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Kentucky Jones

Kentucky Jones (1964)

September. 19,1964
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Kentucky Jones

1964

Kentucky Jones is a half-hour comedy/drama starring Dennis Weaver as Kenneth Yarborough "K.Y. or Kentucky" Jones, D.V.M., a recently widowed former horse trainer and active rancher, who becomes the guardian of Dwight Eisenhower "Ike" Wong, a 10-year-old Chinese orphan, played by Ricky Der. Harry Morgan, previously of the CBS sitcoms December Bride and Pete and Gladys, was featured in the series as Seldom Jackson, a former jockey who assists Dr. Jones. Cherylene Lee appears as Annie Ng, Ike's friend. Arthur Wong portrays Mr. Ng, Annie's father. Keye Luke stars as Mr. Wong, a friend of Dr. Jones. Nancy Rennick appears as Miss Throncroft, a social worker. Kentucky Jones, which ran on NBC from September 19, 1964, to September 11, 1965, was the first of Weaver's four series, the most successful having been McCloud, since he left the role of the marshal's helper Chester Goode on CBS's western classic Gunsmoke, starring James Arness. Richard Bull, who later portrayed the henpecked storekeeper Nels Oleson on NBC's Little House on the Prairie, appeared twice on Kentucky Jones as Harold Erkel in episodes entitled "The Victim" and "The Return of Wong Lee".

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Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1964

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26 Episode

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Episode 1 - First Day
September. 19,1964

Episode 2 - The First Day
September. 26,1964

Episode 3 - Spare the Rod
October. 03,1964

Episode 4 - Goodbye Tiger
October. 10,1964

Episode 5 - My Old Kwangtungy Home
October. 17,1964

Episode 6 - Wildcat Soup
November. 07,1964

Episode 7 - Ike's Song
November. 14,1964

Episode 8 - The Sour Note
November. 21,1964

Episode 9 - Goodbye, Tiger
November. 28,1964

Episode 10 - The Dread Disease
December. 05,1964

Episode 12 - Midsummer Madness
December. 27,1964

Episode 13 - Motherhood
January. 02,1965

Episode 14 - My Old Kwangtucky Home
January. 09,1965

Episode 15 - The Big Shot
January. 16,1965

Episode 16 - The Music Kids Make
January. 30,1965

Episode 17 - The Return of Wong Lee
February. 06,1965

Episode 18 - Two Ends of a Stick
February. 13,1965

Episode 19 - The Big Speech
February. 20,1965

Episode 20 - Senior Citizen
February. 27,1965

Episode 21 - The Bad Penny
March. 06,1965

Episode 22 - Feminine Intrusion
March. 13,1965

Episode 23 - The Most Precious Gold
March. 20,1965

Episode 24 - The Laughing Buddha
March. 27,1965

Episode 25 - The Victim
April. 03,1965

Episode 26 - Kentucky's Vacation
April. 10,1965

Kentucky Jones is a half-hour comedy/drama starring Dennis Weaver as Kenneth Yarborough "K.Y. or Kentucky" Jones, D.V.M., a recently widowed former horse trainer and active rancher, who becomes the guardian of Dwight Eisenhower "Ike" Wong, a 10-year-old Chinese orphan, played by Ricky Der. Harry Morgan, previously of the CBS sitcoms December Bride and Pete and Gladys, was featured in the series as Seldom Jackson, a former jockey who assists Dr. Jones. Cherylene Lee appears as Annie Ng, Ike's friend. Arthur Wong portrays Mr. Ng, Annie's father. Keye Luke stars as Mr. Wong, a friend of Dr. Jones. Nancy Rennick appears as Miss Throncroft, a social worker. Kentucky Jones, which ran on NBC from September 19, 1964, to September 11, 1965, was the first of Weaver's four series, the most successful having been McCloud, since he left the role of the marshal's helper Chester Goode on CBS's western classic Gunsmoke, starring James Arness. Richard Bull, who later portrayed the henpecked storekeeper Nels Oleson on NBC's Little House on the Prairie, appeared twice on Kentucky Jones as Harold Erkel in episodes entitled "The Victim" and "The Return of Wong Lee".

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Dennis Weaver, Harry Morgan
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