Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

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Lucas McCain had a lot of long conversations with his son Mark about morality and always doing the right thing. But he had some adult buds too, including a plainsman. Michael Ansara appeared as his “Plainsman” character in two installments of The Rifleman and was then given his own show, Law of the Plainsman in 1959.

Ansara also acted in the series Broken Arrow, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Star Trek, and Batman: The Animated Series.