Best Action TV Series of the 1950s

42 Action series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

The Bullwinkle Show

★ 7.8
5K 163 1959–1963
Action · Adventure · Animation

Adventures of Superman

★ 7.7
5K 104 1952–1958
Action · Adventure · Crime

Formula 1

★ 9.4
4K 1432 1950–present
Action · Comedy · Drama

The Untouchables

★ 8.0
3K 119 1959–1963
Action · Crime · Drama

Peter Gunn

★ 8.0
2K 114 1958–1961
Action · Crime · Drama

77 Sunset Strip

★ 7.7
2K 206 1958–1964
Action · Crime · Drama

Highway Patrol

★ 7.7
2K 156 1955–1959
Action · Crime · Drama

Sea Hunt

★ 7.7
2K 155 1958–1961
Action · Adventure

The Adventures of Robin Hood

★ 7.6
987 144 1955–1960
Action · Adventure · Family

Atom Man vs. Superman

★ 6.6
954 15 1950–present
Action · Family · Sci-Fi

Hawaiian Eye

★ 7.6
782 134 1959–1963
Action · Adventure · Crime

Victory at Sea

★ 8.5
766 26 1952–1953
Action · Documentary · War

Yancy Derringer

★ 7.8
552 34 1958–1959
Action · Adventure · Western

Mike Hammer

★ 8.0
366 78 1958–1959
Action · Crime · Drama

The Mighty Mouse Playhouse

★ 6.9
360 4 1955–1966
Action · Adventure · Animation

Clutch Cargo

★ 5.7
332 52 1959–1960
Action · Adventure · Animation

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

★ 7.6
324 78 1956–1960
Action · Crime · Drama

Flash Gordon

★ 5.6
323 39 1954–1955
Action · Adventure · Family

The Detectives

★ 7.5
264 97 1959–1962
Action · Crime · Drama

Jungle Jim

★ 7.3
255 26 1955–1956
Action · Adventure · Crime

Space Patrol

★ 6.9
184 190 1950–1955
Action · Adventure · Family

The Silent Service

★ 8.5
180 79 1957–1958
Action · War

Rescue 8

★ 7.8
154 74 1958–1960
Action · Adventure · Crime

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

★ 7.0
127 90 1950–1955
Action · Adventure · Family