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The Rounders

★ 6.4 52 votes 1966–1967 1 season · 17 episodes Ended ABC
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Starring
Ron HayesChill WillsPatrick WayneBobbi JordanJanis HansenJason Wingreen
Written by
Marion Hargrove
Starring
Ron HayesChill WillsPatrick WayneBobbi JordanJanis HansenJason Wingreen
Written by
Marion Hargrove

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About

The Rounders was a 17-episode western-style situation comedy about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas. It starred Ron Hayes as Ben Jones and Patrick Wayne, a son of John Wayne, as Howdy Lewis. The M-G-M television series aired on ABC from September 6, 1966, to January 3, 1967. The program was loosely based on a 1965 film of the same name, The Rounders, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda, set near Sedona, Arizona, rather than Texas. Chill Wills, a native Texan and formerly of CBS's Frontier Circus, appeared as the shady ranch owner, Jim Ed Love. Janis Hansen co-starred as Ben's girlfriend, Sally, and Bobbi Jordan played Howdy's girlfriend, Ada. Jason Wingreen appeared as Shorty Dawes, and Walker Edmiston as Regan. Character actors Strother Martin and J. Pat O'Malley appeared as "Cousin Fletch" and "Vince", respectively. James Brown, formerly the lieutenant on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, played "Luke". Selected episodes with notable guest stars include: "A Horse on Jim Ed Love", series premiere with Harry Carey, Jr.; "It's a Noble Thing to Do", with John Smith, formerly Slim Sherman on NBC's Laramie; "Don't Buffalo Me", with Jay Silverheels, formerly Tonto of The Lone Ranger, as John Tallgrass; "The Moonshine Still Shines"; "It Takes Only One to Suffer"; "The Scavenger Hunt" with Zsa Zsa Gabor as Ilona Hobson; "Some Things Are Not for Sale"; "Four Alarm Wing Ding", with Dick Haynes as a sheriff; "Horse of a Different Cutter" with Andy Devine as Honest John Denton and Strother Martin as Cousin Fletch; "Polo, Anyone?", with Jay C. Flippen as Kenny Fahrbush; "Efficiency Is for Experts", and "What Elephants?", the series finale, in which Ben and Howdy try to hide an elephant in plain sight.

All Seasons

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Season 11966
—0178h 30m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1A Horse on Jim Ed Love—
—30 min
▶2Frontier Frankenstein—
—30 min
▶3It's the Noble Thing to Do—
—30 min
▶4The Moonshine Still Shines—
—30 min
▶5Don't Buffalo Me—
—30 min
▶6The Scavenger Hunt—
—30 min
▶7Some Things Are Not for Sale—
—30 min
▶8It Takes Only One to Suffer—
—30 min
▶9Man of the Year—
—30 min
▶10Four Alarm Wing Ding—
—30 min
▶11You Hold Your Temper, I'll Hold My Tongue—
—30 min
▶12Horse of a Different Cutter—
—30 min
▶13Polo, Anyone?—
—30 min
▶14Low Moon at Hi Lo—
—30 min
▶15The Sweet Little Old Lady—
—30 min
▶16Efficiency is for Experts—
—30 min
▶17What Elephants?—
—30 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ron Hayes Ben Jones
Chill Wills Jim Ed Love
Patrick Wayne 'Howdy' Lewis, Howdy Lewis
Bobbi Jordan Ada
Janis Hansen Sally
Jason Wingreen Shorty Dawes
Casey Tibbs 3rd Posseman, Buck, Folliat
G.D. Spradlin Jed
Robert B. Williams Doctor
Leonard P. Geer 1st Posseman, Cowboy

Crew

Marion Hargrove

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