The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which ran on ABC during the 1966-1967 season – the story of five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area about what is now Grand Teton National Park near Jackson in northwestern Wyoming.
Michael Anderson, Jr., then 24, played the oldest brother, Clayt Monroe. Barbara Hershey, at 18, starred as sister Kathy Monroe. Keith Schultz and his brother Kevin Schultz played twi...
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The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which ran on ABC during the 1966-1967 season – the story of five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area about what is now Grand Teton National Park near Jackson in northwestern Wyoming.
Michael Anderson, Jr., then 24, played the oldest brother, Clayt Monroe. Barbara Hershey, at 18, starred as sister Kathy Monroe. Keith Schultz and his brother Kevin Schultz played twins Jefferson (Big Twin) Monroe and Fennimore (Little Twin) Monroe, respectively. Tammy Locke played the youngest sibling, red-haired Amy Monroe.
Other stars included Buck Taylor, prior to his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O’Brien on CBS’s Gunsmoke; he is featured in ten episodes as John "Brad" Bradford. Taylor’s father Dub Taylor portrays Cyrus in two episodes. Liam Sullivan played the character Major Mapoy, and Ron Soble was cast as Dirty Jim. Ben Johnson, who later starred in the 1971 film, The Last Picture Show, was cast as Sleeve in...
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