[1][2] Frank's real-life wife Susan Blanchard played his girlfriend Nell, while John Dehner (a frequent guest-star in various roles in several Maverick episodes including "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres") appeared as a frontier marshal who had arrested Ben's father Beau decades before.
The series was cancelled by CBS after six hour-long episodes had been shown, leaving two which were never aired on the network.
Among the actors appearing on Young Maverick were Howard Duff, John McIntire, James Woods, Donna Mills (all in "Dead Man's Hand," parts 1 and 2), J. Pat O'Malley ("A Fistful Of Oats"), Morgan Fairchild, John Hillerman (both "Makin' Tracks") and Harry Dean Stanton.
Despite the title, Frank was three years older than Garner had been at the launch of the original series.
On March 1, 2016, Warner Archive Collection released Young Maverick- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.