Trivia for
"Johnny Ringo" (1959)

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• First TV series produced by Aaron Spelling. In the pilot, the role of Laura Thomas was played by Marilyn Erskine. When it sold, Spelling replaced Erskine with Karen Sharpe.
  
  
• Don Durant was the only prime-time TV cowboy to solely compose (lyrics and music) and sing the theme for his own show.
  
  
• The gun, a rare customized LeMat, actually fired ten rounds, not the seven seen in the show. After the series was cancelled Dick Powell gave the famous weapon - the only one used in the series - to Don Durant, who still has it.
  
  

• Johnny Ringo rode a chestnut horse with three white socks/stockings named "Bingo."
  
  
• The only saloon featured in Velardi was The Golden Wheel.
  
  

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