"I enjoyed working with Henry Fonda and Allen Case on the series and I know you'll enjoy Glenn Mosley's book on The Deputy." - from the Foreword by Read Morgan "Henry Fonda did a TV show?" For years, that's been the reaction of many people when they learned that the Hollywood and Broadway legend starred in his own television series. Henry Fonda surprised a lot of people in 1959 when he agreed to star in a television western. He was the biggest star of the time to top line a weekly television program. Here is the never-before-told story of Fonda and his first television series, The Deputy, including interviews with co-star Read Morgan and series co-creator Norman Lear, both of whom talk about the series for the first time. For fans of Henry Fonda, the television western, and television and film history, this book provides an entertaining and informative look at the making of a largely forgotten television series and its place in the career of its star. Henry Fonda and The Deputy-The Film and Stage Star and His TV Western includes interviews, newly published photographs, production details, individual episode analysis, and a full episode guide.

When NBC- TV abruptly pulled The Robert Taylor Show from its fall primetime schedule in the middle of July 1963, Jeffrey Hunter's Temple Houston western series was rushed into production and into the spotlight. The cast and crew had just a few chaotic weeks to get their one-hour weekly dramatic series underway.Packed with newly published photographs, production information from the Warner Brothers Archives, and new interviews, this is the never before told full story of Jeffrey Hunter and Temple Houston. Included are biographies of Hunter and co-star Jack Elam, as well as the previously untold history behind Robert Taylor's lost television series.Jeffrey Hunter and Temple Houston is a lively and entertaining look at a fascinating piece of television history.