al Shelly [ Little Fox ]

    Just before the troop is to be cited for high morale, a fight breaks out.

    b: 22 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop"

    gs: James Gregory [ Maj. Duncan ], Jamie Farr [ Standup Bull ], Ivan Bell [ Trooper Duddleson ]

    O'Rourke adds things to the cook's food list in order to pad his pockets.

    b: 29 Mar 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Indian Fever"

    gs: Victor Jory [ Chief Mean Buffalo ], Lou Wills [ Beware of Dog ]

    Agarn thinks he is crazy when he is the only one to see an Indian.

    b: 5 Apr 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Johnny Eagle Eye"

    gs: Paul Petersen [ Johnny Eagle Eye ], Cathy Lewis [ Whispering Breeze ], James Griffith [ Sgt. Crawford ], John Nolan [ Soldier ]

    O'Rourke expects to make money on a young Indian scout in the cavalry sharpshooting contest.

    b: 12 Apr 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "A Fort's Best Friend is Not a Mother"

    gs: Jeanette Nolan [ Mrs. Parmenter ], Ivan Bell [ Trooper Duddleson ], Ben Frommer [ Papa Bear ]

    Wilton's mother comes to visit and tries to tell him how to run the fort.

    b: 19 Apr 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center"

    gs: James Gregory [ Maj. Duncan ]

    O'Rourke enterprises is in trouble when O'Rourke gets promoted to officer.

    b: 26 Apr 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "The Day the Indians Won"

    gs: Lou Krugman [ Snake Eyes ]

    The peaceable Hekawis are ordered to go on the warpath by the Council of Indian Nations.

    b: 3 May 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Will the Real Captain Try to Stand Up?"

    gs: Frank McHugh [ Charlie ], Linda Foster [ Cindy Charles ], Benny Baker [ Pete ]

    The town drunk poses as Captain to impress his visiting daughter.

    b: 10 May 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "The Singing Mountie"
    gs: Paul Lynde [ Sgt. Ramsden ]

    A mountie is after the burglar of Banff, whom he believes is Agarn's look-a-like French Canadian cousin, Lucky Pierre Agarniere.

    b: 8 Sep 66 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: David Alexander
  • "How to be F Troop Without Really Trying"
    gs: George Tyne [ Unknown ], Les Brown Jr. [ Unknown ]

    Everyone except Agarn is transferred, and he must train G Troop whose recruits turn out to be worse than F Troop.

    b: 15 Sep 66 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: David Alexander
  • "Bye, Bye, Balloon"
    gs: Harvey Korman [ Col. Heinrich Von Zeppel ]

    A Prussian balloonist comes to the Fort to inspect prospective personnel.

    b: 22 Sep 66 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: Seymour Robbie
  • "Reach for the Sky, Pardner"
    gs: Charles Lane [ Unknown ], Paul Sorenson [ Unknown ], Mary Young [ Unknown ], George Barrows [ Unknown ]

    The bank wants to repossess the saloon when O'Rourke's payroll is stolen, so Agarn and O'Rourke volunteer to guard the next one.

    b: 29 Sep 66 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Seymour Robbie
  • "The Great Troop Robbery"
    gs: Milton Berle [ Wise Owl ], Ivan Bell [ Trooper Duddleson ]

    A phony medicine man tries to blame his thefts on Agarn when Agarn suffers a temporary memory loss.

    b: 6 Oct 66 pc: _________ w: Stan Burns & Mike Marmer d: Seymour Robbie
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  • "The West Goes Ghost"
    gs: Don Beddoe [ Unknown ]

    O'Rourke Enterprises takes over a haunted ghost town, expecting to get rich when the railroad comes through.

    b: 13 Oct 66 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
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  • "Yellow Bird"

    gs: Julie Newmar [ Yellow Bird ], Jacques Aubuchon [ Unknown ]

    The daughter of a mining tycoon, kidnapped and raised by Indians, takes a liking to Wilton.

    b: 20 Oct 66 pc: _________ w: Stan Dreben & Howard Merrill d: David Alexander
  • "The Ballot of Corporal Agarn"
    gs: Tol Avery [ Derby Dan McGurney ], Lew Parker [ George C. Bragen ], Luana Patten [ Mindy McGurney ]

    Agarn is to cast the deciding absentee vote in a hometown election.

    b: 27 Oct 66 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: Seymour Robbie
  • "Did Your Father Come from Ireland?"

