Loading
Loading episodes
Overview
Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6. Keith Larsen, who was of Norwegian descent, starred as Brave Eagle, a peaceful young Cheyenne chief. The program was unconventional in that it ⁕ reflects the Native American viewpoint in the settlement of the American West and ⁕ was the first series to feature an American Indian as a lead character. Larsen's co-stars were Kim Winona, a Sioux Indian, as Morning Star, Brave Eagle's romantic interest; Anthony Numkena of Arizona, a Hopi Indian then using the stage name Keena Nomkeena, appeared as Keena, the adopted son of Brave Eagle; Pat Hogan as Black Cloud, and Bert Wheeler of the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey, as the halfbreed Smokey Joe, full of tribal tall tales but accompanying wisdom. The episodes center upon routine activities among the Cheyenne, clashes with other tribes, attempts to prevent war, encroachment from white settlers, racial prejudice, and a threat of smallpox.
Details
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 26
- First aired
- September 28, 1955
- Last aired
- March 21, 1956
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- US
Network
Cast
More like this
Cheyenne1955Rating: 6.2 out of 10
The High Chaparral1967Rating: 6.7 out of 10
Wanted: Dead or Alive1958Rating: 7.1 out of 10
Rawhide1959Rating: 7.3 out of 10
Into the West2005Rating: 8.0 out of 10
The Virginian1962Rating: 6.5 out of 10
The Big Valley1965Rating: 6.2 out of 10
The Young Riders1989Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Have Gun, Will Travel1957Rating: 7.3 out of 10
Bonanza1959Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman1993Rating: 7.6 out of 10
The Rifleman1958Rating: 7.1 out of 10
Little House on the Prairie1974Rating: 8.0 out of 10
The Lone Ranger1949Rating: 6.7 out of 10
Little House on the Prairie2026Rating: 6.8 out of 10
Centennial1978Rating: 7.7 out of 10
Alias Smith and Jones1971Rating: 6.9 out of 10
Zorro1957Rating: 7.6 out of 10
Wagon Train1957Rating: 6.6 out of 10
Spirit: Riding Free2017Rating: 7.6 out of 10