Tales of the Texas Rangers [SEP] director
, comparable in some ways to Rod Cameron's syndicated series, "State Trooper". Other episodes were set in the 19th century in a traditional western genre. In each case, Parker and Lauter were involved with chases and shoot-outs. The weaponry varied greatly between the modern and older stories.
Irving J. Moore, later with "Gunsmoke", began his career as a director on two episodes of "Tales of the Texas Rangers". Besides Keach and Moore, the other directors included Lew Landers, George
Robert Loggia as Elfego Baca. His then 32-year-old son, Stan Jolley, was the art director of the segment. Others in the episode were former child actor Skip Homeier and Raymond Bailey, later the banker Milburn Drysdale of CBS's "The Beverly Hillbillies".
Jolley soon appeared multiple times on a wide range of other western series, including, "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (three times), "The Cisco Kid" (ten), "Tales of the Texas Rangers" (twice