Tony Young

The star of the 1961 television Western, The Gunslinger, Tony Young portrayed U.S. Cavalry undercover agent Cord. The son of actor Carleton Young, Tony pursued his brief but prolific career in acting following a stint in the U.S. Air Force. Young also appeared alongside James Garner in 1970′s A Man Called Sledge, Elvis Presley in 1969′s Charro!, and starred in the 1965 film adaptation of the Louis L’Amour novel, Taggart. Young’s Western credits also include the appearances on such TV Westerns as The Virginian, Bonanza, Maverick, Death Valley Days, Cheyenne, and The Iron Horse. Young passed away on February 26, 2002 of lung cancer.

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Western film and television shows helped shape the moral values of many people in this country. Children grew up watching Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and many other heroes of the silver screen following the "Code of the West." The battle of wrong vs. right was the theme of virtually every Western movie and television show, and the right always prevailed.

Wildest Westerns is a Western magazine that is dedicated to revisiting those "thrilling tales of yesteryear" in the articles, interviews, reviews, and photos on our magazine pages. Some of America's most respected and remembered heroes and villains came from these Western genres. It is our hope that this Western magazine will awaken the memories in your heart, and also help bring to light the values of the Western to those who didn't have the benefit of knowing these wonderful heroes and villains. We will always remember them, and would like to say "Thank You" to all the actors, actresses, directors, producers, studios, and all the unsung heroes behind the scenes that brought us the Western.