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Brave Eagle
Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6. Keith Larsen, who was of Norwegian descent, starred as Brave Eagle, a peaceful young Cheyenne chief.
The program was unconventional in that it reflects the Native American viewpoint in the settlement of the American West and was the first series to feature an American Indian as a lead character.
Larsen's co-stars were Kim
Brave Eagle" and "The Aquanauts". Joyce Taylor played the role of Mary McCauley in the series, but Angie Dickinson played the role in the original pilot episode. Other guest stars include Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Paul Comi, Joe Maross, Joe Flynn, Gavin MacLeod, Donald May, Harry Townes, Whit Bissell, Simon Oakland, Warren Stevens, Murray Hamilton, Brett King, Robert Reed, William Schallert, James Drury, James Best, Nancy Gates, Allison Hayes, Arthur Franz, Denver Pyle,