''The Texan'' is a

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starring film and television actor

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, which aired on the

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from 1958 to 1960. Rory Calhoun The Texan 1961

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Release

Home media

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released 70 episodes of the series on DVD.

Reception

The show was #15 in the 1958-59 season with an average viewership of 12.4 million, but it failed to rank in the top 30 the following season.

Media information

Like many of the television Westerns of the 1950s, The Texan was adapted to a comic by

Dan Spiegle Dan Spiegle (December 10, 1920 – January 28, 2017) was an American comics artist and cartoonist best known for comics based on movie and television characters across a variety of companies, including Dell Comics, DC Comics, and Marvel Com ...

in 1960.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Texan, The CBS original programming 1958 American television series debuts 1960 American television series endings 1950s Western (genre) television series Television series by CBS Studios Television shows set in Texas Black-and-white American television shows English-language television shows Television series by Desilu Productions Television shows adapted into comics 1960s Western (genre) television series