Don Durant

Don Durant starred in the TV series Johnny Ringo and is unique in that he both composed and sang the show’s theme song. The native Californian also had parts in various mystery series and worked in a stand-out episode of The Twilight Zone, “A Piano in the House”.
Born Donald Allison Durae in 1932, Durant served in both the U.S. Army and Naval Reserve before his career as a singer and actor took off. He died May 15 , 2005 of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. For more on this wonderful cowboy, check out Durant’s interview in Wildest Westerns Issue #6.

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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.