Kentucky Jones is a half-hour comedy/drama starring Dennis Weaver as Kenneth Yarborough "K.Y. or Kentucky" Jones, D.V.M., a recently widowed former horse trainer and active rancher, who becomes the guardian of Dwight Eisenhower "Ike" Wong, a 10-year-old Chinese orphan, played by Ricky Der. Harry Morgan, previously of the CBS sitcoms December Bride and Pete and Gladys, was featured in the series as Seldom Jackson, a former jockey who assists Dr. Jones. Cherylene Lee appears as Annie Ng, Ike's friend. Arthur Wong portrays Mr. Ng, Annie's father. Keye Luke stars as Mr. Wong, a friend of Dr. Jones. Nancy Rennick appears as Miss Throncroft, a social worker. Kentucky Jones, which ran on NBC from September 19, 1964, to September 11, 1965, was the first of Weaver's four series, the most successful having been McCloud, since he left the role of the marshal's helper Chester Goode on CBS's western classic Gunsmoke, starring James Arness.
Richard Bull, who later portrayed the henpecked storekeeper Nels Oleson on NBC's Little House on the Prairie, appeared twice on Kentucky Jones as Harold Erkel in episodes entitled "The Victim" and "The Return of Wong Lee".
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 | Episode 1 | First Day | 1964-09-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Spare the Rod | 1964-09-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Mail Order Bride | 1964-10-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Goodbye Tiger | 1964-10-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | My Old Kwangtungy Home | 1964-10-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Pony Boy | 1964-10-24 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Ike's Song | 1964-11-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Sour Note | 1964-11-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Goodbye Tiger | 1964-11-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Dread Disease | 1964-12-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Ho, Ho, Ho | 1964-12-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Midsummer Madness | 1964-12-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Motherhood | 1965-01-02 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | My Old Kwangtungy Home | 1965-01-09 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Big Shot | 1965-01-16 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Music Kids Make | 1965-01-30 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Return of Wong Lee | 1965-02-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Two Ends of a Stick | 1965-02-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Big Speech | 1965-02-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Senior Citizen | 1965-02-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | Bad Penny | 1965-03-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | Feminine Intrusion | 1965-03-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Most Precious Gold | 1965-03-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | Laughing Buddha | 1965-03-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Victim | 1965-04-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | Kentucky′s Vacation | 1965-04-10 | 30 min |
Production | Buzz Kulik | Producer |