''Border Patrol'' a/k/a ''U. S. Border Patrol'' is a 39-episode syndicated half-hour adventure/

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television series which aired in the United States during 1959, with Richard Webb cast as Don Jagger, the fictitious deputy chief of the

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. Guest actors in supporting roles include Ben Johnson, Lon Chaney, Jr., Don Gordon, and

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Deputy Chief Jagger worked in various locations along the Canadian and Mexican borders, as well as by the United States coastlines, in search of illegal aliens, drug dealers, gun runners, and other law breakers. Stories were based on actual events recorded in

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files. Border Patrol was sponsored by the American Oil Company /

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, and was seen in 60 markets. Series star Richard Webb made personal appearances at Amoco gas stations to help promote the television program.photo caption https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/border-patrol-the-cbs-films-syndicated-show-lead-actor-news-photo/660532278

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