Lancer was a unique Western for its time with enormous talented actors and Guest stars many who went onto starring roles in their own TV shows.
Lancer is the story of a rancher, Murdoch Lancer (Andrew Duggan), who struggles to hang onto his San Joaquin Valley holdings with the help of his sons Scott (Wayne Maunder) who grew up in Boston with everything money could buy and Johnny Madrid (Stacy), a half Mexican Gunfighter who grew up with nothing but whose exotic name comes by way of his Mexican mother.
Almost a modern day western version of the Prince and the Pauper, the two Lancer sons have no idea they are related to one another until they arrive on a stagecoach at a local town. The sons both agree to a partnership with their authoritarian father who wants to "Call the Tune". They will get their piece of land if the two sons help there father defeat a land pirate named Dey Pardee.
Duggan stars as the less than admirable Murdoch Lancer, the patriarch of the Lancer family. Stacy appears as half-Mexican gunslinger Johnny Madrid Lancer. Wayne Maunder was cast as Scott Lancer, the educated older son and a veteran of the Union Army, in contrast to Stacy's role of former gunslinger. Paul Brinegar also appeared as Jelly Hoskins, a series regular from season two after making a one off guest appearance during the first season. Elizabeth Baur (who later replaced Barbara Anderson in 'Ironside' from season five to eight) also was a series regular cast member as Murdoch Lancer's ward Teresa O'Brien.
"Lancer" premiered at the tail-end of the heyday of network TV Westerns such as NBC's "Bonanza" and ABC's "The Big Valley." Guest stars on "Lancer" included the popular actors of the day, such as Stefanie Powers, Cloris Leachman, Donna Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot, Quentin Dean, Shelly Fabres, Jo Don Baker, Warren Oats, Rory Calhoun, Scott Brady, Ellen Corby, Jack Elam, Sam Elliott, Bruce Dern, Kevin Hagen, Ron Howard, George Macready, Agnes Moorehead. and Morgan Woodward,
Lancer is the story of a rancher, Murdoch Lancer (Andrew Duggan), who struggles to hang onto his San Joaquin Valley holdings with the help of his sons Scott (Wayne Maunder) who grew up in Boston with everything money could buy and Johnny Madrid (Stacy), a half Mexican Gunfighter who grew up with nothing but whose exotic name comes by way of his Mexican mother.
Almost a modern day western version of the Prince and the Pauper, the two Lancer sons have no idea they are related to one another until they arrive on a stagecoach at a local town. The sons both agree to a partnership with their authoritarian father who wants to "Call the Tune". They will get their piece of land if the two sons help there father defeat a land pirate named Dey Pardee.
Duggan stars as the less than admirable Murdoch Lancer, the patriarch of the Lancer family. Stacy appears as half-Mexican gunslinger Johnny Madrid Lancer. Wayne Maunder was cast as Scott Lancer, the educated older son and a veteran of the Union Army, in contrast to Stacy's role of former gunslinger. Paul Brinegar also appeared as Jelly Hoskins, a series regular from season two after making a one off guest appearance during the first season. Elizabeth Baur (who later replaced Barbara Anderson in 'Ironside' from season five to eight) also was a series regular cast member as Murdoch Lancer's ward Teresa O'Brien.
"Lancer" premiered at the tail-end of the heyday of network TV Westerns such as NBC's "Bonanza" and ABC's "The Big Valley." Guest stars on "Lancer" included the popular actors of the day, such as Stefanie Powers, Cloris Leachman, Donna Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot, Quentin Dean, Shelly Fabres, Jo Don Baker, Warren Oats, Rory Calhoun, Scott Brady, Ellen Corby, Jack Elam, Sam Elliott, Bruce Dern, Kevin Hagen, Ron Howard, George Macready, Agnes Moorehead. and Morgan Woodward,