The Rebel ( TV series ) - wikipedia The Rebel ( TV series ) For the 2016 British comedy, see The Rebel ( comedy series ), for other uses, see The Rebel. The Rebel Nick Adams as Johnny Yuma Created by Andrew J. Fenady Nick Adams Starring Nick Adams Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 76 Production Running time 30 minutes Production company ( s ) Celestial Productions Fen - Ker - Ada Productions Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Productions ( filmed at the studios of Paramount Pictures ) Distributor Worldvision Enterprises Paramount Domestic Television CBS Television Distribution Shout ! Factory ( current ) Release Original network ABC Picture format Black - and - white Audio format Monaural Original release October 4, 1959 -- June 18, 1961 The Rebel is a 76 - episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one of the few Goodson - Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me - TV. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Other guest stars 4 Series highlights 5 Theme song 6 Popular culture 7 DVD release 8 References 9 External links Synopsis The series portrays the adventures of young Confederate Army veteran Johnny Yuma, an aspiring writer, played by Nick Adams. Haunted by his memories of the American Civil War, Yuma, in search of inner peace, roams the American West, specifically the Texas Hill Country and the South Texas Plains. He keeps a journal of his adventures and fights injustice where he finds it with a revolver and his dead father 's sawed - off double - barreled shotgun. Cast Nick Adams was the star and only regular actor of this series. He was involved in the show 's design, inception, and writing, along with the producer, Andrew J. Fenady, who appeared twice in the series, once as United States Army General Philip Sheridan in the episode `` Johnny Yuma at Appomattox '', with George Macready as General Robert E. Lee. John Carradine appeared in two episodes as Elmer Dodson, the newspaper editor in Johnny Yuma 's hometown, fictitious Mason City, Texas, who encourages Yuma to keep a journal of his travels. John M. Pickard, formerly of the syndicated Boots and Saddles television series appeared three times on The Rebel, including the role of Sheriff Pruett in `` Run, Killer, Run ''. Hal Stalmaster played Skinny in the 1959 episode `` Misfits, '' including Malcolm Cassell as Billy the Kid and Hampton Fancher as `` Bull ''. The young `` Misfits '' enlist The Rebel 's `` help '' to rob a bank and in their mind live thereafter a life of leisure. Leonard Nimoy was cast as Jim Colburn in the 1960 episode `` The Hunted '', the story of an innocent man on the run from a posse which does not know that Colburn was acquitted by a jury. Olive Sturgess guest - starred twice on The Rebel, as Jeannie in `` The Scavengers '' ( 1959 ) and as Charity Brunner, a woman in search of her missing miner husband, in `` The Pit '' ( 1961 ). In the second episode, Sturgess 's real - life six - month - old nephew, Leonard Sturgess, played the baby required in the script. Other guest stars Charles Aidman Philip Ahn Claude Akins Michael Ansara Barry Atwater James Best Robert Blake Dan Blocker Henry Brandon Patricia Breslin Victor Buono Johnny Cash Iron Eyes Cody Elisha Cook, Jr. Ellen Corby Vic Damone Royal Dano John Dehner Frank DeKova William Demarest Richard Devon Bobby Diamond George Dolenz James Drury Jack Elam Ross Elliott Jason Evers Richard Farnsworth Jamie Farr Virginia Field Robert Foulk Steven Franken Ned Glass Mark Goddard Virginia Gregg Clu Gulager Stacy Harris Myron Healey Richard Jaeckel L.Q. Jones Gail Kobe Wright King Otto Kruger Ruta Lee Lisa Lu John Marley Strother Martin Lon McCallister Tyler McVey Patricia Medina Robert Middleton John Mitchum Joanna Moore Terry Moore Agnes Moorehead Ed Nelson Leonard Nimoy Jeanette Nolan Tom Nolan Jay Novello Warren Oates Cathy O'Donnell J. Pat O'Malley Gigi Perreau William Phipps Paul Picerni Mala Powers Sue Randall Madlyn Rhue Paul Richards Tex Ritter Gail Russell Soupy Sales Walter Sande William Schallert James Seay Dan Sheridan Frank Silvera Bob Steele Olan Soule K.T. Stevens Warren Stevens Gloria Talbott Buck Taylor Vaughn Taylor Kenneth Tobey Harry Townes Robert Vaughn James Westerfield Peter Whitney Marie Windsor Carleton G. Young Series highlights Nick Adams as Johnny Yuma The first episode, `` Johnny Yuma '', is set in early 1867. It shows Johnny Yuma returning to his hometown nearly two years after the end of the war. His father, Ned Yuma, the sheriff, had been killed by a gang that took control of the town. Dan Blocker of `` Bonanza '' fame plays the gang leader. This episode is when Yuma gets his father 's shotgun. The third episode, entitled `` Yellow Hair '' has Yuma captured by the historical Kiowa chief