Lancer TV Series (1969)
Duggan portrayed the patriarch in a 1968-1970 series inspired by Bonanza called Lancer, playing a darker and more complex counterpart of Ben Cartwright named "Murdoch Lancer", while James Stacy portrayed Lancer's gunfighter son. Wayne Maunder portrayed the older son, Scott Lancer, who had been educated in Boston. Ironically, Maunder in real life had been reared in nearby Bangor, Maine. Unlike Bonanza, Lancer lasted for only fifty-one episodes, but critics cited the scripts and performances as excellent. Paul Brinegar co-starred as Jelly Hoskins, having played a similar role of "Wishbone" on CBS's earlier western series Rawhide, with Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood.
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