TV series
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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Episode 1
George Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort.
Directed by George MarshallWritten by Borden ChaseGuest stars Chuck Roberson, George Lindsey, Robert F. Simon, Arch Johnson, Ted White
Episode 2
A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.
Directed by Thomas CarrGuest stars Edna Skinner, Lynn Loring, Chris Alcaide, Robert Foulk, George J. Lewis
Episode 3
Mingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through....
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Adam Williams, Dennis Cross, Ford Rainey, Belle Mitchell
Episode 4
Boone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.
Guest stars Morgan Brittany, Judson Pratt, Bethel Leslie, Harold J. Stone
Episode 5
British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.
Directed by Thomas CarrGuest stars David Brian, Richard Devon, Chubby Johnson
Episode 6
Boone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.
Directed by Thomas CarrWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Émile Genest, Barry Kelley, James Griffith, John Daheim, Mike Mazurki
Episode 7
A British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Michael Pate, Frank De Kova, Michael Rennie
Episode 8
Israel becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars William Fawcett, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Sorrells, James Westerfield, Charles Seel
Episode 9
Yadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.
Directed by John EnglishWritten by David DuncanGuest stars Fay Spain, Sig Ruman, Maudie Prickett, Hal Baylor
Episode 10
A bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.
Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Peter Whitney, Joseph V. Perry, Brock Peters
Episode 11
A dream about a man whom Daniel thought was dead is followed by the appearance of three men at his door demanding that he take them to the site of a bloody Native American massacre.
Guest stars Leslie Nielsen, Ed Peck, Jay Silverheels
Episode 12
Mingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Abraham Sofaer, Walter Pidgeon, John Vivyan
Episode 13
Rumors circulate that the British are employing Indians to fight for them. Daniel becomes personally involved when he gets word his wife Rebecca has been taken by an Indian raiding party.
Directed by George ShermanGuest stars Rhodes Reason, Madlyn Rhue, Ellen Corby
Episode 14
Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Pat Hingle, Carmen D'Antonio, George J. Lewis
Episode 15
A Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.
Directed by Robert D. WebbGuest stars John Russell, Kevin Hagen, Joe De Santis, Hank Worden, Patricia Huston, Ric Roman
Episode 16
Boone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Geraldine Brooks, Kurt Russell, Morgan Woodward, Gene Evans
Episode 17
While hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.
Directed by George ShermanGuest stars Macdonald Carey, Claude Akins, Ted White
Episode 18
A condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Peter Duryea, Dan Duryea, Jack Elam, Robert J. Wilke
Episode 19
Boone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Lloyd Nolan, Myrna Fahey, John Pickard, William Phipps, Lane Bradford, Kurt Russell
Episode 20
A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.
Directed by George ShermanGuest stars Robert Random, Alexander Scourby, Mary Jane Saunders, Jay Silverheels
Episode 21
Boone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.
Directed by David ButlerGuest stars Bruce Cabot, James Best, Sean McClory, Whit Bissell, Gordon Jump
Episode 22
While out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.
Directed by George MarshallWritten by Rita LakinGuest stars John McIntire, Marvin Brody, Hank Patterson
Episode 23
Boone and Mingo travel East and get caught up in a confrontation between Benjamin Franklin and British Admiral Lord Clydesdale, who threatens to hang them all for treason.
Directed by Nathan JuranGuest stars Anna Lee, Edward Mulhare, Albert Carrier
Episode 24
An idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Dick Wessel, Alvy Moore, George Gobel, Frank De Kova
Episode 25
Boone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men
Guest stars Connie Gilchrist, Cesare Danova, Shug Fisher
Episode 26
Lacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.
Guest stars Connie Gilchrist, Cesare Danova, Booth Colman, Alan Napier
Episode 27
A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.
Directed by Joseph SargentGuest stars Frank Silvera, Orville Sherman, Mario Alcalde
Episode 28
Israel accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.
Guest stars Eddie Little Sky, Edward Binns
Episode 29
Jericho and Sumah, the daughter of the Indian chief, want to marry. Daniel proposes a trial engagement. For a month Jericho will live with the Indians and Sumah will live with Boone's family and see if each can adapt to the other culture.
Directed by Nathan JuranGuest stars Russ McCubbin, Anne Helm
Episode information updated Sep 15, 2026
Fess ParkerDaniel Boone
Albert SalmiYadkin
Ed AmesMingo
Patricia BlairRebecca Boone
Veronica CartwrightJemima Boone
Darby HintonIsrael Boone
Dal McKennonCincinnatus
Chuck RobersonDutch
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