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.
The Besieged
Sep 23, 1958
Gunmen attack a religious family heading home to California.
Quest of the Thirty Dead
Oct 7, 1958
One of Bronco's best friends is killed in a train wreck. Bronco looks into it, and discovers that the "accident" was in fact not an accident at all; the train was deliberately sabotaged. An old Civil War friend may be responsible.
The Turning Point
Oct 21, 1958
Bronco unknowingly saves the life of a gunfighter.
Four Guns and a Prayer
Nov 4, 1958
Bronco enlists the help of gunfighters to save a town.
The Long Ride Back
Nov 18, 1958
Bronco Layne returns to his Texas hometown after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, but faces the hostility of townspeople who believe he's a traitor and a murderer who killed his fiancé's brother.
Trail to Taos
Dec 2, 1958
Bronco tracks down a gang robbing stagecoaches and goes undercover to catch them in the act.
Brand of Courage
Dec 16, 1958
Bronco lands in the middle of a range war when he tries to help nuns whose possession of a cattle ranch is opposed by other ranchers in the area.
Freeze-Out
Dec 30, 1958
Bronco is hired to guide a writer to a ghost town, but repeated attempts on both their lives reveals her true purpose: to find a man buried in a nearby glacier.
The Baron of Broken Lance
Jan 13, 1959
Bronco leads a wagon train through the wilderness but the danger comes from within as an old war buddy provokes a local cattle baron when he brings along the man's runaway daughter.
Payroll of the Dead
Jan 27, 1959
Major Damayer hires Bronco to guide him into Indian territory to make a request of Sitting Bull.
Riding Solo
Feb 10, 1959
Bronco is suspected of being a killer when he arrives in a town just after a stagecoach robbery committed by an old friend.
Borrowed Glory
Feb 24, 1959
Bronco gets involved in blackmail and murder when a killer tagets a friend whose Congressional Medal of Honor may have been wrongly won.
The Silent Witness
Mar 10, 1959
Bronco is framed for murder when the ruthless Traxel brothers and gangleader Willis Turner sets him up for the murder of his best friend. Only the testimony of a mute child can rescue Bronco from the gallows.
The Belles of Silver Flat
Mar 24, 1959
Bronco is saved from a hired gun by the quick draw of the Reverend Dave Clayton, arousing suspicions that the preacher is really a gunman.
Backfire
Apr 7, 1959
Sheriff McKeever is killed when his scheme to restore his gunslinging youth fails, leaving deputy Bronco to discover who was behind the backfire.
School for Cowards
Apr 21, 1959
Bronco is hired to teach at a military academy but ends up searching for a would-be killer after a cadet's realization that he's half-Sioux prompts an attempt on his life.
Prairie Skipper
May 5, 1959
Bronco's hired as trail-boss for a cattle drive and runs into trouble with a flirtatious woman who seems to have multiple husbands.
Shadow of a Man
May 19, 1959
Furious at being pulled into a payroll robbery and murder, Bronco goes looking for the loot and the culprit as a posse chases him.
Hero of the Town
Jun 2, 1959
Bronco tries to solve the murder of the town's most popular man, found dead with Bronco's gun in his hand shortly after a bank robbery.
Red Water North
Sep 19, 1959
Bronco agrees to deliver a riverboat for his friend Martha Chandler despite a ruthless businessman intent on stopping the cargo from reaching its destination and a blonde passenger with a mysterious agenda.
