Custer (1967)

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Overview

Custer, also known as The Legend of Custer, is a 17-episode military-western television series which ran on ABC from September 6 to December 27, 1967, with Wayne Maunder in the starring role of then Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. During the American Civil War, Custer had risen to the rank of major general, the youngest in the Union Army. He was demoted after the war during force reductions to the rank of Captain, but was reinstated in 1866 as a Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Seventh Cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. Many of the soldiers in the regiment were derelicts, former Confederates, or even criminals. The series was cancelled before the script timeline would have reached the Little Big Horn River of southeastern Montana, where all perished on June 25, 1876, in a Sioux Indian ambush,

Robert F. Simon played Custer's commanding officer, U.S. General Alfred H. Terry, who disapproved of Custer's long hair and much of his methodology of fighting Indians. Slim Pickens starred as a scout named California Joe Milner. Michael Dante appeared as Sioux Chief Crazy Horse. Peter Palmer played Sergeant James Bustard, a former Confederate soldier. Grant Woods appeared as Captain Myles Keogh. Read Morgan, formerly a cavalry officer on NBC's The Deputy, appeared in the episode "Spirit Woman" in the role of a medicine man.

Series Cast

  1. Wayne Maunder as George Armstrong Custer

    Wayne Maunder

    George Armstrong Custer

    17 Episodes

  2. Peter Palmer as

    Peter Palmer

    17 Episodes

  3. Michael Dante as Crazy Horse

    Michael Dante

    Crazy Horse

    17 Episodes

  4. Slim Pickens as

    Slim Pickens

    17 Episodes

  5. Robert F. Simon as Alfred H. Terry

    Robert F. Simon

    Alfred H. Terry

    17 Episodes

  6. John Palmer

    17 Episodes

  7. Alexander Davion as

    Alexander Davion

    17 Episodes

  8. Rodolfo Acosta as Santana

    Rodolfo Acosta

    Santana

    1 Episode

  9. Jack Hogan as

    Jack Hogan

    1 Episode

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Last Season

Season 1

1967 • 17 Episodes

Season 1 of Custer premiered on September 6, 1967.

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(1x17, December 28, 1967) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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