Border Patrol (US TV Series)

Border Patrol (US TV Series)

Border Patrol is a 34-episode syndicated half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired in the United States during calendar year 1959, with Richard Webb cast as Don Jagger, the fictitious deputy chief of the Border Patrol. Webb earlier portrayed the title role of Captain Midnight, a 1954-1956 CBS television series based on an earlier radio program.

In the series premiere on March 10, 1959, Jagger and a Seminole Indian chief played by Ralph Smiley enter the Florida Everglades in pursuit of a gang of gun-smuggling illegal aliens. Webb later portrayed Lieutenant Commander Ben Finney in the "Court Martial" episode of NBC's original Star Trek series. He committed suicide in Van Nuys, California, after having suffered a long-term respiratory illness.