[1][2][3] Rory Calhoun plays gunman Bill Longley, "The Texan," who travels across Texas from town to town in the wake of the Civil War.

His reputation as a gunfighter precedes him and often brings trouble wherever he ends up next.

ABC aired reruns of the program during its weekday lineup from October 1960 to March 1962, and then as part of its Saturday morning lineup from February to May 1962.

[1] Timeless Media Group released 70 episodes of the series on DVD.

[4][5] Like many of the television Westerns of the 1950s, The Texan was adapted to a comic by Dan Spiegle in 1960.