F Troop

The misadventures of the staff and neighbors of a remote U.S. Army outpost in the Wild West.

Cast:Forrest Tucker , Larry Storch , Ken Berry , Melody Patterson , James Hampton , Frank DeKova , Bob Steele , Ben Frommer , Don Diamond , Joe Brooks , Ivan Bell , Jimmie Horan , Rudy Doucette , John Mitchum , Edward Everett Horton , Benny Baker , Harvey Parry , William Woodson

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Scourge of the West

Tue, Sep 14, 1965

Hail the conquering zero! Clueless "war hero" Captain Wilton Parmenter takes command of Fort Courage.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Don't Look Now, One of Our Cannon Is Missing

Tue, Sep 21, 1965

In order to get the Hakawi to make more blankets O'Rourke agrees to let them borrow the fort's cannon for their Moon Festival. Agarn is against this but he eventually goes along with it. O'Rourke has all the bases covered for this deception including keeping Parmenter busy on a date with Wrangler Jane...but he doesn't count on a surprise visit by General Grant.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Phantom Major

Tue, Sep 28, 1965

It's pay call at Fort Courage when a top secret letter from Washington arrives. F Troop has been chosen as a test troop for a new style of Indian fighting...infiltration through camouflage. Major Bentley-Royce of the Bengal Lancers will be instructing them. He is a master of disguise and a living legend known as 'The Phantom Major'. He also wants to prove the fort is obsolete. O'Rourke and Agarn will have to enlist the Hakawi in order to prove him wrong.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Corporal Agarn's Farewell to the Troops

Tue, Oct 5, 1965

There's a $5,000 reward out for the capture of the Colton brothers and Parmenter decides to go after them. Meanwhile O'Rourke's horse and Agarn are both suffering from stomach pains. The prognosis is bad for the horse and Agarn overhears the doc and O'Rourke talking and thinks it's about him. Convinced he is dying Agarn writes a confessional letter to the Inspector General.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Return of Bald Eagle

Tue, Oct 12, 1965

Renegade Indian Bald Eagle has been spotted by Fort Dodge and is believed to be heading towards Fort Courage. His reputation as wild and unpredictable precedes him and Parmenter prepares the Fort for an attack. He is crazy and attacks the fort singlehandedly. When the attack fails he is captured but he escapes and takes Parmenter with him. O'Rourke, Agarn and Jane head off in pursuit.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Dirge for the Scourge

Tue, Oct 19, 1965

Jane is disgusted with the saloon and the riff-raff it attracts and insists that Parmenter close it down. Parmenter looks into it and decides she's right and embarks on a plan to clean up the town. Meanwhile gunfighter Sam Urp is in town and after several clumsy accidental meetings with Parmenter swears he will gun him down next time he sees him. O'Rourke and Agarn can't afford to lose Parmenter so they set out to save him.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Girl from Philadelphia

Tue, Oct 26, 1965

An old girlfriend of Captain Parmenter's visits Fort Courage to encourage him to return back east.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Old Ironpants

Tue, Nov 2, 1965

Captain Parmenter goes to command school and returns a tough Army officer that no one likes.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Me Heap Big Injun

Tue, Nov 9, 1965

Agarn joins the Hekawi tribe and turns out to be a better Indian than any other brave.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ She's Only a Build in a Girdled Cage

Tue, Nov 16, 1965

When Dobbs' mother comes to visit she is mistaken for a dance hall singer.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ A Gift from the Chief

Tue, Nov 23, 1965

After saving Wild Eagle's life, Captain Parmenter is given a baby.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Honest Injun

Tue, Nov 30, 1965

A conman comes to town taking the troopers money, which is O'Rourke's job.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly

Tue, Dec 7, 1965

A woman comes to town and takes over O'Rourke's saloon.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ The 86 Proof Spring

Tue, Dec 14, 1965

Captain Parmenter is determined to find the Hekawi's whiskey supply that O'Rourke has stashed at the fort.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Here Comes the Tribe

Tue, Dec 21, 1965

The chief's daughter is kidnapped and F Troop swings into action.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Iron Horse Go Home

Tue, Dec 28, 1965

O'Rourke manipulates Capt. Parmenter into suggesting an incoming railroad be routed through Fort Courage. That way, the bar that O'Rourke secretly owns will receive a windfall. To accomplish this, the U.S. Army must persuade the nearby Indians to move. They do so -- right into Fort Courage.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Our Hero, What's His Name?

