The Adventures of Champion

1955 - 1956

The Saddle Tramp

23rd September 1955

Episode 1

A down-on-luck prospector and spinner of tall tales helps Ricky capture a gang of rustlers.

Crossroad Trail

30th September 1955

Episode 2

A young ranch hand nearly falls in with bad companions until Ricky is blinded from a fall sustained when fleeing the two men and needs his assistance.

Salted Ground

7th October 1955

Episode 3

Ricky and Sandy try to prevent a gullible general store owner from being fleeced by a couple of con men trying to sell a salted mine.

The Medicine Man Mystery

15th October 1955

Episode 4

Sandy investigates Ricky's wild tale of a medicine show operator who he saw stuff a small boy into a box. The Norths learn that Doc Terwilliger, the show's owner, is a ventriloquist who uses his dummy, Wilbur, to draw in crowds. A trio of jewel thieves find Wilbur fascinating as well, since their leader hid the gems from his latest heist in the dummy's stomach.

Lost River

22nd October 1955

Episode 5

In a drought, Ricky and Sandy search for a legendary lost river. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Edna Holland.

Renegade Stallion

29th October 1955

Episode 6

The sheriff blames Champion for the trampling of a prospector. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Francis McDonald, William Tannen, Chris Alcaide, Ewing Mitchell, Rex Lease.

Canyon of Wanted Men

5th November 1955

Episode 7

A horse trader tries to dupe Sandy North. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, George J. Lewis.

Challenge of the West

8th November 1955

Episode 8

Ricky tries to prove that an outlaw's son wasn't responsible for a robbery at Sandy's ranch.

The Outlaw's Secret

15th November 1955

Episode 9

A thief confesses to a stage robbery---and implicates a banker. Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Howard J. Negley, Leonard Penn.

Hangman's Noose

22nd November 1955

Episode 10

When a crooked ranch foreman discovers oil on a neighboring spread, he plots with a businessman to grab the property by killing one rancher and framing the other for the crime. When Ricky stumbles upon a pair of oil-soaked boots near the murder scene, he becomes the target for the real killers.

King of the Rodeo

29th November 1955

Episode 11

Ricky and Sandy try to rescue Champ from a carnival owner who has captured the horse and uses him as an attraction, offering a large prize to anyone who can ride him.

A Bugle for Ricky

6th December 1955

Episode 12

Ricky soon finds a use for his new musical instrument - signaling for help using a cavalry bugle call when he is trapped in a barn by outlaws.

The Stone Heart

13th December 1955

Episode 13

Ricky tries to help a wounded prisoner who was forced to participate in a jail break and becomes the target of the rest of the gang of counterfeiters.

The Deer Hunters

20th December 1955

Episode 14

Ricky tries to rescue a fawn from a snare and incurs the trappers' wrath. The men are trying to provide meat for a railroad construction crew but are wiping out the native game in the process. Ricky, Sandy and an Eastern conservationist try to convince the railroad construction boss to find a new source of meat for his men.

The Golden Hoax

27th December 1955

Episode 15

When Champion discovers that a gang of stagecoach robbers stash their loot in an abandoned mineshaft, Ricky and Sandy try to apprehend the gang.

Johnny, Hands Up

3rd January 1956

Episode 16

Ricky and Sandy come to the assistance of a young lawman who is being held responsible for the mistakes of his predecessor.

Black Kachina

10th January 1956

Episode 17

An evil medicine man holds the tribe's chief captive while plotting a new Indian war against the territory's ranchers.

Mystery Mountain

17th January 1956

Episode 18

When a naive Easterner is duped into performing gold assays for a swindler, Ricky and Sandy come to the rescue.

Rails West

26th January 1956

Episode 19

Ricky and Sandy persuade a railroad line to bypass the range where Champion and his remuda live, but removing prospectors who try to claim the same valley after stumbling onto what they think is gold-bearing rock proves a tougher nut to crack.

The Real Unfriendly Ghost

2nd February 1956

Episode 20

Ricky and Sandy search for a missing politician in a ghost town and encounter one eccentric living resident and, apparently, a lively dead one, too.

Andrew and the Deadly Double

13th February 1956

Episode 21

Mary Jane, Ricky's young neighbor, is upset when she learns that Uncle Andrew, her newly appointed guardian, plans to sell the ranch she lives on and force her to move East with him. While Ricky and Sandy try to convince the Easterner of the virtues of ranch life, Mary Jane learns that the man is an impostor and is taken captive by a crooked land-grabbing lawyer.

Bad Men of the Valley

14th February 1956

Episode 22

An ex-convict trying to go straight and his pretty wife buy the ranch next to the North's. He has a chance meeting with his former gang members who threaten his wife if he doesn't cooperate with their bank robbing scheme. Ricky, Champ and Rebel help the young man bring his former confederates to justice.

The Return of Red Cloud

24th February 1956

Episode 23

When a Indian chief who has just returned to his tribe is framed for murder, Ricky and Sandy try to prove his innocence before this followers go on the warpath.

Brand of the Lawless

27th February 1956

Episode 24

An outlaw who has escaped from custody joins his old gang and plans his next robbery - a rich bank that's not too far away. With a posse pursuing them, the gang leader decides to pick up a grubstake from his law-abiding sister by blackmailing her.

The Die-Hards

Episode 25

Rebel is hurt by a Porcupine and Ricky gets help for him from a new Southern Doctor who just arrived in town. However, persistent prejudices for Southerners that linger long after the civil war, engender hatred and turmoil for the Doctor and his Wife to endure until the prejudiced perpetrator's gunshot wound is treated by the doctor.

Calhoun Rides Again

Episode 26

An old cowboy returns to visit Ricky and Sandy and help them round up a gang of desperadoes.

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Champion•Barry Curtis•Jim Bannon

The Adventures of Champion follow a wild stallion named Champion, who remarkably becomes friends with a young boy named Ricky North.The show followed the boy and the horse as they went on crazy adventures in the Southern West during the late 1800s.

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