Big Iron
Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Will Dudley
–  written by Marty Robbins.

The most Photogenic celebrity I ever saw was John Wayne.
The least was Richard Nixon.

In 1957 I was 9 years old.
TVs were Black and White.
Number of Channels? 3 (maybe).

Have Gun – Will Travel was big.
Richard Boone was Paladin.

In TV and Film, Star Power is everything.
It drives the Industry/Art.
Richard Boone had done a lot of work in Film and TV
before he became Paladin.
In Westerns he’d mostly played  Badguys.
So in Have Gun Will Travel it always seemed to me
like he was chosen to ‘Play against Type’ as they say.
BUT was absolutely perfect for the role.
To the point where and I can’t imagine anybody better.

Coming:
Paladins in modern culture.
– more