    O'Rourke's visiting father turns the town into Little Ireland while the Sergeant is on vacation.

    b: 3 Nov 66 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: David Alexander
  • "For Whom the Bugle Tolls"
    gs: Richard X. Slattery [ Col. William Bartlett ]

    O'Rourke needs to distract a visiting colonel who enjoys bugle calls, but the trouble is that Dobbs is the army's worst bugler.

    b: 10 Nov 66 pc: _________ w: Hal Goldman & Al Gordon d: David Alexander
  • "Miss Parmenter"
    gs: Patty Regan [ Daphne Parmenter ], Dennis Troy [ Unknown ]

    Wilton's husband-hunting sister goes after Dobbs, and also assists in Wild Eagle's appendectomy.

    b: 17 Nov 66 pc: _________ w: Richard Baer d: Seymour Robbie
  • "La Dolce Courage"
    gs: Jay Novello [ Emilio ], Leticia Roman [ Gina ], Joby Baker [ Mario ]

    An Italian suitor challenges Agarn when Agarn goes after his beloved.

    b: 24 Nov 66 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: David Alexander
  • "Wilton the Kid"
    gs: Sterling Holloway [ Sheriff Lawton ], Tom Williams [ Bank Teller ]

    Capt. Parmenter's evil twin Kid Vicious has been robbing banks.

    b: 1 Dec 66 pc: _________ w: Richard Baer d: Phil Rawlins
  • "The Return of Wrongo Starr"
    gs: Henry Gibson [ Pvt. Wrongo Starr ], Ben Frommer [ Smokey Bear ], David Roya [ Apache Warrior ]

    Wrongo gets mixed up with a goat and some dynamite when Parmenter assigns him as a guard.

    b: 8 Dec 66 pc: _________ w: Stan Dreben & Howard Merrill and Jim Barnett s: Stan Dreben & Howard Merrill d: Gary Nelson
  • "Survival of the Fittest"
    gs: George Furth [ Capt. Jonathan W. Blair ], I. Stanford Jolley [ Col. Ferguson ], Arthur Julian [ Undertaker ]

    Parmenter and Agarn go on a wilderness survival test with only a knife, a canteen, and the new Army survival manual.

    b: 15 Dec 66 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Gary Nelson
  • "Bring on the Dancing Girls"
    gs: Peter Leeds [ Mr. Larson ], Pepper Curtis [ Unknown ]

    O'Rourke tries to get even with a blackmailer who took over the saloon.

    b: 22 Dec 66 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: David Alexander
  • "The Loco Brothers"
    gs: Med Flory [ Unknown ], Jim Danis [ Unknown ]

    Two renegade Indians trap Parmenter and hold him hostage, but just want some company.

    b: 29 Dec 66 pc: _________ w: Richard Baer d: Hollingsworth Morse
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  • "From Karate with Love"
    gs: Mako [ Unknown ], Miko Mayana [ Unknown ]

    A samurai is looking for a Japanese girl.

    b: 5 Jan 67 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Hollingsworth Morse
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  • "The Sergeant and the Kid"

    gs: Peter Robbins [ Unknown ], Pippa Scott [ Unknown ]

    O'Rourke must talk a runaway 10-year-old boy out of joining the cavalry.

    b: 12 Jan 67 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
  • "Where Are You Doing after the Massacre?"
    gs: Phil Harris [ Flaming Arrow ], Marilyn Fisk [ Indian Girl ], Dorothy Neumann [ Old Indian Woman ]

