Death Valley Days
Marc Hamilton played Harpending in the 1955 episode "A Killing in Diamonds" of the syndicated western television series "Death Valley Days". Vaughn Taylor played Harpending in a 1965 episode "Raid on the San Francisco Mint" of Death Valley Days, which was hosted by Ronald W. Reagan, who was cast in the starring role of banker William Chapman Ralston, the founder of the Bank of California.