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Frontier Gentleman was a Western that viewed the Wild West through the eyes of a British correspondent from the London Times. That reporter was J.B. Kendle, also known as Britt Kendle, who, besides being a reporter, was a veteran of the British army. He was sent to America to write about the people who lived in the Wild West. He was quite adept with fist, gun and knife and was smart enough to know when to use them. Britt was played by John Dehner, who is probably better known as Paladin in the radio version of Have Gun Will Travel.

The show was directed by Tony Ellis who also wrote for Gunsmoke. It displayed mature, well written plots. All the acting was very good, especially by Dehner. See also Six Shooter and Frontier Town.

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Please enjoy these 42 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.29.1958	remittance man audition
02.02.1958	the shelton brothers	+ "South Sunday". The first show of the series. Kendall takes on the entire Shelton gang in a small...
02.09.1958	charlie meeker	+ "A Meeting With Sitting Bull". J.B. Kendall and a local reporter named Charlie Meeker hire a half...
02.16.1958	honky tonkers	+ "The Honky Tonkers". A funny story as J.B. Kendall, reporter, meets Wild Bill Bascombe in a saloo...
02.23.1958	kendalls last stand	+ "Kendall's Last Stand". During the massacre of General Custer, Kendall, the British reporter, has...
03.02.1958	the lost mine	+ "The Lost Mine". The story of Shorthorn Tom, an old prospector with a large nugget and the locati...
03.09.1958	claim jumpers	+ "The Claim Jumpers". A widow has only a week to get a claim-jumper off her property, or she'll lo...
03.16.1958	big sam for governor	+ "Big Sam For Governor". Sponsored by: Dodge. "Big Sam" is running for Governor and wants Kendall t...
03.23.1958	the actress	+ An actress from the UK travels to in the old west meets death and Kendall learns her strange secre...
03.30.1958	gentle virtue	+ "Gentle Virtue". Sponsored by: Dodge. Kendall wins "Gentle Virtue," a beautiful Chinese girl, in a...
04.06.1958	powder river kid	+ "The Powder River Kid". The Powder River Kid has been shot, gangrene has set in and he doesn't ha...
04.13.1958	the trial	+ "Kendall For The Defense". Kendall becomes a backwoods barrister to defend an ex-Indian scout ac...
04.20.1958	aces and eights	+ "Aces and Eights". Sponsored by: Chrysler Corporation. A good story about Calamity Jane and Wild B...
04.27.1958	random notes	+ "Some Random Notes From A Stagecoach". Kendall recalls his various experiences in his first three...
05.04.1958	daddy buck bucks	+ "The Richest Man In The West". Sponsored by: O'Brien Paints. A rich man and his private train are ...
05.11.1958	the cannibal	+ "Shelter From The Storm". A stagecoach passenger keeps a secret, even during a storm. A well-writ...
05.18.1958	advice to the lovelorn	+ "Advice To The Lovelorn". A man returns from the East to find his friend shot and paralyzed, and...
05.25.1958	the cowboy	+ "Bound For Laramie". A good story about a white woman captured by wild Indians, and of her rescue...
06.01.1958	school days	+ "Duel For A School Marm". The new school "marm" is most popular with town residents, despite the ...
06.08.1958	the bellboys prisoner	+ "Sheriff Belljoy's Prisoner". Kendall is imprisoned by a sheriff-judge-jury in one man, and teac...
06.15.1958	the well	+ "The Well". A good story about a "cattleman vs. homesteader" feud which is about to become violen...
06.29.1958	gambling lady	+ "Madame Belle Siddons, Confederate Spy". Meet a gambler extraordinaire, and a woman with a past....
07.06.1958	the education of kid yancey	+ "The Education Of Kid Yancy". A wild Texas boy meets a savvy dance hall girl...with surprising re...
07.13.1958	justice of the peace	+ "Justice Of The Peace". A woman justice of the peace is unable to prevent the lynching of an Ind...
07.20.1958	mighty mouse	+ "Jesse James Robs Kendall". A good story about five holdup men outside Laramie, Wyoming Territory...

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I believe Westerns "Frontier Gentleman" exist in their entirety. Limited runs, yes. But thoroughly enjoyable

David

Jeanne Bates as Western Union Clerk in Perry Mason (1958)

Mike

One of my top 5 favorites! John Dehner was heard on a lot of the OTR shows and, in my mind, was a true star.

John

A favorite of mine for many years, who was originally a Disney animator

Carl

This western features John Dehner playing Jonathan Britt Kendall, who is a London Times newspaper reporter that was to the America West to write about the people who lived there. It was broadcast by CBS in 1958.

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