Series
The Adventures of Champion
FamilyWestern
The Adventures of Champion follow a wild stallion named Champion, who remarkably becomes friends with a young boy named Ricky North.The show followed the boy and the horse as they went on crazy adventures in the Southern West during the late 1800s.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1The Saddle Tramp23 Sept 1955 · 30m · ★ 8.0A down-on-luck prospector and spinner of tall tales helps Ricky capture a gang of rustlers.
- 2Crossroad Trail30 Sept 1955 · 27mA young ranch hand nearly falls in with bad companions until Ricky is blinded from a fall sustained when fleeing the two men and needs his assistance.
- 3Salted Ground7 Oct 1955 · ★ 10.0Ricky and Sandy try to prevent a gullible general store owner from being fleeced by a couple of con men trying to sell a salted mine.
- 4The Medicine Man Mystery15 Oct 1955 · ★ 7.0Sandy investigates Ricky's wild tale of a medicine show operator who he saw stuff a small boy into a box. The Norths learn that Doc Terwilliger, the show's owner, is a ventriloquist who uses his dummy, Wilbur, to draw in crowds. A trio of jewel thieves find Wilbur fascinating as well, since their leader hid the gems from his latest heist in the dummy's stomach.
- 5Lost River22 Oct 1955 · ★ 8.0In a drought, Ricky and Sandy search for a legendary lost river. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Edna Holland.
- 6Renegade Stallion29 Oct 1955 · ★ 10.0The sheriff blames Champion for the trampling of a prospector. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Francis McDonald, William Tannen, Chris Alcaide, Ewing Mitchell, Rex Lease.
- 7Canyon of Wanted Men5 Nov 1955 · ★ 8.0A horse trader tries to dupe Sandy North. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, George J. Lewis.
- 8Challenge of the West8 Nov 1955Ricky tries to prove that an outlaw's son wasn't responsible for a robbery at Sandy's ranch.
- 9The Outlaw's Secret15 Nov 1955 · ★ 7.0A thief confesses to a stage robbery---and implicates a banker. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Howard J. Negley, Leonard Penn.
- 10Hangman's Noose22 Nov 1955 · ★ 9.0When a crooked ranch foreman discovers oil on a neighboring spread, he plots with a businessman to grab the property by killing one rancher and framing the other for the crime. When Ricky stumbles upon a pair of oil-soaked boots near the murder scene, he becomes the target for the real killers.
- 11King of the Rodeo29 Nov 1955 · ★ 10.0Ricky and Sandy try to rescue Champ from a carnival owner who has captured the horse and uses him as an attraction, offering a large prize to anyone who can ride him.
- 12A Bugle for Ricky6 Dec 1955 · ★ 8.0Ricky soon finds a use for his new musical instrument - signaling for help using a cavalry bugle call when he is trapped in a barn by outlaws.
- 13The Stone Heart13 Dec 1955 · ★ 10.0Ricky tries to help a wounded prisoner who was forced to participate in a jail break and becomes the target of the rest of the gang of counterfeiters.
- 14The Deer Hunters20 Dec 1955 · ★ 8.0Ricky tries to rescue a fawn from a snare and incurs the trappers' wrath. The men are trying to provide meat for a railroad construction crew but are wiping out the native game in the process. Ricky, Sandy and an Eastern conservationist try to convince the railroad construction boss to find a new source of meat for his men.
- 15The Golden Hoax27 Dec 1955When Champion discovers that a gang of stagecoach robbers stash their loot in an abandoned mineshaft, Ricky and Sandy try to apprehend the gang.
- 16Johnny, Hands Up3 Jan 1956Ricky and Sandy come to the assistance of a young lawman who is being held responsible for the mistakes of his predecessor.
- 17Black Kachina10 Jan 1956An evil medicine man holds the tribe's chief captive while plotting a new Indian war against the territory's ranchers.
- 18Mystery Mountain17 Jan 1956 · ★ 8.0When a naive Easterner is duped into performing gold assays for a swindler, Ricky and Sandy come to the rescue.
- 19Rails West26 Jan 1956 · ★ 9.0Ricky and Sandy persuade a railroad line to bypass the range where Champion and his remuda live, but removing prospectors who try to claim the same valley after stumbling onto what they think is gold-bearing rock proves a tougher nut to crack.
- 20The Real Unfriendly Ghost2 Feb 1956Ricky and Sandy search for a missing politician in a ghost town and encounter one eccentric living resident and, apparently, a lively dead one, too.
- 21Andrew and the Deadly Double13 Feb 1956 · ★ 10.0Mary Jane, Ricky's young neighbor, is upset when she learns that Uncle Andrew, her newly appointed guardian, plans to sell the ranch she lives on and force her to move East with him. While Ricky and Sandy try to convince the Easterner of the virtues of ranch life, Mary Jane learns that the man is an impostor and is taken captive by a crooked land-grabbing lawyer.
- 22Bad Men of the Valley14 Feb 1956 · ★ 8.0An ex-convict trying to go straight and his pretty wife buy the ranch next to the North's. He has a chance meeting with his former gang members who threaten his wife if he doesn't cooperate with their bank robbing scheme. Ricky, Champ and Rebel help the young man bring his former confederates to justice.
- 23The Return of Red Cloud24 Feb 1956 · ★ 10.0When a Indian chief who has just returned to his tribe is framed for murder, Ricky and Sandy try to prove his innocence before this followers go on the warpath.
- 24Brand of the Lawless27 Feb 1956 · ★ 7.0An outlaw who has escaped from custody joins his old gang and plans his next robbery - a rich bank that's not too far away. With a posse pursuing them, the gang leader decides to pick up a grubstake from his law-abiding sister by blackmailing her.
- 25The Die-Hards3 Mar 1956 · ★ 9.0Rebel is hurt by a Porcupine and Ricky gets help for him from a new Southern Doctor who just arrived in town. However, persistent prejudices for Southerners that linger long after the civil war, engender hatred and turmoil for the Doctor and his Wife to endure until the prejudiced perpetrator's gunshot wound is treated by the doctor.
- 26Calhoun Rides Again3 Mar 1956 · ★ 9.0An old cowboy returns to visit Ricky and Sandy and help them round up a gang of desperadoes.
Details
- First aired
- 23 Sept 1955
- Last aired
- 3 Mar 1956
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- CBS
- Episodes
- 26
- Votes
- 4 on TMDB
Cast
ChampionChampion, the Wonder Horse- BBarry CurtisRicky North
Jim BannonSandy North- BBlazeRebel, the Dog
