Dr. Sixgun
Dr. Sixgun is an American Western radio drama that aired on NBC September 2, 1954–October 13, 1955.
Plot summary
Dr. Ray Matson, (Karl Weber) is a frontier physician based in a small western town in the 1870s called Frenchman's Ford. The stories are told by a recurring character named Pablo (Bill Griffis), a gypsy peddler who has a talking raven named Midnight as his sidekick. As his name implied, Matson was equally at home with using a gun or using his medical skills to solve problems.
Broadcast history
Dr. Sixgun was broadcast September 2, 1954–October 13, 1955, on NBC. The 30-minute[1] sustaining series aired Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. September 2–October 21, 1954; Sundays at 8 p.m. October 10, 1954–April 21, 1955; and Thursdays at 8 p.m. August 18–October 13, 1955.[2]
Preservation status
Over 25 episodes are known to survive in radio collections.[citation needed]
References
External links
- Dr. Sixgun at the Internet Archive
- Dr. Sixgun at Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs
