As the title suggests, these were straightforward adventure stories concerning the exploits of one of America’s most famous law enforcement agencies.
Although Rangers Pearson (Willard Parker, pictured) and Morgan (Harry Lauter) were regulars, they appeared in a different setting each week, ranging from the Old West of the 1830s to present-day (1950s) Texas, using crime-detection methods appropriate to each era.
The series was, in fact, a survey of the Rangers’ activities over their 120-year history.
Tales Of The Texas Rangers was seen on Saturday afternoons on CBS from September 1955 to May 1957. It then moved to ABC, where it ran at 5:00 pm on Sundays (September 1957 to June 1958) and later Thursdays (October 1958 to December 1958), just prior to its primetime run.
The series was also broadcast on radio in the early 1950s, with Joel McCrea in the lead role of Ranger Pearson.
Ranger Jace Pearson
Willard Parker Ranger Clay Morgan
Harry Lauter
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Although Rangers Pearson (Willard Parker, pictured) and Morgan (Harry Lauter) were regulars, they appeared in a different setting each week, ranging from the Old West of the 1830s to present-day (1950s) Texas, using crime-detection methods appropriate to each era.
