Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestTemple Houston is a 1963–64 NBC television series which has been called "the first attempt . . . to produce an hour-long Western series with the main character being an attorney in the formal sense." It was the only show Jack Webb sold to a network during his ten months as the head of production at Warner Bros. Television. It was also the lone series in which actor Jeffrey Hunter played a regular part.
Acting
Jeffrey Hunter's final series regular role adds melancholy poignancy.
Production
Jack Webb's sole WB sale—imagine Dragnet's discipline applied to gunfights.
Creator
Jack Webb
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jeffrey Hunter died just three years later at 42, making this his television farewell. He'd previously starred in The Searchers and played Jesus in King of Kings.
The real Temple Lea Houston was indeed Sam Houston's son and a famed orator, but the show invented most of his adventures. Actual history was apparently too boring for prime time.
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