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How the West Was Won is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 television series starring James Arness
James Arness

James Arness is an Emmy-nominated United States actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon onGunsmoke for 20 years. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in the decade of the 1980s Return to Dodge, and four more made-for...
, Fionnula Flanagan, and Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce Boxleitner

Bruce William Boxleitner is an United States actor and science fiction writer....
. A spin-off of the 1962
1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
 Cinerama
Cinerama

Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146? of arc....
 film
How the West Was Won (film)

How the West Was Won is a 1962 in film Epic Western Western which follows four generations of a family as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean....
, it aired as a mini-series in 1977, and as a regular series in 1978 and 1979, preceded by a 2,5 hours long pilot episode
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
, The Macahans, in 1976. A total of 25 episodes were aired.

The show was a great success in Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 and has been aired several times since its Swedish premiere in 1978; the last occasion in 2006, and is currently being aired on the cable channel TV4 Guld.

Many paintings by Charles Marion Russell
Charles Marion Russell

Charles Marion Russell , also known as C. M. Russell, was an artist of the American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the American West, in addition to bronze sculptures....
 were shown during the credits.








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How the West Was Won is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 television series starring James Arness
James Arness

James Arness is an Emmy-nominated United States actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon onGunsmoke for 20 years. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in the decade of the 1980s Return to Dodge, and four more made-for...
, Fionnula Flanagan, and Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce Boxleitner

Bruce William Boxleitner is an United States actor and science fiction writer....
. A spin-off of the 1962
1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
 Cinerama
Cinerama

Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146? of arc....
 film
How the West Was Won (film)

How the West Was Won is a 1962 in film Epic Western Western which follows four generations of a family as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean....
, it aired as a mini-series in 1977, and as a regular series in 1978 and 1979, preceded by a 2,5 hours long pilot episode
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
, The Macahans, in 1976. A total of 25 episodes were aired.

The show was a great success in Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 and has been aired several times since its Swedish premiere in 1978; the last occasion in 2006, and is currently being aired on the cable channel TV4 Guld.

Many paintings by Charles Marion Russell
Charles Marion Russell

Charles Marion Russell , also known as C. M. Russell, was an artist of the American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the American West, in addition to bronze sculptures....
 were shown during the credits.

Cast

  • James Arness
    James Arness

    James Arness is an Emmy-nominated United States actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon onGunsmoke for 20 years. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in the decade of the 1980s Return to Dodge, and four more made-for...
     as Zebulon "Zeb" Macahan
  • Bruce Boxleitner
    Bruce Boxleitner

    Bruce William Boxleitner is an United States actor and science fiction writer....
     as Luke Macahan
  • Fionnula Flanagan as Molly Culhane
  • Kathryn Holcomb as Laura Macahan
  • William Kirby Cullen as Joshua "Josh" Macahan
  • Vicki Schreck as Jessica "Jessie" Macahan
  • Eva Marie Saint
    Eva Marie Saint

    Eva Marie Saint is an Academy Awards-winning United States Actor. She has starred on Broadway, in films and on television beginning in the 1950s....
     as Kate Macahan
  • Richard Kiley
    Richard Kiley

    Richard Paul Kiley was an United States Theater, television, and film actor. He is best known for his voice acting work, as narrator of various Documentary film series, and for having played Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway theatre musical Man of La Mancha....
     as Timothy Macahan
  • Jared Martin
    Jared Martin

    Jared Martin is an United States actor, born in Queens, New York on December 21, 1940....
     as Frank Grayson
  • Harris Yulin
    Harris Yulin

    Harris Yulin is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of Hollywood and television films.Yulin first emerged in the Brian De Palma film Scarface as Mel Bernstein, a crooked "cop"....
     as Dick Piesley


In the pilot episode, Bruce Boxleitner's character is called Seth and William Kirby Cullen's character is called Jed.

Guest stars included Ron Hayes
Ron Hayes

Ronald G. Hayes was an United States television actor who as an activist in the environmental movement, worked for the establishment of the first Earth Day, observed on April 22, 1970....
 as Sheriff Pinter, Gregg Palmer
Gregg Palmer

Gregg Palmer, originally Palmer Lee , is a retired United States actor, known primarily for his prolific work in television Western . He appeared from 1960-1975 in varying roles in twenty episodes of Columbia Broadcasting System's Gunsmoke with James Arness, thirteen segments of the Television syndication Death Valley Days, nine...
 as Loman, and Tom Simcox
Tom Simcox

Thomas William Simcox, known as Tom Simcox , is a former actor who resides in the unincorporated community of Leona Valley, California west of Palmdale, California in Los Angeles County, California, California....
 as Marshal Logan.

See also

  • How the West Was Won (film 1962)
  • List of How the West Was Won episodes
    List of How the West Was Won episodes

    The following is an episode list for the Television program How the West Was Won .References***...


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