Black Bart 49 years old

A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title). It featured Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, a former Confederate officer named "Reb Jordan". The Humour was much more toned down than it's feature film predecessor Other cast members included Millie Slavin and Noble Willingham. Bergman is listed as the sole creator. CBS aired the pilot once on April 4, 1975 as a CBS Special Presentation. The pilot featured guest appearances by Gerrit Graham and Brooke Adams and was written by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis. Elias and Eutis later created and executive produced the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986-1991).

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Black Bart Cast

Name Character
Brooke Adams She was 25, now 75 years old as Jennifer
Gerrit Graham He was 25, now 74 years old as Curley
Louis Gossett, Jr. He was 38, now 87 years old as Black Bart
Noble Willingham He was 43, 72 years old when he died as Fern Malaga
Steve Landesberg He was 38, 74 years old when he died as Reb Jordan
Ted Lehman as Mr. Swenson
Millie Slavin as Belle Buzzer
Tamar Cooper as Mrs. Swenson
Rand Bridges as Porter
Ruben Moreno He was 51, 88 years old when he died as Moonwolf
Poindexter Yothers He was 8, now 57 years old as Hughie

Black Bart Crew

Name Department
Michael D. Margulies as Director of Photography. He was 38 (now 87) years old Camera
Andrew Bergman as Creator. He was 29 (now 79) years old Crew
Robert Butler as Director. He was 47 (now 96) years old Directing
Robert Butler as Producer. He was 47 (now 96) years old Production
Mark Tuttle as Executive Producer. Production
Michael Elias as Writer. He was 34 (now 83) years old Writing
Frank Shaw as Writer. He was 79 (66) years old when He died Writing
Michael T. Elias as Producer. Production
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Black Bart (49 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, January 01, 1975
  • Runtime: 24 minutes