The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

1963 1 Seasons 26 Episodes ⭐ 6.3 Western

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Day of Leaving

Jaimie is chased by his father's creditors while traveling on a riverboat. After falling overboard, he is then captured

EP 2

The Day of the First Trail

This episode concerns a gun-happy youth who kills an Indian woman.

EP 3

The Day of the First Suitor

The Beaver Company stops at Whiskey springs during a July Fourth celebration, and Jenny receives her first marriage prop

EP 4

The Day of the Golden Fleece

Special guest star James Whitmore plays Foxy Smith, a swindler (with a heart of gold) holed up in a cave hiding from Ind

EP 5

The Day of the Last Bugle

The wagon train finds an entire Army regiment wiped out by Indians, except for a wounded young lieutenant, and Coulter w

EP 6

The Day of the Skinners

A girl runs away from a band of buffalo skinners and seeks shelter with the wagon train. The ruthless leader of the skin

EP 7

The Day of the Taboo Man

When Jaimie finds an old Indian staked out and left for dead, Doc insists on bringing him in and trying to save his life

EP 8

The Day of the Giants

Coulter meets some old acquaintances from his past, who try to use an old secret to weaken his leadership of the wagon t

EP 9

The Day of the Long Night

Jaimie and a young girl befriend a big, simple-minded man named Angus, who is traveling alone with his sister. Unfortuna

EP 10

The Day of the Killer

Jaimie finds a man with a bullet wound, and the wagon takes him in, though he is still being hunted by the bandits who s

EP 11

The Day of the Flying Dutchman

In a lighter episode, Jaimie, stricken with a high fever due to chicken pox, conjures up the story of a sea captain and

EP 12

The Day of the Homeless

When Jaimie encounters a runaway boy, they are both captured and taken to a run-down orphanage where all the boys are sh

EP 13

The Day of the Misfits

A group of miners come to Doc with gold nuggets and offer to show him the location of the mine if he will attend to the

EP 14

The Day of the Pawnees: Part One

Jaimie is captured by the Pawnee. Murrel and Shep come across the band and devise a scheme to sell Jaimie back to his fa

EP 15

The Day of the Pawnees: Part Two

After escaping from the Pawnees, Jaimie is again captured by Murrel. Meanwhile, the wagon train is held up when a passen

EP 16

The Day of the Toll Takers

The boss of a river town refuses to let the wagon train use his ferry service unless Doc can cure his wife, who has been

EP 17

The Day of the Wizard

A traveling fortune teller plans to pass off Jaimie as the long-missing son of a couple who is offering a large reward f

EP 18

The Day of the Search

Jaimie and Linc come across a bounty hunter and his prisoner, a mountain man who he is bringing in to hang. The mountain

EP 19

The Day of the Haunted Trail

Doc and Jaimie find a diary in an old wrecked stagecoach, which gives apparent instructions about how to find the way ou

EP 20

The Day of the Tin Trumpet

Seeing an old derelict being harassed by thugs, Doc and Jaimie invite the man to join them on the wagon train. The old c

EP 21

The Day of the Lame Duck

When Jaimie stops Piggy Trewblood from hanging himself, he doesn't realize the mess that it all leads to. Piggy hopes to

EP 22

The Day of the Picnic

In a light episode, Jaimie relates the story of the time he worked to save a strong, simple-minded young man from a hang

EP 23

The Day of the 12 Candles

Jaimie finds a baby Arapaho boy near the body of his dead mother, one of many slaughtered by an Army contingent. In spit

EP 24

The Day of the Pretenders

After the wagon train stops an attack on an old European and his nephew, Jaimie is then taken by men who have mistaken h

EP 25

The Day of the Dark Deeds

Doc and Jaimie come across a wounded Army lieutenant, who begs Doc to deliver the pouch he is carrying to Fort Dexter. T

EP 26

The Day of the Reckoning

Stopping with Jaimie in a dusty old town, Linc meets up with his old flame Maria, whom he had thought was dead. She is n

Popular Cast

Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'Herlihy
Dr. Sardius McPheeters
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Jamie McPheeters
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson
Linc Murdock
Meg Wyllie
Meg Wyllie
Mrs. Kissel
Michael Witney
Michael Witney
Buck Coulter
Mark Allen
Mark Allen
Matt Kissel