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.
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Cast
![Britt Lind](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/672/161672565_0508e7.jpg)
Britt Lind
Norway
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Sliders (1995) (series)
![Royal Dano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483261_cf367b.jpg)
Royal Dano
USA
Best series:
Twin Peaks (1990) (series)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Howard McGillin
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Good Wife (2009) (series)
![John Pickard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/891/159891619_c8b072.jpg)
John Pickard
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Todd Lookinland
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Wonder Woman (1975) (series)
Gunsmoke (1955) (series)
![Eddie Firestone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792652_aed278.jpg)
Eddie Firestone
USA
Best series:
Rawhide (1959) (series)
Hogan's Heroes (1965) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Peggy Rea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/118/162118264_5849a2.jpg)
Peggy Rea
USA
Best series:
I Love Lucy (1951) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
The Golden Girls (1985) (series)
David Clarke
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Wonder Woman (1975) (series)
Ryan's Hope (1975) (series)
Ned Wertimer
USA
Best series:
Get Smart (1965) (series)
Hogan's Heroes (1965) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Laura Hippe
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
David Wiley
Best series:
High Incident (1996) (series)
Hogan's Heroes (1965) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Jack Elam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273948_e30b91.jpg)
Jack Elam
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Home Improvement (1991) (series)
![Geno Silva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/606/161606643_d6985c.gif)
Geno Silva
USA
Best series:
Into the West (2005) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Hill Street Blues (1981) (series)
Guillermo San Juan
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Hill Street Blues (1981) (series)
Starsky and Hutch (1975) (series)
![Paul Fix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272347_af9850.jpg)
Paul Fix
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Anthony Pena](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/226/160226878_fbf624.jpg)
Anthony Pena
USA
Best series:
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Highway to Heaven (1984) (series)
Bridget Hanley
USA
Best series:
Bewitched (1964) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Woody Strode](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/805/165805044_804905.jpg)
Woody Strode
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) (series) - actor, a.f.
Batman (1966) (series)
![Horst Buchholz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269356_13ec7b.jpg)
Horst Buchholz
German Empire
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Fantasy Island (1977) (series)
Crossings (1986) (series)
![Christopher Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267405_f0cfe9.jpg)
Christopher Lee
UK
Best series:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)