When The Virginian premiered on NBC in 1962, it brought something brand new to the Western genre: ninety minutes of color-filmed cowboy drama each week, making it the first of its kind on television.

He sang and played guitar on the NBC show and was a regular on ‘It's a Man's World’ and ‘Cimarron Strip’ as well. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor And in the 1963 Twilight Zone episode “The 7th Is Made Up ...

Randy Boone, who played the guitar-strumming singing ranch hand Randy Benton on the classic NBC western The Virginian, died Thursday, August 28. He was 83. His death was reported to The Hollywood ...