When Cheyenne first hit television screens in 1955, the West had never looked so vast — or so real. In an era when most TV Westerns were half-hour morality plays shot on cramped backlots, Cheyenne ...

Historically, Westernactors are so synonymous with the silver screen that it’s easy to forget some of the greats who made their names in TV. Whether it’s John Wayne’s surly heroes of the Old West or ...