TV Westerns Trivia Q&A

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Choose an answer from the three choices and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Who played bounty hunter Josh Randall?

• Robert Culp
• Bruce Dern
• Steve McQueen

2. How many seasons did the series run?

• 3 seasons
• 6 seasons
• 9 seasons

3. What is Randall’s unique weapon?

• Mare’s Leg
• Sawed-off Shotgun
• 16-inch barrel Colt .45

4. Who produced the series?

• Four Star Television
• Imagine Television
• ITV Television

5. The production was owned by several movie stars. Who was NOT one of the principals?

• Ida Lupino
• Dick Powell
• Bob Hope

6. Steve McQueen was hired after Jack H. Harris, who was producing The Blob (1958) gave him a glowing reference.

• True or False?

7. Steve McQueen's characterization of a sympathetic bounty hunter was first tested in an episode of the Western series, “The Rifleman” which starred Chuck Conners as Lucas McCain.

• True or False?

8. How many 30 minute episodes were filmed?

• 36
• 74
• 94

9. Who from The Magnificent Seven cast played on Wanted: Dead or Alive?

• James Coburn
• Warren Oates
• James Best

10. What was the date Wanted: Dead or Alive first aired on CBS-TV?

• September 6, 1958
• September 7, 1959
• September 8, 1960

Check Your Answers

• 1. Steve McQueen
• 2. 3 seasons
• 3. Mare’s Leg
• 4. Four Star Television
• 5. Bob Hope
• 6. True
• 7. False, it was “Trackdown,” which starred Robert Culp as a Texas Ranger.
• 8. 94
• 9. James Coburn
• 10. September 6, 1958