    A 147-year-old Indian comes back to take over all of America, and begins by trying to starve the troop into surrender.

    b: 19 Jan 67 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: Phil Rawlins
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  • "A Horse of Another Color"
    gs: Ben Frommer [ Smokey Bear ]

    Wilton wants to capture a wild stallion to impress Wrangler Jane, but O'Rourke wants to sell it to the circus..

    b: 26 Jan 67 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
  • "V is for Vampire"
    gs: Vincent Price [ Count Sfoza ]

    A Transylvanian Count that everyone thinks is a vampire is believed responsible for the disappearance of Wrangler Jane.

    b: 2 Feb 67 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: Hollingsworth Morse
  • "That's Show Biz"
    gs: The Factory Rock Quartet [ The Bedbugs ]

    Agarn leaves to manage a rock group called the Bedbugs, which is somewhat ahead of its time.

    b: 9 Feb 67 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Hollingsworth MorseNOTE: "The Factory Rock Quartet" is, in fact, the nascent rock band "Little Feat".
  • "The Day They Shot Agarn"
    gs: Fred Clark [ Maj. Hewitt ], Victor French [ Matt Delaney ], Charles Seel [ Prospector ]

    Agarn faces a firing squad after everyone believes he killed Sgt. O'Rourke.

    b: 16 Feb 67 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: Hollingsworth Morse
  • "Only One Russian is Coming! Only One Russian is Coming!"
    gs: Ben Frommer [ Smokey Bear ], Rudy Doucette [ Slim ]

    Agarn's look-a-like Russian Cossack cousin, Dmitri Agarnoff, comes to town and falls for Wrangler Jane, making Wilton jealous.

    b: 23 Feb 67 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Hollingsworth Morse
  • "Guns, Guns, Who's Got the Guns?"
    gs: Arch Johnson [ Col. Adams ]

    Parmenter goes undercover to find out who is selling guns to the Apaches after a colonel lets him know that someone in F Troop is a traitor.

    b: 2 Mar 67 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Phil Rawlins
  • "Marriage, Fort Courage Style"
    gs: Mary Wickes [ Samantha Oglesby ], Joyce Jameson [ Sally Tyler ], Rudy Doucette [ Stage Driver ]

    Their dreams of what could happen make Agarn and O'Rourke anxious to rescue Parmenter from a marriage broker.

    b: 9 Mar 67 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Phil Rawlins
  • "Carpetbagging, Anyone?"
    gs: James Gregory [ Big Jim Parker ], Jack De Mave [ First Trooper Stanley ]

    F Troop faces eviction when a rich carpetbagger comes to town, so they stage an Indian raid to prove they're still needed.

    b: 16 Mar 67 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Phil Rawlins
  • "The Majority of Wilton"

    When Parmenter catches a cold the day before his examination for promotion to major, his friends rush to his bedside with their homespun remedies.

    b: 23 Mar 67 pc: _________ w: Arthur Julian d: Phil Rawlins
  • "Our Brave in F Troop"
    gs: Cliff Arquette [ Gen. Sam Courage ], Hal England [ Lt. Goodbody ]

    Wild Eagle has a toothache, so O'Rourke sneaks him into the Fort to see a visiting dentist, where he has to pretend to be a member of the troop when he attracts the attention of a visiting general.

    b: 30 Mar 67 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: Seymour Robbie
  • "Is This Fort Really Necessary?"
    gs: Charles Drake [ Maj. Terence McConnell ], Patrice Wymore [ Peggy Gray ], Amzie Strickland [ Emily Barker ]

    An efficiency expert comes to Fort Courage, with the authority to close it down.

    b: 6 Apr 67 pc: _________ w: Austin Kalish & Irma Kalish d: Hal March
  • Editor's Note (3/98):I am saddened to report that Donna died unexpectedly last month.

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