Cinematography:
Edward R. PlanteCast:
James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Kathryn Holcomb, William Kirby Cullen, Vicki Schreck, Fionnula Flanagan, Warren J. Kemmerling, Lloyd Bridges, Tim Matheson (more)VOD (1)
Seasons(3) / Episodes(29)
Plots(1)
How the West Was Won is an American western television series starring James Arness, Fionnula Flanagan, and Bruce Boxleitner. A spin-off of the 1962 Cinerama film, it aired as a mini-series in 1977, and as a regular series in 1978 and 1979, preceded by a pilot episode, The Macahans, in 1976.
Zeb Macahan was a rugged mountain man who had spent ten years in the Dakota Territory before returning to Virginia where his brother's family was getting ready to make the long trip west. Just as they started their journey, the Civil War began. Zeb's brother Timothy returned east and his wife Kate was killed in an accident, leaving four children in Zeb's care: Luke, the oldest, had killed three men in self-defense and was a fugitive from the law; Laura was beautiful and ready to become a woman; Jessie was the tomboyish 12-year-old and Josh was the exuberant teenager anxious to become the man of the family. Aunt Molly, Kate's widowed sister, came from Boston to help them on their travels, through perils and hardship caused by Indians, renegades, nature and other dangers.
(Wide Vision)
Cast
![Paul Koslo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247513_7bf4cb.jpg)
Paul Koslo
German Empire
Best series:
Longstreet (1971) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Mission: Impossible (1966) (series)
![Peggy McCay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160021_d9c5f5.jpg)
Peggy McCay
USA
Best series:
Longstreet (1971) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
![Richard Davalos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160044_ef143a.jpg)
Richard Davalos
USA
Best series:
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
Rawhide (1959) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Ted Markland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656150_0dcd12.jpg)
Ted Markland
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993) (series)
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) (series)
![Guy Stockwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765239_bb9635.jpg)
Guy Stockwell
USA
Best series:
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
Rawhide (1959) (series)
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)
![Joaquín Martínez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886299_289fd3.gif)
Joaquín Martínez
Mexico
Best series:
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
Northern Exposure (1990) (series)
Mission: Impossible (1966) (series)
![Richard Evans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/175/161175870_8ebff8.jpg)
Richard Evans
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (series)
S.W.A.T. (1975) (series)
![Denver Pyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886386_8f3669.jpg)
Denver Pyle
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) (series)
Rawhide (1959) (series)
![Belinda Montgomery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948799_1e8755.jpg)
Belinda Montgomery
Canada
Best series:
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) (series)
![Bibi Besch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948862_c5e48a.gif)
Bibi Besch
Austria
Best series:
Northern Exposure (1990) (series)
The Golden Girls (1985) (series)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (series)
![Charles Tyner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966681_0e56aa.jpg)
Charles Tyner
USA
Best series:
The Wonder Years (1988) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
On the Air (1992) (series)
![Ken Curtis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003753_901342.gif)
Ken Curtis
USA
Best series:
Rawhide (1959) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Gunsmoke (1955) (series)
![Lance LeGault](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/001/158001876_51de54.jpg)
Lance LeGault
USA
Best series:
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Robert DoQui](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/187/158187999_4b208e.jpg)
Robert DoQui
USA
Best series:
Longstreet (1971) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
![Sab Shimono](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360212_dda46a.jpg)
Sab Shimono
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) (series)
Justice League Unlimited (2004) (series)
![Belinda Balaski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354501_c89528.jpg)
Belinda Balaski
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
S.W.A.T. (1975) (series)
Starsky and Hutch (1975) (series)
![John Dehner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354670_6a3ad6.jpg)
John Dehner
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) (series)
Rawhide (1959) (series)
![Mills Watson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407057_1c61dd.jpg)
Mills Watson
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
Longstreet (1971) (series)
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
![David Huddleston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/464/158464074_a5258e.jpg)
David Huddleston
USA
Best series:
Longstreet (1971) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Wonder Years (1988) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Stephen Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634610_bd4772.jpg)
Stephen Elliott
USA
Best series:
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
One Tree Hill (2003) (series)