Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)

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Plot Summary
Colonel Mackenzie, the commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Clark, Texas in 1873,
receives secret order from President U.S. Grant and General Phil Sheridan
to stop Mexican bandits from crossing the Rio Grande River
into the U.S. or from returning to Mexico.
Written by J.E. McKillop

Series Cast
Richard Carlson ... Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie / ... (39 episodes, 1958-1959)
Art Gilmore ... Narrator (39 episodes, 1958-1959)
Morris Ankrum ... Raider / ... (12 episodes, 1958-1959)
Kenneth Alton ... Raider (11 episodes, 1958-1959)
Charles Boaz ... Cpl. Dixon / ... (11 episodes, 1958-1959)
Jim Bridges ... Pvt. Lewis / ... (11 episodes, 1958-1959)
Louis Jean Heydt ... Raider (11 episodes, 1958-1959)
Brett King ... Raider (11 episodes, 1958-1959)
Craig Duncan ... Sgt. Banfield / ... (3 episodes, 1959)
Riley Hill ... Sgt. Fife (2 episodes, 1959)
Doug McClure ... Cpl. Adam Davis (2 episodes, 1959)
George Gilbreth ... Lt. Tom Paxon (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Rand Brooks ... Cpl. Brown (2 episodes, 1959)
Dennis Moore ... Sgt. Briarly / ... (2 episodes, 1959)
Bill Catching ... Renegade / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Michael Vandever ... Young Trooper (2 episodes, 1958-1959)

Series Directed
Lew Landers (9 episodes, 1958-1959)
Derwin Abrahams (8 episodes, 1958-1959)
Eddie Davis (6 episodes, 1958-1959)
and more....

Series Produced
Elliott Lewis .... producer (10 episodes, 1958-1959)
Lou Breslow .... producer (7 episodes, 1959)
Elliot Lewis .... producer (2 episodes, 1959)
Series Writing Credits
Russell P. Reeder (39 episodes, 1958-1959)
William Driskill (7 episodes, 1958-1959)
Paul Savage (5 episodes, 1958-1959)
Milton S. Gelman (4 episodes, 1959)
and more....

Series Cinematography
Robert Hoffman (1 episode, 1958)
Charles Van Enger (1 episode, 1958)

Filming Locations
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
(Fort Clark)
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Mackenzie's Raiders is an American Western television series starring Richard Carlson
that aired thirty-nine episodes in syndication from 1958 to 1959.
The series was narrated by Art Gilmore.

Carlson played Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie, commander
of the 4th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Clark near Brackettville in
Kinney County in southwest Texas, during the 1870s.
The real Mackenzie was a nephew of Confederate States of America diplomat
John Slidell and the brother of Union Navy Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie.

In the series story line, Colonel Mackenzie receives secret orders from
U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and General Phil Sheridan to stop Mexican bandits
from crossing the Rio Grande into the United States or from returning to Mexico.
The show continued as Mackenzie and his raiders ride deep into Mexican territory,
but the Raiders also fought gunfighters and renegade Indians.

The series lasted for a single season.

User Review

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Favourite television show as a kid
29 May 2005 | by MAC-16 (Brisbane Australia)

Haven't seen it since the 60's , but somehow my sister found a kid's T-Shirt
with a couple of horses and Mackenzie Raiders printed on it a couple of years ago!!!

How a T-Shirt of a 50's American western series that hasn't been shown on Australian TV
in 40 odd years turns up in 2nd hand store in Brisbane,
Australia I don't know but my boy now wears it around .

Though my memory grows dim it was a good series although they always had to stop
their pursuit at the border and that did irk me at the time , if I can remember that it still must!

With a lot of 50's television westerns now getting released on DVD
I hope they get around to releasing some episodes
and I hope I am not disappointed if they do .

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