Mark McCain

Mark Warren McCainThe Safe Guard is Lucas McCain's son and the co-star of The Rifleman. His close relationship with his father and the lessons Lucas teaches him as he grows up are a core part of the series. Nearly every episode ends with Lucas using the events of the episode to teach an insightful life lesson to Mark.
He was portrayed by Johnny Crawford.
==Bio==
Mark is characterized by his curiosity, innocence, and strong moral values. He is intelligent, respectful and well-mannered, and often seeks to understand the complexities of life through the guidance of his father. He is naive and usually assumes the best in people, which can cause him to be too quick to trust ill-intended individuals.
One of Mark's recurrent flaws throughout the show is that he is too quick to share sensitive information with others, or as some might put it, having a "big mouth." Several episodes have a point where Mark naively spreading information that reaches the wrong people and leads to issues, like in The Indian when he unintentionally reveals to the townsfolk that Marshal Buckhart is Indian, and in The Wrong Man when he naively tells a crooked lawman someone's address. Mark's intentions in doing this are never to cause harm, but he is too quick to trust people and doesn't consider the consequences of the things he tells people.
Mark is 10 years old at the start of the seriesHome Ranch and ages over the course of the show to teenagerhoodFirst Wages.
==Relationships==
===Lucas McCain===
See also: Lucas McCain | Relationships: Mark McCain
===Micah Torrance===
Micah and Mark have a good friendship, with Micah letting Mark call him by his first name. They first met in "The Marshal" when Lucas brings Micah to the ranch for him to work. At times Micah can have a role akin to a second father to Mark, and he almost did become his father in "Ordeal" in which a dying Lucas writes a letter to Micah asking him to raise Mark in his absence. In "The Day A Town Slept", Mark plays a role in helping distract Micah and covertly sneaking alcohol away when Micah is relapsing to his alcoholism.
==Appearances==
Mark appears in every episode of the series except for one, Season 5's The Bullet.
==References==
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