Tue, Jan 4, 1966

Agarn gets a dear john letter from his girl Betty Lou and O'Rourke devises a scheme to keep them together. He proposes sending her a letter telling her of Agarn's bravery and the fact that single handedly he killed Geronimo. What they don't plan on is Betty Lou's father printing the letter in the newspaper and Agarn becoming a national hero. Geronimo has also read the newspaper and is intent on seeking revenge against Agarn. While all this transpires Parmenter is determined to capture a bear which has been seen near the fort.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black

Tue, Jan 11, 1966

A natural jinx comes to F Troop and gets involved with a black widow who had four husbands.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ El Diablo

Tue, Jan 18, 1966

While the men of F Troop are undergoing their annual physicals word comes that the Mexican bandit El Diablo is at large. It turns out that he and Corporal Agarn are cousins and look exactly alike. Agarn with the troop under his command set out to capture Diablo...but Diablo has taken Parmenter, Jane, O'Rourke and Dobbs prisoner.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Go for Broke

Tue, Jan 25, 1966

Jane's cousin helps O'Rourke replace the F Troop pension fund by entering a poker game.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ The New I.G.

Tue, Feb 8, 1966

An Army major comes to Fort Courage who wants to wipe out the Hekawis.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Spy, Counterspy, Counter Counterspy

Tue, Feb 15, 1966

The War Department's testing of a new bulletproof vest at Fort Courage is hampered by two competing spies.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ The Courtship of Wrangler Jane

Tue, Feb 22, 1966

To have the Captain move off post, O'Rourke plays cupid for him and Wrangler Jane.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Play, Gypsy, Play

Tue, Mar 1, 1966

A group of visiting Gypsies crown Agarn their long lost prince.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ Reunion for O'Rourke

Tue, Mar 8, 1966

O'Rourke has been in the Army for twenty-five years.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ Captain Parmenter, One Man Army

Tue, Mar 15, 1966

When F Troop finds out that none of them are legally enlisted, the troopers leave and only Captain Parmenter remains to fight off an Indian attack.

27Season 1

S1.E27 ∙ Don't Ever Speak to Me Again

Tue, Mar 22, 1966

Fort Courage is to receive a citation from the Secretary of War for having the best morale in the army. Unfortunately this is right on the eve of a wave of arguments that sweep the fort.

28Season 1

S1.E28 ∙ Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop

Tue, Mar 29, 1966

After their cook is transferred, Agarn takes over so they can order excess supplies and sell them to the Indians.

29Season 1

S1.E29 ∙ Indian Fever

Tue, Apr 5, 1966

Agarn's sanity is questioned when he keeps seeing an Indian in the fort and no one else does.

30Season 1

S1.E30 ∙ Johnny Eagle Eye

Tue, Apr 12, 1966

O'Rourke and Agarn get Wild Eagle's nephew entered into the Army sharp shooting contest.

31Season 1

S1.E31 ∙ A Fort's Best Friend Is Not a Mother

Tue, Apr 19, 1966

When Captain Parmenter's mother arrives, she insists that he be transferred to a post back east.

32Season 1

S1.E32 ∙ Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center

Tue, Apr 26, 1966

O'Rourke gets a promotion to lieutenant and is being transferred which could doom O'Rourke Enterprises.

33Season 1

S1.E33 ∙ The Day the Indians Won

Tue, May 3, 1966

The Hekawis - the tribe that invented the peace pipe - are ordered to go on the warpath so they attack Fort Courage.

34Season 1

S1.E34 ∙ Will the Real Captain Try to Stand Up

Tue, May 10, 1966

Captain Parmenter is temporarily replaced by the town drunk to impress his visiting daughter.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Singing Mountie

Thu, Sep 8, 1966

Shades of Nelson Eddy as a singing Mountie shows up looking for Agarn's French Canadian cousin.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ How to Be F Troop Without Really Trying

Thu, Sep 15, 1966

Everyone in F Troop is transferred except for Agarn who must train the new troops that are worse than his comrades.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Bye, Bye, Balloon

Thu, Sep 22, 1966

Fort Courage is visited by a Prussian balloonist.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Reach for the Sky, Pardner

Thu, Sep 29, 1966

Agarn and O'Rourke volunteer to guard the replacement payroll after the first one is stolen.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Great Troop Robbery

Thu, Oct 6, 1966

A trickster tries to get Agarn blamed for his robberies.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The West Goes Ghost

Thu, Oct 13, 1966

Four F Troopers take over a ghost town hoping to get rich when the railroad finally comes through.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Yellow Bird

Thu, Oct 20, 1966

A white woman raised by Indians starts to take after the Captain.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Ballot of Corporal Agarn

Thu, Oct 27, 1966

The two candidates for mayor of Passaic New Jersey, Agarn's hometown, come out West to get his vote since the election was tied and they need his absentee ballot to break the tie.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Did Your Father Come from Ireland?

