Four Star / NBC
1959-60   30 episodes x 30 min B & W
cast
Michael Ansara ... Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart
Dayton Lummis .............. Marshal Andy Morrison
Gina Gillespie ........................ Tess Wilkins
Nora Marlowe ..................... Martha Commager
Robert Harland ............... Deputy Billy Lordan

Michael Ansara plays Sam Buckhart, an Apache educated at Harvard,
turned deputy U.S. Marshal whom Lucas McCain helps nail the
bad guy.

"Law Of The Plainsman" was a spin-off of "The Rifleman" in which he had appeared in two episodes as Sam Buckhart. The unique feature of this role was that Buckhart was a Harvard educated Apache Indian and a United States Deputy Marshal. Like Lucas McCain, Sam Buckhart was a single parent, becoming ward to a young orphan girl, Tess Logan, and had the dual responsibility of raising the girl and maintaining law and order in Santé Fe, New Mexico. Unfortunately, the show ran only one year but was an exceptional western during the era.

The Rifleman

"The Indian" #21 This was the pilot for the series "Law of the Plainsman."	"The Raid" #37

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