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Nichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner. It was first broadcast in the United States on NBC during the 1971-72 season. Set in the fictional town of Nichols, Arizona, Nichols differed from traditional Western series. The time period was 1914, at the beginning of the motorized era and well after the decline of the "Old West". The main character, a sheriff also named Nichols, rode on a motorcycle and in an automobile rather than on the traditional horse. Nichols did not carry a firearm and was generally opposed to the use of violence to solve problems, preferring other means. Margot Kidder played his love interest, a barmaid named Ruth.
Original Release
09/16/1971 on NBC
US Release
09/16/1971
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Garner | Sheriff Frank Nichols |
Margot Kidder | Ruth |
Neva Patterson | Ma Ketcham / Sara "Ma" Ketcham |
John Beck | Ketcham / Orv |
Stuart Margolin | Mitch / Deputy Sheriff Mitch Mitchell / Mitchell / Mitch Mitchell / Deputy Mitch Mitchell |
Ray Pourchot | Porky / Townsman |
Luis Delgado | Townsman / Luis / Customer |
Steven Chambers | Townsman |
Chester Grimes | Townsman / First Man / Citizen / Chuey |
John Harding | Salter |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Pilot | Thursday, 16 September 1971 |
2 | The Siege | Thursday, 23 September 1971 |
3 | The Indian Giver | Thursday, 30 September 1971 |
4 | Paper Badge | Thursday, 07 October 1971 |
5 | Gulley vs. Hansen | Thursday, 14 October 1971 |
6 | Deer Crossing | Thursday, 21 October 1971 |
7 | The Specialists | Thursday, 28 October 1971 |
8 | Peanuts and Crackerjacks | Thursday, 04 November 1971 |
9 | Ketcham Power | Thursday, 11 November 1971 |
10 | The One Eyed Mule's Time Has Come | Tuesday, 23 November 1971 |
11 | Away the Rolling River | Tuesday, 30 November 1971 |
12 | Where Did Everybody Go? | Tuesday, 07 December 1971 |
13 | The Marrying Fool | Tuesday, 28 December 1971 |
14 | Eddie Joe | Tuesday, 04 January 1972 |
15 | Zachariah | Tuesday, 11 January 1972 |
16 | The Unholy Alliance | Tuesday, 18 January 1972 |
17 | Sleight of Hand | Tuesday, 01 February 1972 |
18 | Wings of an Angel | Tuesday, 08 February 1972 |
19 | About Jesse James | Tuesday, 15 February 1972 |
20 | Fight of the Century | Tuesday, 22 February 1972 |
21 | Man's Best Enemy | Tuesday, 29 February 1972 |
22 | Wonder Fizz Flies Again | Tuesday, 07 March 1972 |
23 | All in the Family | Tuesday, 14 March 1972 |
24 | Bertha | Tuesday, 16 May 1972 |
Directors
Frank Pierson, Ivan Dixon, William Wiard, Peter Tewksbury, Paul Bogart, John Badham, Gerd Oswald, Jeremy Kagan, Gerald Mayer, Anton Leader, Robert Butler
Writers
Juanita Bartlett, Frank Pierson, Shimon Wincelberg, Benjamin Masselink, Alice Taberyová, Robert Foster, Bud Freeman, Buck Houghton, Ken Kolb, Jack Curtis, Frank Telford, Robert Van Scoyk, Marion Hargrove, Samuel Roeca, Gilbert Ralston, Theodore J. Flicker, George Kirgo, James L. Henderson, Gene L. Coon
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Garner | Sheriff Frank Nichols |
Margot Kidder | Ruth |
Neva Patterson | Ma Ketcham / Sara "Ma" Ketcham |
John Beck | Ketcham / Orv |
Stuart Margolin | Mitch / Deputy Sheriff Mitch Mitchell / Mitchell / Mitch Mitchell / Deputy Mitch Mitchell |
Ray Pourchot | Porky / Townsman |
Luis Delgado | Townsman / Luis / Customer |
Steven Chambers | Townsman |
Chester Grimes | Townsman / First Man / Citizen / Chuey |
John Harding | Salter |
James Lee Reeves | Fearless |
Barbara Collentine | Charlotte |
M. Emmet Walsh | Gabe McCutcheon |
Richard Bull | Thatcher |
Stefan Gierasch | Doc Bernstein |
William Christopher | Niles |
James Beach | Bob Sanders / Sanders |
Paul Hampton | Johnson |
Wayne Heffley | Team Leader / Major / Cavalry Major |
William Paterson | Perkins / Banker Perkins |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Meta Rosenberg | Executive Producer |
Michael Zinberg | Producer |
Frank Pierson | Producer |