<Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> October 4, 1959--June 18, 1961 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Rebel is a 76 - episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961 . The Rebel was one of the few Goodson - Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures . Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me - TV . </P> <P> The series portrays the adventures of young Confederate Army veteran Johnny Yuma, an aspiring writer, played by Nick Adams . Haunted by his memories of the American Civil War, Yuma, in search of inner peace, roams the American West, specifically the Texas Hill Country and the South Texas Plains . He keeps a journal of his adventures and fights injustice where he finds it with a revolver and his dead father's sawed - off double - barreled shotgun . </P> <P> Nick Adams was the star and only regular actor of this series . He was involved in the show's design, inception, and writing, along with the producer, Andrew J. Fenady, who appeared twice in the series, once as United States Army General Philip Sheridan in the episode "Johnny Yuma at Appomattox", with George Macready as General Robert E. Lee . John Carradine appeared in two episodes as Elmer Dodson, the newspaper editor in Johnny Yuma's hometown, fictitious Mason City, Texas, who encourages Yuma to keep a journal of his travels . </P>

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