Maverick (television program)
Maverick is a comedy-western television series that ran from 1957 to 1962.
The series starred James Garner as Bret Maverick, a wise-cracking gambler, and Jack Kelly as his brother Bart. (Toward the end of the series, Roger Moore had a recurring role as their English cousin Beau.)
The series was created by Roy Huggins.
The series had a number of spin-offs:
- Young Maverick (1979), a short-lived revival starring Charles Frank as Ben Maverick, another cousin
- Bret Maverick (1981-82), another revival starring Garner as an older-but-no-wiser Bret Maverick
- Maverick (1994), a movie starring Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick, with Garner in a significant supporting role
