Dr. Jay Burrage M. D. The Rifleman — North Fork's Doctor
A Case of Identity
Six Years and a Day
Doc Burrage was a regular character
on The Rifleman
There were two
doctors before Doc Burrage although neither of them were ever named
or given credit. Those two episodes were The Sharpshooterand The Marshal. In End of a Young Gun
Lucas told Hank he would go get Doc Sedley? Doc Burrage was first
introduced to The Rifleman in The Pet.
How many different actors
played Doc Burrage? Can you name them?
Fay Roopeappeared in four episodes ― Two episodes as Doc Burrage,
The Legacy and Panic. He also appeared as Barton in
The Spiked Rifle as the man
on the stagecoach that was more worried about his money then Mark and as Jeff Stacey in
The Brother-in-law, he was the one willing to pay
Johnny Gibbs to throw the contest.
Jack Kruschenappeared in four episodes. Two episodes as Doc Burrage
― Baranca and
Trail of Hate. He appeared in
One Went to
Denver as Sammy an outlaw that was a member of Tom Birch's gang and
The Retired Gun as Clyde Bailey
who harassed Wes Carney. There were two doctors before Doc Burrage although neither of them were ever
named or given credit. Those two episodes were The Sharpshooter and
The Marshal. In End of a Young Gun Lucas told Hank he
should go get Doc Sedley? Doc Burrage was first introduced to
The
Rifleman in The Pet.
This picture was taken from
Baranca
Doc Burrage was a regular character ~ how many different actors played
Doc Burrage?
Can you name them?
Who holds the record for..... Who guest starred in the most episodes of
The Rifleman? Ralph Moody has been in twelve episodes. John Anderson & John Milford are tie at
eleven episodes. Do you know who has appeared in The Rifleman
twenty-one times?
Who was the doctor with the little black bag in the saloon looking at Vernon's hand in the
The Sharpshooter?
No credit given - so maybe six - hmmm.....maybe seven.
Who
was the Doc at the end of the episode of
The Marshal (right) Although they never mention this Doc's name, he is played by
Bert Stevens.
He also appeared in
The Babysitter
as a Barfly - Nora as one of the townsmen
-Panic as Carl and
None
So Blind as one of the townsmen.
He is the brother of Barbara Stanwyck. (right)
In
End of a Young Gun Lucas told Hank he would go get Doc Sedley?
How many Doc's did North Fork have? Anybody know of any Doc's I might have missed?
*Two of the Doc's—Jack Kruschen
and Ralph Moody--were regulars on the radio version of Gunsmoke
