They Lived With Their Boots On Quiz

Answer: Clayton Moore

Clayton Moore did play the Lone Ranger during much of the entire run of the television series. Disputes - whether creative differences or salary quarrels - kept Moore "out of the saddle" for the entire third season of the series. John Hart played the Lone Ranger for that season.

The mask was only part of the mystery of the Lone Ranger; his (complete) name was never mentioned during the entire run of the TV series. Producers, directors and cast assured that the elements within the show reflected the same high moral standards as those expected of a real-life Texas Ranger.

The show was about a main character who never drank or smoked or showed any prejudice or individual bias. Clayton Moore rode his horse, Silver, "Hi-Yo Away" on that very last episode - alive with his boots on.

Answer: Eric Fleming

"Rawhide" may forever be hailed as the series that gave Clint Eastwood his start but there were a lot of talented and veteran actors who were co-stars, regulars and guests of the show. Eric Fleming was known to be a natural (and, highly competitive) thespian.

His acting career is said to have begun because he wanted to win a bet with a co-star of a then-actress-girlfriend. It is well documented that his independent nature lead to many disputes on the filming set(s) of "Rawhide". Fleming was often labeled as a troublemaker (wherever he worked) and he seemed to never "settle" into any one thing for very long at a time. "Rawhide" would become one of those causalities for him, too.

After he had portrayed Gil Favor for seven seasons, Fleming refused to agree to contractual terms for the eighth season.

The absence of Mr. Favor was never explained during the eighth - and, final - season of the series. We the viewing audience had seen his character survive a mysterious disease to end the seventh season to keep rolling, rolling, rolling - alive with his boots on.

Answer: Lorne Greene

Ben Cartwright was played by Lorne Greene during the entire fourteen year run of "Bonanza". Michael Landon, who would go on to have successful TV shows with "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1983) and "Highway to Heaven" (1984-1989), played Little Joe Cartwright, also, for the entire run of "Bonanza". Dan Blocker (the actor who played the middle son, Hoss) had died before the (what would prove to be) the final season for "Bonanza" had began filming.

The death of Hoss Cartwright was mentioned in a few episodes of that final season but most details were not completely explained. Pernell Roberts (the actor who played the oldest son, Adam) had left the show/series after six seasons.

His absence was explained simply he was gone "to sea". Ben Cartwright was the patriarch family yet as the final credits rolled he survived and continued to give his paternal advice and watch his dreams grow - alive with his boots on.

Answer: Fess Parker

Fess Parker did play both Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone for both TV series. The creators and producer of "Daniel Boone" had initially hoped to (more or less) continue the character of Davy Crockett with a new television series. Fess Parker's Davy Crockett had appeared in "Walt Disney's Disneyland" (1954-1958). Walt Disney would not sell the rights to the "character" (or, to allow the use of the character in the television series), thus the series "Daniel Boone" came to be.

History purists often lamented that the story lines (as it was so perfectly described by wikipedia.org) were "less than historically faithful" and "did not follow historical events". Nonetheless, the series was extremely popular when a first run show and for decades later in syndication.

When the first run of the series ended Daniel Boone was still the rippin'est, roarin'est, fightin'est man the frontier ever knew and he lived with his boots on!

Answer: Mark Slade

Years before George Clooney (aka Doug Ross) charmed us as he saved lives in Chicago and even before Tom Selleck (aka Magnum) captivated us as he conducted his private investigations in Hawaii, the eyes (and, hearts!) of TV viewers were treated to Mark Slade as Billy Blue Cannon on "High Chaparral". Oh, those b-l-u-e eyes! It seemed every week there was a new peril for the folks at the High Chaparral yet they rose to the task.

When the series began Blue was a young man who had moved to the west with his parents (John and Annalee Cannon) and his uncle, Buck Cannon. Sadly, Annalee did not survive the entire (two-hour) first episode. Blue was a featured cast member for the first three seasons of the series - including the last episode of season three.

After those three seasons Mark Slade left the series "to pursue other interests". His character was never seen during season four and his absence was not explained. In an earlier episode Blue had left Arizona to become an artist - drawing/illustrating for a publishing company - but Big John (his dad) found him and persuaded him to return to the High Chaparral. We the viewing audience hoped Blue had finally followed his dream, cultivated his natural talent and was "somewhere" alive and well, drawing and painting - with his boots on!

