Season 4 • Episode 32
LatestLaramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.
Acting
Fuller's wounded drifter energy is devastating television
Writing
Character-driven stories in a plot-heavy genre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Laramie helped reshape the TV Western from black-hat morality plays to psychologically complex character studies, directly influencing later 'adult Westerns' like The Virginian.
Robert Fuller reportedly based Jess Harper's guarded vulnerability on his own experiences as a young actor in Hollywood, creating one of television's first emotionally accessible cowboys.
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