Satanta, played by native Mexican Rodolfo Acosta, whose fictional adopted white daughter is played by Carol Nugent, Nick Adams ' wife. The 25th episode, `` Fair Game, '' gained attention at the end of 2015 because it appears to be a principal source for Quentin Tarantino 's feature The Hateful Eight, including a female prisoner ( Patricia Medina ) and a couple of significant plot twists. Several place names mentioned throughout the episodes clearly place the action in post-Civil War Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Forts noted in episodes, such as Fort Griffin and Fort Concho, were actual frontier Texas outposts of the late 1860s and are now state historic sites. In a first - season episode, Yuma encounters rag - tag rebel CSA soldiers in the corrupt mining town of La Paz, Arizona. The actual town of La Paz was the seat of Yuma County between 1862 and 1870 ; it stood in the Confederate Arizona Territory which existed briefly during the Civil War. Nothing remains of La Paz but crumbling foundations and a historical marker. In `` Vicious Circle '', Yuma identifies the Confederate unit he served in as the 3rd Texas, but he does not indicate the branch of service. Other episodes show saddlebags stenciled with CSA and an old uniform jacket with yellow collar and cuffs, indicating his regiment was likely the 3rd Texas Cavalry. After the show 's original run on ABC finished in June 1961, it was picked up by NBC and rerun as a summer replacement series from June to September 1962. Theme song The show 's theme song, `` The Rebel '' alias `` The Ballad of Johnny Yuma '', was composed by Richard Markowitz, with lyrics by Andrew J. Fenady. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. It was recorded by Johnny Cash, but it was not released as a single until April 1961, in June, shortly before the show went off the air. Nick Adams recorded the theme, which was released on Mercury Records ( # 71607 ) by March 1960. During syndication, the theme song was replaced by the DeWolfe Music Library instrumental track `` Dodge City '' by Jack Trombey. Popular culture Two episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld referenced the first line of The Rebel theme song. In the episode `` The Heart Attack '', Jerry retorts to Kramer that Johnny Yuma is a Rebel. The Rebel was also a 1966 Allan Sherman song from the album Allan Sherman Live ! ; and later, in 1994, it was applied to the compilation album My Son, the Greatest. DVD release On August 18, 2015, Timeless Media Group released The Rebel - The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. The 11 - disc set contained all 76 episodes of the series as well as bonus features. References Jump up ^ `` The Rebel Closing... WHOOSH Globe ''. YouTube : Credits Archive. 7 September 2014. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3LtHxdz3A Jump up ^ `` The Rebel... Johnny Yuma Meets Pace ''. YouTube : Shout ! Factory. 5 August 2015. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zUZqIIG3miU Jump up ^ `` '' Johnny Yuma at Appomattox ``, September 18, 1960 ''. Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved March 18, 2013. Jump up ^ `` '' The Bequest ``, September 25, 1960 ''. Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved March 18, 2013. Jump up ^ `` '' The Hunted ``, November 6, 1960 ''. Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved March 18, 2013. Jump up ^ Mike Fitzgerald. `` Olive Sturgess ''. westernclippings.com. Retrieved September 6, 2014. Jump up ^ `` '' Yellow Hair ``, The Rebel, October 18, 1959 ''. Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved March 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Western Writers of America ( 2010 ). `` The Top 100 Western Songs ''. American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ 11 - DVD Set for ' The Complete Series : The Collector 's Edition ' External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Rebel ( TV series ). The Rebel on IMDb The Rebel at TV.com Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Rebel_(TV_series)&oldid=800045537 '' Categories : Western ( genre ) television series American Broadcasting Company network shows 1950s American television series 1960s American television series 1959 American television series debuts 1961 American television series endings Television shows set in Texas Television series by Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Productions English - language television programs Television series by CBS Television Studios Television series by FremantleMedia Talk Contents About Wikipedia Simple English Edit links This page was last edited on 11 September 2017, at 07 : 37. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who played johnny yuma in the tv series the rebel
Answer: Nick Adams