Answer: Dan Haggerty

It was Dan Haggerty who played James "Grizzly" Adams for the film and the television series. It was John "Grizzly" Adams who lived and trained animals in the 1800s for a variety of animal shows, zoological parks and other similar animal menageries. Probably John's most famous employer would have been his last - P.T. Barnum. Surely it is no coincidence how the life of the actor Dan Haggerty parallels that of Adams.

The role of "Grizzly" Adams was a natural choice for Haggerty. He had trained and acted along various "wild" animals for many years before the role of "Grizzly" Adams was his. For a while Haggerty had worked for Walt Disney Studios (as an animal trainer/handler) and as a stuntman for other studios.

The run of the television series, "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" was short - only two seasons.

Its second season was an unusual one in that NBC cut many of its prime time shows that had decent or better ratings. We the viewing audience were left "hanging". We could only hope that Grizzly stayed in the mountains with Ben, his bear friend, continued to help strangers and lived with his boots on!

Answer: James Garner

It was the affable actor James Garner who played Bret Maverick on TV - both times. "Bret Maverick" is said to be a sequel series of "Maverick" in which James Garner played the character, Bret Maverick, in both. In the later show Maverick was still portrayed as a superb gambler and a grifter with heart of gold but he had settled in one town - Sweetwater in Arizona Territory.

Although James Garner had left the first series ("Maverick") at the end of its third season, he was committed to making the new series ("Bret Maverick") a success. Even with decent ratings it would only last one season.

After the show's cancellation James Garner appeared as Bret Maverick in made-for-TV movies and continued to play cards, sweet talk the ladies and, as far as we the viewing audience knew lived with his boots on!

Answer: Stephen Baldwin

It was Stephen Baldwin - the youngest of the Baldwin Brothers - who played Billy on "The Young Riders". Billy could have been described as flamboyant, dramatic, precarious, light-hearted and likable. After a slow start (the series had a very poor finish its first season - in the lowest quarter of TV rankings) and some legal issues, it rebounded very well to enjoy decent ratings its second and third seasons. Stephen Baldwin's character, Billy Cody, shared the "spotlight" a bit more as the series grew.

His co-stars included: Josh Brolin, Anthony Zerbe, Yvonne Suhor, Ty Miller and Melissa Leo. Yet the series ended after three years. (Bear in mind the actual Pony Express was only operative for about nineteen months.) We the viewing audience must have known it would not be the end for Buffalo Bill Cody. Stephen Baldwin has enjoyed constant demand of his time and talents in a variety of roles.

Historically speaking, after his service with the Pony Express, the "real life" Buffalo Bill Cody became the founder and one of the stars of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" (show).

He was always the cowboy and always with his boots on!

Answer: Eric Close

It was Eric Close who Vin Tanner in "The Magnificent Seven". Close is not someone whose name surfaces when mentioning the "cowboy type" but he did an adequate job in this role. Given the time and attention to detail that affords a television series (especially as compared to a similar movie) we do have the opportunity to learn more about each character. That allowed a depth that replaced the mystery that was so appealing in the movie.

The other six roles were played by: Michael Biehn, Andrew Kavovit, Dale Midkiff, Ron Perlman, Anthony Starke and Rick Worthy.

The series ended - without a finale - after two seasons. The final words of the final scene of that last episode were from Chris, to Vin: "Next time." They were making plans - with their boots on!

Answer: Molly Parker

It was Molly Parker who played widow, entrepreneur and frontierswoman Alma Garrett. Parker has been appreciated as a talented and versatile actress. Many times she has portrayed a strong, independent and able woman - often in a leading role. The part of Alma Garrett suited her perfectly and she did a superb job! It could not have been a pleasant life in Deadwood in the late 1800s.

The town in which the series is set (that is, Deadwood - in what is now South Dakota, USA) is described by imdb.com as "a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption".

Not a place many would want to reside but Alma Garrett had moved there with her husband. Sure enough she and her husband found a very rich gold claim. It would surely cost Alma more than she could have imagined.

Her husband was murdered, she became addicted to drugs, she had an affair with a married man and miscarried a baby - conceived from that adulterous relationship. The series ended after three seasons (and, many claim far too soon) without closure. We the viewing audience saw Alma ready to sell her claim and leave Deadwood. And, yes, with her boots on!