F Troop is an American Western satirical television sitcom that ran from September 14, 1965 to April 6, 1967, with a total of 65 episodes, airing for two seasons on ABC. The show is about U.S. soldier
Opening title showing the cannon knocking down the watchtower
Main cast (clockwise from top left): Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Melody Patterson, Ken Berry
Frank de Kova as Chief Wild Eagle
A replica of Fort Courage was built in Houck, Arizona, as a tourist attraction along Route 66.
Forrest Meredith Tucker was an American actor in movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked in vaudeville as a straight man at the age of 15. While he was on a trip to
F Troop
…humor of the series derives from the scheming of Captain Parmenter's somewhat crooked but amiable non-commissioned officers, Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke (Forrest Tucker) and Corporal Randolph Agarn (Larry Storch). They, in league with the fictitious American Indian tribe, the Hekawis—led by Chief Wild Eagle (Frank de…
Tucker on stage in The Music Man (1962)