Episode 1
Cousin from Atlanta
1h
Bronco tries to convince a city cousin that her interest in a dashing gunman is a bad idea.
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Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Joseph Gallison, Anne Helm, Kaye Elhardt
TV series
Bronco
1958TV-PG4 seasons6.0 / 10
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
Bronco premiered September 23, 1958. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
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Episode 2
Prince of Darkness
1h
As part of a scheme to uncover an insurrectionist group famous actor Edwin Booth pretends to share his relative James Wilkes Booth's hatred of the Union. But when irate townspeople try to kill the traitor, Bronco must protect the seeming turncoat.
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Directed by Marc LawrenceWritten by Warren DouglasGuest stars John Howard, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Denver Pyle
Episode 3
One Came Back
1h
Bronco falls hard for a pretty traveler, and only a bank robbery delays his rush to the altar.
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Guest stars Robert McQueeney, Karen Steele
Episode 4
Equalizer
1h
Bronco keeps rival outlaw gangs from slaughtering each other so two young lovers can marry.
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Directed by Marc LawrenceGuest stars Marie Windsor, Harry Lauter, Sheldon Allman, James Seay, Don 'Red' Barry, Jack Elam, Jack Nicholson, Steve Brodie
Episode 5
Harrigan
1h
Bronco teams up with a silver-tongued Irishman to break up a robbery gang.
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Guest stars Jack Cassidy, Sean McClory, Wright King, Kathie Browne
Episode 6
Beginner's Luck
1h
When a kid gets lucky in his first poker game and in a gunfight, enemies of his father see a chance to use him to win a dispute over grazing rights.
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Directed by Leslie H. MartinsonGuest stars Virginia Christine, Jean Willes, Hayden Rorke, Pamela Austin, Keith Richards, Walter Coy, Hank Patterson, Mike Ragan
Episode 7
Ride the Whirlwind
1h
Bronco and the local sheriff try to figure out how a bitter ex-con is taking revenge for a Civil War disgrace.
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Guest stars Vaughn Taylor, Jack Perrin, Chad Everett, Edward Platt, Willis Bouchey, George Petrie, Robert Anderson, Pamela Austin
Episode 8
Sure Thing
1h
Bronco sets himself up in the cattle business only to find that a local rancher is using his control of the only road to the market to kill off his competition.
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Guest stars Trevor Bardette, Mickey Simpson, Barry Kelley, Joan Taylor
Episode 9
Trail of Hatred
1h
Bronco leads a troop of mutinous soldiers into Indian territory to find a deserter, the father of the troop's ruthless lieutenant.
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Guest stars Joseph Gallison, Kent Smith, James Griffith
Episode 10
Rendezvous with a Miracle
1h
Bronco tracks an escaped bankrobber and meets up with an unusual nun.
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Guest stars Gloria Talbott, Mabel Albertson
Episode 11
Destinies West
1h
Bronco's infatuation with a lady gambler distracts him from his army assignment to locate a missing fortune and a renegade Union solder.
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Directed by George WaggnerGuest stars Robert McQueeney, Bing Russell, Kathleen Crowley, Don 'Red' Barry, Jon Lormer, Leo Gordon, James Anderson, Gregg Palmer
Episode 12
Last Letter
1h
Leading a group of bitter Confederate POWs west to fulfill their pledge to help the Union fight the Indians, Bronco is also in charge of a gold delivery headed to Mexico and a secret assignment from the murdered president Abraham Lincoln.
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Guest stars Joseph Gallison, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Colbert
Episode 13
One Evening in Abilene
1h
Bronco hires gunman Clay Farraday to help with a cattle drive, but when Clay falls for a scheming beauty Bronco has to try to talk his helper out of a shootout with Wild Bill Hickock.
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Directed by Richard BenedictGuest stars Jack Cassidy, Tom Gilson, Lisa Gaye, Lee Van Cleef
Episode 14
Until Kingdom Come
1h
Bronco helps a lovely duchess being chased by Mexican revolutionaries.
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Guest stars Philip Carey, Kathleen Freeman
Episode 15
Moment of Doubt
1h
Bronco infiltrates anti-Union subversives in New Orleans with the help of an ex-slave and a lovely woman.
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Guest stars Doodles Weaver, Tol Avery, Earl Hammond, Walter Brooke, Bill Walker
Episode 16
A Town That Lived and Died
1h
Bronco faces a kangaroo court intent on hanging him for his wartime activities as a Confederate spy.
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Guest stars Ahna Capri, Robert Rockwell
Episode 17
Immovable Object
1h
Bronco has to sweet-talk two stubborn frontier men when one refuses to allow the construction of a dam on his land, provoking a journalist to write a story that causes an international incident.
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Directed by Sidney SalkowGuest stars William Fawcett, George N. Neise, Mike Road
Episode 18
Then the Mountains
1hfinale
Bronco has his wagon train marked for extinction by an ex-guerrilla leader.
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Directed by George WaggnerGuest stars James Best, Gerald Mohr, Ken Mayer, Med Flory
Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026
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More about Bronco
Cast
Ty HardinBronco Layne
Rhodes Reason
Robert McQueeney
Frank Ferguson
Jack Cassidy
William Reynolds
James Coburn
Joan MarshallCredits
- Written by
- Gerald Drayson Adams, Warren Douglas, Dean Riesner, Tom Gries, William Bruckner, Berne Giler, Jack Laird, Howard Browne
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 68
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ABCUnited States