Brave Eagle (1955 - 1956)

Scripted TV Show
Audience Score
50
Brave Eagle
NR September 28th, 1955Western , Drama1 Seasons, 26 Episodes
Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6. Keith Larsen, who was of Norwegian descent, starred as Brave Eagle, a peaceful young Cheyenne chief. The program was unconventional in that it ⁕ reflects the Native American viewpoint in the settlement of the American West and ⁕ was the first series to feature an American Indian as a lead character. Larsen's co-stars were Kim Winona, a Sioux Indian, as Morning Star, Brave Eagle's romantic interest; Anthony Numkena of Arizona, a Hopi Indian then using the stage name Keena Nomkeena, appeared as Keena, the adopted son of Brave Eagle; Pat Hogan as Black Cloud, and Bert Wheeler of the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey, as the halfbreed Smokey Joe, full of tribal tall tales but accompanying wisdom. The episodes center upon routine activities among the Cheyenne, clashes with other tribes, attempts to prevent war, encroachment from white settlers, racial prejudice, and a threat of smallpox.
DirectorPaul Landres
WritersMona FisherMona FisherJack Jacobs

TV Show Details

Air Date:September 28th, 1955

Last Air Date:March 21st, 1956

Network:CBS
Status:Ended

Genres:Western , Drama

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Roy Rogers, Roy Rogers