''Empire'' is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s

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, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Ryan O'Neal and Charles Bronson. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963. After NBC cancelled the original series due to low ratings, a later version was made to rename it to ''Redigo'' (instead of having a 2nd season), truncated from one-hour episodes to half hour episodes, in black and white instead of color, and again starring Egan as Redigo. That version only ran for a partial season. However, even after NBC cancelled the original series in 1963 due to low ratings, ABC reran the show on Sundays, 7:30-8:30pm, on the partial part of the 1963-64 network television season, on Spring 1964. In the UK the series was shown in the London ITV area ( Associated-Rediffusion) under the title Big G, from Jun 12th 1963 to Jan 16th 1964. In 1965

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Episodes

Cast

Main cast

* Richard Egan as Jim Redigo (both versions 1 and 2) * Ryan O'Neal as Tal Gerret (both versions 1 and 2) * Terry Moore as Connie Gerret (version 1) * Anne Seymour as Lucia Gerret (version 1) * Charles Bronson as Moreno (version 2) * Warren Vanders as Chuck (version 2)

Guest stars

Guest stars who appeared on ''Empire'' included: * Inger Stevens * Philip Abbott * Barry Atwater * Barbara Bain * Roy Barcroft * Joanna Barnes * Ed Begley * Diane Brewster * Joyce Bulifant * Walter Burke * James T. Callahan * Lon Chaney Jr. * Pat Conway *

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* John Dehner * Lawrence Dobkin * Keir Dullea * Sharon Farrell * Joan Freeman * Leo Gordon * Frank Gorshin * Harold Gould * Dabbs Greer * Virginia Gregg * James Gregory * James Griffith * Joan Hackett * Don C. Harvey * Anne Helm * Clegg Hoyt * Arch Johnson * L. Q. Jones *

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* Victor Jory * Gail Kobe * Harvey Korman * Bethel Leslie * Joanne Linville * Ralph Meeker * Roger Mobley *

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* Dan O'Herlihy * Dennis Patrick * Ford Rainey * Gilman Rankin * Chris Robinson * Telly Savalas * Karen Steele * Robert J. Stevenson * Harold J. Stone * Frank Sutton * Ray Teal * Russell Thorson * Tom Tully * John Vivyan * Eddy Waller * William Windom

Film/TV production crew

*Executive producer: **William Sackheim (E14) **Hal Hudson (E18, E26) *Producer: ** Frank Pierson (E14) **Andy White (E18, E26) *Assistant to the Producer: **Ernest Nims (E14) ** David Bretherton (E18, E26) *Story executive: **Anthony Wilson (E14) **Sidney Biddell (E18) **Tom Crow (E26) *Theme music: Johnny Green *Created by: Kathleen Hite *Director of photography: Charles S. Welborn *Art director: Robert Peterson *Film editor: ** Harry Gerstad (also a part of the A.C.E.) (E14, E26) **Joseph Silver (E18) ** David Bretherton (E30) *Set decorator: **Sidney Clifford (E18, E26) ** Louis Diage (E30) *Make-up supervisor: Ben Lane (also a part of the S.M.A.) *Music supervisor: Irving Friedman *Music editor: Igo Kantor *Sound effects editor: Jack Kirschner *Technical advisor: Noel Smith (E30) *Production supervisor: Seymour Friedman *Post-production supervisor: Lawrence Werner *Assistant director: John Bloss

References

External links

* * {{epguides, Empire_1962, Empire 1962 American television series debuts 1964 American television series endings NBC television dramas 1960s Western (genre) television series Television shows set in New Mexico Television series by Screen Gems Television series set in the 1960s