Thu, Nov 3, 1966

While Sgt. O'Rourke is off on a horse buying mission, his father, Morgan O'Rourke, arrives from Ireland at Fort Courage and unintentionally raises havoc at the fort and even the Hakawi camp.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ For Who the Bugle Tolls

Thu, Nov 10, 1966

A visiting Colonel judges a troop by its bugler and Fort Courage has the world's worse.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Miss Parmenter

Thu, Nov 17, 1966

Wilton's sister has eyes for the company bugler.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ La Dolce Courage

Thu, Nov 24, 1966

An Italian father and daughter visit Fort Courage pursued by a spurned lover.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Wilton, the Kid

Thu, Dec 1, 1966

Kid Vicious, a dead ringer for Captain Parmenter, comes to town.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ The Return of Wrongo Starr

Thu, Dec 8, 1966

Natural jinx Wrongo Starr returns driving a load of dynamite.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Survival of the Fittest

Thu, Dec 15, 1966

Parmenter and Agarn go on a survival test where O'Rourke makes sure that they can find food.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Bring on the Dancing Girls

Thu, Dec 22, 1966

Agarn and O'Rourke go after the man that swindled them out of their saloon.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Loco Brothers

Thu, Dec 29, 1966

Two renegade Indians captured Captain Parmenter, but are just looking for company.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ From Karate with Love

Thu, Jan 5, 1967

East meets West in this episode when the men of Fort Courage offer sanctuary for a young Japanese woman who is fleeing an arranged marriage with a man she does not love. This is good for O'Rourke and Agarn who want the tribe to start manufacturing Kimonos, parasols, and fans but don't plan on a Samurai warrior who is determined to bring her back to Japan where she will fulfill her destiny and marry.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ The Sergeant and the Kid

Thu, Jan 12, 1967

A ten year old boy shows up at Fort Courage and wants to join up.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ What Are You Doing After the Massacre?

Thu, Jan 19, 1967

A 147 year old Hekawi chief wants the land that Fort Courage sits on and lays siege to the fort.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ A Horse of Another Color

Thu, Jan 26, 1967

The wild horse that the Captain wants to capture for Jane, O'Rourke wants to sell to the circus.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ V Is for Vampire

Thu, Feb 2, 1967

Count Sforza, an emigrant from Transylvania, arrives in town. He comes in a hearse, has pale skin and has a crow he calls "Brother." The men of F-Troop suspect he may be a vampire, given the count's tendency to say, "Good evening," regardless of the time of day. When Jane can't be found, O'Rourke, Agarn and the Captain decide to check out Sforza's spooky mansion.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ That's Show Biz

Thu, Feb 9, 1967

Agarn leaves the Army to manage a rock band called the Bedbugs.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ The Day They Shot Agarn

Thu, Feb 16, 1967

Agarn faces the firing squad after the prisoner in his care escapes and kills Sergeant O'Rourke.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ Only One Russian Is Coming! Only One Russian Is Coming!

Thu, Feb 23, 1967

Agarn's Russian cossack cousin falls for Wrangler Jane.

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ Guns, Guns, Who's Got the Guns?

Thu, Mar 2, 1967

The Captain goes on a spy mission to find out who's selling guns to the Indians.

27Season 2

S2.E27 ∙ Marriage, Fort Courage Style

Thu, Mar 9, 1967

A marriage broker comes to town scaring both Corporal Agarn and Captain Parmenter.

28Season 2

S2.E28 ∙ Carpetbagging, Anyone?

Thu, Mar 16, 1967

A man comes to town, buys the land that Fort Courage is on and then plans to throw out F Troop.

29Season 2

S2.E29 ∙ The Majority of Wilton

Thu, Mar 23, 1967

Wilton is eligible for promotion to Major, but first he must pass a rigorous examination. His attempts at study are jeopardized by a bad cold and various home remedies.

30Season 2

S2.E30 ∙ Our Brave in F Troop

Thu, Mar 30, 1967

Chief Wild Eagle is hiding at Fort Courage to visit the Army dentist; however a visiting general is impressed by this "soldier" and keeps promoting him.

31Season 2

S2.E31 ∙ Is This Fort Really Necessary?

Thu, Apr 6, 1967

An officer known for closing down forts comes to Fort Courage to get married.