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Wanted: Dead or Alive

by Candace Rich — Updated: August 3, 2023 Comment

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The Complete Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive – Season One
Wanted: Dead or Alive – Season Two
Wanted: Dead or Alive – Season Three

Contents

  1. Wanted: Dead or Alive
  2. Wanted:Dead or Alive Cast
  3. Wanted:Dead or Alive Theme Song
  4. Wanted:Dead or Alive Tidbits
  5. Passings

Wanted: Dead or Alive

9/6/1958 – 3/29/1961 CBS
Black and White – 30 minutes
94 episodes

Sept 1958-Sept. 1960 Saturday 8:30-9:00
Sept 1960-March 1961 Wednesday 8:30-9:00

Produced by Vincent Fennelly for Four Star Films

Wanted:Dead or Alive Cast

Steve McQueen as Josh Randall
Wright King as Jason Nichols

Horse:Ringo

Wanted:Dead or Alive Theme Song

“Wanted: Dead or Alive Theme” by William G. Loose

Wanted:Dead or Alive Tidbits

Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) was a man of few words. A bounty hunter by trade, he tracked his prey all over the West.

Randall carried an 1892 44/40 center fire Winchester carbine that he called “Mare’s Laig.” It handled like a revolver by had the punch of a rifle.

Unlike other bounty hunters, Randall had scruples. He tried to bring the prisoner in alive and often found himself called upon to protect people in need.

In 1960 the character of Jason Nichols (Wright King) was added to help Randall out.

The show made a star of Steve McQueen, who unlike many Western stars, would go on to a memorable film career.

Passings

Steve McQueen died in 1980 of cancerSteve McQueen in Wanted Dead or Alive
Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen in Wanted
Steve McQueen
From the Doug Abbott Collection

Steve McQueen in Wanted Dead or Alvie
Steve McQueen
From the Doug Abbott Collection

Wanted Dead or Alive - Wright King
Wright King as Jason Nichols

External Links
TV Guide’s Wanted Dead or Alive Page, with TV Listings, Photos, Videos, Exclusive News and More.

Steve McQueen Trivia
Did you know that Steve McQueen was the first choice for the role of Butch in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Negotiations broke down over billing.

(thanks to Jay Gherlone for the correct info)

Wanted Dead or Alive Trivia
Did you know that the character of Josh Randall was introduced in an epsiode of Trackdown? titled “The Bounty Man” (3/7/1957).

Wanted Dead or Alive
Steve McQueen
From the Neil Kutzen Collection

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
From the Doug Abbott Collection

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Wanted Dead or Alive
Steve McQueen
From the Doug Abbott Collection

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