page_title: Maverick (TV series)
section_title: Guest Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Maverick (TV series) / Guest Cast
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Jack Kelly (Bart Maverick) and Richard Long (Gentleman Jack Darby) from the television program Maverick.
context_page_description: Maverick is an American Western dramatic television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins and originally starring James Garner. The show ran for five seasons from September 22, 1957, to July 8, 1962, on ABC.
context_section_description: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as James Aloysius "Dandy Jim" Buckley, a dapper and sophisticated con artist, who at times was both friend and foe to Bret but maintained a markedly warmer friendship with Bart.
  Diane Brewster as Samantha Crawford, a charming and flirtatious con woman with a beguiling fake southern accent who managed to dupe Bret and Bart out of large sums in different episodes—but not without having a little romance with each brother first. Brewster originated the role of Crawford on Cheyenne before Maverick went on the air. "Samantha Crawford" was the maiden name of series creator Roy Huggins' mother.
  Richard Long as John "Gentleman Jack" Darby. Gentleman Jack was intended to be the friendly rival opposing Bart that Dandy Jim's character was for Bret, and was created after Zimbalist had been cast in 77 Sunset Strip and was no longer available for lengthy appearances; Long later joined the cast of 77 Sunset Strip himself. All four (Bret, Bart, Dandy Jim, and Gentleman Jack) appear in the episode "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" but throughout the series, Gentleman Jack only had scenes with Bart among the principals.
  Arlene Howell as Cindy Lou Brown, another beautiful con woman whom Bart and Gentleman Jack fought over. Cindy Lou appeared in three episodes, "Alias Bart Maverick," "Passage to Fort Doom," and very briefly in "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres."
  Leo Gordon as Big Mike McComb, Bret and Bart's Irish friend who aided them on several adventures. Gordon, also a screenwriter, would later script some episodes of the series but none of those in which he appeared.
  Gerald Mohr and Peter Breck as Doc Holliday. Mohr originally played the role in season one as a vengeful but charismatic killer. However, in seasons four and five, Breck portrayed Holliday starkly differently as a rogue who was always getting Bart in trouble with his scams.
  Kathleen Crowley as Modesty Blaine, Melanie Blake, and Marla, leading ladies with repeated appearances in various seasons.  Mona Freeman played Modesty Blaine twice while Crowley played the role once. Crowley played leading ladies in eight different episodes, a series record.
  John Dehner and Andrew Duggan each played gangster Big Ed Murphy once, among other roles in the series.
  Mike Road played gambler Pearly Gates twice during the final season. In both his appearances, he was accompanied by Kathleen Crowley's character of Marla.
  Some performers, such as Kathleen Crowley, Tol Avery, Gage Clarke, and Chubby Johnson, appeared seven or eight times over the course of the series in various roles. Later [[Academy Award for Best Actor}|Oscar]] winner Joel Grey played Billy the Kid in an unusual episode that featured a bravura pistol-twirling exhibition by Garner. Robert Redford joined Kelly as a supporting player on a desperate cattle drive in "The Iron Hand". Stacy Keach Sr. played a sheriff in "Ghost Rider."  Clint Eastwood, Slim Pickens, Lee Van Cleef, John Carradine, Buddy Ebsen, Hans Conried, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, subsequent Oscar-winner George Kennedy, John Gavin, Mike Connors, Chad Everett, Patric Knowles, and Adam West appeared at least once during the run of the series. Actresses included subsequent Oscar-winners Ellen Burstyn and Louise Fletcher, as well as Mala Powers, Coleen Gray, Ruta Lee, Marie Windsor, Abby Dalton, Karen Steele, Dawn Wells, Connie Stevens, Merry Anders, Sherry Jackson, Saundra Edwards and Adele Mara.
  The show's stentorian-voiced announcer ("Maverick!  Starring Jack Kelly and Robert Colbert!") was character actor Ed Reimers.
caption: Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) and Gentleman Jack Darby (Richard Long).
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